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Guy Forges The Blade From Blade, Annihilates Watermelon With It
I haven’t seen Blade in a while, but one of my primary memories of the film is when Wesley Snipes whips out his multi-bladed chakram and wipes out like, five thousand vampires at once. Blood everywhere! Sunglasses! Trenchcoat! (My memory might be a bit spotty, it’s been a while.) The latest video from Man at…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 7, 2014 -
Two Years Later, I’ve Found A Diablo III Class That I Really Like
It’s not that I have anything against monks, per se. They seem like cool enough people. And my Diablo III monk, Shan, was a cool dude. He just wasn’t a demon hunter, you know? Shan fought his way to the final boss of Diablo III, won the day, got some kind of cool unique staff…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 7, 2014 -
Your PC Must Be This Burly To Play Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs is finally arriving next month, after what seems like 65 years (give or take) of hype, delays, doubts, and discussion. It’ll be on last-gen and next-gen consoles, but it’ll also be on PC. What kind of PC must you have to run it? Well. Today the game went up for pre-order on Steam,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 4, 2014 -
What Are You Playing This Month?
The days are getting longer, and the nights are getting warmer. What better time to fire up some sweet, sweet interactive entertainment? It’s hard to believe it’s already April, and that 2014 is almost a third over with. So much has already happened, so many big announcements and great games. As I’ve been doing each…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 4, 2014 -
If you like reading about games, check out “StoryBundle.” It’s a new pay-what-you-want bundle of ebooks about video games, including work from some great writers, from Geoff Keighley to Ian Bogost. You can pay whatever you want and get the first six; pay more than $12 and you’ll get three more good ones.
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 4, 2014 -
Is that you, Tex Murphy? It remains amazing to me that in this, the year of our lord 2014 AD, we are getting a new Tex Murphy game. But we are, thanks largely to the magic of Kickstarter. Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure launches on April 22 on Steam and GoG, and I will…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 4, 2014 -
Want some tips for FTL? The terrific starship sim arrived today on the iPad in fine form, but the game isn’t all that easy for newcomers. Internet all-star Darius Kazemi shared a solid list of all-purpose tips for the original PC game that new players would do well to read. I especially liked the tip…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 3, 2014 -
The Best Starship Simulator Around Is Even Better On iPad
Ask yourself: “Would I be a good starship captain?” It’s time to find out. Every person who has ever seen an episode of Star Trek or Battlestar Galactica has asked themselves that question, at one point or another. Would I be a good starship captain? Would I be able to make the snap decisions required…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 3, 2014 -
Guy Skypes In For Job Interview, Gets Mercilessly Pranked
It’s awkward enough doing a job interview over Skype. So it’s gotta be about 500% worse when it turns out whole thing is an elaborate prank. This latest joke, from Black Box TV, is awfully tricky—they’re lucky the patsy didn’t get more violent at the end, because I know I would’ve. (via VVV)
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 2, 2014 -
High-Res BioShock Infinite, Looking Mighty Shiny
BioShock Infinite has never really been wanting in the art department. So what better game to document with gorgeous, high-res screenshots? These shots come courtesy of Dead End Thrills, and were captured during the first act of Infinite‘s weak-starting but cool overall expansion Burial at Sea. Noir Elizabeth is looking pretty noir-y, huh? Head over…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 2, 2014 -
Maybe you’ve heard of 2048? The folks at Grantland have, including the popular smartphone game in a new list of media recommendations while almost entirely glossing over the fact that 2048 is a derivation of a clone of the well-liked game Threes. Well, Threes does get to be an oblique punchline at the end of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 2, 2014 -
Murder, She Gamed: I just know a lot of you are longstanding Jessica Fletcher fans. I’m equally sure that you all know about the 1993 episode of Murder, She Wrote where the intrepid author entered a virtual reality apparatus not entirely unlike the Oculus Rift and, while solving a murder, wrote her own VR game.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 1, 2014 -
Infamous: Second Son Is Getting Some Cool New Features
PlayStation 4 eye-popper Infamous: Second Son already gives players a bunch of in-game superpowers. Run up buildings, fly through the air, vanish in a puff of smoke… but what about the power to change the rotation of the earth?? That power and several others will be coming to the game (in a fashion) in an…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 1, 2014 -
It’s the end of an internet era. Today, news broke that the pioneering TV recap site Television Without Pity (TWoP to the faithful) will be shut down next week by parent company NBC/Universal. In its mid-2000s heyday, TWoP and its wonderful writers inspired a generation of critics, myself included. It’s a real bummer to see…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 27, 2014 -
How Infamous: Second Son Manages To Look So Good
Infamous: Second Son is the Derek Zoolander of next-gen games: It is really, really, ridiculously good-looking. To put it in technical terms, there are a hell of a lot of graphics in this game. Okay, actually, that’s not very technical. But in my largely un-technical estimation, Second Son has the best visuals I’ve seen in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 27, 2014 -
ReviewsBioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode 2: The Kotaku Review
Somewhere, in some parallel dimension, there’s a BioShock Infinite that I liked a lot more than the one I played in this dimension. This week, as I played the second, final episode of Infinite‘s Burial at Sea expansion, I felt like I got glimpse of that game. Spoilers follow for BioShock, BioShock Infinite and Burial…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 27, 2014 -
What The Heck Is Oculus Rift? A Guide To Facebook’s $2 Billion Deal
Yesterday, Facebook bought a virtual reality company called Oculus VR. Shortly afterward, the internet exploded. If you’ve been closely following Oculus and their Oculus Rift VR headset over the past couple of years, you probably already have a ton of thoughts and opinions on all this. But what if you haven’t really been paying attention?…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 26, 2014 -
I Love This Power Glove Oven Mitt, It’s So Bad
Why yes, I would use the Power Mitt, which is not the superhero alter-ego of a certain Massachusetts-based former presidential candidate, but rather an oven mitt designed to look like Mattel’s famous Nintendo peripheral. I would use it to take my cookies out of the oven, and it would rule. CreatorPete Hottelet of Omni Consumer…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 25, 2014 -
The Video Games Of Today, Viewed From The Future
Video games often feel so very current; it’s all happening right now. Every year, everything is different! But… how will this all look when viewed from the distant remove of the far future? Last week during the Game Developers Conference “Rants” panel, games researcher/designer/critic Ian Bogost gave an interesting mini-talk in which he imagined himself…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 25, 2014
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