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We Come To It At Last. The Great Artwork Of Our Time.
Roger Kupelian is a veteran of the movie and comics business, where he’s done background paintings on projects like the Lord of the Rings trilogy, X-Men, Pirates of the Caribbean and Space Jam. One of his latest gigs, though, was a Call of Duty commercial, and he also did matte paintings for the Final Fantasy…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 8, 2013 -
UncategorizedMinecraft’s Creator Was Just On Late Night TV
You know your video game has made it when you get to appear on late night television and it’s not at the behest of a marketing team pushing an upcoming blockbuster. Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson was on Craig Ferguson’s show earlier tonight, just talkin’ bout video games and eatin’ chocolate. Here’s the complete segment.
By Luke Plunkett Published November 8, 2013 -
UncategorizedThe One Real “Next-Gen” Game Of The Last Generation
Every time a new hardware generation comes around, we hear the same old boasts. More polygons! More effects! Higher resolution! Well, you know what, I don’t care about any of that. I want new hardware to improve the way I have to play games, or approach them, and no single game this generation did that…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2013 - Culture
Ain’t No Wedding Like An Incredible World Of Warcraft Cosplay Wedding
Reader Craig was married in Taiwan the other day. His wedding, as you can probably guess from the headline and images, was not your normal, everyday nuptials. Craig and his wife Zoe went all-out to make their special day a World of Warcraft extravaganza, both forgoing the standard suits-and-white-dress garb to instead tie the knot…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2013 -
UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed III Was Disappointing. How Does Black Flag Stack Up?
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag had a lot of making up to do. I thought the previous game in the series, Assassin’s Creed III, was a resounding disappointment. I’ve already weighed in on the new, pirate-themed Black Flag: It’s pretty good. But for those who felt burnt by the last game, a more thorough comparison…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 7, 2013 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Trumps Sony’s PS4 Apartment With An Xbox One Hotel
Sure, you could stay at a normal hotel while you’re in France. Or…you could stay at the Xbox One hotel—because that’s a thing now. Open in Paris for the month of November, the Xbox One hotel is a response of sorts to the “Apartment 4” launched by Sony last month to showcase the PlayStation 4…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 7, 2013 -
UncategorizedThe Vita Gets A Brand New JRPG On November 26
Oh hey there, Mr. Vita. It’s been a while. I was worried about you. Good to see you’re getting some JRPGs of your own. The action-role-playing game Ys: Memories of Celceta comes out November 26, publisher XSEED announced today—just in time for Thanksgiving. Because nothing says America like turkey, stuffing, and a good old-fashioned JRPG.
By Jason Schreier Published November 7, 2013 - Uncategorized
PS3 System Updates, You Were The Worst
You made me angry with my PlayStation 3, if only for a few minutes at a time. Why’d you have to do that? One of you managed to actually render PS3s inoperable. Most of you were just nuisances. All of you should’ve been downloaded automatically without wasting our time. PS3 system updates, you were the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 7, 2013 - Uncategorized
Our First, Teasing Glimpses Of The Next Mass Effect
In celebration of N7 Day 2013 (November 7, get it?), Mass Effect producer Michael Gamble tweeted a teasing glimpse at the future of the franchise. Then other BioWare folks got in on the act. “The next chapter of Mass Effect is upon us!!” proclaimed Gamble’s tweet. Then came BioWare Montreal studio director, Yanick Roy: “…with…
By Mike Fahey Published November 7, 2013 -
UncategorizedDiablo III Expansion’s BlizzCon Trailer Leaks
A nifty new trailer for the first major Diablo III expansion, Reaper of Souls, has popped up in a number of places on YouTube. The trailer, which Blizzard was likely planning to debut during this weekend’s BlizzCon festival, shows off a number of new features for the expansion, including, for a few moments, some sweet…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 7, 2013 - Uncategorized
Halo 4 Blooper Reel Is Worth Watching Just For Creepy Cortana
The people behind Halo 4 just released this blooper reel. It’s creepy, kinda funny, and worth watching just for Creepy Cortana, which is apparently based off a 343 designer’s face Watch right here:
By Jason Schreier Published November 7, 2013 - Uncategorized
Goodbye, Massive Xbox 360 Power Brick
For this Last-Gen Zero, we recognize the original Xbox 360 power brick. Last-Gen Heroes is Kotaku‘s look back at the seventh generation of console gaming. In the weeks leading up to the launch of the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, we’ll be celebrating the Heroes—and the Zeroes—of the last eight years of console video…
By Steve Marinconz Published November 7, 2013 - Uncategorized
Using Pokémon To Teach Safe Sex Is Super Effective
Colleges that provide easily-accessible free safe sex supplies are already rad, but it certainly doesn’t to do something a little more playful than ‘here are a bunch of baskets with condoms, dental dams and other fun stuff,’ too. Case in point: the mysterious college that Redditor ParadeOfTigers attends, which uses Pokémon references to promote safe…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 7, 2013 -
UncategorizedLightning Returns‘ Clothing Options Make Me All Giddy
Oh god. I didn’t realize I could do this. I am going to get stuck playing dress-up in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII for days. Seriously, these are exactly the sort of completely unnecessary features that distract me completely from whatever saving-the-world nonsense I am supposed to be focusing on. They might as well just…
By Mike Fahey Published November 7, 2013 - Uncategorized
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: StormBorn’s redesigns of Super Mario Brothers characters continues, with a great-looking Donkey Kong. Marsh Naylor shares a great personal story about his stepson’s love of the Batman. And The Mushroom offers up a funny/scary account one dad’s GTA V obsession Don’t forget that you can…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 7, 2013 -
UncategorizedSecond Robocop Trailer Is A Damn Good Time, Except For The Robots
If you removed all the bits featuring robots, cops, and any combination of those two from the second trailer for 2014’s Robocop reboot, you’d still have a movie that looks like a blast. That’s great. Also not great. It’s a problem that’s hard to avoid when you bring together a cast featuring Samuel L. Jackson,…
By Mike Fahey Published November 7, 2013