Don’t Expect A Gay Video Game Star Any Time Soon

It’s tough enough getting women and dudes who aren’t white into a starring role in a video game. So imagine how impossible it is to try and get a gay or lesbian character in the spotlight. A seemingly pedestrian interview on Ubisoft’s company bloglast week got interesting when Lucien Soulban, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon’s…

Look Who Was At The Oscars Tonight

Kaz Hirai used to be Mr. PlayStation, but now that he runs everything at Sony (which has its own motion picture studio), dude gets an invite to the Oscars. You can play a little Where’s Kazdo on the pic above using our image annotation. Hint: he’s not one of the giant gold guys. Geoff Keighley…

The Week in Games: Humble Folks Without Temptation

This week we’re going down to South Park to have ourselves a time. Other releases include the next episode of The Walking Dead: Season Two and hot damn, some simulation farmin’, hell yeah. Tuesday, March 4 South Park: The Stick of Truth (PC, PS3, 360) The Walking Dead: Season Two—Episode Two: A House Divided (PC,…

Jon Bois of SB Nation, famed for his “Breaking Madden” series, tried to create a basketball game with Garry’s Mod. You can see the … results here.

Imagining Lyrics to Metroid

Video games comedian Brentalfloss has had a long-running “What if video game songs had lyrics?” gag. His first,Mega Man 2, I featured five years ago, and we all had a great laugh. But now, with Metroid—one of gaming’s most beloved soundtracks—he and vocalist Alysha Umphress play it straight, and get it right. Black, whose Brentalfloss…

Twitch Plays Pokémon is back, and now they’re playing Pokémon Crystal. I know the feeling, and the need to keep your friends together and a good thing going. But it’s never as good as the first time. Still, if you want to watch, here it is.

Here’s a Song Made From Jeff Goldblum’s Ridiculous Jurassic Park Laugh

So, first, watch this, which is Jeff Goldblum (as chaos theory mathematician Ian Malcom) snickering? chortling? snortling? chickering? in 1993’s Jurassic Park. Not exactly a meme, but hold onto your butts, it’s gonna be one, big time. Now listen to this, which is (clears throat) Hahahrawrrahaha by FLIPSH0T (feat. Jeff Goldblum) You will not be…

Danish Firm Buying Duke Nukem‘s Original Studio [Update]

3D Realms, the beleaguered original developer of Duke Nukem Forever, will be acquired by a Danish firm that had been set to publish a new Duke Nukem game until both were sued last week by Gearbox Software The report, by Reuters, first appeared inBørsen, a leading financial newspaper of Denmark. Frederik Schreiber, the CEO and…

Reminder: No ‘Shop Contest today, if you’re looking for that. Owen’s not here next week.

Sunday Comics: Served With a Smile

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Feb. 28. Read more of Penny Arcade Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Feb. 24 Read more of Awkward Zombie Brawl In The…

Here’s The Censored Version Of South Park: The Stick of Truth

Via Reddit, here’s what you see when you try to play a certain scene in the European version of South Park: The Stick of Truth on consoles. (Warning: minor spoilers.) Ubisoft has said they censored the game for “marketing reasons.” The PC version of the game remains unaffected. The Stick of Truth is out on…

Take the Bloody Shot with Skyfall Recreated in Grand Theft Auto

Over on the subreddit GTA Adventures there’s a weekly challenge to film a recognizable scene from a movie. Up this week:the opening sequence fromSkyfall The re-enactment takes some liberties, probably because it’d be hard to plunge a backhoe’s claw into the caboose of an indestructible train. Overall, it gets my Oscar nomination for stunt coordination.…

Hitting 55 Straight Green Lights in New York is the Ultimate High Score

This guy makes 55 consecutive stoplights in Manhattan without coming to a full stop. It’s like a real-life version of Flappy Bird. Granted, the filmmaker, Tim Burke (not Deadspin‘s Tim Burke) did so around 3 a.m., when there’s nothing but a few nighthawk cabs on the road, and you can sort of set your own…

Everyday Choices Are a Lot Harder in Final Fantasy VII

When it comes to the routine of daily life, Final Fantasy VII doesn’t leave you with many good options. Take grocery shopping with Cloud, for example, as imagined by Fox’s Animation Domination Hi-Def

Ryse: Son of Rome introduces five new maps, two gladiator character skins, one new mode of play and with the Mars’ Chosen Pack. It’s $8.99, or free for those who bought the game’s season pass for DLC.

Sick of cusswords? There’s a movie-themed wordpack for The Typing of the Dead: Overkill in time for the Oscars. You can frantically pound out “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” to blow back the zombie horde. It’s $2.99, available now on Steam.

This Week in the Business: They Are the 0.15 Percent

STAT | 0.15%—Percentage of mobile gamers that provide 50% of the revenue for free-to-play games, according to analytics firm Swrve; this was taken from data for January from tens of millions of mobile game users Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Every year there are fewer and fewer…