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UncategorizedDayZ Encounter Turns Into A Humiliating, Yet Funny Axe Fight
Running into another group of players in the online survival game DayZ rarely ends in a simple gunfight. It’s rather a mental test. Klyka and his friends ran into two players in yellow jackets, and decided to humiliate them (without any serious consequences) in an axe fight. The fun starts around the 1:20 mark, and…
By Gergo Vas Published January 8, 2014 - Uncategorized
Skylanders: Swap Force Finally Gets The Toys Needed To Finish The Game
This morning Toys’R’Us locations across the U.S. start selling Rubble Rouser and Stink Bomb, the two Skylanders toys needed to 100% complete levels in a game released three months ago. What? First, a little background for those who’ve not played Skylanders: Swap Force, the latest entry in Activision’s incredibly lucrative marriage of toys and video…
By Mike Fahey Published January 8, 2014 - Uncategorized
Making weapon replicas, or building armor sets from Skyrim, or any other Elder Scrolls game is one thing, but creating a whole shelf of Elder Scrolls potions, scrolls and books is some next level stuff. Here’s Faasnu’s shelf, featuring tons of potions and even the Mysterium Xarxes from TES IV: Oblivion Below is the full…
By Gergo Vas Published January 8, 2014 - Kotaku East
Hold Your Horses, Don’t Get Excited about Consoles in China…Yet
Earlier this week, China’s State Council sneakily released a document about regulations in the nifty Shanghai Free Trade Zone. Due to this release, media outlets have been calling China’s archaic 13-year ban on video games consoles to be over. I’m here to rain on everyone’s parade. The new official documentreleased on Monday by the Chinese…
By Eric Jou Published January 8, 2014 - Uncategorized
Real-Time Face Substitution Will Hide You In The Scariest Way Possible
Audun Mathias Øygard’s creative experiment uses real-time facial recognition to hide your face in a webcam feed with different masks. That could be handy if you want to scare your friends with a real-time Nicolas Cage imiatation (don’t forget to use it with a proper soundboard) or just confuse them while playing online. If you…
By Gergo Vas Published January 8, 2014 - Kotaku East
A Visit to Japan’s Bunny Cafes
Let’s see. Japan has cat cafes, owl cafes, squirrel gardens, and penguin bars. So, of course there are bunny cafes! Called “usagi cafe” (うさぎカフェ), the furry establishments have been around for a few years now and really started to take off in 2012. But don’t think there’s a bunny cafe on every street corner in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 8, 2014 -
Kotaku EastBehold, The Most Embarrassing PS Vita Game of 2014
The ridiculous Senran Kagura series is getting a cooking-themed rhythm game for the PS Vita. The game’s animated opening could be the most mental thing you’ll see all day. Titled Deka Mori Senran Kagura, the game is headed to the PS Vita this March in Japan. “Deka Mori” (デカ盛り) refers to “huge food servings.” Note:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 8, 2014 - Kotaku East
Is This New Anime Trolling South Korea and China?
This week, Soni Ani Super Sonico The Animation began broadcasting in Japan. The series features Super Sonico, the mascot character for Tokyo-based game developer Nitroplus. And one short, subtle sequence is raising eyebrows among some online in neighboring South Korea. Here are stills of the sequence in question, courtesy of South Korean site MLBPark: Did…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 8, 2014 - Kotaku East
The Wall Street Journal has a smart analysis of China’s nebulous lifting of the console ban—namely, what it means, and why game makers shouldn’t get excited just yet. The takeaway? The latest announcement apparently adds little to what Kotaku already reported last fall.
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 8, 2014 - Kotaku East
Another Penis-Shaped Building Erected in China
And it’s not the first phallic-looking Chinese building in recent memory, either. Remember the golden one in Beijing? The latest effort is also the tallest penis building in the city of Jinan. The structure is going up in the city center, where it towers over all. Have a look at photos (courtesy of CNR.cn) from…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 8, 2014 - Uncategorized
Japan Getting Sweet Assassin’s Creed Bundle
In March, Japan is getting a fancy Assassin’s Creed bundle that collects all things Connor and Aveline. Called the Assassin’s Creed Connor Saga, it includes the PS3 version of Assassin’s Creed III, all that game’s DLC, the HD remake of Assassin’s Creed: Liberation for the PS3, both games’ soundtracks and a revised edition of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2014 -
EsportsSome Of The Best Counter-Strike Kills You’ll Ever See
This is HLTV.org’s list of the top ten “frag highlights” of 2013. Some are amazing individual kills, others rampages that’ll make you sad that you’re not as good at video games as these guys are. HLTV.org’s Top 10 Frag Highlights of 2013 [HLTV.org, via Daily Dot]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2014 - Culture
A Game About Boss Fights, Only One Of Your Friends Is The Boss
Falling somewhere between Left 4 Dead and Shadow of the Colossus, Outrise is a game currently in development that centres around co-operative battles against enormous bosses. The catch being that the bosses aren’t AI; they’re controlled by a human as well. Foot soldiers will have access to a range of weapons and vehicles, and can…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2014 - Uncategorized
3DS Region Locking Can Be Disabled, With A Little Work
Some 3DS community members have found a way to get around the handheld’s nefarious region-locking. Well done, all involved. The hex patch used requires some custom installations on your handheld, but once complete it’ll allow your 3DS to play retail games from any region. Note that this isn’t a piracy exploit, as it won’t let…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Dad Puts His One Year Old In Every Video Game Ever
Ben Stirling is a Game Development producer at Guru Studio in Toronto Canada. He also has a little boy who just turned one year old. I can relate. My son also turned one year old last week. I bought my son a little mini drumkit, but Ben’s present was way cooler — he placed his…
MARK SERRELS Published January 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Quite Possibly The Greatest Thing Kenny G Has Ever Done
Kenny G may be the bane of self-respecting music fans everywhere, but you can’t say the man doesn’t have a sense of humor about himself. In this new video from Funny or Die, Mr. Kenneth Gorelick becomes comedian John Daly’s imaginary friend. You guys know I can’t resist some good sax humor, so I had…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Steam Is Great, But It Could Do With A Redesign
There’s an art to designing a good user interface. Some companies, like Netflix, Apple and Google, know this. I get the impression Valve…doesn’t. At least not all the time. The company’s “Big Picture” version of Steam is fantastic. It’s simple, clear and fast to navigate. Its bread-and-butter, though – the standard desktop client most people…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedYou Can’t Pause A Car Accident
Accidents tend to happen because there’s no time to react, or because someone makes a mistake. Either way, once things are in motion, that’s that. You can’t pause an accident if you’re in the middle of one. But if you could pause an accident as it was happening, like in this anti-speeding ad by NZTransportAgency?…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Retro Pulp Fiction Video Game That Never Was
“Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead.” I doubt Quentin Tarantino would be okay with one of his movies being made into a video game, particularly not a primitive, retro console game like the one CineFix imagines here. But if he did allow someone to make one… I’m just saying that I would play it.
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 7, 2014
