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Charlie Sheen Jokes Fill The Next Pocket God Update
The next update to the popular iPhone and iPad app Pocket God introduces a pygmy named Charlie who keeps talking about Tiger Blood. Witness the speed of a pop culture meme breaching an app used by millions. Pocket God’s creators at Bolt Interactive call the 38th episodic update to their app: Two and a Half…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 5, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Look closely and you’ll find the video game twist in today’s Talk Amongst Yourselves image. See it, and chat here about video games. Thanks to Mythos for today’s art. Submit your image to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
By Stephen Totilo Published April 5, 2011 -
PlayStation Network Down For ‘Maintenance,’ Websites Crawling On Day Of Promised Cyber-Attack
Just hours after the hacker collective Anonymous threatened to take down the PlayStation Network and major Sony websites, the PSN — the service that allows PS3 gamers to compete online and download games — has been going on and offline. The official PlayStation blog and Sony’s U.S. PlayStation site are also loading slowly, if at…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 4, 2011 -
The Onion Connects Excessive Madden Play To Brain Damage
Examining MRIs and PET scans of Madden football veterans, scientists discovered severely damaged neural pathways in parts of the brain associated with motivation and attention, malformations that might explain the common inability among players to perform such basic tasks as maintaining hygiene and preparing meals for themselves. — so reports joke news outlet The Onion,…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 4, 2011 -
Crysis 2‘s Manhattan Vs. Real Life Manhattan
When a great-looking video game imitates a real life place, how close do the two get? Compare the downtown Manhattan of Crysis 2 to the real thing and you’ll see what happens when just one real intersection, where State St. meets Bridge St. down in the financial district, becomes a video game battlefield. The real…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 4, 2011 -
Casey ‘The Zangief Kid’ Gets His Own Video Game
Casey is a real kid who used a pro wrestling move to teach a school bully a dangerous lesson. And now a Brazilian game developer has created a simple web game that lets you take a few punches, like Casey did, before pummeling scrawny bullies. Warning: Our expert play-tester lost interest in Zangief Kid The…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 4, 2011 -
Grand Theft Auto‘s Latest Gift To Hollywood Looks Painful
There are many wonderful things that a Hollywood filmmaker could borrow from Grand Theft Auto, including better police chases and user-controlled soundtracks, but the director of this weekend’s Jake Gyllenhaal movie Source Code is snatching something else. Here’s filmmaker Duncan Jones talking to the Columbus Dispatch: There’s this infamous video game, Grand Theft Auto, where,…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 1, 2011 -
New Angry Birds Already Hits 10 Million Mark
Angry Birds Rio, the Angry Bird sequel for iPhone, iPad and Androud has already been downloaded 10 million times, 10 days since the game came out, according to the website Mobile Entertainment, which confirmed the details with the game’s creators at developer Rovio. The Finnish game-makers count the free and paid versions of Rio in…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 1, 2011 -
This Is A Live-Action Modern Warfare Killstreak
What would Call of Duty killstreaks look like in real life? Maybe like this. This was created by a crew called The Film Fest Rejects, who also made a video featuring Solid Snake facing off against his greatest foe: Sam Fisher Good job, rejects!
By Stephen Totilo Published April 1, 2011 -
We Offer 3DS Advice To Nerds
I appeared on College Humor’s Nerd Alert show yesterday in order to make the other people on the show seem funnier. They also wanted my expertise about the 3DS, which I told them they don’t need to buy now — but should plan to get someday. Sure, we already told you that here at Kotaku,…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 1, 2011 -
The Gmail Version Of Kinect Is Google’s April Fool’s Joke
Imagine a world in which sending an e-mail is as simple as standing in front of an Xbox 360 Kinect and making a fool of one’s self. Send a message not by pressing a button, but by making a stamp-licking gesture. Stand on one foot to inscribe a P.S. These are the joke innovations for…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 1, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome to April, a new month for talking amongst yourselves about video games. A new month brings new art. This month, you’re invited to make visual video game riffs upon The Class Pranksters, a painting by Auguste Joseph Trupheme that was submitted by reader Ari Kagura. Submit your image to #TAYpics (Read this thread for…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 1, 2011 -
This Rockstar Cover Is Full Of Easter Eggs
Rockstar Games made one of 20 covers to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Esquire UK’s Man At His Best series. They made one hell of an image for it. (Click the image at left to see a much bigger version) The cover art, according to the official Rockstar blog, is “designed to reflect the decay…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2011 -
Hollywood To Rip Off Video Gaming’s Excellent Framerate
Video games have stolen many things from Hollywood. What’s Hollywood going to take back? Director James Cameron wants to shoot Avatar 2 and 3 at 48 or even 64 frames per second, the latter rate being the ideal framerate for first-person shooters and racing games. Movies are usually shot at 24 fps, but, hey, if…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2011 -
Infamous 2 Is Our Next Garish Super-Hero Comic, In Video Game Form
What exemplifies super-heroes? It’s more than super-powers, which the first Infamous video game on the PlayStation 3 had, in the form of a man named Cole whose electrically-charged body was as deadly as a toaster in a tub. There is a gaudiness to super-heroes, a garishness that the dark, slick first Infamous lacked. There’s people…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2011 -
You’ll Never Forget Your First 3DS Street Pass Notification
On the fourth day since the official release of the Nintendo 3DS, I finally walked past someone else who had the system and was sharing their data … at the Sony Style Store, surrounded by PSPs and PS3s. I don’t know exactly when it happened. Possibly when I was talking to some PlayStation public relations…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
March is ending, so we proudly present to you our final read-submitted March image for Talk Amongst Yourselves. This one’s from Shinlord What’s next? April! We need a new image for April’s Talk Amongst Yourselves. You can nominate any painting that is in the public domain. Suggest something that’s more landscape than portrait, in terms…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 31, 2011
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