The Perks Of Being Sony Boss, #1832

Don’t let the graphic fool you. We’re not here for the back of Placido Domingo’s head. We’re here for the gentleman on the right. That’s Sony boss Kaz Hirai, just chillin’ on the starting grid at the Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix. Lookin’ sharp, Kaz. Also lookin’ like a kid in a candy store. @paulmccarthy…

What A $240 Attack On Titan Action Figure Looks Like

This isn’t the first Attack on Titan figure I’ve seen, but it is the coolest. A 1/6 scale version of Mikasa, she won’t be out until July 2014. Pity. When she does hit, though, she’ll cost around….USD$240. Which is a lot for a figure, yeah, but hey, at least it’s an incredibly detailed one, with…

Gearbox Boss Buys…Penn’s Ponytail. For Real.

Penn Jillette, from Penn & Teller, wants to make a “smart” horror movie with buddy Adam Rifkin. So he set up a crowdfunding campaign. A campaign that just got quite the boost from Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford. Pitchford, himself a bit of a magician, kicked in $25,000 to the campaign (which is asking for just…

Sony’s PS4 Controller Prototypes Sounded Completely Crazy

The DualShock 4 marks the first time in over a decade that substantial changes have been made to the design of a PlayStation controller. But what we ended up getting is nowhere near as drastic a change as we could have got. In a great piece on VentureBeat examining the development process behind the DualShock…

Xbox Fight Leads Man To Bite Penis “Like A Sandwich”

Sometimes, you look at British newspaper stories about video games and shake your head. And then there are days like this The Metro reports that Jason Martin, 41, from Dover, has been jailed for seven years after chomping on a man’s penis following a video game dispute earlier this year. A former (no shit) friend…

League Of Legends Player Says He Makes Almost $1 Million A Year

And you thought guys only got into esports for the chicks Carlos “Ocelote” Rodriguez is 23 years old, and plays League of Legends for SK, a professional team from Europe. He’s good, very good, but he’s not one of the world’s best Not that it matters. According to a report on Spanish news site ABC,…

Beyond‘s Ghostly Companion Is Quite The Real-World Prankster

It was only a matter of time before the lovable punks at Mega 64 took on Beyond: Two Souls for some real-world mockery. And lo, they have done so, and it’s pretty funny. Guess what: people don’t appreciate it when a dude with a camera goes around knocking crap over.

Kanye West Makes Wind Waker HD Infinitely Better

Boy howdy, the ability to take selfies in Wind Waker HD is the gift that keeps on giving, isn’t it? Just being able to take selfies in of itself is amazing in this game, provided the right commentary, sure. Nevermind when you add hip hop to the selfie mix—yes, we technically already knew how great…

The Final Fantasy VII Victory Music Sounds Incredible As A Cappella

A cappella master Smooth McGroove has made a name for himself by re-creating vocal versions of classic game music. His stuff is usually very good, but this week he’s outdone himself, tackling my favorite video-game victory music and utterly owning it. A while back, I wrote an article about choosing the perfect JRPG victory music…

Track: “Cats and Dog” (MitchiriNeko March/Get It On The Floor mash-up) | Artist: DMX vs. Chiemi Takano (via Youtube user aznr4v3m4st3r) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

New Graphic Novel Re-Invents Superman as Clueless 12-Year-Old Kid

Think about it: a Superman-style superhero built for today. The whole savior-from-the-sky bit is crucial but everything else about the character would have to be almost completely different, no? More vulnerable. Less omniscient. More fashionable. Yet, for him to act with all that outsize brashness and altruism, he couldn’t be an adult. He’d have to…

Count Chocula: The Snacktaku Monster Cereals Review Spooktacular

For the first time in America’s troubled history, the five points on the pentagram of morning food evil glow as one upon store shelves, signaling the coming of the last complete breakfast. Five cereals in five days, and a Count Chocula shall lead them. In 1971, as I was still hatching my brilliant plan to…

Beyond: Two Souls Works Well As A 4.5-Hour Ellen Page Movie

The Ellen Page-starring movie/game hybrid Beyond: Two Souls was often as much fun to watch as it was to play. And now, thanks to Gamebillstudio, you can go ahead and watch the whole thing, even if you don’t own a PS3. They’ve distilled the essence of the game’s story into a two-part, 4.5-hour movie. The…