Motion-Controlled Gaming Is Flailing

I played the Wii for the first time at a trade show in Leipzig, Germany. The consoles were set up in tents, shielded from outside view. Standing in the queue, you’d watch people lift the folds of material in front of the entrance, walk in, then walk out with huge smiles on their faces after…

Assassin’s Creed Can Actually Teach You A Thing Or Two

Assassin’s Creed is a lot of things: blockbuster entertainment franchise, beautiful open-world murder simulator, inspiration for rock climbers the world over. “History textbook” doesn’t seem like it would be at the top of this list. Even its dearest fans will admit that Ubisoft’s series takes creative license to stray from historical fact. Nicolas Trépanier, a…

Hey, it’s a trailer for SpyParty! We’re big fans of the long-in-development two-player game SpyParty, but we’ve never been able to show you a trailer, because there hasn’t been a trailer. Now there is. Enjoy. And/or go play the in-development game now for $15. No release date for the finished thing yet.

The Sims 4 Is Going To Be Dangerous For Me

Character creation menus will be the death of me. I love pouring my soul (and my time) into crafting the best-looking cat mage in Skyrim. Or a Commander Shepard in Mass Effect. Or a Jew inSouth Park: The Stick of Truth. The more complicated the interface and range of options is, the better. In other…

Aww, look at his little soccer ball head. Celebrating the onset of soccer fever, Activision is releasing special edition Skylanders: Swap Force toy ‘Kickoff’ Countdown (clever) this Sunday, May 18, at ToysRUs locations across the country and online.

Everything Wrong With X-Men Origins: Wolverine In 14 Minutes

“We didn’t need an entire Origins movie to know that sensitive Logan is boring” The CinemaSins “Everything Wrong With” treatment can be applied to pretty much any movie, but it works better with some than others. Unfortunately, X-Men Origins: Wolverine has more than enough silly tropes to make it work. X-men Origins: Wolverine In 14…

The Gaming Laptop You Want, Das Keyboard, PSN Update, Inquisition

The Toshiba Qosmio was our Gaming Laptop Pick back in November, and while there is of course new competition in the market place, today’s deal definitely makes up the difference. Get the Qosmio with its GTX 770M and free Razer Abyssus Gaming Mouse for just $930 with code RMN705134. [Toshiba Qosmio, $930] Want to throw…

Creator Of iPhone Game Boy Emulator Says Nintendo Made Him Pull It

For a few months now, an app called GBA4iOS has allowed iPhone users to take advantage of a system loophole in order to play Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games without jailbreaking their phones. But if you didn’t get the app before yesterday, you might be out of luck—Nintendo has filed a takedown notice,…

Realistic Yoshi Would Not Be A Friend To Mario

Pete Holmes returns to the burning question of what Super Mario would be like in real life in his latest video, and the answer is just as gruesome as the first time he asked: Be warned, people. Sure, Yoshi is cute and all. But he’s still a dinosaur too! To contact the author of this…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: SMT: Nocturne The TAY Review • Uri’s Soda Reviews – Reed’s Spiced Apple Brew All Natural Sparkling Spiced Apple Cider • Silver Spoon is Worth Your Time • Saying Goodbye to my Tiniest Companions in the Game of Life TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow…

A Forrest Gump Video Game Would Be A Weird Mixture of Genres

I really love how the talented folks at CineFix imagined how a old school video game version of the 1994 comedy Forrest Gump would have looked like. It’d have been a bit of everything: side-scrolling action, table tennis and even monster hunting. Check out their two minute animation below: Forrest Gump – 8 Bit Cinema…

Childhood Characters, As Complete Crazies

When not busy with concept art Dan Luvisi likes to turn cute, childhood heroes into mutated, crazy-looking lunatics in his ‘Popped Culture’ series. ‘Tigger’ from Winnie the Pooh even got a really funny backstory So here’s Mickey Mouse, as the prince of darkness, Tigger, who is now in prison, and a truly monstrous Goofy: DanLuvisiArt…

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George R. R. Martin Talks About Killing Game of Thrones Characters

Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin was the guest of Conan O’Brien last night, and among other things they’ve talked about was the one thing the show is most famous for: characters unexpectedly dying off. Well, according to him the HBO showrunners are the bloodthirsty ones when it comes to killing a main…