Proof That God Exists: My Favorite Indie Game of 2012 Is Coming to Vita & PS3

I loved Thomas Was Alone, the minimalist platformer released last year by Mike Bithell. The hilarious narration, memorable characters and awesome music defied my expectations I had after first hearing about the game and I was glad to see Thomas find a home on Steam. I’m never going to stop wanting for more people to…

Remember Me, Capcom’s memory-stealing sci-fi game, comes out in North America on June 4 and in Europe on June 7.

Technically, The Graphics of First-Person Shooters Have Improved A Lot Since 1992

Sit back and watch two decades of video game graphics flash before your eyes. YouTube user drloser333 has uploaded a video from French site NoFrag that unfurls the graphics of more than a dozen first-person shooters, from 1992’s Wolfenstein 3 to 2011’s Battlefield 3 Did the FPS get better-looking? They have at least become way…

As Calls to Action Go, ‘Shoot Animals Out of Your Face’ is Right Up There

The call to action is the battle cry of the marketeers, a modest collection of words crafted to grab the potential customer’s attention and send them charging their credit cards for whatever is being sold. I’m not sure if Butterscotch Shenanigans knows me or just stumbled upon this accidentally, but I will buy anything marketed…

Thor’s hammer was an Easter egg in Black Ops 2? Fine, it’s an Easter egg in Crysis 3, too. Here’s where to find it.

Mars: War Logs Won’t Come In a Box, but Does Think Outside of One

This is Mars: War Logs, a game I had no idea was coming, but evidently was announced back in December. The fact this is a console downloadable (both XBLA and PSN, it’ll also be available on PC) is intriguing to me because this trailer is promising a lot of stuff normally associated with boxed goods.…

This Week’s Android Charts: Music of the Cubes Vs. Spheres

Just when you’re ready to write off the Android gaming community’s good taste, a game like ShockPanda’s Cubes Vs. Spheres sneaks onto the charts, reminding us that there are discerning gamers on the platform. Not that there’s anything wrong with buying Ruzzle a couple million times, and heck—one of the top games for the past…

There’s something going on around the freaky Japanese dream simulator Yume Nikki. What could it be?

North Korea Doesn’t Need Instagram to Look Retro

Instagram, with all its hipster filters, can make anything look retro. But you know what, North Korea really doesn’t need Instagram. It’s already as retro as you can get. Still, Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder is in Pyongyang, uploading photos to his Instagram page, points out TechInAsia Explains Guttenfelder on his Instagram page: “…the local…

This Assassin’s Creed Heroine Is a Great Black Game Character. Here’s How It Happened.

The odds should’ve been against Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation. It starred a woman—specifically the half-black, half-French heroine Aveline du Grandpre. And it was an exclusive on the PlayStation Vita, a system that many people see as a sadly under-supported platform. But Liberation shipped a very strong 600,000 units, according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. Sure,…

The Coolest Mecha In Japanese Video Games

Besides mecha anime, video games also feature some of the most awesomely-designed armoured fighting vehicles. Japanese games—mostly shooters—tend to dominate this field (sorry MechWarrior), so narrowing down our selection to Japenese mecha was an obvious decision from the beginning. Deus (Xenogears) Federation Assault Suit (Cybernator) GEKKO (Metal Gear series) The First Boss in Assault Suit…

Fashion Model in Trouble After Claiming Samurai Heritage

You ever see Kagemusha? It’s that terrific 1980 samurai flick Akira Kurosawa made. The movie centers around Shingen Takeda, an iconic feudal lord in Japanese history, and according to fashion model Anri Takeda, a relative. Takeda recently appeared in Koakuma Ageha, a magazine that focuses on nightclub hostess fashion and that has lent some of…

In Japan, Business Cards Matter. And This Business Card Is One Tough Bastard.

This isn’t the most beautiful business card. Folks like Goichi Suda (No More Heroes) or Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid) have much better looking cards, but certainly not more amazing than Nihon Falcom’s seemingly indestructible cards. While it’s unlikely that these business cards will ever experience rough treatment, they are bound to be impressive in…

The Wonderful and Charming World of PaperChildren

Somewhere between comics, cartoons, and real life, PaperChildren exist. These are 2D drawings, thrown into 3D space. And they’re often adorable. Paper children have been around for a while now. They first appeared in South Korea way back in 2004 when an illustrator uploaded images of the first “PaperChild” online. The motif spread from there,…

Square Enix has trademarked the name Deus Ex: Human Defiance in Europe. What do you think? Sequel? Remake? Spinoff?

Two New 3DS Colors for Japan

On March 20, Japan is getting two new 3DS colors: Light Blue and Gloss Pink. They are priced at ¥15,000 (US$163) and come with 4GB SDHC memory cards, instead of the standard 2GB ones. Note that the new memory cards don’t make these handhelds cost more. ニンテンドー3DSに新色2色を追加 [Nintendo] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian…

Oh Yes, Persona Cosplay Is Pure Magic

Megami Tensei spin-off series Persona looks great. Its characters are cool. Their clothes are cool. Persona is cool. So, it’s pretty easy to see why fans love cosplaying as characters from the Persona games—especially Persona 3 and Persona 4. As we do every Wednesday, here’s a round-up of some—not all—of the best Persona cosplay the…

A Game About A Dude Who Sleepwalks Looks A Lot Cooler Than It Sounds

Bob sleepwalks. It’s a hazard, both in the real world and his dreamworld, so it’s lucky he has his subconscious—Subob—there to help. And you to control Subob. That’s the basic premise of Back to Bed, a game made by a bunch of Danish indies who, having knocked out a rough version of the game in…

The Art Of The Banner Saga, One Of The Most Beautiful Video Games I’ve Ever Seen

When I played the game last year, what hit me almost instantly about The Banner Saga was the fact that, aside from being a smart turn-based strategy game, it was also one of the most beautiful video games I’d ever seen. So it’s a real treat, in the same week the game’s multiplayer component became…

An Admirable Attempt To Explain Why Gamers “Love” Company Executives

It’s one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen in this job, especially when you consider so many gamers spend so much of their time loathing the companies they represent. But when it comes to the actual men and women running giant video game publishers, there’s a lot of love in the house. We saw…