When Murderous, Rampaging Animals Are Fake and Look Goofy
Animals are dangerous, especially wild animals. You do not want to mess with them. This, however, is not a wild animal.
These animals unbelievably made from tissue paper are so fun
In what might be the most creative use of tissue ever, Fuyu Arai created this wonderful stop motion animation video for Nepia, a Japanese tissue paper company. It shows different animals like birds, dogs, kangaroos, frogs, etc. being formed through just tissue paper. The animation is so fluid that you almost believe…
The Most Awesome Video Game Dog Companions
Just like cats, man's best friend is a returning character in every genre. We've selected those video game dogs—from games both old and new—which are usually portrayed as companions; sidekicks who can both help us with minor tasks and save our asses in difficult situations.
All These Animals Scream Like Humans. It's Freaky, Man.
I had no idea all these animals could make these sounds. Some aren't so surprising—goats screaming videos have been floating around the web this week. And some, like the frogs—the frogs!! What the heck!?
Here's The Kinect Teaching Us All About Animals
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Kinect: Nat Geo TV , or at least witness a Kinect mini-game in . It's teaching our video editor Chris Person all about animals, as you can see in this clip.
A Video Game That Helps People Forge Stronger Relationships...With Pigs
We breed them, kill them, cook them. Millions of man-hours have been spent flinging Angry Birds at them, but has anyone ever tried playing video games with them? A team of livestock ethics researchers and game designers in the Netherlands is doing just that with Pig Chase.
Watch This Lizard Kick Ass At A Video Game With His Tongue
I've seen orangutans play video games on a touch screen, but this is the first lizard. And this Bearded Dragon doesn't need opposable thumbs to master the art of gaming, he uses his tongue.
Shooting Folks is Fine, But What if We Run Over a Dog in Grand Theft…
With a puppy appearing in the opening scene of the Grand Theft Auto V debut trailer, animal-loving commenter Nostrapadamous is worried that a virtual dog might run out in front of his virtual car and virtually die. In the arms of angels goes today's Speak Up on Kotaku.
Sega Promotes Awareness Of Endangered Hedgehogs By Being Cruel To Them
Britain's hedgehog population is in crisis, with many falling victim to roadkill. Sega staged a "hedgehog road crossing" to raise awareness of the creatures, and, of course, Sonic Colors. Here one's fitted with red booties. Seen via Daily Mail.
Can't Pull The Trigger On A Virtual Buffalo
On the topic of shooting animals in Red Dead Redemption, one player of Rockstar's big Western writes to Kotaku about his resistance to killing virtual bison.
What Do Red Dead Redemption Players Have Against Crows?
Do Red Dead Redemption players hate crows? I shoot virtual deer and wolves a lot in that fantastic video game Western, but look at these stats, pulled from the Rockstar Social Club:
For Now The Bionic Cat Just Walks, But Could Laser Feet Be That Far…
After losing his back feet to a combine harvester, Oscar the cat thought he would never walk again, but we can rebuild him. We have the technology.
PETA Doesn't Want Animals In The Mafia
Reacting to yesterday's news that popular Facebook game Mafia Wars is adding animals as weapons, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals requests developer reconsider, using Zynga founder Mark Pincus' own beloved pet as ammunition.
It's Like Gears of War, But With Angry Deer
Evey game has a Horde Mode these days. EVERY game. I mean, Bass Pro Shops: The Hunt has one, except it's no standalone stand-off-against-ugly-Locust-soldiers mode. It's a mode that is all about man against attacking forest animals.
PETA Fights Call Of Duty Dog Killing With Nintendogs
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have thrown their support behind the Academy of Notre Dame student protest against dog killing in Call of Duty: World at War.
Max Payne Movie Tops Box Office
Bad reviews , so what? The Hollywood version of staring Mark Walhberg came out on top at the box office in its first week, beating out Oliver Stone's That film debuted at the fourth spot. Explained Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers: "The estimates for 'W.' were all over the place...…