Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: StormBorn’s new project is a doozy. He’s re-designing Mario, Luigi and other Super Mario characters. I like what I’m seeing so far. Dexomega shouts out the real heroes of every video game era: the developers themselves. And DocSeuss reports in on how Payday 2 is…

Call of Duty: Ghosts Isn’t the Year’s Biggest Entertainment Launch

In each of the past four years, Activision has followed Call of Duty‘s release date with a triumphal announcement that the latest edition of the game was “the biggest entertainment launch” of the year or in history, comparing it to blockbuster movie franchises since there was no other game to come close. They didn’t say…

The First Big Video Game Console, Now The Latest Tiny LEGO Kit

With it’s sexy wood paneling and those iconic controllers, the Atari 2600 is one of the most readily recognizable pieces of video game console history, even when it’s only 3.75 inches wide and built entirely from LEGO pieces. Minature LEGO maestro Powerpig adds the Atari 2600 to his lineup of purchasable kits, joining other seminal…

Fake World of Warcraft Trailer Is Full Of Dream Features

BlizzCon starts Friday, and the hype around what could be a brand new World of Warcraft expansion is already out of hand. What will it be this time? Nagas? More Burning Legion? YouTuber iabeckman671, famous for his WoW Machinima, has his own (very fake) take: a trailer for every fan’s dream WoW expansion. It has…

The Licensed Rambo First-Person Shooter Looks Kick-Ass. No, Really!

Here’s the gameplay trailer for the aptly named Rambo: The Video Game, currently in development at the Poland-based Teyon. Yes, it’s a licensed title, but… it actually looks pretty darn good! The game comes out on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 early next year and has you play through the events of the first three…

The movie adaptation of Tokyo Vice, the non-fiction crime opus by Kotaku buddy Jake Adelstein, will be directed by Anthony Mandler, in his feature film debut. Playwright J.T. Rogers is penning the script. And Daniel Radcliffe stars as Adelstein. Filming is slated for mid-2014.

The Sea Giving You Trouble? No Problem, Just Shrink The Moon

First-person puzzle game Scale, where you solve problems by shrinking or growing stuff, is coming along nicely. By “coming along nicely,” we mean “becoming more and more insanely awesome,” in this case. Just look at the video above. Look at it. Swimming is no longer an acceptable way to find treasure underwater. Incidentally, Scale‘s Kickstarter…

Some of the Strangest Japanese Games Are Erotic Games

They really are. Forget the sex and all that nonsense—it’s not for everyone and not what this is about. Because intentional and not, these games have truly odd images. Previously, Kotaku covered some peculiar adult games images. Here’s another round of scenes and art from various Japanese computer games, whether they are straight up erotic…

Buried in the PS4 launch details for South Korea is the news that the PS Vita TV will go on sale there on January 16. It’s priced at around US$120 for the console only. [Thanks, Sang!]

Accused Child Predator Allegedly Used Nintendo’s Swapnote Service

On October 31, Nintendo suddenly announced it was ending its SwapNote service for the 3DS. Nintendo said Swapnote had been “actively misused” to transmit “offensive material” among system users, including minors. Now we know how offensive and unsettling some of that material was. Japanese newspaper Mainichi reports that charges for child pornography have also been…

The Kiki’s Delivery Service Live-Action Movie Looks Horrible

Totally horrible. Awful. Rotten. The latest teaser trailer, which is the first to show footage, is bad. The movie is a live-actionadaptation of the book, which was adapted into a terrific anime by Studio Ghibli. The live-action movie is not connected to Ghibli. And no, Hollywood is not involved. This is a Japanese production. As…

Help Make A Game With The Greatest Star Wars Writer Of Our Time

There are only a handful of people who have ever made something as Star Warsy as the original trilogy felt. A handful of Lucasarts games like Dark Forces, maaaybe some comics, and the books of author Timothy Zahn. Who, it turns out, now wants to make a video game. Not a Star Wars game, but…

What If The Thundercats Had Been Real Cats?

Not a question that may have ever kept you up at night, but it might now, when you consider how much more interesting the show would have been if it had been about cat problems, and not cat people problems. In this video by Animation Domination, we see what would have happened if Lion-O and…

You Could Own A Very Pretty White Xbox One

I’m coming around to the look of the black Xbox One, but like the original Xbox, I think the console looks betterin white. Sadly, the only white consoles in existence have been destined for the homesof Microsoft employees. All except for one. It’s being auctioned on eBay, with proceeds going to the children’s charity GamesAid.…