Chris Person

Sony’s CEO Said “Wow” 26 Times During His CES Keynote. Wow.

During today’s Sony keynote at CES, Sony’s Kazuo Hirai went through a very detailed speech about what he thinks is unique about Sony, emphasizing a certain sense of “wow” as he put it. He spent a lot of time discussing the successes of their past as well as the creativity in their present, bringing up…

​Happiness Is A Dog In Batman Pajamas, Frolicking In The Snow

Many of you might be trapped indoors tonight. You may be huddled up for warmth, trying to beat the cold weather with friends and board games. Well worry not, because this dog will keep you company. In this video posted by Scott Merrihew, a dog named Mosley frolics his dog butt off in what are…

Sonic is Better With The Price is Right Music

How do you take a classic game like Sonic the Hedgehog and make it better? Hack in all the musical cues from The Price is Right, that’s how. The video above may have been uploaded over a year ago, but it is too perfect not to share now. It shows what appears to be a…

The 1930s Cartoon Game I Never Knew I Wanted

I’m a man of simple needs and simple wants. And what I want right now is a game that looks like a Max Fleischer cartoon. Enter StudioMDHR‘s Cuphead, a game slated for this year on PC that looks like The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse‘s 1930s cousin, and something I can’t wait to try out.…

Let’s Take A Look Back At This, The Year of Luigi

Time passes, things change and all good things must come to an end. So too must it end for this, the Year of Luigi. Sure, Reggie and Iwata have said that the Year of Luigi will extend into 2014, but don’t listen to them. Bargaining is one of thestages of grief, and they are surely…

Here’s Why You Should Never Trust Spider-Man

Dammit, Spider-Man. We can’t rely on you at all any more, can we? On yesterday’s Good Morning America , web slinger Spider-Man failed at something he’s supposed to be amazing at: Catching people who are falling. Like, that’s what he does about a third of the time, and he goes and fails at it live…

Watch NASA Control Space Robots With Motion Controls

Not content with putting a man on the moon and Tang in our lunch boxes, the folks at NASA have pushed us one step further into the singularity, using an Oculus Rift and the new, more powerful Kinect. Gaze in horror as the folks at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab fuse man and machine to create…

The Most Unsettling Way To Ask For An N64 For The Holidays

As Christmas approaches, now is the time to reflect on holidays past. And what better way to celebrate that than with an incredibly creepy song about the N64? In the video above, an incredibly weird man-child asks his mother for the gift of the N64. He then proceeds to twerk it out like he’s John…

Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki joked about his plans for future Souls games on twitter today: We here at Kotaku are fully behind the idea. Here’s your first piece of concept art, Mr. Miyazaki: Feel free to leave your Ernest-Borgnine-in-Dark-Souls related photoshops in the comments.

Jeopardy Contestant Tries a Bane Impersonation

Sure, you can answer a Jeopardy question like a regular, normal human being. Or you could answer it in the voice of Bane, like a real champ does. Good job, man. Although if you wanted to go all in, you could have done this: Jeopardy via Tastefully Offensive To contact the author of this post,…

Mario Fights Master Chief and Lara Croft, Kicks Their Asses

Some things are sacred to a plumber: Family, kingdom, honor. But few things are as sacred as power-ups. I pity the poor fools that try to mess with them. In the video, above, Master Chief, Connor from Assassin’s Creed III and Lara Croft try to steal Mario’s power-ups. They thought it was a simple heist.…

Sorry, TV Host, That Is Not “Zelda”

Look, I hate to break it to you Arizona news anchor, but that’s not Zelda you’re talking about. That’s Link, and I’m pretty sure he’s a guy. In the clip above, a local news anchor and self-proclaimed Zelda fan mistakes Link’s name and gender in the trailer for Hyrule Warriors “She’s just fierce! Look at…

To Hell With These New Consoles, Give Me A Dreamcast 2

Maybe it’s the constant barrage of Playstation and Xbox news. Maybe it’s nostalgia. But right about now I could really get behind a Dreamcast 2, and it looks like I’m not the only one either. In the video above (which has a Sonic ad lazily tacked on at the last second), game troll Keith Apicary…

​The Greatest Board Game Never Made

What would happens when you take every 80s and 90s board game and mash them together to create a garish monster? Pure magic. Enter BORED GAME ™ — a fictional commercial devoted to every overpriced, monstrously complicated board game ever made. It’s a hulking monstrosity, a giant, glow-in-the-dark Tower of Babel, and it can be…

Intense Gamer Will End You

Like any form of competition, pro gaming is full of smack talking and rivalry. And like any smack talk, things can get a bit intense. Volume Warning: The clip includes a lot of shouting. In the video above, one competitive gamer’s rivalry gets a bit too intense for comfort. It’s actually a bit scary to…

Here’s What GTA: San Andreas Looks Like on the iPad

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is out today for iPad and other iOS devices. So what does it look like? Well, like high-res San Andreas! In the video above, you’ll see what the game looks like when played on an iOS device. This version supports Apple-certified controllers like the MOGA Ace Powerand the Logitech Power…

Legally Owning a Gun in Japan Is Really, Really Hard

Owning a gun is not easy in Japan. But that doesn’t mean some people don’t try! As part of an hour-long special called Global Lessons on Guns hosted by Fareed Zakaria Sunday night, CNN showed just how strict Japan’s gun laws are. Despite having similar spending on violent games and media to the United States,…

Jeopardy Tackles 2013’s Biggest Question: How Do You Pronounce ‘GIF’?

You just had to open up old wounds, didn’t you Trebek? How GIF is pronounced is a sore subject for many. It is the Internet version of the War of the Roses — It’s pitted brother against brother, mother against daughter. Friendships have been shattered, families split in twain. And you had the gall to…

Toys in 1984 Kinda Sucked

We take a lot of what we have today for granted: Fancy toys, giant TVs, new consoles. So often, we forget just how much holiday gifts used to suck. The video above, taken from ABC News 29 years ago, shows exactly how much cooler a lot of the dumb stuff we own is. The toys…

Watch This Clone Schoolboy Kick Some Evil Overlord Butt

There’s nothing like a good dose of Battle Royale-Style martial arts to brighten up your day — particularly when it’s against a horde of guys dressed like Cobra Commander. In the music video below, a clone school kid kicks the crap out of his would be oppressors. There’s some really solid stunt work in it,…