What It’s Like To Review Video Games

This week’s Ask Kotaku is special because it features guest host Evan Narcisse, who also happens to be celebrating his birthday today! Wooo! Happy birthday, Evan! In this week’s advice column, Evan and I answer some of your questions on family life, heartbreak and Kotaku. It’s a long one—since we both offer our perspectives on…

The Moneysaver: Sonic: Lost World, Skyrim Legendary, Xillia CE

Console gamer? Take cover in here from the Steam Summer Sale. Update: We’ve taken the pre-order deals for Prey 2 off the post given information that the game may not ever come out. PC All of today’s PC game deals have been rolled in to the Steam Summer Sale coverage Mac All of today’s Mac…

Ruffles Crispy Fries: The Snacktaku National French Fry Day Review

You didn’t realize tomorrow is National French Fry Day, did you? How come you always forget the yearly nationwide celebration of fried potato sticks, but a major corporation like Frito-Lay preps ahead of time, rolling out a brand-new Ruffles product to coincide with the holiday? Oh don’t give me that commercial holiday bullshit. Tomorrow is…

Here’s the full E3 demo of Airtight’s Murdered: Soul Suspect, an action/adventure game with a cool premise. Well, okay, it’s basically the same premise as the 1990 Patrick Swayze/Righteous Brothers vehicle Ghost, but hey, that could make for an interesting game.

This Is What A Brony Party Looks Like [Update]

I don’t want to be mean here—heck, remember how much fun I had at that one furry party?—but it’s difficult to watch this edited footage of a My Little Pony convention concert by Nick Irvinand not be struck by how awkward it is. To be fair, the furry party probably looked awkward as hell too.…

Best Buy Gets Assassin’s Creed IV Box Art Slightly Wrong

Hey, that’s not what the main character of Assassin’s Creed IV looks like! And yet there it is, right on Best Buy’s Canadian pre-order page for the game: That sure looks like a rough photoshop job of (who else!) former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins. For the record, this is what the actual boxart looks…

It’s Time For Konami To Bring Suikoden II To PSN

How much do you think a copy of Suikoden II costs on Amazon? $60? $150? $300? If you guessed $699.99, congratulations: you win the prize for Ability To Guess Obscene Internet Price Gouging. The prize is sadness. Suikoden II, a PS1 role-playing game developed and published by Konami, is generally considered to be one of…

Patch Will Give Jailbroken Deus Ex Players The Ability To Shoot

After yesterday’s uproar over new mobile game Deus Ex: The Fall disabling guns on jailbroken iOS devices, Eidos parent Square Enix has announced plans to remove the function via an upcoming game update, apologizing for not being clear about the restriction up front. The feature, likely put in place to deter piracy, affected a number…

Watch This Wicked-Fast Watch Dogs Rap

Dan Bull, almost undoubtedly the most motormouthed human currently rapping about video games, has released a new track. It miiiiight be the fastest thing he’s recorded yet. The speed-spitting brit has done a tribute to Watch Dogs, and it’s really quite a thing. Give it a listen.

Moneysaver: Steam Sale Day 2 Breakdown [Updated Saturday 11am]

Welcome to Day 2 of the Steam Summer Sale. We’re going to make things even easier for you today, and put all the best PC and Mac game sales in this post, even if they aren’t directly related to the Summer Sale. Just like yesterday, we’ll be telling you what to buy immediately and what…

This Theory On How All The Pixar Films Are Connected Is Bonkers

Surely, if you’ve watched a few Pixar films, you’ve noticed at least one of the many easter eggs that Pixar includes—they always reference other Pixar movies. It’s a staple. Most of the films, for example, include the “Pizza Planet Truck” from Toy Story. At first glance, you might think it’s just Pixar having fun and…

Below you can find a livestream with new gameplay for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, straight from the developers. It’ll last thirty minutes to an hour.

A Game Creator’s Argument For Only Letting You Play As A Boy

From what I’ve seen of it, The Puppeteer is a delightful upcoming PlayStation 3 game starring a boy in a cartoon play. Its creative director, Gavin Moore, doesn’t believe players should have the option of playing as a girl in his game. “Why do we want girls to play girls and why do we want…

This Fallout Film Is So Fantastic, You Might Mistake It As Official

Fallout Nuka Break—Red Star is no ordinary Fallout fan film. It’s a fan film that had “creative input” from Fallout developers such as Tim Cain and Chris Avellone—so it’s no wonder that it’s damned fantastic. You’ve got a little bit of everything here—from iconic armor, to traders, caps and even super mutants. It’s pretty clear…

Is…Is That A Threat?

Professor Sycamore Introduces Five New Pokemon And More For X And Y

Who are those five Pokemon? Let’s ask Professor Augustine Sycamore, the latest in a long line of tree-named Professors, making his debut in Pokemon X and Pokemon Y this October. Hit the jump for new gym leaders, Team Flare, and an all-new gameplay vid. He speaks for the trees, the good Professor Sycamore, the mentor…

It Was A Gift, You Bastard

Yeah, this item belongs to Tank AFTER I GAVE IT TO HIM AS A GIFT.

That’s a nice way of saying, “Congratulations you have no social life”

This Feels Like A Lose-Lose Deal For Me

How is that even a good deal? I literally just met you, and all you’ve done so far is ask me to play dumb games where I give up my things in exchange for a few bells. DON’T YOU KNOW I AM A PRO BEETLE CATCHER. I DON’T NEED YOUR DAMN BELLS.

I Hate Pelly

I hate you, Pelly. What do you mean, “Nice try”?? It can’t just have been that I assumed another day passing might mean a new gift is available for me? It has to be that I’m trying to game the system somehow? Oh you’ll assume it was an honest mistake, huh? Didn’t you just accuse…