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UncategorizedSuper Mario 64 As A Glitchy Nightmare
I’ve played Super Mario 64 before. Maybe you have too—but you’ve probably never played it as a horrific corrupted hellscape, like it appears in this glitch run of the game by vinesauce. I like to imagine this is what Mario might’ve been like if the development team was on shrooms, though. [Vinesauce] Vinny – Mario…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
You Can Access The Xbox One’s Developer Tools Right Now [UPDATE]
If you’d like to take revenge on the Xbox One for watching you move and listening to everything you say, you can now get inside its brain and see a whole bunch of developer settings you probably shouldn’t be looking at. Every Xbox One is rigged to be a developer kit, as Microsoft told us…
By Jason Schreier Published December 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
How Much Did You Spend On Gaming In November?
We’ve made it through November, a month packed with two next-gen console releases and a bunch of new releases from some of gaming’s biggest franchises. Now we’ve got time to pause and reflect on the damage we did to our wallets over the past 30 days. How much did you pay for games in November?…
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2013 -
UncategorizedThat’s Not How Breasts Work, Ryse
Yes, most games have never been great at depicting realistic jyggle physics. It’s not the best situation, but at this point, many of us are used to that. The breast physics on Ryse, though? I don’t even know what is going on there. Spoilers for Ryse follow/in the video above. You’d think though that, given…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
How To Find Demos On Xbox One
Good news: the Xbox One has game demos! Bad news: they’re kind of annoying to find. You can’t see the free versions of each game in the Xbox One store itself—and there aren’t all that many available yet (though Microsoft’s Larry Hryb promises to keep us updated)—so if you want to find demos for the…
By Jason Schreier Published December 2, 2013 -
UncategorizedMicro Hexagon is Super Hexagon on the Commodore 64
Commodore 64 enthusiasts and programmers staged their second RGCD Cartridge Development Competition over the weekend, and among the dozen games that beat Saturday’s submission deadline is this—Micro Hexagon, a port of last year’s mindbending Super Hexagon (and one of our GOTY nominees.) Micro Hexagon’s authors are Paul Koller and Mikkel Hastrup, adapting Terry Cavanagh’s PC…
By Owen Good Published December 2, 2013 -
UncategorizedIt’s Not The Best Doctor Who Video Game, But Give It Time
I often joke, when a bad game based on an existing entertainment license is released, that all any property needs to do to create a successful video game tie-in is to paste its characters and concepts over an already-proven title. Doctor Who: Legacy is almost proof of that. In the popular free-to-play mobile game Puzzle…
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
You Can Remove The Sticker On The Front Of Your Xbox One, You Know
That thing on the front of the Xbox One? That’s a sticker. You can take it off. Some of you right now are wondering why this needs to be said. Others of you, well, you’re not alone. A lot of people haven’t taken this sticker off their Xbox One for some reason. Search for Xbox…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: GiantBoyDetective gives us his own review of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, along with a gallery of video game-centric gingerbread men. And Ellen J. Miller pens a lovely remembrance of what it meant to get the gift of gaming Don’t forget that…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 2, 2013 -
UncategorizedHere’s How PlayStation Consoles Have Said Hello Over the Years
First, it sounded like the yawn of a giant supercomputer as it stretched itself awake. Then, like a genie coming out of a lamp. They’re all burned into our memories. What’s been your favorite PlayStation start-up screen? This compilation of PlayStation boot sequences celebrates the European launch of the PS4. Yeah, it’s a few days…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 2, 2013 -
UncategorizedLeague of Legends Champions In WarCraft III. That’s A Full Circle.
Modding League of Legends characters back into WarCraft III? Cokemonkey proves that even after more than 10 years, the WarCraft III World Editor, grandfather of all MOBA games, is still great, and has absolutely no trouble handling League champions—in particular, Orianna, The Lady of Clockwork. Orianna in Warcraft 3 [YouTube] To contact the author of…
By Gergo Vas Published December 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
Morning everyone! Have a good Thanksgiving holiday/weekend? If so, you might have missed this stuff. Report: Lindsay Lohan Calls Lawyers Over Grand Theft Auto V Amazon Wants To Deliver Your Stuff Using Drones. Seriously. Reports: 4chan User Sets Himself On Fire, Streams It Here They Come, Just In Time, The (Cosplaying) Powerpuff Girls
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2013 - Uncategorized
Playing with the Houston Rockets shouldn’t mean blasting off like a shuttle across the basketball court. That’s the glitchy, NBA 2K14 way of avoiding interviews. But hey, at least they’ve got LeBron’s running speed correct! Dayshot is an image-based feature, that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that…
By Gergo Vas Published December 2, 2013 -
Kotaku EastWhen K-Pop Meets Chinese Traffic Police, Hilarity Ensues
Today, December 2, 12/2, is just a regular day in the world—except for traffic police in China. Today, the numbers correlate with the phone number for Chinese traffic police, 122, and because of that the fine traffic cops of Huizhou city in Guangdong province have released a nifty music video. Set to the infectious Korean…
By Eric Jou Published December 2, 2013 -
UncategorizedNo, You’re Not Drunk. It’s Just Augmented Reality Mario.
And no, the Wii U didn’t get a massive graphics hardware upgrade overnight, either. Sadly, this is not an actual augmented reality Mario game. It’s actually the clever work of filmmaker (and Skyrim fan) Wren Weichman, though it could easily pass off as a commercial for the real thing. If it was a real thing.…
By András Neltz Published December 2, 2013 - Kotaku East
Japanese Weather Reports Are More Adorable with Anime Characters
In most countries, the weather report is not cute. The weatherman or the weatherwoman might be attractive (they might not!), but the report itself is probably fairly bland. Not in Japan. NHK, Japan’s most respected broadcaster, has used anime-inspired characters for weather reports for the past few years. In February 2009, NHK’s News Watch 9…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2013 -
Kotaku EastSexually Harass a Radish, While Wearing a Futuristic Helmet
Sexual harassment is awful. Don’t do it. But I guess it’s okay to feel up a radish? While wearing a helmet? Maybe not. In the below video, courtesy of our Gizmodo Japan colleagues, you can see a “substitutional reality” or “SR” system used with a radish harassing tech Kotaku previously featured. The tech is called…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2013