Evan Narcisse

Five Comics That Merge Science and Magic This Week

If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…

The Sonic/Mega Man Comics Crossover Might Be the Closest We Get a Sega vs. Capcom Throwdown

Let’s get real: Sonic doesn’t stand a chance. Sure, he’s fast. You see that energy build-up in the Mega Buster pictured below? That’s a recipe for roasted hedgehog, right there. But, wait, you say! Couldn’t Sonic disassemble Mega Man at super-speed before Capcom’s icon could even get a blast off? The answers to these questions…

Ian Bogost’s appraisal of the Wii U looks at the new console and Nintendo’s long, twisting history in shifting contexts.

The Saddest Video Game Character You Will Ever See

There’s a bit of Pinocchio in Mega Man’s story, what with the kindly father figure creating a “son” out of artificial materials. And, yeah, there’s some melancholy in there, too. Melancholy that digital artist Madec Brice captures in his beautiful portrait of the Blue Bomber. Over on DeviantArt, Brice also mines the loneliness that must…

Dunwall City Trials—the previously announced challenge DLC for Dishonored—will be coming out on Dec. 11

Yes, Robot Chicken, Kratos Should Be Embarrassed if Sackboy Kicks His Butt

Robot Chicken’s brand of geek humor gets a lot of mileage from imagining the messed-up stuff fictional characters get up to when they’re not busy being all heroic or villainous. So, yeah, a breakroom filled with the cast of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale would be boiling over with all of the shame and neediness you…

British retailer Game may not get that this is the same exact Mass Effect 3. Via Twitter

Quadriplegic Gamer Pulls Off Some of Mass Effect 3’s Hardest Multiplayer Feats All By Himself

You need to kill hundreds of enemies to win a silver-level Mass Effect 3 multiplayer match. Heck, even with multiple players, it takes serious teamwork to make sure everybody survives. So, it’s already impressive that Alain Poitras won out in the Silver and Bronze level runs in the video above. But when you consider the…

There Are Now as Many as 400,000 Wii U Owners In North America

It’s been just over a week since Nintendo ushered in the next-generation of home console hardware with the launch of the Wii U. In that time, the new device has sold 400,000 units. CNET reports that the Wii U just edged out the Wii, which sold 300,000 units in the same time frame. When the…

Here’s the Trailer for Mass Effect 3’s Omega DLC

The new single-player add-on for BioWare’s hit sci-fi threequel hits tomorrow and this video shows off new female Turian character Nyreen and some of the new enemies you’ll be facing down. It’ll be nice giving Aria some orders that she’ll have to follow for once.

This German Screenshot Reportedly Says When Halo 4’s Map Packs Are Dropping

Lots of players—including Kotaku’s own Tina Amini—think that Halo 4 needs more maps. 343 Industries has said that additional multiplayer environments are coming but hasn’t clued anyone in as to the exact arrival times. But the screenshot above from a German Xbox 360 dashboard appears to reveal dates for the next three sets of maps…

Disney Epic Mickey: The Power of Illusion: The Kotaku Review

Up for consideration as the saddest noise in the world: the sound Mickey Mouse makes when he dies/gets knocked out/whatever in Epic Mickey: The Power of Illusion It’s a depressing, elongated “ohhhh ” groan that immediately makes you feel disappointed in yourself for letting a beloved slice of your childhood keel over. Childhood—both personal ones…

Pump Train Puts You In Charge of Saving New York City’s Subways After Hurricane Sandy

One of the most chilling consequences of last month’s brutal superstorm was how Sandy flooded and shut down huge chunks of New York City’s mass transit system. Entire subway stations were submerged and the tunnels that trains travel through were flooded to an unprecedented degree. Much of the subway system was up and running in…

Tim Schafer Wants You to Know How Double Fine Makes Its Games

The Amnesia Fortnight sessions at Double Fine have been a sort of open secret at Tim Schafer’s Double Fine development studios. People can point to what’s come out of those brainstorming marathons, in the form of Iron Brigade, Costume Quest and Stacking. And the folks at Double Fine have made the latest Amnesia Fortnight public,…

Talk Amongst Yourselves is where you should go to talk about games. And life. Happy Thanksgiving, Americans!

Mirror’s Edge 2 Is Being Made Right Now, According to Ex-EA Developer

Few recent games have had as many requests for a follow-up as Mirror’s Edge. If you go by the amount of love professed for it on the internet, the first-person freerunner charmed the vast majority of people who played it. But the 2008 release didn’t sell well enough to merit a sequel and it seemed…

Six Comics to Be Thankful For This Week

If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…

The Best Comics To Give This Holiday Season

Take A Glimpse At Your Likely Video Game Future

Evan’s Note: Stumbles aside, the newly-released Wii U is already pointing towards one possible future for console video games. And, when it hits next year, the Ouya box might have the power to shift games development and delivery in a yet another direction. It all sounds great, doesn’t it? There’s just one catch… How’re you…

The Writer on the Tomb Raider Reboot Talks About How Video Game Writing Should Work

Rhianna Pratchett has made a name for herself with the video game writing she’s done. Her contributions to Overlord, Heavenly Sword and Mirror’s Edge added tonality and humor that helped make those titles stand out. And in a recent interview with Gamasutra, she explains how she and the team at Crystal Dynamics are trying to…