Being A Sexy Green Alien Babe Can Be Tough

The exotic yet tantalizing alien babe that humanity fetishizes is a well-known sci-fi trope—surely, you’ve come across it before. Typically, games like Mass Effect let us seduce these characters. But in Redshirt, you can play as that sexy blue alien—and you can see first-hand why this fantasy that is sometimes peddled by sci-fi can suck.…

Microsoft Has No Clear Solution For Xbox One Disc Drive Issues

If you got an Xbox One today and your disc drive isn’t working, Microsoft has no answer for you yet—they say to contact their customer service people for help. Microsoft doesn’t have a fix yet for the issue, which has caused Xbox One Blu-ray drives to make a horrible grinding noise when they try to…

Super Mario 3D World: The Kotaku Review

Super Mario 3D World is a terrific video game. It’s just not a very good Wii U game. I can’t remember the last time Nintendo needed a game to be so good so badly. Super Mario 3D World is the first really big game for the company’s beleaguered Wii U, the kind of game that…

PS4? Xbox One? He’s Getting a Wii U

Our pal Brian Barrett over at Gizmodo has sized up the Xbox One and the PS4. His decision of what new console to get? He’s going for the Wii U. Find out why. (We’ll be providing our own one-year-later take on the Wii U next week.)

Doom Co-Creator John Carmack Leaves Id Software

John Carmack, co-creator of iconic first-person-shooter Doom and one of the smartest minds in video games, has resigned from the development studio he helped co-found. As seen as on IGN, Carmack is stepping away from the company where he served as lead programmer on Wolfenstein 3D, Quake and Rage. Id’s official statement, via parent company…

Disney’s Computer-Simulated Snow Basically Looks Real

First we had mind-blowing water simulation. Now we can add another delightfully realistic simulation to the mix: snow. The GIF above comes from a Disney animation presentation on new snow simulation techniques used for the upcoming holiday film, Frozen. Some of the concepts might go over your head, but no worries: it’s evident they’re making…

With New Patch, AC IV Now Looks Sharper On PS4

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag already looked plenty nice on the PlayStation 4, but thanks to a new patch from Ubisoft, the game now looks even better. At launch, AC IV had been running at 900p resolution on PS4. Which looked perfectly nice, but wasn’t the full 1080p resolution that a lot of other next-gen…

YouTuber Says He Was Censored For Criticizing Another YouTuber

This morning, video-maker Matt Lees put up a video criticizing another YouTuber, KSIOlajidebt. A few hours later, it was taken down—removed by YouTube due to a copyright claim by KSIOlajidebt himself. Censorship? Lees, who works for the website Videogamer.com, sure thinks so. KSI, who has four million subscribers on YouTube, is a controversial figure in…

New Humble Weekly, Walmart Early Black Friday, Mad Max [Deals]

In addition to the one-two punch of Walmart’s early Black Friday deals and Amazon Digital’s Black Friday discounts starting up, we’ve also got a new Humble Weekly Bundle bursting at the seams with pinball tables. If you need to stock up on SD cards, flash drives, or even SSDs, Amazon is running a great deal…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Zarnyx attends the new Zelda and Mario launches at Nintendo in NYC, truthtellah recaps the Xbox One launch for those who weren’t paying attention, Stormborn’s latest entry in redesigning Super Mario, and DocSeuss reviews PayDay 2 DLC and even comes up with his own ideas…

Wreck-It Ralph, Rapunzel and Frozen Disney Infinity Toys Are Out There

The third round of Infinity figures is hitting stores today, bringing Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope, Tangled‘s Rapunzel, and Anna and Elsa from Frozen to Disney’s cross-property toy box. Now all you have to do is find them — at three different retailers. Dammit, Disney. Not only are you releasing four products (Anna and Elsa come…

Xbox One Disc Drive Issues Reported By Small Number Of Users

Several Xbox One buyers have reported disc drive issues affecting their brand new consoles, and although we don’t know just how big a problem this is, the videos floating around are a little nerve-wracking. In the few videos I’ve seen so far, all posted this morning on YouTube, new Xbox One owners pop in game…

​Killer Instinct: The Kotaku Review

The main reason I want to keep playing Killer Instinct is to hear the announcer go absolutely crazy when I do amazing things. The first time you hear him scream out “Combo Breakkkkerrrrr!!!!” you’ll understand. “Ready? Fight!” I’ve never wanted to please those omniscient voices commanding me in fighting games. Sure, hearing them bellow “K.O.!”…

Team Fortress 2‘s Medic Just Got Some Extra Powers

The Medic from Team Fortress 2 recently got some nifty new items as part of Valve’s Two Cities update, shown off in a pretty cool official animated short. Gotta love that exploded Heavy getting reanimated. Here’s the full clip: Mann vs Machine – The Sound of Medicine [YouTube] To contact the author of this post,…