A Riot Grrl Game Trailer to Remind You That Video Games and Mixtapes Are, Like, Cousins

Think back to when you made mixtapes or burned a specific selection of songs to CD for somebody. What were you trying to do? You were trying to get across the awesomeness of a set of feelings through a bunch of really cool tracks. There might be some uptempo stuff, really affecting acoustic numbers or…

Gritty Pokémon Snap Shouldn’t Work This Well

What happens when you turn Pokémon Snap into a dramatic movie full of hardship, triumph and betrayal? This video by GrittyReboots happens—and, as ridiculous as the concept sounds, they manage to make it work. I’d say I want to go play Pokémon Snap now, but it wouldn’t hit the same notes as this movie now…

Ultima Creator Richard Garriott Says ‘Most Game Designers Really Just Suck’

The man who revolutionized computer role-playing games with the Ultima series doesn’t think much of the talent currently working in the medium when it comes to game design. Who’s good at it? He is. Maybe a few others. In an interview with PC Gamer, Lord British says that there just isn’t that much status-quo changing…

Washington DC’s Metro Line Makes A Perfect Super Mario World Map

Designer Dave Delisle did a really great job recreating the Washington DC Metro Line as a Super Mario Bros 3 world map. With its 86 stations as separate levels, Washington’s Metro would be an extremely long Mario game (and a damn good one, with names like The Pentagon). This is not Delisle’s first such work.…

Internet Killed The Video Star: The Extraordinary Journey Of Adam Sessler

If you know where to look, you can see the moment Adam Sessler knew he was about to be fired. It was April, 2012. The longtime TV host had been hearing rumors about his own departure for months. And while taping what would be his last episode of X-Play on G4TV, Sessler saw executives looming…

Big! Small! Big! Small! iO9 has a look at leaked footage from Edgar Wright’s upcoming Ant-Man movie. Love that helmet.

The New Monster Hunter Is Out, But One Of Its Biggest Features Isn’t [UPDATE: Friday, Perhaps?]

The ability to transfer save files across Wii U and 3DS versions of the new Monster Hunter series failed to go live on the game’s North American launch day yesterday, despite being featured in the main trailer for the game. Gamers in North America can merrily play through the Nintendo console and portable versions of…

Jimmy Fallon Sings a “Mario Kart Love Song” with Selena Gomez. Because Why Not?

Jimmy Fallon’s been about as high-profile a video game enthusiast as you can get these last few years. His late night talk show has offered up early looks at big releases like Halo 4 and the Wii U, along with offering exposure to developers and execs. But this new singalong with Disney starlet Selena Gomez…

NES and N64 Controllers Drop the Bass In This Mash-Up Music Video

Video game soundtracks have been around for more than three decades, if you count back to the doomp-doomp of Space Invaders. This mash-up video created by Ithaca Audio folds in bits of audio from Tetris, Street Fighter and Sonic next to tracks by David Bowie, Michael Jackson and the old-school Doctor Who theme. And to…

You’re With Me: 5 Team Board Games You Should Play

Today, we’re always being told that videogames are social. It’s only recently that I’ve been able to take enough of a step back to realise that this is weapons-grade nonsense. Social gaming isn’t a “share” button, or achievements, or single shard servers. Social gaming is getting home and not being able to have sex because…

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Coming to Wii U, With Some Key Changes

The acclaimed 2011 Deus Ex: Human Revolution is getting a director’s cut edition of the game for Wii U. The thing people hated most about that game? It’s getting fixed, along with some other improvements. Details from the publisher’s morning e-mail announcement: The Director’s Cut offers a full slate of Wii U GamePad features including…

The Mechanical Hordes of Shoot Many Robots Are Going Mobile

It looks like Shoot Many Robots, Demiurge Studios’ straightforwardly titled, Metal Slug-like robot slaughterfest, has finally made its way to mobile devices. Well, Android devices, at least—though an iOS version is on its way. Owlchemy Labs, the folks behind 2011’s cuddly physics-based game Snuggle Truck, also helped Demiurge out with the new title’s development. Press…

Hackers Are Targeting High-Profile Employees, Says Microsoft

Microsoft has revealed that a “handful” of accounts held by current and former high-profile Microsoft employees have been hacking targets. In a statement issued to The Verge, Microsoft stated that a “group of hackers are using several stringed social engineering techniques to compromise the accounts.” While Xbox Live doesn’t ask for social security numbers for…

The Evolution Of Crazy Japanese Professional Wrestling Video Games

Wrestling video games are quite varied. It’s not just about annual licensed stuff! And, you can always count on the Japanese developers to come up with the craziest ones. So we have selected a few Japanese titles—some of which only came out in Japan—to see how far wrestling games (and muscles) evolved in the past…

You Control the Katamari Creator’s New Game With a 16-Button Joystick. Wait, What?

That monster of a controller above is what you’ll presumably be using to play Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy creator Keita Takahashi’s brand new party game, Tenya Wanya Teens. The game is, according to Venus Patrol, “about trying desperately to not say or do the wrong thing at the wrong time, that universal struggle…

Marvel at How Japanese Anime Has Changed and Evolved

While Japanese anime first appeared as early as 1917, it began to flourish in the 1960s with the spread of television throughout Japan. And over the years, its styles have changed. This isn’t new, and it’s something Kotaku has touched on previously (here). However, below you can see images from 2ch that catalogue anime styles…

1999’s goofy team shooter, Worms Armageddon, previously only available as a pre-order bonus, is now actually on Steam

Rumor: Final Fantasy X HD Comes With Final Fantasy X-2 HD on the PS3

According to what looks like a Jump Magazine leak (below), the HD remaster of Final Fantasy X is coming to the PlayStation with a Final Fantasy X-2 remaster on the same disc. Both the Final Fantasy X and X-2 HD versions are also supposedly packed with the “international version” content. Originally, that consisted of bonus…

How Japanese Schoolgirl Uniforms Are Getting Pervert-Proof

For some in Japan, schoolgirls are an object of fetish. That can manifest itself in their appearance in mainstream media, whether that’s cartoons or video games, or in far more unsettling and immediate ways, such as creeps trying to take photos up female students’ skirts. To combat these sorts of unsavory actions and to protect…

Final Fantasy V on Smartphones? Nineteen Bucks in Japan.

As first revealed last December, Square Enix is bringing Final Fantasy V and “other games” to iOS. A leaked Japanese magazine scan shows how much Japanese gamers can expect to pay for this: Final Fantasy V, which is listed for iOS and Android, is priced at ¥1,800 or close to US$19. That’s a lot! But,…