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This Is Why I’ll Never Play Luigi’s Adventure 3
A few years ago, someone made Luigi’s Adventure 3, an unofficial riff on Super Mario World that features Luigi. I’ve never played it. Now that I’ve seen it played in an ongoing Let’s Play series at YouTube, I never will. All I need to see is the first minute of action here. That, my friends,…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2010 -
Crysis 2 Is For Future-Soldiers Who Want To Think
I needed to control Crysis 2 to appreciate it. Sitting next to the head of the studio making the game as he played wasn’t going to suffice. Thankfully, in New York, Cevat Yerli, head of Crytek, handed the controller to me a couple of weeks ago. First-person shooters can look all the same. This one…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2010 -
Call Of Duty Guy Overpays For Five Games, Minecraft Guy Quadruples That
It was impressive when Robert Bowling, creative strategist for Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward, paid $500 for a batch of indie games that only cost $85. Then Notch, maker of Minecraft stepped up, with $2000. These guys and a few others are paying lots of money for the Humble Indie Bundle 2, which went…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2010 -
Technically, This Is Not Final Fantasy XIII On The iPad
This is Eternal Legacy, a new iPhone/iPad/iTouch game from Gameloft that could be mistaken for Final Fantasy in a police line-up, if Final Fantasy games committed crimes. It even has neat special effects, bad haircuts and a story that I already lost interest in. We come to these games for the… flash and brisk fun,…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2010 -
The Super Mario Musical Number
Today’s Speak Up contribution comes from reader Orionsaint001, who found that there are more amazing musicals to be made than ones about Spider-Man. This is usually Fahey’s gig to select from the great tips you readers send in. But he’s off this week. Would he have chosen this one? I don’t know. Would he be…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2010 -
Perhaps I Need To Give Metro 2033 Another Look
Best Video Games Of The Year lists are good for fomenting argument. But maybe they can also give an overlooked game another chance for attention. Here’s one man sticking up for Metro 2033, and sticking up for it… interestingly. Amid the Red Dead Redemption talk and Call of Duty conversation over at Slate.com’s Gaming Club…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2010 -
Heads Up About World of Warcraft Password Reset E-mails [UPDATE]
An e-mail some of you may have received that appears to be a request for a password reset for World of Warcraft is a phishing scam. Consult this official Blizzard thread for information. [Update: Blizzard is sending legit warnings, too.] While some sites, such as Linked In, have prompted password resets due to the hack…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2010 -
How People Played A Holocaust Game
Coverage last week of the concentration camp first-person shooter Sonderkommando Revolt may have raised curiosity about how people would play a game about the Holocaust. A writer at the Daily Beast shares a story of one such session he observed in November involving the game Train. The Train is a board game of sorts that…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2010 -
Introducing The SlayStation, My Favorite New Musical Instrument Of 2010
The SlayStation is not a PlayStation. It’s more of a musical instrument. The notes you play on it come from video clips of video games. Check this out. The top video here and all the rest in this post were made by a guy named Mike Toillion who appears to have been working on something…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2010 -
More iPhone Games Will Soon Look This Good
Infinity Blade on the iPhone looks damn good. And as of Thursday, anyone will be able to make a game for the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad will be able to make a game using the same graphics technology. The iOS version of the Unreal Development Kit will be free to download some time this…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2010 -
The 20 Most-Loved Wii Games, For The Last Time
After more than three years of tracking Nintendo stats, I’m done. Monster Hunter wins. Smash Bros. comes in second. Mario squeaks in at the last minute. You are reading the final installment of a series I’ve been running monthly in various ways for a few years. Since joining Kotaku in the spring of 2009, I’ve…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2010 -
This Is Definitely Not A Tease For Kinectimals 2
This cake featuring a crashed Air Force One is based on a game David Braben’s Frontier Developments is making. Their most recent work was the toss-frisbees-at-cute-tigers game Kinectimals. But could this be Braben’s reminder of something thought lost, something cooler? Before Kinectimals, before the LostWinds games for the Wii, back in 2005, Braben got a…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 -
Who Is Batman’s New Enemy, Hugo Strange?
Hugo Strange is a major bad guy in the next Dark Knight video game, Batman: Arkham City. Who is he? He’s a villain who has been around since before the Joker. And he’s got an obsession. As you can see in the new trailer for Arkham City, Strange knows Batman’s secret identity — and he…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 -
New X-Men Game Sounds Mass Effect-y
This new trailer for fall 2011’s X-Men Destiny keeps hammering away at one point: as a virtual X-Man, we will be able to choose our destiny in Destiny. That sure makes it sound like this game’s a role-playing game. Maybe it has a morality system? We know it has a “branching storyline that features a…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 -
The Nintendo Download: Family Games, At Last
The biggest surprise about this week’s new downloadable games for Nintendo’s Wii and DSi platforms is that no one had released a game called “Family Games” yet. Oversight overcome. Read on to see what you can download this week. WiiWare Family Games Publisher: Icon Games Entertainment Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Wii…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 -
Some Mortal Kombat Fatalities Only Available In Certain Stores
Do you love Sub-Zero’s killing move from the original Mortal Kombat? Well, here’s hoping you love Best Buy, where you’ll have to pre-order the next Mortal Kombat to get it in your game. But what if you like Scorpion’s? Scorpion’s original fatality will only be available in copies of the game pre-ordered at GameStop. Amazon…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010 -
These Are The Celebrations For Angry Birds Day
Saturday was Angry Birds Day, according to the people who make Angry Birds and welcomed a celebration of the game’s one-year anniversary. Around the world, people did celebrate. In New York, the Angry Birds car. [Yfrog] More of Angry Birds Day in New York [YouTube via DroidGamers.com] Angry Birds Day in London [YouTube via DroidGamers.com]…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2010
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