Phil Owen, Author at Kotaku

This Web Site Will Count How Many Times You Died in Dark Souls

If you’ve played Dark Souls for any significant amount of time, you’ve probably died in Dark Souls a large number of times. And now there’s a site that will tell you exactly how many times. To, you know, get hyped for Dark Souls II To get your death number, you have to visit the Dark…

By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014

Marvel Claims It’s Building a Connected Universe Across Its Games

The Marvel Cinematic Universe initiative has been a massive success for Disney, and the comics giant is allegedly building a similar collective continuity across its games. “You might have noticed that certain similarities and threads touch from one game to the next,” said TQ Jefferson, Marvel’s VP of games, at a SXSW panel on Saturday.…

By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014

Man Uses 17-Year-Old Coupon for Frozen Pizza Bundled With PC Game

The man known as the Lazy Game Reviewer was given by a viewer an old copy of the 1997 combat flight sim Red Baron 2 for the PC, and inside was a coupon for 75 cents off a Red Baron frozen pizza. The coupon did not have an expiration date, however, and so our lazy…

By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014

Listen To This Creepy New Track From Diablo III: Reaper of Souls

One of the locations in Diablo III‘s Reaper of Souls expansion is the Blood Marsh, which sounds like a creepy place from the name, and this preview track Blizzard has put together for us to listen to definitely gives off that vibe with bells, booms and a choir. “The very first time you enter the…

By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014

How To Make Your Face Look Like Lightning From Final Fantasy XIII

You may think that cosplaying as Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII is just about getting the hair, outfit and skinny-and-tall body frame right, but in order to nail that look down completely you’ll need to do some face work as well. Enter Emma Pickles, who has made this helpful makeup video tutorial for just that…

By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014

The First Details On Telltale’s Borderlands Game

“You never really play what actually happened, you’re playing this Big Fish version of what happened,” Telltale’s Kevin Bruner said of his studio’s Borderlands spinoff, Tales from the Borderlands, at a panel at SXSW on Saturday. As reported by Polygon, the game will include a pair of playable protagonists who narrate the events of the…

By Phil Owen Published March 9, 2014

Video Games Live Concert Tour Heading to Mexico, South America and China

The ever-popular Video Games Live tour, which features orchestral performances of a super wide range of music from games, has 50 newly announced dates for stops all around the globe, from Europe to Southeast Asia to South America and more. The tour (dates and ticket info here) will include concerts in Mexico City, Dubai, Beijing,…