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UncategorizedSuper Mario 3D World Continues To Look Amazing
Yeah, the name could have been snappier, but if you’re in need of a new Wii U game to look out for, they don’t get more promising than this. What you’re seeing up top is a refreshingly exhaustive (it’s six minutes long!) look at gameplay from the upcoming Super Mario 3D World, courtesy of Nintendo…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 23, 2013 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Has Limited Edition 3DS XLs. They’re Pretty Hot.
Nintendo Japan just revealed two new flavours of 3DS, and for once, they’re not long-term additions to the line. These puppies are strictly limited edition. Going on sale on November 28, they’ll retail for ¥19,900 (USD$205). They might come to the West. They might not. Nintendo works in mysterious ways. Want that orange one. So.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 23, 2013 - Kotaku East
Wrong about Japan and Sex
Right now, Japanese people are having sex. Not all the Japanese people at once, mind you. But it’s going on as you read this. Forget what you’ve recently heard about the country’s bedroom habits, because it’s just not true. Over the weekend, The Observer, one of the U.K.’s most respected newspapers, ran a piece titled,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2013 - Uncategorized
A Game That Might Actually Make Karaoke Fun For Everyone
Karaoke is fun for some. For many, though, even with booze involved, it tends to be an exercise in fear and awkwardness. So hopefully this new card game can help. Karaokards is actually two games in one. Here’s the pitch: So when you support Karaokards you’re getting two different games: Karaokards Classic to play during…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 23, 2013 -
UncategorizedArmy Robot Fires Machine-Gun, Internet Watches In Horror
Military games that feature robotic combat drones are normally labelled as “futuristic”, or “near future”. Might need to change that to “contemporary” real soon. This video shows demonstrations by a number of companies, who were recently presenting their combat robots in front of the US military. Yes, that is a robot firing an MG-240 machine…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 23, 2013 - Culture
Ellen Page, Giant Robots And Snazzy Colors
Florent Auguy is a character designer at Quantic Dream, where he helped design the look of PS3 game Beyond: Two Souls. Prior to that, he’s worked in publishing illustration. You can see more of Florent’s work at his personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 23, 2013 -
UncategorizedSomebody Is Actually Combining X-Wing And Homeworld
It’s a dream combination, I know, so it’s weird it’s taken this long to do it. But hey, Enemy Starfighter is just that: a space combat game with the art style (and some ship design influence) from the Homeworld series. It’s due for Windows, Mac and Linux, and along with space combat also promises some…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 23, 2013 - Uncategorized
Something Else Cool About The Xbox One’s New Achievements
Remember, the Xbox One’s new achievement display does more than just look fresher. It also lets multiple people earn separate achievements from within the same game, even logged onto the same console, and display that as its own colour-coded pop-up. Here’s an example, taken from around the 11:15 mark in this video You’ll notice at…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 23, 2013 -
UncategorizedHey, Remember The Xbox 360’s HD-DVD Drive? It Was A Thing.
Oh Microsoft. What were you thinking? When people point to Microsoft’s biggest folly of the last hardware generation, they’ll normally suggest either the Red Ring Of Death pandemic or an unhealthy obsession with Kinect. Both of those have been problems for Microsoft, sure, and I’m sure we’ll get to covering both of them in our…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 22, 2013 -
CultureBoo Berry: The Snacktaku Monster Cereals Review Spooktacular
The sudden chill as you turn into the cereal aisle; the soft, lilting voice at the periphery of hearing, musing on breakfasts long ago; the ephemeral taste of berry-like flavor on the tip of your tongue — all these are Boo Berry, the Monster Cereal forever trapped between this world and the next. I must…
By Mike Fahey Published October 22, 2013 - Uncategorized
It’s A Good Time To Play (Or Replay) Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Today, Square Enix released a newly updated version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution called the Director’s Cut. It makes a good number of improvements and additions to an already great game. To this day, I regularly have fun monkeying around in Deus Ex. The more I push it, the more I find weird and surprising…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 22, 2013 - Uncategorized
Forget The Console War. This Is The Dog War.
In a matter of weeks, EA’s Battlefield 4 and Activision’s Call of Duty: Ghosts will represent their respective series in the usual fall battle for the attentions of first-person shooter fans. Predictably, the competition between the two games has recently been heating up. You could say it’s turned into a real… dogfight. How did dogs…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 22, 2013 -
UncategorizedI Can’t Believe Valve Messed With The ‘Bongs’ In Dota 2
Outrage after outrage, man. First Valve practically destroysCounter-Strike: Global Offensive by daring to mess with the most integral part of the experience, the chickens. Now they’re at it again with Dota 2—the latest patch messes with the bongs. Or well. They’re technically not bongs. Players just call them bongs. The point is, there used to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published October 22, 2013 -
UncategorizedGTA V Is Actually About Loneliness
Look, Franklin, you really need to sort your life out. Taking your dog for a nice, serene walk is all well and good. But randomly murdering some poor innocents outside of Taco Bomb is just wrong. You’re letting your “friends” get the better of you. But it’s not your fault. It was all preordained. Wish…
By Leo Wichtowski Published October 22, 2013
