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Sometimes Real Life Looks Just Like Skyrim
Here’s a surreal, beautiful photograph of an auroral storm over Arctic Henge in northern Iceland, featured today by NASA Looks straight out of Skyrim, doesn’t it? The Northern Lights sometimes pop up while you’re climbing Skyrim‘s frosty mountains, and that structure looks almost exactly like one of the game’s Guardian Stones. I feel like a…
By Jason Schreier Published April 30, 2012 -
Live-Action Halo 4 Web Series Will Bring Master Chief To Real Life This Fall
Microsoft may have derailed the Halo movie, but that won’t stop the publisher from bringing Master Chief to glorious live-action this year. Microsoft will launch a web-series called Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn this fall, Variety reports today The live-action series, composed of five 15-minute installments that will air on the networks Machinima and Halo…
By Jason Schreier Published April 30, 2012 -
Uncharted Lead Designer Leaves Studio
Naughty Dog lead designer Richard Lemarchand is leaving the studio to teach at the University of Southern California, where he’ll join the school’s Interactive Media Division. Lemarchand most recently served as co-designer on Uncharted 3. [Gamasutra]
By Jason Schreier Published April 30, 2012 -
The Real Reason Aeris’s Death Made You Cry
Let me paint you a picture. You’re Cloud, standing in the middle of an ancient city, surrounded by crystals and conch shells and crystallized conch shells. Your hair is irresponsibly spiky. Before you kneels Aeris, that flower girl you’re sorta kinda crushing on. Her eyes are closed. She’s praying. Whoosh. Down comes that douchebag Sephiroth,…
By Jason Schreier Published April 27, 2012 -
This Game’s Trailer Is Too Pretty To Be Real
This is the debut trailer for Reset, an upcoming PC puzzle game. It’s gorgeous. Almost too gorgeous. Seems like one of those annoying computer-generated teasers that winds up looking absolutely nothing like the real thing. But believe it or not, development studio Theory Interactive says everything in this trailer was rendered with their in-game engine.…
By Jason Schreier Published April 26, 2012 -
Avenger Controller Creator Tries To Put Ocean Marketing Debacle in the Past
It’s tough to recover from a PR gaffe. Even tougher: when it’s the biggest PR gaffe of 2011, a customer service firestorm that set the Internet into Complete And Utter Outrage Mode late last year. But David Kotkin, who took a ride on the rollercoaster of Internet infamy along with outspoken marketer Paul Christoforo last…
By Jason Schreier Published April 26, 2012 -
Portal 2 Level Creator Hitting PC And Mac This May
Valve will release free Portal 2 downloadable content titled “Perpetual Testing Initiative” for PC and Mac on May 8, the publisher said today. Valve says you’ll be able to “easily create, share, and play Portal 2 puzzles” with the new DLC, which lets you publish maps directly to Steam. Other players will be able to…
By Jason Schreier Published April 26, 2012 -
South Park‘s Mr. Garrison Teaches Us The History of Game of Thrones
In this amazing clip from last night’s South Park, schoolteacher Mr. Garrison tries to explain the complex history behind the world of Westeros. You can watch the full episode, “Cartman Finds Love,” on South Park’s official website Cartman Finds Love [South Park Studios]
By Jason Schreier Published April 26, 2012 -
Calvin Johnson Will Be On The Cover Of Madden 13
The fans have spoken. Madden 13‘s cover athlete will be Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin “Megatron” Johnson. Publisher Electronic Arts revealed the news today at an event in New York City, where fans came out to watch finalists Johnson and Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton as they had silly food-throwing competitions and jokingly gave one…
By Jason Schreier Published April 25, 2012 -
I Wish This Star Trek Phaser Was Real
Sadly, this is probably just a camera trick involving smoke and LED lights. But what if a man actually built a working Star Trek phaser? What if he used it to pop balloons? What if he brought it to a bank and took everybody hostage? What if he used all of the money to build…
By Jason Schreier Published April 25, 2012 -
Adam Sessler Out At G4 [UPDATE]
Longtime gaming personality Adam Sessler is no longer at G4, the TV host’s representative said today. Here’s a statement from Sessler’s representative: Television personality Adam Sessler and TV network G4 are parting ways, with Adam’s last episode as host of G4’s “X-Play” airing on the network today, Wednesday, April 25. Adam has been hosting the…
By Jason Schreier Published April 25, 2012 -
It’s Time For Your Daily Dose Of Robot Dinosaurs
Some days, you wake up, look around, and think to yourself “Gosh, I hope I get to see some screenshots of robot dinosaurs today.” Well today your prayers have been answered. Here’s a bunch of Dinobot screenshots from Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, courtesy publisher Activision. They are big and robotic and angry. (Also pictured: Decepticons,…
By Jason Schreier Published April 25, 2012 -
A Beautiful Rendition Of Mass Effect 3‘s Melodies
No matter your opinions on the controversial ending to Mass Effect 3, if you’re a fan of BioWare’s sci-fi role-playing game series, you might dig this great original song, written and performed by singer Malukah. The background music is all from Mass Effect. Reignite – Mass Effect/Shepard Tribute Song [YouTube via Reddit]
By Jason Schreier Published April 25, 2012 -
Help Prove That Video Games Aren’t Dumb
In an article published by The Atlantic earlier this month, writer Taylor Clark posited that “video games, with very few exceptions, are dumb.” Nevermind the ridiculousness of such a hyperbolic, inflammatory statement, responds Brainy Gamer’s Michael Abbott. We can prove Clark wrong So Abbott is constructing a list, one brainy offering at a time, to…
By Jason Schreier Published April 25, 2012 -
These New Game of Thrones Screenshots Sure Look Generic
These are screenshots from the upcoming Game of Thrones RPG. You can tell this because they all say “Game of Thrones” in big letters. If not for those labels, would you have any idea what they were from? Or would you think, “Oh, great, another generic fantasy role-playing game.”? As a huge fan of both…
By Jason Schreier Published April 25, 2012 -
A Single Mistranslation Changed One Final Fantasy Character’s Entire Motivation
Avid Final Fantasy VI fans might have noticed an inconsistency among the various releases of Square Enix’s classic role-playing game. While joining your ragtag group of Empire-fighting rebels in the 1994 Super Nintendo version, wandering gambler Setzer says, “The Empire’s made me a rich man.” As if he’s sacrificing money to do the right thing.…
By Jason Schreier Published April 24, 2012 -
Well Now Nintendo Is Just Being Mean [UPDATE]
See this photo? It’s a lovely display from the Mother series, captured by Kotaku friend Matt Hawkins at the Nintendo World Store in New York City. Isn’t this fantastic? Look at the adorable sprites. The cartridges. The CDs. It’s really lovely. Which would all be well and good, except Nintendo of America has spent the…
By Jason Schreier Published April 24, 2012 -
Thinking About Buying Batman: Arkham City? Hang On.
Just a PSA: The upcoming Game of the Year edition of Arkham City, to be released May 29, will include all of the game’s downloadable content, including the upcoming Harley Quinn’s Revenge, which comes out at the end of this month. So don’t dish out your $60 just yet—wait for the Game of the Year…
By Jason Schreier Published April 24, 2012 -
Each Level of Super Mario Bros. Condensed Into a Single Screen
You must play Super Mario Summary, a platformer that designer Johan Peitz created during the latest Ludum Dare game dev challenge. It’s a surprisingly fun recreation of Super Mario Bros. in which every level is summarized by a single screen. And you can play it at work. Which I just did. For the past 30…
By Jason Schreier Published April 24, 2012
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