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Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Zarnyx went to the NintendoWorld launch for Mario & Luigi: Dream Team in New York and wrote all about it.. AstroKid248 writes another I Know Mortal Kombat post in her series about skills learned from video games. This one’s about whether video games can teach…

Elizabeth Looks Way Different in BioShock Infinite’s Rapture DLC

Two weeks ago, we found out that BioShock Infinite’s Burial at Sea DLCwill be bringing protagonists Booker and Elizabeth to the undersea city of Rapture from BioShock 1. Now we’re getting a closer look at how the noir variant of Columbia’s savior child will look. She seems less… innocent. Over on the official Irrational Games…

Watch The Wonderful 101’s Epic Nintendo Direct Right Here

By the time you watch the Nintendo Direct hypecast for the upcoming Wii U game, you will definitely know when The Wonderful 101 is coming out. Hosted by Platinum Games’ Hideki Kamiya, this morning’s extended preview gave a deep look at the moves, tactics and characters in the upcoming action/strategy title. 101 feels a bit…

What Happens When You Find Out Your Older Self Kills the World

It’s one of time travel’s quintessential conundrums: do you go back into your own life if the technology allows? How bad do things have to get for you to break spacetime rules like that? Well, in the new comics series The Bunker, things get pretty bad. Apocalyptically so. Genetically engineered food. Hyper-efficient delivery systems. Together,…

In SpyParty’s Bloodless Cat-and-Mouse Chase, Your Life Ends Here

Beautiful place for a headshot, no? And players won’t need to worry about staining the handsome furnishings after killing someone in SpyParty because there won’t be any blood. The images above come from lavish environments that will be going into SpyParty’s next graphical update, which will be on display at this year’s PAX Prime. The…

First, there wasn’t going to be a headset included with the Xbox One. But now, Microsoft says that feedback from gamers is the reason that every one of their next-gen consoles will include the communications peripheral

Why We Love Comics

This video celebrating comics is great. It nods at everything from old Sunday newspaper strips to Silver Age superhero epics and underground mini-comics. But, I’m sure that when Stephen Totilo watches it, he will be very disturbed by the lack of Grant Morrison. The BuzzFeed video’s part of YouTube’s Geek Week. I’m sure I’ve been…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Zarnyx pens a beautiful essay about Earthbound, unemployment and mushrooms. DanimalCart wonders if The Last of Us‘ story should’ve been told in something other than a video game. And Odin announces the new anime series that Ani-TAY discussions will be focusing on And you can…

Here’s Everything That Comes With The $500 ‘Day One’ Xbox One

Some of you already have pre-orders in for the Xbox One and it’s simply a matter of waiting until you can find out when it’s actually going to be in stores. You might think you already know enough about Microsoft’s next-gen console but, this morning, the folks in Redmond are showing off what comes with…

Behold: The Nerdiest Superhero Infographics Ever

You’ve always wanted to know how the Punisher makes decisions, haven’t you? Or when exactly comic books got so damn expensive? Well, then, take a look at the gloriously helpful information design in this beautiful new book about superheroes. Think about all the stuff you know about comics universes. The creators who’ve worked on long-running…

Batman and Superman Times Two and Two Kinds of F****d-Up Time Travel

Did you know that Kotaku bossman Stephen Totilo has magic hands? As in hands trained in the arts of prestidigitation. I didn’t. These are the things you’ll find out watching he and I talk about Batman/Superman #2, and other comics that have come out recently, as well as some that are out this week. Here’s…

These Are the Guys Who Make Sonic’s Life Hell in His Comic Book Series

Video games’ fastest hedgehog beats up a lot of other animals in his comic-book adventures. Humans, too. If you want to see the guys who’ve given Sonic his toughest battles in illustrated form, they’re all in one handsomely presented place now. Archie Comics is putting the spotlight on the villains who plague Sonic’s life in…

Japanese Luigi Is the Best, Scariest Luigi

At first, I was just delighted to see that Nintendo’s iconic second fiddle was getting a live-action commercial in his native Japan. But, after finding out exactly who’s wearing Luigi’s overalls, this clip featuring Mario’s brother feels even more awesome. The gentleman in the green cap is Junji Inagawa, best known as an actor, producer,…

Watch All of Today’s Nintendo Direct Right Here

Animal Crossing stuff. Luigi stuff. Multiple flavors of Zelda stuff! That was a fair amount of news to take in during today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast. Now you can peruse it all at your leisure right here. What developments excites you the most?

Don’t Worry: Luigi Will Be Playable in The Next Smash Bros.

It’s the Year of Luigi and Nintendo just revealed that Mario’s skinnier, more scaredy-cat brother will be showing up in the next Smash Bros. game. Screenshots of Luigi facing up against Pit, Mega Man and his more famous brother show the green-shirted sibling looking fierce and a little… nervous? It remains to be seen if…

Only Wii U Owners Can Dress Up as Mario in Rayman Legends

When it got delayed earlier this year, Rayman Legends became a symbol of the agonizing plight of the Wii U owner. It was cruel to hear a game that folks were holding out for would be going to competing consoles. But now, there’s a little reward for Nintendo loyalists that PS3 and 360 owners won’t…

Don’t Say Urkel Was The First Black Nerd

The geeky proclivities of folks like Aisha Tyler, Donald Glover and W. Kamau Bell have sparked conversations about the idea of what it means to be black and nerdy these days. How far back does this phenomenon go? Well, if you think Urkel’s the first black nerd, then you should probably watch comedian Baron Vaughn…

This Time Travel Comic Shows People Making The Same Old Mistakes Again

It’s happened time and again. Human beings find some place they’ve never been before, mine it for resources/glory/whatever and wind up screwing with the Natural Order of Things. Terrible consequences follow and life as we know it gets a little bit more miserable. In Jeff Lemire’s new comic series Trillium, mankind faces extinction in the…

Fake Retro Wreck-It Ralph Game Winds Up With Real Sega Genesis Port

You may remember how Disney invented a real-world pseudo-history for Wreck-It Ralph when the animated movie came to theaters last year. There was that artfully aged arcade cabinet that showed up at E3 last year and a commercial that homed in on the cheesiness of old-school arcade advertisements. And, of course, there was the Fix-It…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Souls shares his thoughts on Infamous 2after just completing the PS3 game. Marsh Naylor has vital advice those wanting to—for real, this time!—unleash their inner GAMER. And Zack_Falcon looks at the nature of the distraction provided by gaming And you can always go join the…