Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Gayme History: Part One • Gayme History: Part Two • Space/Spawn: Saints Row The Third (Part 1) • Space/Spawn: Saints Row The Third (Part 2) • Good People Are What’s Wrong With Games Journalism • Ryse: Son of Rome is Worth Your Time TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s…

Deface The Battletoads As Much As You Want, They’ll Still Be Cool

Here’s Rash, Zitz and Pimple, beat-em up heroes from the 90s, reimagined by artist K. Che as bloody, giant, realistic frogs. These guys would eat the Dark Queen alive. They might not be the foolish cartoony characters we remember from the NES era, but those goggles are still cool: Battletoads by K. Che [DeviantART, via…

Professor X Has A Crush On Jean Grey After All

Now that both Cyclops and Wolverine are fired, nothing can stop Charles ‘Pete Holmes’ Xavier to share his feelings and try to seduce Jean Grey. Of course, that’s not how it works. You need more than that. Ex-Men: Jean Grey [Pete Holmes, YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Xbox Japan’s Tweet From Last Week Seems Pretty Embarrassing

Japan has never been an easy climb for Microsoft’s game console. Xbox Japan never seems to catch a break. And this recent E3 tweet shows exactly why. The tweet from Xbox Japan’s official account reads: “Here is the photo spot for Destiny, the latest FPS made by Bungie of Halo fame.” Less than a week…

The Music of Mario Kart 8

“The music used throughout the Mario Kart series isn’t intended to be just background music,” says Kenta Nagata. “Instead we aim to produce pieces that will stick in players’ minds. We consider it a great success if the other production staff start unconsciously humming the tunes as they’re racing.” This post originally appeared on Kotaku…

Hello Kitty Wants Your Blood. No, Really.

Recently, a Hello Kitty bus rolled up in Shanghai, China with one thing in mind: Blood. Of course, what’s apparently the world’s first Hello Kitty blood donation vehicle is all for a good cause as there is nothing in the least bit sinister about Hello Kitty. Nothing. Nothing at all. Kidding! Sorta! As reported by…

Midora is basically Minish Cap, only with a female lead. And some crafting. I love the pixel art, I love the character design. Back it on Kickstarter

Kim Kardashian’s Video Game Is The Stuff Of Nightmares

Kim Kardashian is coming to video games. In exactly the manner you would expect. Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is on its way for iOS and Android. Note that the objective of the game is to “create your own aspiring celebrity and rise to fame and fortune”. Why become famous for something you’ve actually done when you…

What if the Tenchu series had learned some new tricks from games like Dishonored and Mark of the Ninja? Well, it would have looked a lot like Twin Souls, which is currently up on Kickstarter

Meet The World’s Most Useless RPG Character

An RPG party member who can’t attack or even move, who spends every turn being the butt of more than a hundred jokes? Yes, he’s real, and I learned all about him at E3. Candy Corn is his name, and he’s a small yet rather funny part of Double Fine’s Halloween-themed RPG sequel, Costume Quest…

A Game About War With No Guns (Because You’re The Housekeeper)

Forget Call of Duty—it seems like the era of unique, fascinating games about war is underway. Case-in-point: Sunset, an exploration game that puts you in the role of a nosy housekeeper. As the housekeeper, you look after an apartment belonging to someone involved in the war that has broken out around you. From the game’s…