Sunday Comics: Blinded With Science

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best video gaming webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Jan. 9. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Jan. 6. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: High Class Hookah: The Winners

Last week’s ‘Shop Contest asked for creative interpretations of game consoles as smoking paraphernalia. We’ve got 15 overall finalists in this week’s roundup, including overall No. 1 r1ggs. Thanks to everyone who participated. There will be another Shop Contest tomorrow. Barrel_Trollz Bizwax Brandon0151 BuckshotTed GiantBoyDetective Ginger Snap halfbeast Kaiochi pribian psyko-faze r1ggs SkiBum232 theonlyboom uscg_pa…

Here’s video of that Marvel (really, just the Avengers) skin pack for Minecraft, Hawkeye looks just as dynamic and interesting in low-res as he does in the movies. The pack will include 35 skins and is exclusive to the Xbox 360 version.

After a “first draft” that put the brakes on most anything interesting, SimCity has published its policy on mods. It means they’ll allow some building re-skinning and creation, like this rail station. No changes to gameplay. As for an offline mode? “We are still exploring” that, which is what they said in October, too.

Zombies Matriculate into Bully Thanks to Modders

Man, you think your class is full of zombies the Monday after a weekend. Modders have revisited the now eight-year old Bully to bring the undead to Bullworth. Can anyone survive the outbreak with a bottle-rocket gun and a bag of marbles? You’ll have to find out later, as there’s no timetable set for this…

This Poster Says Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ First DLC Arrives Jan. 28

This is reportedly a GameStop promotional poster dating Call of Duty: Ghosts’ first DLC installment, Onslaught for Jan. 28. It was tweeted out yesterday and picked up by the Call of Duty enthusiast site CharlieIntel It describes four new maps—Fog, Bayview, Containment and Ignition—and two bonus weapons. Episode one of the Extinction-mode narrative announced back…

This Week in the Business: $1 Million Worth of Pizza Sold on Xbox Live

STAT | $1 million—Amount of sales that Pizza Hut’s Xbox 360 app has generated in 4 months by allowing people to order pizza from Xbox Live; “It’s been a source of unbelievable growth for us,” said Pizza Hut And elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “I don’t think…

Best of Kotaku, The Week of January 6

CES week is over, but you can reminisce with articles over on Kotaku Selects. If you have a Vita and haven’t played it yet, Tearaway is seriously a charming necessity in your gaming life. Alex Griendling appears to agree. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find her on Twitter at…

Incredible Gamer Takes On Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out While Blindfolded

Not only is master gamer Sinister1 playing Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! while blindfolded and crushing it, he’s moving through the game as quickly as possible. I’m speechless. Part one is up top, and here’s the rest of the run, where things get hairy: Sinister1’s full-run attempt happened today during Awesome Games Done Quick 2014, a speedrunning…

You’ve gotta check out the ‘Behind The Gifs’ subreddit: it’s where people make up backstories with Microsoft Paint for all the popular GIFs you see floating around web, and it’s kind of hilarious. A quick example: the real story behind the Hamburglar.

Everything You Need To Know About Rust, In 10 Seconds

When I started playing Rust, I went looking for advice from more experienced players. I sure found it. Look for more video from Rust on Monday, until then, check out Luke’s preview!

​What Games Are You Playing This January?

January is an interesting time for video games—we’re just coming off of a landslide of new releases, but there aren’t too many games on the horizon. Finally, some breathing room! So… what are you playing? I’ll go first: The Room Two (iPad): After finally listening to my boss Stephen Totilo’s enthusiastic endorsement, I started playing…

Part one of Broken Age, Double Fine’s crowdfunded adventure game, will launch on Tuesday for their Kickstarter backers, bossman Tim Schafer says. They’ll announce the public release date then, too.

We’re Not Sure How Realistic Recovery Search & Rescue Simulation Is

I recently brought world class rescuer and consummate survivalist Steve Marinconz along with me as we took to the woods to try out the first few missions in Recovery Search & Rescue Simulation. Things didn’t go well. I thought from the beginning we’d be saving poor hikers, the kind that tend to get attacked by…

North America’s New Disney Game Is Last Year’s Japanese Hit

This morning Nintendo surprised us with the announcement of Disney Magical World, which sounded like Animal Crossing with Disney characters, coming to the 3DS April 11. It’s actually a port of this Japanese game, which did quite well for itself when it launched last August. Courtesy of the eagle-eyed folks at Siliconera, Disney Magic Castle:…

​50 Cent Just Catching Up on Minecraft, Thinks It’s Unfinished

It’s probably hard to imagine how busy a guy like 50 Cent is. So, it’s understandable that he might’ve missed out on the way that Minecraft has become a phenomenon. But Mr. Jackson thinks that Mojang’s super-successful game “looks like they didn’t finish it.” No, 50, it’s finished. That is a completed game that you…

Sad Horse Is Dressed As Mario

Hey there, Sad Mario Horse. How you doing? OK? You look a bit down. Is it because a human being dressed you up like Mario? Yes, I agree that it is a bit degrading, but you do have to admit that it is also pretty funny. Look at that little hat you’re wearing. Look at…

​Persona Q‘s Mitsuru May Be Tiny, But She Still Kicks Ass

Being re-imagined as a wee chibi characterisn’t close to enough to make Persona 3’s Mitsuru Kirijo any less of a badass, as evidenced by this new character trailer for the 3DS crossover game Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Miiiiight be time to finally replay Persona 3 Portable as a girl protagonist. I’ve been meaning…