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Monkey Island Creator Wanted Lobotomized Criminals In His First Game
Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert has been quietly releasing some amazing pieces of gaming history on his official website. Today, he’s uploaded a look of his first design document for Lucasfilm Games. The unproduced game would’ve been called I Was A Teenage Lobot, and marked the first appearance of…
By Patrick Klepek Published January 9, 2015 - Uncategorized
Six Of Us Debate Whether Rockstar Should Bring Back Max Payne
As we so often do, a few members of the Kotaku team got to talking about Grand Theft Auto yesterday. This lead to a discussion about one of Rockstar’s other, smaller titles: Max Payne. Specifically: where should it go next, if it goes anywhere at all? Stephen Totilo: San Andreas is my favorite GTA. Yannick…
By Yannick LeJacq Published January 9, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Perfect Glimpse of How GTA Is Disturbing and Funny at the Same Time
It’s the kind of thing that, were it to happen in real life, would be appalling on multiple levels: dude talks shit while walking by, another person pulls out a weapon. But because it happens in GTA V, it becomes comedy. It helps that the timing in this quick, 9-second clip by YouTuber something i…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 9, 2015 -
UncategorizedWatch Someone Beat One Of The Worst Games Ever Made In Three Minutes
There are bad games, and there are bad games. Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is one of the truly awful ones. My former colleague at Giant Bomb, Alex Navarro, has a long and sordid history with Big Rigs. He reviewed it at GameSpot many years ago, and returned to the scene of the crime…
By Patrick Klepek Published January 9, 2015 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Pokémon One a Day Series Two: Cyndaquil • Heroes of the Storm Could Use Some More Heroes to Help Balance • My Top 5 Anime of 2014 (as told in gifs) • Fatalis’s Thoughts on Anime in 2014 (Also my Top 5 List) TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s…
By András Neltz Published January 9, 2015 -
UncategorizedGuy Saves His Drone From Drowning At The Last Second
Nice catch! Zweier Spanjer‘s first day testing out his DJI Phantom II drone took an unexpected turn when its batteries started to deplete and the $700 gadget started plummeting towards the nearest pond. It ended up getting rescued by its heroic owner. Hopefully he didn’t have a phone worth more than $700 in his pocket.…
By Gergo Vas Published January 9, 2015 - Uncategorized
You Can Buy Missed Garrison Followers in WoW‘s Next Content Patch
World of Warcraft devs are sharing more and more details on the MMO’s next big patch as its inevitable release is gets closer. Besides improved flight paths, one of the recent and most interesting changes announced for the update, shared by community manager Crithto, will be a Garrison NPC who’ll sell all the followers—buddies you…
By Gergo Vas Published January 9, 2015 -
UncategorizedMinecraft Village Would Make a Nice Vacation Spot
Hand-made Minecraft towns and cities are always a joy to look at. This one, called Blugough, was built by kenofox of Planet Minecraft in a “renaissance-ish” style over six days. Here’s a flythrough video: The included HD shots: And my obligatory in-game images. It’s quite pretty thanks to the included texture pack: Click here for…
By András Neltz Published January 9, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe Ghostbusters Anime We Never Got
The world is a little sadder that the 1980s never actually saw a Japanese animation version of the Ghostbusters cartoon. A little? Sorry, a lot. This spoof was created by YouTubers Nacho Punch Of course, there really was an American Ghostbusters cartoon during the 80s, which this parody is, well, parodying. You know, actually, there…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Worst Mega Man Box Art Makes for the Best Action Figure
Seriously, what were they thinking with that box art? In case you’re not aware of the original NES Mega Man’s infamous North American box art from 1987, here it is in all its glory, courtesy of GameFAQs: The bizarrely redesigned Mega Man and the completely random scenery catapulted it into the bad box art hall…
By András Neltz Published January 9, 2015 - Kotaku East
Tsukimonogatari is 2014’s Last Good Anime
After the fall iteration of the Monogatari franchise, I must admit to being a bit worried. Luckily, on New Year’s Eve, Tsukimonogatari quelled my fear with a story all about consequences, character building, and storytelling—all in the beautiful art style the series is known for. [Note: Tsukimonogatari is the sixth iteration of the Monogatari series.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 9, 2015 - Kotaku East
How One Piece Characters Have Evolved
Ch-ch-ch-changes! Nothing stays the same—people, places, and manga characters, included. Let’s see how the likes of One Piece have evolved over the years. The appearance of characters changing is not new, nor is it unique to One Piece. Previously, Kotaku showed how an array of manga characters had evolved over the years. Now, via Japanese…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2015 - Kotaku East
The Apple Store Line That Could Kill You. Literally.
I will never complain about waiting in line ever again. Earlier this month, stores across Japan offered “lucky bags” (福袋 or fukubukuro), which typically contain an array of items at a discounted price. In the past, you didn’t know what the fukubukuro contained, but more recently, at many stores, you do. The Apple Store lucky…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2015 -
Kotaku EastThe New Attack on Titan 3DS Game Is a Solid Upgrade of the Last One
Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind -Chain- is an update of last year’s similarly titled Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind. And while it has only one major new feature, it is one that changes the entire game for the better. Good – Harder Than It Looks When it comes down…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published January 9, 2015 - Uncategorized
Not every story you read on Facebook is awful.
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2015 - The Bests
The Best Civilization V Leader
There are dozens of leaders to choose from every time you sit down to play a new game of Civilization V, each with their own sets of perks and bonuses. Some are good, some are OK, some are terrible, but only one is the overall best, and that leader is Elizabeth. The thing with most…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2015 - Culture
A Collection Of Dark, Beautiful Sci-Fi Art
Alexander Mandradjiev is an artist based in LA who works in both games and film. A lot of artists these days, regardless of what they’re working on, make the most of their digital tools to make everything look clean, and smooth. What I love about Mandradjiev’s stuff, aside from the dark and heavy tone, is…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2015
