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Maybe Leave The Pokémon In The Ball Next Time
You’ve probably wondered, at some point or other, what would happen if you could summon Pokémon in the real world. As these comics show, maybe it’s not the best thing to wish for. Once you’ve found your Pokémon spirit, feel free to ask them for help, but beware: the consequences could be grave. Or just…really…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 23, 2010 -
Ugly Game? No, Beautiful Story
PC title Dwarf Fortress may well be one of the ugliest video games of all time. It does make for one hell of a lovely picture book, though. An introduction: before there was Minecraft, there was Dwarf Fortress. It’s part world-builder, part-RPG and in its raw state, played using ASCII art as though we’d never…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 23, 2010 -
Take A Walk On Warhammer 40K’s Wild Side
Dawn of War II’s next expansion will let you play as someone other than the forces of the Imperium. Here’s video of evil Space Marines as proof. The forces of chaos are one of the new playable factions in Dawn of War II, another being the Orks, along with the Eldar and the Tyranids. The…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 23, 2010 -
How Does Mass Effect 2 On PS3 Look?
Mass Effect 2 is landing on the PlayStation 3 a year after the 360 and PC versions. So does it look better? The short answer is “no”. The long answer is “it’s complicated”. The technical specialists at Digital Foundry have sat down with the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game (now that there’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 23, 2010 -
Gran Turismo 5 Wishes You A Merry Christmas
Here we were, only earlier today saying not enough video games get into the Christmas spirit, and what does driving sim Gran Turismo 5 go and do? Get into said Christmas spirit. If you’ve got the game, go boot it up and listen to the music when the main menu first kicks in. Playing in…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 23, 2010 -
Call Of Duty In Real Life Looks Hard
Internet video superstar Freddie Wong, fresh from showing us how to do a real-life Rocket Jump, now shows us what a futuristic round of Call of Duty would like. Spoilers: it has great lighting, but strange character design. It’s funny, the whole time I was watching it, I was thinking: this looks great on camera,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 23, 2010 -
Police Arrest Man Accused Of Stealing Consoles From Kids With Cancer
Earlier this month, a man broke into a hospital and stole consoles that were used by kids with cancer. Good news, everyone: police say they’ve caught the guy. Charles Everett Hinton has been arrested by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, and charged with burglary, larceny after burglary, and damage to property. He stands accused of breaking…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 23, 2010 -
Sad, But True
As seen on I Love Charts, via Infinite Lives
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
PlayStation Ad Banned For Being Too Violent
A British print advertisement for the PlayStation Move controller is banned in the United Kingdom, after a whopping eight people issued formal complaints. The ad, which shows a man about to punch another man he has in a headlock, was deemed by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority to be too much for public consumption, on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
What Really Motivates Master Chief
Artist Matthew Davis did this while studying at Middle Tennessee State University, as part of a range of pieces “[focusing] on desensitization from different forms of media we are subjected to on a regular basis”. It’s a catchy slogan, one that could work as well for an official endorsement of the game (or the product)…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
Game & Watch? More Like Sonic & Watch
It’s holiday season, but if you’re like us, you may still be at work. What you need in that case is something to pass the time on an office computer. Something like, oh, a Game & Watch version of Sonic. Egg & Watch, by Newgrounds user Elratauru, takes the very first boss battle from the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
Charity Game Bundle Makes Over $1 Million [Update]
The first Humble Indie Bundle, a collection of games discounted in the name of charity, made $1.2 million in sales earlier in the year. The second bundle has already surpassed that tally. At time of posting, the Humble Indie Bundle 2 has made $1.3 million, with proceeds split between the developers, promoters, Electronic Frontier Foundation…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
Final Fantasy Rap Levels Up
Here’s a song about Aeris, that (SPOILERS!) dead chick from Final Fantasy VII. It’s awesome. Rapper Random, aka Mega Ran, used to be considered a Capcom man. No longer, it seems, as he’s about to release an entire album dedicated to Square Enix’s classic 1997 RPG. Sure, the premise isn’t that original — we’ve seen…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
Call Of Duty Is Nothing Like The Real Thing
I’ve been a long-time advocate of somebody making a war game that plays like an actual war: one where you fight in real battles, not battles from a video game based on an action movie. This is what I mean. This clip, posted on military site TheBrigade.com, depicts a US infantry squad in combat in…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
EA Realising In-Game Ads Maybe Aren’t The Best Thing Ever
A few years back, it seemed in-game advertising was going to ruin everything. That…hasn’t really happened, with EA saying that the business has been eclipsed by one more lucrative for publishers. “We actually aren’t getting much from ad revenue at all”, EA’s Ben Cousins tells Edge. “The in-game advertising business hasn’t grown as fast as…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
First Kinect Game For PC Coming From Korea?
While Kinect will inevitably come to PC gaming one day in an official capacity (it’s of course already being used by hackers), there have been no games actually revealed making use of the peripheral. Until now! Korean developer GamePrix reckons its upcoming massively-multiplayer online game Divine Soul “is scheduled to support Kinect, a new control…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2010 -
How To Turn Someone Into A Gamer
We think there’s a video game out there for everyone, young or old, man or woman, and we want to help them find it. But we need your help. Everyone has a favourite band. Everyone has a favourite movie. And everyone has a favourite video game. Problem is, most people just don’t know it yet.…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 21, 2010 -
I Can’t Wash That Cap
To: Totilo From: Luke I have a limited attention span. Especially when I pick up a stack of papers and find, lying under them, a piece of gaming hardware I’d been looking for for weeks What you may have missed on Kotaku in the last 12 hours Gran Turismo 5 Just Got A Hefty Tune…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 21, 2010 -
Retro GTA Homage Delayed On Wii (But There’s Good News)
Retro City Rampage, an ode to both the games and culture of yesteryear, was one of the few WiiWare games we’d been looking forward to as 2011 draws nearer. It’s also now probably one of the last. Why? Because it’s now coming out on Xbox Live Arcade as well. Those who have been following the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 21, 2010
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