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Marth Joins The Smash Bros. Fray, Promptly Seduces Princess Peach
Can’t blame her, honestly Marth, the Hero-King and swordsman of Fire Emblem, is quite the looker, if you can look past the headband Yep, Marth and his trusty headband will once again be present for another round of Smash Bros. brawls, in his third appearance in the series since Melee. Nintendo’s released a few screenshots…
By András Neltz Published November 7, 2013 - Kotaku East
Smash Bros.‘ Director Doesn’t Have To Work Hard. But He Does Anyway
I don’t care what Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai does so long as he makes the next Smash Bros. Apparently, Nintendo seems to share that sentiment. But Sakurai is a man of values and does not abuse the trust that has been placed on his shoulders. Sakurai’s arm still has not healed, but that isn’t…
By Toshi Nakamura Published November 7, 2013 -
UncategorizedWhat the Hell Does Rhubarb Have To Do with Duke 3D?
That and many other questions will not be answered tonight by the Geekapella crew’s latest work, an a capella rendition of “Grabbag,” AKA the Duke Nukem 3D theme tune. Complete with silly dancing. We’ve featured these guys before, but this video takes the cake in terms of sheer, insane randomness as far as I’m concerned.…
By András Neltz Published November 7, 2013 - Kotaku East
The Japanese Internet Is Ready to Amuse You with Goofy Pics
Feeling down? Need a laugh? Well, good news. The Japanese internet is here to turn that frown upside down. As previously reported, there are numerous threads that pop up on 2ch, Japan’s largest forum, dedicated to sillyand outrageous pics. The threads have titles like, “If you laugh, you die” or “If you laugh, you must…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 7, 2013 - Kotaku East
Chinese Cinema Turns Thor 2 into a Steamy Bromance
There are going to be some disappointed moviegoers in Shanghai, that’s for sure. As noted by Kotaku reader Mox Factor, the Shanghai Bona Insun International Cineplex accidentally (accidentally?) used a fan-made Photoshop image for a Thor 2 promotional image in the theater. A Chinese micro-blogger originally uploaded the image. Below, you can see the original…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 7, 2013 -
UncategorizedWhere Video Games And Tabletop Gaming Meet
And so, my great tabletop gaming adventure continues. Ex Illis is a tabletop miniatures game with a video game twist. While it has physical units and is played on a table, a lot of the meat and potatoes of the game – stuff that would normally require tokens, counters and books – is relegated to…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2013 -
UncategorizedDonkey Kong Gets Unofficial Star Wars, Alien, Total Recall Expansions
Donkey Me is a fan project by Bruno R. Marcos which takes Nintendo’s classic arcade game and gives it a ton of new, unofficial “themed” expansions, based on stuff like Star Wars, Conan, Rambo, Indiana Jones and Big Trouble In Little China. He’s hoping to have it out in the next few days. It will…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2013 -
CultureSometimes, Killer Dogs In Video Games Can Be A Good Thing. Sometimes.
Riley is the exception. For too long, dogs – who are meant to be our best friends – have been portrayed as annoying video game villains, foes able to dodge bullets and who take a crummy QTE or two to see off. In Total War: Rome II, that’s not the case. For once, you can…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2013 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed’s Connor, Who Was The Worst, Is Done For
Nothing typified the regression the Assassin’s Creed series took between Revelations and III more than the game’s star. We went from Ezio, a lovable, charismatic rogue, to Connor, who was…nothing. He was nothingness in a white hood. Sucking much of the life out of the franchise with his solemn frown and humour deficiency, the series…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2013 - Uncategorized
Gorgeous Racing Game Does The Smart Thing, Abandons Current-Gen
For a game so impossibly beautiful, it always seemed strange that Project Cars was headed not just for the PC, but dated hardware like the Xbox 360 and PS3. It’s less weird now, then, that those old machines will no longer be seeing the game. Instead, the game’s developers announced today that in addition to…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2013 -
UncategorizedThe 1980’s Will Help You Beat Wind Waker
I don’t think this was made in the 21st century. I think time travel was involved. I think somebody found a way to go back to the 1980s and took a copy of Wind Waker with them. It’s the only explanation I can think of as to why this fake tips VHS is so perfect…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
This Copy Of BioShock Infinite’s PC Expansion Is Only 1.44MB
Zoe Brookes works for BioShock developers Irrational Games as a graphic designer, so if anyone on Earth was going to find the time to whip something this amazing up, it’d be her. Shame it’s not real (duh, the actual expansion will be counted in GB, not MB). Or that you can’t at least buy them.…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
For A Single Generation, We Were All Rock Stars
Two hours earlier, I bought Rock Band. The box was heavy. Lighter than I expected, but still heavy. The edges of the cardboard dug deep into the flesh in my arms. This was way more work than I thought it would be. No video game was worth this effort. Surely Would I make it through…
Mark Serrels Published November 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
AC IV Lead: Working On Next-Gen Easier Than ‘Nightmarish’ Current-Gen
It must be awfully tricky making a game run on both current-and next-gen systems, taking advantage of the power of new consoles while keeping things running on the old ones. With Assassin’s Creed IV, one of the highest profile cross-gen games around, it sounds like the current-gen side of things was, perhaps unsurprisingly, a real…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
Apple, This Sexy Comic…Are You Banning It, Or Selling It?
Sex Criminals is a great new comic-book series from writer Matt Fraction and artist Chip Zdarsky, published by Image Comics, about two people who discover that their orgasms gives them the power to stop time. The second issue came out recently and had been available in digital form via the popular Comixology app. But Apple…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 6, 2013 -
UncategorizedYouTube’s Comments Might Now Be Less Awful
The fight to make the Internet a better place never ends, but today we can count one more victory on our side: now, not only can you moderate YouTube comments better, but the way comments appear is now also different. I mean, it’s not like you necessarily care about some rando’s opinion, right? Or the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
GTA Online $500,000 Stimulus Package Starts Now
Starting today, you should begin to see money filling up your delicious virtual Los Santos coffers—Rockstar just announced that the GTA Online stimulus package will kick off today. Anyone who played GTA Online in October will get a free $500,000. It’s Rockstar’s way of saying sorry for all the launch woes and technical difficulties in…
By Jason Schreier Published November 6, 2013 - Uncategorized
Gerard Butler, Vin Diesel Tied To Video Game Movie No One Cares About
Dear Hollywood, no one wants to see a Kane & Lynch movie anymore — I’m not sure anyone ever did. Notthen with Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx, and not now with Gerard Butler and Vin Diesel. Just let it die, already. At one point we had movie posters and an appearance at Cannes. That was…
By Mike Fahey Published November 6, 2013