- Uncategorized
Deus Ex, Blood Dragon, and Gunslinger Go Super Cheap, and More Deals
Here are some great games you probably missed at bargain basement prices. Deus Ex: Human Revolution DX ($3) | GreenMan | Use code VBHGBM-JS2VN9-0J5OFM Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon ($4) | Newegg Call of Juarez: Gunslinger ($4) | Newegg Smash Bros. FINALLY got a release date of Nov. 21 so… Super Smash Bros. Wii U…
By Shane Roberts Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhat All That Dragon Ball Z Screaming Looks Like In Real Life
I cannot imagine the sheer hours of screaming, grunting and shouting that have gone into dubbing Dragon Ball Z over the years. Luckily, I don’t have to imagine any more. See what it’s like to be a fly on the wall in a typical Dragon Ball Z recording session. The video above was produced by…
By Chris Person Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedVideo Game Violence That I Love
A whir, a pop, and then the head explodes. Ceases to exist, really. Ropy tendrils of gray-black goop spiral outwards from the point where the head used to be, and then the body falls heavily to the ground. There’s precious little time to think about what I just saw, because another enemy is headed my…
By Yannick LeJacq Published October 7, 2014 - Culture
It’s Time For Adventure Time (Storyboards)!
Adam Muto is one of the artists who has worked on animated series Adventure Time. While that’s a show that’s as famous for its colour palette as it is some incredible voice acting, today we’re going to take a look at where much of the show starts: the storyboards. These tiny thumbnails, all hand-drawn by…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 7, 2014 - Culture
How Much Money Have You Spent On Your Xbox One?
You may have dropped the initial $500 (or, without Kinect, $400) it cost to actually own an Xbox One, but you no doubt pumped more bills into Microsoft’s new-generation console than just that since its launch. Games are the most obvious additions, but maybe you’re a stickler for a proper headset or needed a few…
By Tina Amini Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Fastest (Fakest) Way to Reach Level 30 in Destiny
Once you hit level 24 in Destiny it’s pretty much a grind to grab the best legendaries and exotics, and then a grind to level them up to max capacity to slowly churn through the levels up to 30. But, thankfully, goldvision here has some phenomenal, totally useful tips to skip all that junk and…
By Tina Amini Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Number of Smash Bros. 3DS Copies Sold
In addition to announcing the release date for Super Smash Bros. Wii U, Nintendo revealed official sales data for the 3DS version of the popular fighting game. After only a few days in the US and a couple of weeks in Japan, Smash Bros. 3DS has sold more than 2.8 million copies. Those aren’t Call…
By Dan Starkey Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Terror in Resonance: The Ani-TAY Review • Silent Hill 2 and the Terrifying Nature of the Mind • TAY Explores Manga: Hayate X Blade TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published October 7, 2014 - Reviews
Alien: Isolation: The Kotaku Review
Knock, knock. Who’s there? An alien. It kills you. While many a video game has been designed for people who enjoy killing aliens, Alien: Isolation can only have been created for people who derive some perverse pleasure out of being killed by an alien. Sometimes the alien will kill you while you’re running away… …and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Want an Apple-1 Motherboard Built by Steve Wozniak? That’ll Be…
Important pieces of technological history will be up for up for grabs at the Bonham’s History of Science auction later this month. Among their pieces is an original Apple-1 motherboard that Wozniak made in Steve Jobs’ garage. It’s valuedbetween $300,000 and $500,000. Most of the other pieces up for bidding are a bit older, and…
By Dan Starkey Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedMicrosoft Technology Will Finally Let You Give Video Games the Finger
Now, here’s some Kinect functionality that I wouldn’t mind in a video game. I could’ve used this when I reviewed that awful Steel Battalion game a while back. This video from Microsoft Research surfaced a few days ago, showing off the continuing evolution of the company’s Kinect motion tracking initiative. The system on display here…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Nvidia Makes Gaming Notebooks Much More Powerful… Again
Nvidia’s 800m line of laptop graphics chips? They’re sotwo months ago. Today the company that’s been one-upping itself for years does it again with the Maxwell-based Geforce GTX 980m, promising 75 percent of the performance of its desktop counterpart. Three-fourths the power of a full-sized desktop GPU might not seem all that impressive from the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedNine Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Lion King
A scene that took three years to finish, the sound of an F-16 jet fighter and moments we can’t unsee after watching CineFix‘s latest clip about The Lion King Disney’s classic turned 20 this year, and after all these years it still looks incredible. Watching the video means you’ll get to learn stuff like: 1.…
By Gergo Vas Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Custom SNES Is An Homage To Everything Castlevania
Artist Vadu Amka turned his PAL SNES console into the embodiment of darkness, just in time for October. It’s a Castlevania-themed one, and it’s not just a repaint, it has a huge whip, an additional skull, a coffin, and other emblems of the series: SNES Castlevania by Vadu Amka [via Pixalry] To contact the author…
By Gergo Vas Published October 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Super Smash Bros. Finally Comes To Wii U Next Month
Super Smash Bros. Wii U will come out November 21 in North America, Nintendo announced today. It’ll launch alongside a wave of Nintendo’s amiibo toy figures. This follows the release of the portable version, Smash 3DS, which came out last Friday. The Wii U version will be $60 retail, or $100 as part of a…
By Jason Schreier Published October 7, 2014 - Reviews
The Angry Video Game Nerd Tackles the Most Infamous Game in History
When this whole YouTube thing was just getting started, one man began to review the Nintendo games that ruined his childhood—often with beer, explosions, cursing, and human feces. Nearly a decade later, The Angry Video Game Nerd has his own movie where he goes up against the most infamous bad game of all time: E.T.…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedBelow is My Most Anticipated Xbox One Game
It is lazy to describe a game by comparing it to other ones, but it’s also terribly useful sometimes, so here goes: Below incorporates some of the most captivating elements from two of my favourite game series, Zelda and Dark Souls, and I think that’s why it has me wrapped around its little finger. This…
Keza MacDonald Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedHacker Turns His Living Room into Mario Kart
Good thing those banana peels are virtual, huh? In Japan, a gent named Ken Kawamoto used projection mapping and Romo, a robot that’s controlled via iPhone app, to “recreate Mario Kart” in the living room. Kawamoto calls this “Romo Kart.” As noted on Hack A Day, there’s a Xtion motion sensing camera and a video…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2014 -
Kotaku EastYour Complete Fall 2014 Anime Guide
Summer is finally over and now it’s time for some pleasantly cool weather. Not that you’ll want to go outside and enjoy it with 50 new anime in the pipeline. But how do you know which ones to watch? Check out the trailers and brief blurbs to see which of them catches your interest. [*Note:…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedA Murder Mystery Where You’re Already Dead
Yes, you’re dead, and you’re trying to figure out the identity of your killer. You’re a murder victim in an adventure game that looks just like Earthbound Why Am I Dead At Sea is the follow-up to the very similar Why Am I Dead, which was uploaded to Newgrounds in 2012 November. You’re a murder…
By András Neltz Published October 7, 2014