Evan Narcisse

Four Comics Filled With Unlikely Parings 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…

A Graphic Novel about Jesus Christ Blood Money Shows That One of Comics’ Living Legends Still Has What It Takes

Some creators are meant to make myth. They’re supposed to stride into humanity’s shared stream of meaning and re-interpret the flow. Or boil it into something elemental. Comics legend Walt Simonson is one of those people. Yes, his acclaimed work on Thor and Orion had the advantage of dealing with deities in the leading role.…

The Secret to Dishonored’s Stealth, Revealed!

Evan’s Note: There’s nothing like getting a super-sneaky kill in Dishonored, is there? One minute, a City Watch Guard is looking out for trouble. The next, he’s just dinner for a horde of plague rats. Arkane Studios’ acclaimed new game lets players mix up an impressive suite of abilities to eliminate your foes’ in incredibly…

At Big Questions Online, game developer/author Jane McGonigal runs down the many ways gaming can be good for you

Looks Like Assassin’s Creed III’s Multiplayer Is Getting Some Cool Upgrades

Man, Ubisoft’s marketing teams sure aren’t afraid of running up some purple language in this new multiplayer trailer for Assassin’s Creed III. “Masterwork of Carnage.” “Blood-stained cotton fields.” That kind of thing. Nevertheless, the competitive online options appear to be getting some much-needed refinements in this month’s AC threequel. And the new Anvil engine makes…

Watch Me Try to Do What Lara Croft Does in Tomb Raider

Everyone who’s played a Tomb Raider game knows that Lara Croft’s pistols are her most iconic and trusty weapons. Always filled with ammo, always ready to mow down the rabid wolves, Yeti and human thugs who get in her way. But the new Tomb Raider reboot doesn’t start players off with guns. Instead, your first…

Here’s The Novel That Will Change How People Think About Video Games

What do people really know about how video games get made? Sure, today’s players know that games get designed, drawn, produced and tested. That’s more than their forebears. Still, the idea of what drives people to make games—other than the fact that it seems like a fun thing to do—remains one that continues to feel…

Here’s What an Anti-Tobacco Video Game Looks Like

There’s no more illusion that smoking isn’t bad for your health. And tobacco companies are obliged to divulge the risks involved with using their products. They still want to make money, though, and resort to questionable means to market their wares to the public. One of Big Tobacco’s tactics is to lure in younger customers…

Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul Set to Star in a 2014 Need for Speed Movie

Electronic Arts has signed up an Emmy-winning actor to put the pedal to the metal in an upcoming film adaptation of their Need for Speed franchise. According to today’s press release, Paul will be leading a cast in a Dreamworks-produced NFS movie directed by Scott Waugh, who also helmed real-life-Navy-SEAL action movie Act of Valor.…

The Incredibly Cute & Clever Cosplay of New York Comic-Con’s Last Two Days

If you weren’t careful, you could step over some of the cutest cosplayers attending this year’s New York Comic-Con. Take this little Spider-toddler in the shot above. She’s only 19 months old but kept her mask on like a real superhero. Off to a great start, I say. Take a gander at the other outfits…

See How Sleeping Dogs‘ Next DLC Lets You Beat Up the Undead with Magic Kung-Fu

Earlier today, Square Enix and United Front Games announced that they’ll be delivering a horror movie style add-on to the gritty open-world action of Sleeping Dogs. The publisher and developer showed off the trailer and some gameplay from Nightmare in North Point, and talked about the special weapons and abilities Wei Shen will get access…

Sleeping Dogs‘s New DLC Will Show You the Scary Side of Hong Kong on Oct. 30

Square Enix managed to find a surprising success in Sleeping Dogs, their crime drama that takes place in a engaging open-world Hong Kong. Since the game’s summer release, it’s gotten DLC offerings that give players new racing or cop missions as well as packs filled with new customization options but nothing in the form of…

The Cosplay Of New York Comic-Con, Day One

The Big Apple’s biggest nerd-fest is in full swing and Kotaku‘s on the scene to soak up as much cosplay, gameplay and horseplay as we can handle. In the gallery below, you’ll see the sharpest and silliest costumes we’ve spotted so far. Take a look and wonder at the dedication and bravery on display—click each…

New Book Lets You Look Inside the Dragon Age Universe

Whether you love or hate what BioWare’s done with their fantasy action series, most people who’ve played the Dragon Age game would have to admit that they’re filled with impressive art and design. A new book from Dark Horse Comics will provide glimpses of the all the artwork that goes into making Dragon Age feel…

Mass Effect 3’s Best Action Hero Is Getting His Own Comic

“This one doesn’t have time for your solid waste excretions.” If you’re like me, you “watched” every gripping minute of Blasto 6: Partners in Crime, the film featuring the first Hanar Spectre inside Mass Effect 3. The rules-breaking renegade did whatever the hell he wanted in pursuit of justice, even if it meant smashing up…

Guillermo Del Toro and Grant Morrison Announce Their New Comics in Battling Accents

Yesterday at New York Comic-Con, one of comics’ best writers and a true movie-making visionary told the world what their new comic-book series were about. Too bad no one could understand them. Just kidding! Every word from Grant Morrison and Guillermo Del Toro was perfectly intelligible. Exciting, even! During a press conference held at the…

Guillermo Del Toro’s Next Movie Has a Little GlaDOS in It

Last we heard about Guillermo del Toro’s horror game inSane, it got cut loose from a frantically restructuring THQ. Today at New York Comic-Con, del Toro confirmed that the game is in search of a new development partner. He also revealed that Ellen McLain, beloved as the voice of GLaDOS from Valve’s Portal games, will…

In Dishonored, Sometimes The Story Is What You Don’t See

Pro tip for anyone wanting to write a video game: “If it’s longer than a tweet, a character should probably not be saying it in the play of a game.” For those with dreams of seeding video games with their scintillating prose, Austin Grossman’s observation may be a bit deflating. But the writer/designer who helped…

We’ve corrected yesterday’s story on Star Citizen—which isn’t free-to-play—with info on how the game might be priced.

Here’s an Extended Cut of That Dazzling Squadron 42 Trailer

Chris Roberts want his next game universe to be big. You get a better sense of the scale that the Wing Commander creator is going for in the longer version of the trailer that ran this morning. This edit shows off a bit more of the ships and dogfights in the Squadron 42 slice of…