It’s “Sex Week” at the always-enjoyable Unwinnable, which means you can read all manner of articles about video games, comics, and sexy sextimes. Highlights include an essay about how Dota 2 is like doin’ it, and an interactive dating sim that will “sear your eyes and break your heart.”
Skyrim was a ridiculously large game, and so it makes sense that a comprehensive look at how developer Bethesda built it would be equally large. And lo, it is—this massive breakdown posted by Bethesda senior designer Joel Burgess goes deeper than the deepest crypt and farther afield than the farthest… field. The article, which is…
This dramatic new teaser for Shin Megami Tensei IV has finally gotten me to shake off the remnants of my JRPG overload-ennui and realize, “Hey, cool, a new JRPG is coming, and I want to play it.” Atlus recently announced that the game is coming to America; it’ll arrive on July 16. For a more…
Ubisoft has shared another chunk of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon gameplay, this time narrated by the game’s creative director Dean Evans. This gives a sense of Blood Dragon‘s willful stupidity, and shows off a trick that wasn’t present in Far Cry 3: The ability to call in a massive land-dragon to fight your enemies.…
As dramatic and exciting as that new Man of Steel trailer was, it could always stand to be tweaked a little. Youtuber Jawiin has gone ahead and recut the trailer using footage from Superman: The Animated Series. It reminds me of that amazing Batman recut that recreated the Dark Knight with footage (and audio!) from…
Nintendo has created a web-accessible version of the Miiverse, the Nintendo social network. The Miiverse was previously only accessible from the Wii U, but now you can now browse posts about your favorite games and maintain your profile from the comfort of your own PC or mobile device. Mike hopped in to check out his…
The folks at Creative Assembly have taken it upon themselves to put together a demonstration video of a dramatic ambush battle against some barbarians in Total War: Rome II. Man, this looks pret-ty impressive.
When I was growing up, one of the common worries about young people playing video games was that it’d strain our eyesight. Well what do you know, it’s sounding more and more like video games are more likely to help fix eyesight! CBC News reports a new study at McGill University has discovered that Tetris…
BioShock Infinite has proven pretty popular with cosplayers, but most of them focus on Elizabeth. Eeeeeveryone cosplays as Elizabeth. And that’s fair, Elizabeth is a wonderful girl and a very cool character. But what about Roaslind Lutece? DeviantArt’s LaynesLionRedCat has moved off the beaten path with some high-quality cosplay of our favorite Commander Shepard-voiced quantum…
This week, hopeful eyes turned to SimCity as the troubled city-building game received its first major patch. Maxis has promised that SimCity 2.0 would fix a number of problems in the game, but it sounds like the 2.0 patch has also brought with it a raft of new, equally annoying bugs. Over at the SimCity…
This new trailer for the upcoming Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods gives a taste of how you’ll build a pagan empire, beginning in 867 AD. The base game was one of Kotaku’s 2012 Game of the Year nominations; the expansion will be out at the end of May.
Have you been watching Hemlock Grove? I have. It’s… er, it’s trashy. And cheap. And kinda crap. And yet I’m still watching. It’s quite a bit like Twilight, though with way more T&A and gratuitous blood and stupid acting. Well, okay, more or less the same amount of stupid acting. Perhaps a better description would…
Given that there are so, so many submissions to Valve’s Steam Greenlight crowdsourcing approval system, it stands to reason that there will be some pretty goofy entries. And what do you know, that’s totally the case! It’s hard enough to keep tabs on all the new games on Greenlight, let alone keep up with all…
It feels as though Nintendo’s 3DS handheld game system has “arrived.” Over the last few months, the library of 3DS games available has reached some sort of critical mass, and it seems there’s a well-made, fun game for just about every type of gamer. But the spectre of the iPhone and Apple’s App store lingers.…
Rockstar has unearthed three previously unreleased tracks from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City‘s beloved in-game radio station “Radio Espantoso.” The three tunes are now available on iTunes andstreaming on Spotify. Nice. The songs in question are “The Bull’s Wrong” by Alpha Banditos, “Yo Te Mire” by Tres Apenas Como Eso and “La Vida Es Una…
The dust has settled a bit, and opinions about BioShock Infinite are still all over the place. A couple new things worth checking out: First of all, erstwhile Kotaku contributor Tim Rogers has written a typically sprawling, highly enjoyable review of the game over at actionbutton.net. Second, Cameron Kunzelman has been collecting a whole bunch…
There’s dressing up as your favorite game or TV character, then there’s assembling a massive suit of Warhammer 40K armor. Like, say, this massive suit of Warhammer 40K armor. The outfit, which is based on an Imperial Fists captain in Terminator armor, was created by cosplay and prop-makers Daniel Høgh and Justina Šniukštaitė of Roses…
Fans of boyfriends and strange iPhone chat games may recall Boyfriend Maker, the sometimes hilarious, sometimes genuinely creepy virtual companion app that was released last year for iOS before being summarily pulled from the App Store Developer 36You has brought the game back to Apple devices, albeit with some notable changes. It’s now called Boyfriend…
Well then. Guess who you don’t fuck with? You don’t fuck with Daenerys Targaryen. That sure was a lot of fun, wasn’t it? Of course, those who had read the book were likely waiting for that moment at the end of the episode since we first saw Dany and the Unsullied in episode one, but…
The fantastic #1ReasonToBe Game Developers Conference panel is now available to watch for free online. Brenda Romero, Robin Hunicke, Elizabeth Sampat, Mattie Brice, Leigh Alexander and Kim McAuliffe each shared stories of working as women in the video game industry in a galvanizing, often emotional panel that was emblematic of the overarching theme of change…
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