Kotaku: Insane

THQ's 2014 Lineup is Alive and Well (On Paper, At Least)

Mike Fahey — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:25:00 EST

Further distancing the company from rumors that its 2014 lineup had been canned, today's third quarter 2012 financial results from THQ list inSANE, Warhammer 40K: Dark Millennium Online, and several more unannounced core titles that should be showing up over the next couple of years. More »

Guillermo del Toro Says His Video Game is Still 'Two-and-a-Half or Three Years Away'

Owen Good — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:30:00 EST

Director Guillermo del Toro vows that production on his video game trilogy inSane continues apace even with the attention required for Pacific Rim, his next big cinematic effort. More »

Guillermo del Toro Rationally Explains How Much Longer Insane Will Take

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:00:00 EDT

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Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Cronos, Hellboy) isn't making just one video game, but three. That's right, a trilogy (uh-oh!). But making video games takes time. More »

What Guillermo Del Toro Told A Roomful Of Game Developers

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:00:00 EST

Movie director Guillermo del Toro goes to a meeting with the game developers who are working on a new game trilogy with him. He delivers an ultimatum. More »

Uh-Oh, Guillermo Del Toro's Insane Is A 'Trilogy'

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:40:00 EST

Failing to learn one of the very important lessons of video game hype, Guillermo Del Toro and his pals at THQ revealed today that their collaboration will be for not one game but a trilogy. Don't they know their history? More »

Guillermo Del Toro Wants To Make You 'Shit Your Pants' With 'Insane'

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:20:00 EST

Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro has officially named the game he's making with Saints Row and Red Faction developers Volition Inc. Del Toro's horror game is Insane and it's coming in 2013. See it teased now. More »

Most Unbelievable Game Tattoo I've Ever Seen, In Motion

Brian Crecente — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EDT

Devin from Michigan sat in a chair for 26 hours over several days to get this masterpiece injected into his skin. More »

Florida Supreme Court To JT - Show Cause Or STFU

Mike Fahey — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:20:58 EST

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in. On Tuesday the Florida Supreme Court hit good old Jackie T with a show cause order, basically requiring that he explain why he has been abusing the legal system. Here's the text, passed on to Game Politics by JT himself:

02/19/2008 ORDER-SHOW CAUSE TO: JOHN BRUCE THOMPSON It appears to the Court that you have abused the legal system by submitting numerous frivolous and inappropriate filings in this Court.

LaRouche Camp Calls Foul On VA Tech Report

Mike Fahey — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:20:54 EDT

GamePolitics has been following the saga of the Virginia Tech Review Panel since they began, documenting the semi-invasion of the the process by followers of nutty political figure Lyndon LaRouche, seemingly hell-bent on blaming the entire incident on video games. From telling the panel that violent games should be banned like heroin to endlessly testifying against a hobby that had nothing to do with the incident at all. When the report was finally released last week, it contained no mention of video games. Case closed, right? More »

Japan Still Re-importing US DS Lites. (Yes, STILL.)

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:40:31 EST

A while back, Japan's DS craze red lined, and it got so bad that American DSes were re-imported from America to satisfy the demand. Things quieted off, or so we thought. But even recently, consumers still line-up for DS Lites, and stores, it seems, are too! Writes Kotakuite Scott from Nagasaki: More »

Japan Still Lining Up For DS Lites (Yes, STILL.)

jeansnow — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:22:37 EST

Eds note: Our man in Tokyo Jean Snow brings word of just how insane getting a DS Lite is More »

NES eBay Auction Officially Insane

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:40:09 EST

What was once a semi-reasonable instant Nintendo Entertainment System complete collection buy-in has now crossed into insane auction territory. The eBay auction that includes 670 unique games that Fahey posted yesterday has seen a ludicrous, competition-silencing bid from "Bidder 24" that pushes the current bid to $240,300. That's almost a quarter of a million dollars and it doesn't even include the superior top-loading NES or a dog bone controller. More »

Die Elite Beat Agents. DIE.

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:22:17 EST

No, that is not German for "The Elite Beat Agents, The." No. This is the story of a man with a bad temper and facial hair. A man who isn't very good at video games, but quite skilled at destroying things. This is the story of some guy who got so incredibly pissed off at Elite Beat Agents that he broke his DS, stabbed the screen multiple times with a screwdriver then snapped the game in half—blaming the whole thing on Nintendo. After the jump, the well-adjusted gentleman's forum post describing what happened: More »

The Biggest Wii Fanboy

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:22:45 EST

Insane that's so insane its kinda cool. A dude over at Flickr called "Mr. Bliss" provided an in-depth look at his Halloween costume. He designed it in Illustrator on the fly with Google Image searches. His body, three Wii consoles. A classic controller covers his eyes and nunchakus cover his feet. The mustache is a nice touch! Total time to create this crazy outfit: 4-5 hours. This might be a stretch, but I'm betting he's excited about the Wii, possibly buying the console at launch, even. Brian Ashcraft More »

PS3 Preorders Swamp eBay

Brian Crecente — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:00:49 EDT

Color me surprised: The day Playstation 3 pre-orders start is the day the consoles begin popping up on eBay. Of the 18 or so listed, a good two-thirds appear to be for EB Games or GameStop pre-orders. The Buy It Now prices range from the likely realistic $1,500 to an insane One Milllion DOLLARS! Brian Crecente More »

Nintendo 64 Kid: The Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:21:23 EDT

GameSetWatch/Game Developer Magazine/Insert Credit's Brandon Sheffield was minding his own business around the office when he got a phone call out of the blue. The lady on the other end asked Brandon if he knew the Nintendo 64 kid. He said he did. Turns out the lady was his aunt. Here's the bizarro conversation that followed: More »

Gamer Getting $3K, Full Back Eve Tattoo

Brian Crecente — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:51:19 EDT

Eve-Ink chronicles Eve Online gamer Skarsnik's game-related tattoo project. The Eve-O player decided to have his back covered in a giant tattoo inspired by different game wallpapers depicting the game's four races. More »

Ikaruga Chapter 5 Hard Video, or What The SHMUP?!

brownlee — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:40:52 EDT

It's impossible to top the ambidextrous Ikaruga video we posted last week; that guy instantly made every other SHMUP video irrelevant until someone figures out a way to beat one with his crotch. More »

Japanese Gamer Pwns Pop 'N Music

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 03 May 2006 18:20:38 EDT

We cannot even follow this dude's hands. They are a blur of speed, pounding out what sounds like a mashing of six or seven or more classical pieces that are mostly Romantic era compositions. Paint us impressed, this gamer has mad concert hall skills. More »

Insane Mario 64 Hack

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 02 May 2006 19:22:34 EDT

Mario Giving Big Bob-omb a piggy back, chopping Koopa by the tail and Chain Chomp running amok. This hack proves even stellar titles like Mario 64 benefit from biting and levitation. More »

The Underage PSP Girls Still Underage

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 02 May 2006 15:24:45 EDT

The low-teen trio known as Sweet Kiss did an Akihabara meet and greet with clammy otaku to promote their PSP title Sweet Paradise. After Saaya (born in 1993), Runa (born in 1992) and Jessica (born in 1994) sang cute songs in hot pants, the gals answered questions and talked about their experiences making the UMD video in Bali. More »

Knucklehead Stefan: Career Criminal

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 02 May 2006 08:22:38 EDT

It's been one hell of a wild ride that's involved exotic cars, Homeland Security and a mysterious German driver. But, Stefan "Bo" Eriksson was behind the wheel, a Malibu police officer testified Monday. "He was driving the red Ferrari at the time of the crash, was knocked unconscious — he'd gotten sick and threw up," said Detective Zack Conner said during a preliminary hearing in Superior Court to determine whether "Bo" will go to trial. More »

Another Gizmondo Exec Arrested

Brian Crecente — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:00:46 EDT

Another Gizmondo exec has been plucked up by the boys in blue over the ever widening, increasingly bizarre case of the Farrari crash in Malibu, the LA Times reports. More »

Misleading Ubisoft Ad

Brian Crecente — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:32:11 EDT

RedAssedBaboon (yes, that's one of my blogs) breaks the story that the latest issue of EGM includes a misleading ad for the atrocious Playstation Portable version of Splinter Cell Essentials. The advertisement features a quote from the GameSpy preview of the game, not the review. The quote reads: More »

Thompson Sues Fla. Bar, Eyes Himself as Next Target

Brian Crecente — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:00:52 EDT

Jack Thompson, attorney, video game hater, and all-around great guy, has filed a federal lawsuit against the Florida Bar Association. In the suit, in which he is seeking one million dollars, he claims that the complaints filed against him are vindictive and that at least some are backed by game companies. More »

Game Demo Sells for $2,500

Brian Crecente — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:00:45 EST

An anonymous collector paid $2,500 for the one of two existing copies of a DEMO of Sonix X-Treme. That's right, I said a demo. Oh, and the demo was on a CDR that can easily be copied. So it's anyone's guess how many "unofficial" copies were made before it was sold. Insane. More »

Jack Responds to Flower "Threat"

Brian Crecente — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:44:47 EST

Only Jack Thompson could use the phrase make my day in a paragraph about someone sending him flowers. Pleasant man. More »