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UncategorizedCrash Bandicoot Could Have Had These Sweet Animated Cutscenes
Back before Sony gots its grubby little mitts on Crash Bandicoot, Universal Interactive Studio toyed with the idea of opening and closing the game with hand-drawn animation. This hand-drawn animation, to be precise. Uploaded by original game producer David Siller (via NeoGAF), this pair of scenes from Universal Animation would have served as the opening…
By Mike Fahey Published July 19, 2015 - Culture
Sunday Comics: It’s Not Easy
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 July 18. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published July 13. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 19, 2015 -
ReviewsSnacktaku Judges Lay’s 2015 ‘Do Us A Flavor’ Potato Chip Finalists
Gyro. Biscuits and Gravy. Reuben Sandwich. Truffle Fries. The creator of one of these four potato chip flavors will be the million dollar winner of Lay’s annual “Do Us A Flavor” contest. Judging from the past two years, it will not be the one I pick. As a certified (probably) snackologist, the week that Frito-Lay…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2015 - Uncategorized
Street Fighter V Will Be A Constantly-Evolving Fighting Platform
The days of Super/Ultra/Hyper editions may be over. During the Street Fighter V panel at EVO 2015, Capcom detailed its plan to release a single disc with 16 fighters supported by regular digital updates—many of which can be earned simply by playing the game. According to the fine folks at Event Hubs who were present…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2015 - Uncategorized
Now Everybody Can Stream Xbox One Games To Windows 10
With only a week and change to go before the July 29 official release of Windows 10, Microsoft has gone ahead and enabled the ability to stream games from the Xbox One to Windows 10 devices. With the feature emerging from preview into the hands of the masses, all one needs to remote play Xbox…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2015 - Uncategorized
Arkham Knight PC’s Next Big Patch Slated For Sometime Next Month
Amidst chatter that the troubled PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight wouldn’t be fixed until this fall, Warner Bros. has announced that a patch addressing a large portion of its to-do list of fixes is “targeted” for release in August. Yay. The statement, which actually does nothing to disprove that a fall date for the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedAnt-Man Makes A Good Movie, But How Does He Play?
After seeing the superhero movie Io9 lauded as “perfectly competent” on Thursday night, I felt the urge to get a little more hands-on with Ant-Man. Luckily he’s now in every Marvel video game, including Diablo-esque Marvel Heroes. The powerful Marvel Movie-Verse Engine extends far beyond the silver screen, with a horde of PC, mobile and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Prototype Bundle For PS4 And Xbox One Is Pretty Shoddy
Don’t call it an HD remaster, ‘cause Prototype and Prototype 2 have been playing like this for years, sometimes better. It’s a sad state of affairs when a game runs better on the PlayStation 3 than it does on Xbox One. Released this past week with absolutely no fanfare whatsoever, the Prototype Biohazard Bundle for…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2015 -
UncategorizedNever Stop Adding Lyrics To The Legend Of Zelda Theme
Animation Domination High-Def takes a stab at adding words The Legend of Zelda’s classic overworld theme, and while it covers all the bases—mute hero, chickens, smashing pots, side quests—it’s been done much better. It’s not a bad attempt, though it feels a little forced in places. I imagine someone sitting in front of their computer…
By Mike Fahey Published July 18, 2015 - Culture
This Week In The Business: That Poor Sandcastle
QUOTE | “There is always the person who’s got to stand on the sand castle, they must crush it. That’s their way of relating to that. It’s typically a less sophisticated mind.” – Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, talking about the people who have complained about the company’s games. Elsewhere in the business of games this…
By Steve Peterson Published July 18, 2015 -
CultureA Horror Game Based On A Real Place
Horror games, movies, and books are at their scariest when things get a bit too real. OK, let’s get this out of the way upfront: a lot of horror games do the whole “this asylum was actually twisted and fucked up and at some point everybody became zombies or something” thing. It’s a cliche, one…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 17, 2015 - Uncategorized
Ant-Man Is a Great Comic-Book About a Terrible Superhero
The guy running around in one of Marvel’s oldest superhero identities isn’t all that great when it comes to fighting crime. Ant-Man is not a very good boss, either. And, honestly, he could stand to improve a lot as a dad. But his struggles to be a decent dude are what make his comic a…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 17, 2015 - Uncategorized
Stephen Colbert has a text adventure now, and it’s great. Escape From The Man-Sized Cabinet chronicles Colbert’s adventures while waiting for his new show to start. You can die alone and afraid in a cabinet! Or you can explore a place that’s basically Narnia. Your call.
By Nathan Grayson Published July 17, 2015 -
UncategorizedWorth Reading: A Close Look At Final Fantasy VII’s Crossdressing Scene
It might be a slow month for games, but there’s plenty of smart things being said about them. Hey, You Should Read This “How should we talk about Final Fantasy VII’s crossdressing sequence?” by Sarah Nyberg Assuming the Final Fantasy VII remake is ever actually released (when is Kingdom Hearts III shipping again?), plenty of…
By Patrick Klepek Published July 17, 2015 -
UncategorizedHere’s The First Subtitled Attack on Titan Movie Trailer
We’ve seen a lot of these clips from the upcoming Attack on Titan live-action movie, but now we can understand them, too. Courtesy of IGN, the latest, subtitled trailer features a lot of the same Titan clips and the same crazy Hange squeals of delight and terror. Strung together, and with words I can read…
By Tina Amini Published July 17, 2015 - Culture
There’s Still No Plan For The God of Peter Molyneux’s Godus
Peter Molyneux’s Curiosity experiment ended with a whimper. It basically functioned as a giant advertisement for the “God of Gods” feature in then-upcoming god game revival Godus. Years later, there are still no plans for how they’ll actually, you know, do any of it. The God of Gods feature would’ve seen Bryan Henderson, the winner…
By Nathan Grayson Published July 17, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Battle Over Smash Bros. Custom Moves Comes To A Head This Weekend
If you talk to Smash Bros. players right now, they’ll tell you there’s a war going on over the Wii U game’s custom moves. The next front will be waged this weekend at EVO, because it’s the first major fighting game tournament that’s made them legal. Custom moves are a new feature Nintendo added to…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 17, 2015 -
UncategorizedWhat’s Really Happening in Arkham Knight’s True Ending
You have to do a lot of work to get the third, final ending in the latest Batman game. But the scene that plays out as a reward for completing 100% of Arkham Knight is… unclear. So, of course, people are debating what it really means. The sequence unlocked after defeating Scarecrow, the Arkham Knight’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 17, 2015
