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UncategorizedMario Kart Has A New Controversial Technique Called ‘Fire Hopping’
Discussions around Mario Kart 8 are getting heated as the moment, as players have discovered a new technique some are calling “Fire Hopping.” While you can see Fire Hopping in action in the footage below by MK8 Records, basically, it’s something that allows players to maintain a speed boost via hopping. Fire Hopping is possible…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedGoat Simulator’s Patch Notes Are The Best
A whole bunch of stuff, like hats and multiplayer, gets added to Goat Simulator today—all for free. While that’s cool, you’ve gotta read how the developers, Coffee Stain Studios, are describing the update. From Goat Simulator’s patch notes over at Steam: Added local splitscreen multiplayer Added a new map, try it out in the “custom…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Legend Of Zelda Didn’t Make The LEGO Ideas’ Cut
Fans of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda franchise and LEGO toys breathlessly waiting for the results of the LEGO Ideas Winter 2014 review results can exhale now — the results are in, and Link won’t be appearing in plastic brick form. Wes Talbott’s submission to the LEGO Ideas (once CUUSOO) program did Zelda fans proud.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
One Year Later, Did Sony Keep Their E3 2013 Promises?
Back in June 2013, it seemed like Sony pretty much stole the show from Microsoft with their E3 briefing. But do their promises still hold up now, almost a year later? Following yesterday’s look at Microsoft’s big press conference from last year, it’s time to examine Sony’s. Sony went for a mostly balanced look at…
By András Neltz Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
Flappy Bird Is The New ‘Hello World’
Yesterday, Apple announced a new programming language called Swift for building iOS apps. Less than 24 hours later, someone has already used it to build a Flappy Bird clone. If you aren’t familiar with Hello World, it’s basically what programmers traditionally use to demonstrate a programming language or test a basic system, since it’s a…
By Steve Marinconz Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhat’s Wrong With The Movie Gravity? Ask Neil deGrasse Tyson
When a movie is too scientific for Cinema Sins to handle, they call on noted astrophysicist and host of Fox hit Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Mr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Science made me not want to see Gravity. Having been a fan of that particular means of explaining how reality functions for decades now, I was…
By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedI Just Heard A Mario Kart Joke In My PS4 Game
Lego Marvel Super Heroes contains all sorts of great cameos. It also includes a Mario Kart joke, made by the Human Torch, right before you go to Thor’s home realm of Asgard where they’ve got a rainbow bridge. I heard this while playing the PS4 version of the game over the weekend, and I captured…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedThis Kanye West Oculus Rift Game Isn’t Real, But It Should Be
Otter Spice, the small team that brought us Kanye Zone back in 2012, just delivered a vision of what that ridiculous and amazing browser-based game would be like on the Oculus Rift. Sadly, the thing is just a joke. But like many things on the internet, it doesn’t have to be! West famously compared himself…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
Craiglist Ad Seeks Buff Dudes To Dress Up As Dragon Ball Z Waiters
Are you a “physically fit male” who is “MUSCULAR, and is willing to dress in Dragon Ball Z attire for 2-3 hours”? If so, then boy do I have a job for you. Oh yeah, you’re going to have to hold some appetizer trays. But that shouldn’t be a problem for a Super Saiyan, right?…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Avengers Turn-Based Tactics Game Is Ready And Waiting
Watch me play a little of Marvel’s Avengers Alliance Tactics, the strategic sequel to that weird Avengers turn-based role-playing game. Or just play it yourself — it’s not half-bad. I’ve said it before, I love living in an age where games just suddenly pop up online and let me play them without spending any money…
By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2014 -
ReviewsWatch Dogs: The Kotaku Review
My first question for Watch Dogs was, “Well, what if I don’t want to shoot Maurice?” “Sorry,” the game replied. “You are going to shoot Maurice and that’s all there is for it.” It was the very first interactive moment of the game, and I had two things: A gun, and a prompt to shoot…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedLuigi Isn’t The Only Troll In The New Mario Kart
Luigi might be a cold, calculating jerk in the new Mario Kart, but he’s not the only one with a goofy stare. Almost everyone flashes a hilarious look just before messing someone else up, as the replay mode in Mario Kart 8 shows us. Donkey Kong, for example, is a major troll: (Via Atomic6) Yoshi…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
Wondering who’s in charge of the next Uncharted after all those shake-ups at Naughty Dog? With Amy Hennig and Justin Richmond out of the studio, Uncharted #4 will instead be headed up by The Last of Us leads Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann. We expect to see more about the game at E3 next week.
By Jason Schreier Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
Corsair Raptor Gaming Mouse, GameFly and Origin Sales, Jawbone JAMBOX
The 4.5 star-rated Corsair Raptor M45 gaming mouse is marked down to its best price ever today. Even at this price, it includes some advanced features like single-click DPI adjustment and custom USB response time. [Corsair Raptor M45, $40] Gamefly’s Summer Sale is currently offering up to 75% off select games and DLC. The promotion…
By Shep McAllister Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
Watch A Bedroom Transform Into A Badass Arcade
Kotaku reader and NYC-based marketing guy Chris Kooluris turned one of his bedrooms into an arcade, and the photos are just ridiculous. Here are two galleries of the whole process. Click through to see the room evolve from Normal Bedroom to BADASS ARCADE.
By Jason Schreier Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedThere’s not one, but two games launching today that let you play as animals If playing as a cat in Murdered: Soul Suspect isn’t good enough for you (and, to be fair, it wasn’t for me), consider checking out Sony’s new PlayStation Vita game Vita Pets. Judging by the launch trailer, it has quirky talking…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 3, 2014 - Uncategorized
The guys who brought you a card game adaptation of Moby Dick are back with another tabletop literary adaption, this one about Beowulf. King Post is following last year’s successful Kickstarter campaign with another crowdfunding drive to make their nerdy dreams come true. If you like the sound of playing a Grendel card, check the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 3, 2014 -
ReviewsMurdered: Soul Suspect: The Kotaku Review
I came across something midway through Murdered: Soul Suspect that summed up the majority of my experience playing this game. I was strolling through a police station as Ronan O’Connor, a detective so hard-boiled that his own death could not stop him from hunting down the notorious murderer as The Bell Killer. The game begins…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 3, 2014 -
UncategorizedEvery Word In Star Wars: A New Hope, Sorted Alphabetically
You know what the big problem with the first Star Wars movie is? Barely any of the English words in the film are in alphabetical order. Thank goodness for the latest video from YouTube’s suckerpinch Did you know A New Hope contains 1,695 different words, and 11,684 total words? Did you know the word “lightsaber”…
By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2014