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How to Activate Big-Head Mode in Batman: Arkham City
In case you wanted a reason to go goof off in Arkham City again, the folks at Rooster Teeth have taken the time to show us how to activate Big-Head mode in Rocksteady’s gritty comic book adventure. It’s very easy to do. You have to be playing on normal or hard, or on New Game+…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 17, 2011 -
Some Sound Advice For a Neglected Skyrim Girlfriend
The brothers McElroy, Justin and Griffin of Joystiq, don’t just write about video games—they also run the advice show My Brother, My Brother and Me along with their third brother Travis. On it, the McElroys answer questions posed to Yahoo! Answers and Forumspring by random internet users. It’s an unspeakably wonderful show—the advice they give…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 16, 2011 -
If Only There Were Actually Video Game Awards This Funny
Today, the nominees for the annual Spike TV VGA Awards were announced. It is a God-given right for people to bitch endlessly about awards shows, and so the moment the nominees were announced, a huge number of people jumped on twitter to joke, complain, and generally carry on about them. (For example: The outrageous snub…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 16, 2011 -
In Saints Row: The Third, Always Bet on Zombie
This week, I’ve been sharing some videos of Volition’s new (tremendously fun) open-world crime game Saints Row: The Third. On Monday, we saw how I start each day in Steelport, and yesterday I showed a cool refinement of its custom radio stations That second video was fairly low-key, so today I thought I’d delve a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 16, 2011 -
Skyrim: Now With (More) Bears
The problem isn’t so much that Skyrim doesn’t have enough bears. Lord, no. In fact, sometimes it feels like the game is bears all the way down. No, the problem is that the game does have spiders. Big ones. In fact, one of the first encounters you’ll have is a big ol’ room full of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 16, 2011 -
Buy Saints Row: The Third on PS3, Get Saints Row 2 For Free
Sony has announced that new purchasers of the PS3 version of Saints Row: The Third (or anyone with an online pass) will get a free digital copy of Saints Row 2 and all of its DLC. The offer will last for 90 days, or until February 13, 2012.
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 16, 2011 -
Red Dead Redemption and Jurassic Park New This Week on the PlayStation Store
This week, Sony’s online store has added the usual grab-bag of new digital content, headed up by the availability of both Red Dead Redemption and its spooky Halloween expansion Undead Nightmare, as well as Telltale’s new Jurassic Park adventure game. There’s a ton of new downloadable add-on content this week as well, with extras for…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 15, 2011 -
Saints Row: The Third‘s Best New Musical Feature
Yesterday, I showed you a video of how I begin my day in Saints Row: The Third. I said it was emblematic of the game—one sequence that sums up the total experience. Saints Row: The Third is full of such moments. Many of them involve skydiving, or tigers. Today’s video is more low-key, but it…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 15, 2011 -
The Fascinating Tale of PixelVixen 707, The Internet’s Most Famous Imaginary Female Video Game Critic
This is so cool. I’m not sure how many of you are aware of PixelVixen707—she was a video game blogger named Rachael Webster who was smart, opinionated, and quickly rose to a good amount of visibility back in 2008. She was also a complete fabrication. It was a huge mystery, and a great story—a while…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 15, 2011 -
I’m Getting Hungry. Hungry For Games
Greetings one and all, for a new week of Kotaku open-threading! I sense you’re probably taking a break from any of the billion games that released last week, or maybe you’re hanging out in line waiting for the launch of one of the billions of games that come out tomorrow? No matter! Here is a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 14, 2011 -
Start Your Day The Saints Row Way
Aah, morning. Such a lovely time of day, when the world feels new and possibilities are endless. I usually start the day by having some coffee and reading the news. That’s how I start my day in real life, anyway. In Saints Row: The Third, I tend to start things with a little bit more……
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 14, 2011 -
Telltale Co-Founder Offers to Pay His Own Money to Cover Damaged Jurassic Park Jeep
Of all the cool movie props to own, I’d say that a replica Jurassic Park jeep is right up there with “Real Stormtrooper Costume” and “Life-Sized Aliens Xenomorph.” Hey look at that, over at JurassicJeep.com, they have a couple of jeeps painted to look like the jeeps from Jurassic Park. Back before PAX, Telltale games…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 14, 2011 -
Get Caught Up on the Assassin’s Creed Story So Far
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, the latest game in Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series, releases tomorrow. As was mentioned in our “Yes” gut-check of the game, this is without a doubt the most “inside” Assassin’s Creed yet. Revelations concerns itself with wrapping up three games’ worth of story, which has been told between three different characters—Altaïr ibn-La’Ahad, the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 14, 2011 -
What Race Will You Play in Skyrim?
It’s something I debated for weeks, and even after making the decision for the first time playing the game, I was already ready to second-guess myself and try something different on PC. There are a ton of different races to play in the game, and the stat bonuses that each one allows shouldn’t go overlooked.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 11, 2011 -
Devriez-Vous Acheter Rayman: Origins? Oui.
2011 has already seen the release of one Rayman game— Rayman 3D for the 3DS. It was good fun, but that is unsurprising, given that it was a 3D port of 1999’s Rayman 2: The Great Escape. In Rayman: Origins we have a bona-fide new Rayman game. Created by the irrepressible French game designer Michel…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 11, 2011 -
Should You Buy Saints Row: The Third? Yes.
Next week, Volition will release the third game in the Saints Row series, appropriately titled Saints Row: The Third. What started as a Grand Theft Auto knockoff that merely tided players over while they awaited a true HD GTA morphed into something entirely different: the psychotic, chaos-addicted Mr. Hyde to GTA‘s increasingly grounded Dr. Jeckyll.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 11, 2011 -
In Skyrim, You Can Put Barrels On Heads. All of the Heads
We already know there are a lot of things to eat in Skyrim. Also, we know that there are a lot of different characters. People in inns, in castles, in shops… You can put food in barrels. And all of those characters have heads. Do you see where I’m going with this? If you think…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 10, 2011 -
This Lucky Couple Had the Voice of Bastion Narrate Their Wedding
There were plenty of lovely things about Bastion, but one of its best features was its soundtrack. The combination of composer Darren Korb’s groovy tabla-fueled psychedelia and narrator Logan Cunningham’s throaty growl gave the game much of its unique, desolate charm. Ars Technica tells tells the story of a Bastion fan named Jay Greschner who…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 10, 2011 -
What We Know About the Steam Hack and What You Should Do
Today Valve told us that their cloud-based Steam service has been compromised, and that users’ personal information and credit card information could be at risk. Here are some common questions we’ve been getting, and the best answers we can provide given what we know. We are monitoring the situation and have reached out to Valve…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 10, 2011 -
See The Differences Between Skyrim‘s Four PC Graphics Settings
A user at Bethesda’s forums has posted four screenshots of Skyrim running at its four basic PC graphics settings: Low, Medium, High, and Ultra. We’ve already seen that the required system specs for the game aren’t to bad, though to run on Ultra you’ll need a bit more under the hood. I’ve been playing on…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 10, 2011
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