Kotaku: Photos

How a Daredevil Photographer in a Biplane Helped Bring L.A. Noire to Life

Mike Fahey — Tue, 17 May 2011 14:40:00 EDT

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To recreate modern-day Los Angeles in a video game, all one has to do is load up Google Earth and go to town, so to speak. To recreate the 1940's Los Angeles of Rockstar's L.A. Noire, one man had to hang out of a biplane. More »

The World United As I Played Mass Effect 2

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:20:00 EDT

On Sunday, May 2, at 11am Eastern Time, I was playing Mass Effect 2. My wife took a photo. At the same time (15:00 U.T.C.), around the world, more than 10,000 other people snapped photos too. This is what they were doing while I played: More »

PAX East Kotaku Party: Scenes From The Rattlesnake Bar

Mike Fahey — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EDT

The turnout at last night's Kotaku Pax East meet-up was nothing short of amazing. There was dancing, drinking, more drinking. After that, we drank a little. Wanna see what that looked like? Here you go. More »

Stock Photos Capture Gaming at its Most Fail

Owen Good — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:00:00 EST

Everyone loathes posed photos where neither the models nor the photographer know what the fuck they are doing. Yet they've glutted stock photo sites, which charge ridiculous amounts for them. More »

On Photos

Brian Crecente — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:26:55 EST

Just a little heads up to those of you who read Digg and Kotaku and maybe have seen the "Kotaku steals photos" story floating around out there. Here's the full story. More »

Pre-Order Alter Egos Book

Kim Phu — Tue, 08 May 2007 14:40:00 EDT

Robbie Cooper's book, a photographic compare and contrast between gamers and their avatars called More »

Kirby Plays Billiards

Brian Crecente — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:00:02 EST

One of the great things about writing for Kotaku is all of the strange, completely unsolicited stuff we get sent to us via email. Take for instance these two photos. Someone, I have no clue who, decided to send them to me via their cellphone with no explanation. So of course, I can't help but post them with the same amount of explanation. I can't help it, it's like a Pavlovian response. Brian Crecente More »

How's Kotaku Look On A PS3?

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:20:09 EST

Not bad! It even displays our embedded YouTube content with ease (THANK GOD!). That's some wacky gradient fighting goin on there, though. Michael McWhertor More »

Mega Man Must've Defeated Carwash Man

Michael McWhertor — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:16:07 EDT

Either Mega Man is running low on cash or Carwashman is one of Dr. Wily's new robot masters and the Suds Cannon is instrumental in defeating Backhoe Man. Or something creative like that. More »

Hanging At TGS, The Microsoft Way

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:17:14 EDT

Major Nelson, John Porcaro and team are hanging out at ground zero as Microsoft gears up for their pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference. More »

Illidan Sculpture Start to Finish

egauger — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:20:14 EDT

This is fascinating to me: a set of step-by-step construction photos from the team that put together the life-size Illidan sculpture for Blizzard's E3 booth this year. More »

Kotakuite Chris Rolls Katamari!

brownlee — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:40:57 EDT

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Greasy Castlevania Tattoo To Adorn Gamer's Flesh Forever

brownlee — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:00:31 EDT

When I was 16, my best friend tried to convince me to get a tattoo of Tweety Bird holding a shotgun glaring menacingly with bloodshot eyes. He swore this summed up in one indelible image my entire personality. He may have been right, but I demurred. He then suggested that I get a urinating Calvin flipping the bird tattooed on my left buttock, just like on the mud flap of a truck. Maybe it was just something about the way he earnestly suggested I get a micturating six year old tattooed on my ass, but that was the day I became officially creeped way out by his friendship and we stopped being B.F.F.s. More »

NES Bathtub Beard Bonanza in the Buff!

egauger — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:40:46 EDT

When I'm not sniffing out Kotaku stories, I spend most of my time online the same way you do: cruising for porn. Imagine the little frisson of pleasure that went through me when I spied the following subject in the tips@ mailbox: "NES Homo-eroticism?" More »

Crecente Vs. Ashcraft in Chalkboard Street Fighter!

brownlee — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:40:00 EDT

Although Eliza and I have since smoothed out our differences with a beefy handshake and a night at the strip club, our brief conflagration in the McDonald's Interactive thread has infected Crecente and Ashcraft with rabid, Street Fighting bloodlust. Right after 'manly snuggle', this is our second favorite way of settling our arguments here at Kotaku Tower. More »

Gamers Gets Fresh With Samus

brownlee — Mon, 29 May 2006 16:40:41 EDT

This is the closest any gamer is ever going to get to resting his hand on Samus' sublime, imminently smackable ass.FLORIAN ECKHARDT More »

Guitar Hero Hero Gallery Full Of Crazies

brownlee — Sat, 27 May 2006 07:00:30 EDT

Speaking of air Guitar Heros and that Gibson contest, check out the Be A Guitar Hero gallery and leave your comments on the wackiest Guitar Hero air thrashers out there. We particularly like these two guitarists caught seconds before a Gene Simmons style tongue kiss.FLORIAN ECKHARDT More »

More Retro Baking!

brownlee — Wed, 17 May 2006 17:40:08 EDT

The improbably named Rakka Deer sent us a link to her great Flickr photoset featuring some enthusiastic and charming attempts at immortalizing classic game characters in cupcakes and pies. Not only she baked the chain of Centipede cupcakes above (or to the right, I guess... this new widescreen template is so damn unpredictable), but a Pac-Man cupcake, a Space Invaders apple pie and Tetris cookies. More »

Pre-E3, Outside The LA Convention Center

brownlee — Mon, 08 May 2006 15:40:31 EDT

If you can't get enough of what you're missing, Clubskill has posted up an attractive photo gallery of the outside of the Los Angeles Convention Center. Are those some bitching stairs or what? More »

Readers' Game Rooms

Brian Crecente — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:01:09 EDT

Yes, yes, I'm pathetically slow when it comes to posting up contest pictures. Here's images from the 29 entries we received for the coolest reader game room. Check em out and then post your comments so we can narrow it down to our favorites and start a vote to see who wins the Kilowatt. I wasn't totally shocked that we received one toilet game room photo, but two? Of course, you know my heart was won by the home arcade featuring the pinball machines. More »

Revolution Controller Photo Shoot With Red Steel Devs!

brownlee — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:40:20 EDT

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Do these guys look like they are having fun with the Revolution controller or what? Swhishing their tiny ivory Nintendo brand nunchukus around a recent photo shoot, Ubisoft's Red Steel team demonstrated first hand exactly how awesome it is going to be to start jumping up and down on your couch and pantomime swinging a samurai sword. More »

Round-Up: GDC Photos

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:23:18 EST

Japanese site Game Watch Impress has a bunch of Game Developers Conference photos up. Looked over each very carefully, trying to find Crecente. No luck. You'd think one would be able to at least spot his facial hair. More »