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How the Human-Hunting Robots in This TweedPunk Shooter Will Find and Kill You
Everybody complains about artificial intelligence. It’s too dumb. It’s too all-knowing. What it really is is too opaque. AI design remains one of the most mysterious disciplines of video game creation. Well, if you’ve ever wondered about how the rules governing the allies and opponents in a video game, then a blog post regarding Sir,…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 30, 2012 -
Come On, Video Games, Let’s See Some Black People I’m Not Embarrassed By
I’ve never played as a black video game character who’s made me feel like he was cool. Worse yet, I’ve never played a black video game character who made me feel like I was cool. Instead, I’ve groaned and rolled my eyes at a parade of experiences that continue to tell me video games just…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 29, 2012 -
Looks Like There Might’ve Been a Rampage Reboot For Kinect in Development
Remember Rampage? The old-school arcade hit let players control giant monsters that unleashed havoc all over fictional cities, most memorably by climbing buildings and punching them into rubble. When Warner Brothers acquired Midway after the publisher declared bankruptcy a few years ago, it also got the company’s intellectual property portfolio, which included Rampage. It’s been…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 29, 2012 -
Watch Upcoming Indie Game Pid Go from Paper to Pixel in This Video
It’s been months since anything’s been seen from Might & Delight’s Pid, an in-development indie platformer that plays around with gravity. It’s looking like it’s going to sport really stunning visuals and the video above offers a glimpse of Pid‘s progression. Look for Pid to hit digital platforms later this year.
By Evan Narcisse Published March 29, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome, wanderers, to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, game where you draw things? Knock yourselves out! Surprised Guy is a hunter not a boxer,…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 29, 2012 -
Here’s How the Sequel to Amnesia: The Dark Descent Will Be Even Scarier
One of the scariest games in recent memory came in the form of Frictional Games’ Amnesia: The Dark Descent. And while there’s a sequel underway—titled Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs—the indie developer’s not the one making it. Instead, Frictional has handed the reins to the next Amnesia period piece scarefest to TheChineseRoom, makers of interactive…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 29, 2012 -
Call of Duty Cited As Possible Factor in Fatal Shooting of 10-Year-Old Boy
A preteen who killed a friend inside a Georgia home was playing Activision’s popular first-person-shooter before the fatal shots were fired. According to ABC affiliate WJBF, three young boys were playing Call of Duty: Black Ops on the night of March 26th, when the eldest of them picked up a semi-automatic that belonged to his…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 28, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Snake? Snnaaaake?! Hello, dear readers, you’ve managed to sneak into Talk Amongst Yourselves, Kotaku’s official forum where you can assemble on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, game where you draw things? Knock yourselves out! Apparently the setting of Vasily Perov’s painting…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 28, 2012 -
Wasteland 2 Creator Calls the Publisher/Developer Dynamic “Awful”
With the Kickstarter campaign for his old-school role-playing title already surpassing its goal, Brian Fargo has managed to find a path out of needing a publisher to continue making video games. And that’s good, because, according to an interview Fargo did with Ripten, publishers treat developers like crap. While developers spend the man-hours and energy…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 28, 2012 -
One-Word Video Game Reviewers Pass Some Harsh Judgements
Imagine you’ve only got one word to describe Mass Effect 3, a game that hundreds of thousands of people have been waiting for. Tough decision, huh? Well, on one new website, most people are using the word “shit” to describe Bioware’s sci-fi threequel. Which one would you use? It’s pretty clear that One Word Reviews…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2012 -
The Panel Discussion Half-Dozen: Six Comics That Will Make You Thing About Your Place in the World 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…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2012 -
Magic Sex, Underwater Vomit and Heart-Punching: Why Defenders #1-4 Works
Every so often, Panel Discussion will take a look at a graphic novel or a run of comics that executes particularly well. This is Why It Works. I’d lost a little bit of faith in Matt Fraction. The Portland-based writer won me over years ago with his brilliant superspy series Casanova, which deconstructed and re-assembled…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2012 -
Great Scott! Panel Discussion Starts Now!
Are we still pretending that comics and video games don’t have anything to do with each other? Not anymore, we’re not. Welcome to Panel Discussion, where the focus will be on comic books and sequential art, whether they connect directly to video games or not. Confused? Read this.
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2012 -
Hollywood Director James Gunn Chokes Up Because of Lollipop Chainsaw’s Zombie-Killing Cheerleader
Gory grindhouse horror movies. Bubblegum pop. The mish-mash of these elements makes it impossible to look away from upcoming action game Lollipop Chainsaw. It’s a balance that the title’s creators need to get just right but James Gunn and Goichi Suda think they’re on the right track I had a chance to sit down with…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome, wanderers, to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, game where you draw things? Knock yourselves out! Let the record show that this is the…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2012 -
One Indie Developer Walked Away from Zynga’s $210 Million Acquisition of OMGPOP
Zynga’s absorbed a lot of companies in the last two years, but few experienced the sudden shift in fortunes that OMGPOP did over the last few days. Within two months, the studio saw their Draw Something become a breakout hit, which lead their getting snapped up by the social game giant. A recent New York…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2012 -
Here Are the Weapons You’ll Kill Redcoats With in Assassin’s Creed III
If all 50 details that Stephen Totilo noticed about Assassin’s Creed III didn’t satisfy your hunger for knowledge, check out the video above for a look at the death-dealing tools the threequel’s hero will use during the Revolutionary War. The series’ signature hidden blade is still in effect and it’ll be interesting to see if…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 2012 -
These Incredible Beams of Light Transform Your Face Into Someone Else’s
Usually, you go through great pains to create a human face in video games or other computer-generated imagery. The results can look hella creepy and soulless, even when the details look good. In the hypnotic video above, the opposite’s happening. One man’s face becomes the projection screen where virtual worlds, computer applications and a collection…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 2012 -
Batman’s AWOL as Vampires Overrun Gotham in This Justice League Dark #7 Preview
One of the more impressive things about DC Comics’ New 52 reboot is how they’ve made horror and superheroics co-exist, without either genre seeming diminished. Whether it’s the Rot turning Animal Man‘s life upside down or Batman’s encounter with I, Vampire‘s Andrew Bennett, the mystical terrors that surface in the new continuity don’t seem like…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome, wanderers, to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, game where you draw things? Knock yourselves out! Today’s TAYpic comes courtesy of halfbeast and plunges…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 2012
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