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UncategorizedThe Band Game Crash Saved Us From A Guitar Hero MMO
After the release of some 20 games and spin-offs between 2005 and 2010 made everybody completely sick of games with “Hero” at the end, Activisionkilled the series in 2011. Game historianLiam Robertson gives us a look at the massively multiplayer online Hero World that died with it. According to Roberton’s Unseen 64 video (via Gamasutra),…
By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2016 - Culture
Watching an estimated 70-hour Animal Crossing 100 percent “speedrun” is hard. I keep popping into rolfkon’s stream to try and follow his attempt, but then start getting sympathetic feelings of drowsiness. Even too sleepy to ask why it says “cum” in the bottom left.
By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2016 -
UncategorizedWatch A Three-Hour Supercut Of Every Mortal Kombat Fatality Ever
Youtube’s Deathmule squeezes just a little under three hours of brutal murder from Mortal Kombat’s 24 year history, from 1992’s arcade debut to the latest update to Mortal Kombat X. Does that include Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero? Yes it does. What about the relatively tame fatalities from Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe? They’re in there…
By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2016 -
CultureKubros Pop Culture Construction Figures Are Fun Until The Parts Run Out
A construction toy take on the vinyl pop culture figure craze, Mega Bloks new Kubros sets are great, unless your kit is missing bricks. I got my first look at Mega Bloks’ Kubros during the Mattel party at Toy Fair 2016, and I couldn’t wait to get my oversized paws on them. Like the popular…
By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2016 -
UncategorizedCollecting All The Stories: The Path Of Destinies Endings Is An Obsession
I’ve played through Stories: The Path of Destinies a dozen times over the past few days, and I won’t stop until I’ve explored every narrative branch of this choose your own action-adventure. The power of choice compels me. Evan covered the basics in his review of Spearhead Games’ colorful action role-playing game. My plan was…
By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2016 - Culture
Sunday Comics: By The Balls Of Jor-El
Welcome to Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published April 13. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April 11. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Perfect Way To Play Original PlayStation Games
You can keep your crisp clear emulators or your PlayStation 2 backward compatibility. The best way to enjoy original PlayStation classics is with the tiny PSone and Sony’s plucky little LCD attachment. I was cleaning one of my cable drawers the other day, pulling out the massive tangle of wires and sighing sadly before stuffing…
By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2016 - Uncategorized
Proof That Commissioner Gordon Is Not An Idiot
I was waiting a long time for one little exchange between the current versions of Batman and Jim Gordon, because Gotham City’s top police officer gets to show that he’s not a complete dumb-ass. Originally published 4/14/16 From the viewpoint of the average person in Gotham, Batman’s secret identity is probably tough to figure out.…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 16, 2016 -
UncategorizedIt Took 20 Pounds Of LEGO To Make Doom‘s BFG 9000
The gloriously-namedZaziNombies YouTube channel creates LEGO versions of video game weapons, among other things. Somehow they’ve gone five years without building Doom’s famous BFG 9000. Maybe it just took them a while to gather the 5,000+ bricks. With the multiplayer beta for the latest Doom in full swing, ZaziNombies (almost as fun to type as…
By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2016 -
UncategorizedNew Official Transformers Album Gathers Music From The Strangest Places
On Thursday Hasbro and Sony released Transformers Roll Out, an album featuring transforming robot inspired tracks from ten very different artists, including Danish alt rock band Mew and Gavin Rossdale’s Bush. Let’s give it a listen! While it will never supplant the soundtrack to 1986’s Transformers: The Movie as the official album of fandom’s collective…
By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2016 - Uncategorized
Dark Souls III PC Benchmarks: Mind The Frame Rate Cap
Dark Souls III is arguably the biggest game to launch this month and with few other major releases there probably isn’t much of an argument to be had, especially since the main competition wound up being a steaming pile (Quantum Break). As with Dark Souls II, the third iteration has made its way to PC…
By Steven Walton Published April 16, 2016 -
UncategorizedSailor Moon And The Curse Of The Candy Crush Saga
Released this week for iOS and Android, Sailor Moon Drops is everything you every wanted in a Sailor Moon game, as long as everything you wanted was a Candy Crush Saga clone. Sailor Moon holds a special place in my heart, having been one of the things my wife and I bonded over when we…
By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2016 - Culture
This Week In The Business: The Need For Benz
QUOTE | “As Sam Houser reviewed more of the game that he had overseen for many years, he became more desperate writing to Mr. Benzies the very next day, ‘This [RDR] is a (recurring) nightmare. But one i/we need to get out of. I have problems with the camera all over the place. So much…
Brendan Sinclair Published April 16, 2016 -
CultureIKEA In VR? Sure, Why Not
For your Friday afternoon viewing pleasure, watch me go to IKEA. Yes, as part of humanity’s ceaseless goal to bring every element of RR into VR because, fuck it, why not, there’s an IKEA VR Experience. Upon hearing the title, I actually found myself somewhat excited at the prospect of exploring a sometimes overwhelming store…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 15, 2016 - Uncategorized
Monstress Has the Best Cat in Comics Right Now
Monstress is a comic-book series where incredibly messed-up things happen. We’re talking child slavery, lynchings and cannibalism. Thank the poets it’s also got a magical, two-tailed talking cat named Master Ren. Spoilers follow. The lead character in Monstress is a 17-year-old girl named Maika, a survivor of horrible atrocities rippling out of a long-running, cross-cultural…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 15, 2016 - Uncategorized
A Helpful Guide to Dark Souls 3‘s Confusing Multiplayer
Dark Souls has become more accessible over the years, but if you’re new, some parts may still seem like a mystery. It’s not spelled out how you’re supposed to play with friends, for example. I’m here to break it down. There are two ways to play Dark Souls: offline and online. If you play online,…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 15, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Mess That Came After Nintendo Fired An Employee
The twisting controversies about the translation of Nintendo games, harassment, and the firing of one of its employees got even messier this week. Two weeks ago,word spread through social media and sites like ours that Nintendo had fired product marketing specialist Alison Rapp, the target of a months-long campaign to initially blame her for perceived…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 15, 2016 -
CultureWhat’re The Biggest Mods In Skyrim These Days?
Time flies. Skyrim has been out for nearly five years, giving its mod scene time to grow and change and then change again. It’s a culture unto itself, one that’s weathered identity crises and that whole money fiasco. So, all these years later, where does it stand? Yesterday I found myself curious about the state…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 15, 2016 - Uncategorized
Player-Made Subnautica Base Is Extremely Impressive
Base-building in single-player games can be a lonely job. You deck out a massive palace only to wander its empty halls admiring your own handiwork. Personally I enjoy exploring for materials in crafting games more than building, but Early Access underwater survival game Subnautica might just change my mind. Redditor KrankenwagenKolya recently shared an album…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 15, 2016 -
UncategorizedHTC Vive vs. Oculus Rift: The Virtual Reality Comparison We Had To Make
Three weeks ago, the future arrived. A week later, the future arrived again. Two hotly anticipated virtual reality headsets came out in the space of seven days. That’s a lot of future! I’ve been using the Oculus Rift for almost a month now, and the HTC Vive for a couple of weeks. I’ve played a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 15, 2016