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If Nintendo Made Children’s Books…
…they wouldn’t just be awesome, they’d be this awesome. They’re the work of artist Caldwell Tanner, and it’s making me incredibly upset that these aren’t real books that can be bought and read to children who will grow up thinking the wrong story is so damn right Video Game Childrens Books [LOLDWELL, via Super Punch]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012 -
Your Kickstarter Probably Sucks. Here’s How to Make it Better.
You would not believe how many Kickstarter ideas we’ve been shown in the last few weeks. Ever since Double Fine (and then Wasteland 2) showed there was serious money to be made on the service, every man, his dog and his dog’s workmates from the IT department have been sending us their idea for the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012 -
Virtual Boy-Carrying Champion Gatecrashes Pop Star Dance Audition
Keith Apicary, who in the absence of anything neater I’m just going call a video game comedian, is my new hero. We’ve featured Apicary’s work before, but this takes things to a whole new level of laugh your ass off, as he visits a backup dancer audition for a role in a Kimberly Cole music…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012 -
Porn Site Wants to Sponsor Fighting Game Events [Update]
Brazzers, a media network that specialises in internet porn movies, wants to get into the video game scene. But not by making a game. They want to sponsor fighting game players and fighting game events. Over on the Twitter feed of Brazzer’s director of special events, Rob Steele, some fighting game fans are going bananas.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
CultureTotal Recall
Gotta Catch ‘Em All!
Not the Pokémons. There’s too many of them, and just when you think you’ve got them all, Nintendo goes and creates more. Catching all (or most) of the coloured variations of the Nintendo 64 control pad, though, that’s probably easier. And more impressive. And practical! [via is it real]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallNothing Says Steroids, or Awesome Box Art, Like Two Crude Dudes
Two Crude Dudes is a terrible game. Just terrible. I remember trying to play it as a kid, on a number of occasions, and every time I picked up a controller I’d be floored by how poor it was. So, uh, why did I keep picking up a controller? Because I so badly wanted it…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Sword & Sworcery is Officially Coming to the PC
Good news, everyone! Confirming earlier rumours, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, one of the best games out there on the iPad and iPhone, is officially coming to the PC and Mac via Steam. It’ll be out on April 16 (on PC, the Mac is coming a little later), and for the most part will be…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
A Real Shooting Range for Call of Duty Fans
Machine Guns Vegas, a company in…Las Vegas which lets you shoot…machine guns, likes to entice customers with themed package deals. One of those is called the “COD”, and lets fans of Activision’s Call of Duty series squeeze off rounds from some of the series’ most prominent firearms. For $170 per person, you get 25 rounds…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Xbox 360 Gets Two Shiny New Chrome Control Pads
Complementing the limited edition chrome controller released previously (the one with the improved d-pad), Microsoft will be releasing two more of the model next month. There’ll be a red one and a blue one, to go with the existing silver model. All three will feature a chrome finish and the better d-pad, and all three…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Leap to Certain Death in Stickman Cliff Diving
Based on a flash game, Stickman Flash Diving doesn’t ask much of the player. You make a stick figure jump off a very high cliff, do some somersaults and stick a landing. That’s about it. The game is free (at least, it is for now), though, as you’d expect from something you can already play…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Hey, Zelda, Get off Link’s Back
He’s got enough to worry about without you banging on about saving this, or doing that, or going wherever Like it? You’ve got artist George Alexopoulos to thank. Then you’ve got a trip to his website, below, where you can check out other cute little paper figures he’s made Zelda [George Alexopoulos, via GamOvr]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
This Awesome Die Hard Action Figure has Smaller Feet Than my Sister
Die Hard’s John McClane finally gets the action figure he deserves, courtesy of custom toy builder Greggo. He got everything right. The bare feet, the cigarette, Willis’ late-80s-wireframe physique, the blood, everything The actual figure is based off a Hot Toys body and a custom head, while the base, blood, outfit and tattoos were all…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Figure-Skater Uses Chrono Trigger Music, Sadly Does Not Win
Canadian figure skater Kevin Reynolds competed at the Four Continents Championships in Colorado early last month. He only finished eighth, but in our eyes, he was the real winner for his choice of music. Forgoing the obvious choices of either classical or pop, Reynolds skated along to a medley of music from classic RPG Chrono…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Kid’s Colouring Books Explode With Amazingness
Or, a the project is called, “The Best Coloring Book Ever”. Either label is entirely justified, because unlike the lifeless books kids are actually subjected to, this one has Mario fighting Spider-Man and Starscream It also features a single page with Luke Skywalker running at TMNT’s Raphael while Bumblebee…well, while Bumblebee fucks Luke’s X-Wing. Size…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
The Horror, and the Glory, of Kinect Star Wars’ Dancing Game
There are enough copies of Kinect Star Wars out there in the wild now that people are stating to upload gameplay videos to YouTube. Obviously, we’re only concerned with the dancing battles, because they are at once the most excruciating and enjoyable things about the game. Sure, it’s a wholly unoriginal mechanic, and sure, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
The Very Best In Cosplay: Linda Le
We’re nearing the end of our world tour of the very best in cosplay, but it’d be wrong to bring this to a close without highlighting the work of American cosplayer Linda Le. Otherwise known as VampBeauty, or Vampy, Linda is a cosplay machine, renowned not just for the quality of her costumes, but their…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Monkey Island Board Game Fights Like a Cow
Reader Saskia, aka NagatoPyon, has done the world a service and filled the marketplace gap once clearly labelled as “NEEDS MONKEY ISLAND BOARD GAME”. The game she’s made involves Murray the skull, has devil chickens, the Tri-Islands area and cannibals. Just about everything you’d want, basically. What’s more, she’s made the files necessary to play…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Why is Razer Making Another Left-Handed Mouse?
After a successful Facebook PR campaign, peripheral manufacturers Razer have announced they’ll be making a left-handed version of their Naga mouse. It’s not the first time this has happened – not even for Razer, whose DeathAdder has previously been available for Southpaws – but it still makes me scratch my head. I’m left-handed. And I,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
My Favourite Game of 2012 Also Has the Absolute Worst DLC
Keep your space operas and fighting things things, my favourite game of 2012 so far has been the wonderfully deep marriage/backstabbing simulator Crusader Kings II It’s a shame, then, that the game now has the year’s worst DLC to date. And that’s including a game where you’re being charged for the ending On April 17,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2012 -
These Might be Images of Another Cancelled Star Wars: Battlefront Game
In 2010, Kotaku learned that SOCOM and Resident Evil series part-timers Slant Six Games had been working on a game in the Star War universe. Specifically, a new entry in the Battlefront series of multiplayer shooters. While that game was eventually cancelled, a user on website Betagames.org claims to have found a series of images…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2012
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