A Kid Who Doesn’t Want to Be Spider-Man Is My Favorite Panel This Week

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #23 – People who’ve worn the webbed mask have abandoned being Spider-Man before. The cover of this week’s Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #23 riffs on the classic John Romita image from Amazing Spider-Man #50, when Peter Parker quit. And I want to say that Ben Riley stopped web-swinging because of angst, too. But…

Thank God Spam Emails and Viruses Aren’t Real People

Imagine if the most annoying parts of the internet—spam emails, viruses, things that exist to steal your identity—were real people. Real people trying to get into your house. Ugh, no. Things could get ugly quick, as shown by this video by HapstanceFilms. Well, until the porn lady comes around. Then you won’t even realize you’re…

This New 3DS eShop Game Sounds Pretty Fantastic

The Starship Damrey is a video game. It’s for 3DS. It’s out today. It’s called The Starship Damrey That’s about all we know about this new Level-5 product, and the creators want to keep it that way: the point, they say, is to keep us on our toes, like back in the NES days when…

Has A Single Piece Of Concept Art Ever Sold You On A Game?

Before I knew a single piece of information about Lords of the Fallen, I knew I wanted to play it. Whatever is going on in this image, I want to be a part of it. Has that ever happened to you? I didn’t know Lords of the Fallen was an upcoming role-playing game from Poland’s…

EA Has No Games in Development For Nintendo’s Wii U

Less than two years after vowing to deliver on an “unprecedented partnership” with Nintendo, gaming giant EA is quiet on the Wii U front. “We have no games in development for the Wii U currently,” company spokesperson Jeff Brown told Kotaku yesterday. He did not rule out the chances of EA developing for the Wii…

This Guy Has Been Using The Same Pokémon For Nearly A Decade

Many of us get kind of teary-eyed when thinking about how Mass Effect has allowed us to transfer Commander Shepard across three games over the last five years. That pales in comparison to Pokémon, which, barring the early games, allows you to transfer creatures for over a decade across many titles—a feature which blogger Cunzy1…

Having Secrets Is Awful—Or Great! Let Panel Discussion Tell You Why.

These might be the most important words in comics: “Hey, have you read that?” The medium’s lifeblood has always been the word-of-mouth that passes from one reader to another. The only query that might surpass the above is “So, what’d you think?” Here’s where we put the discussion into Panel Discussion. Of course, we want…

This Artist Draws Evil Cheerleaders, Hunky Leon and The Last of Us

If you’ve tried to learn every little thing about the Last of Us, then chances are you’ve already seen Faith Erin Hicks’ artwork. She’s been drawing The Last of Us: American Dreams prequel miniseries published by Dark Horse Comics, which focuses on the character of Ellie before she meets up with playable protagonist Joel. But…

Everything Wonderfully Insane About Harley Quinn In One Perfect Figure

I’d say the exclusive head on Sideshow Collectibles’ new Harley Quinn figure has a face only a deranged lunatic could love, but I’m worried about what that says about me. Sporting a full cloth costume, a giant wooden mallet and her trademark jester headgear, the standard version of Sideshow’s premium format rendition of Harleen Quinzel…

The Moneysaver: Super Metroid, Mechanical Keyboard, Wii U, Roku 3

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one that cost less, And that has made all the difference. Needless to say, today’s deal selection is dominated by the 1500 games on sale at Amazon. See our coverage right here Aside from all those, dive down to the Tech section to grab…

Warren Spector Sure Wishes Metacritic Was Less Relevant

Add Deus Ex and Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector to the list of people who think the video game industry should stop caring so much about Metacritic. In his column for GamesIndustry.biz this week, Spector goes after Metacritic, a website that aggregates review scores for movies and video games and ranks them with a single…

Creators Discuss How Awesome Diablo III Will Be On The PlayStation 4

As part of its continuing mission to make sure everyone’s all excited about the next console, the PlayStation Blog has posted seven minutes of three Diablo devs talking about how great Diablo III is going to be on the console oh my god you guys. They’re excited.

Thirteen Types of Ridiculous Female Armor In MMORPGs

It’s no secret that female armor in games can sometimes be ridiculous and unrealistic. The Repair Her Armor Tumblr recently put together a list of thirteen types of ridiculous female armor you come to expect in MMORPGs—the commentary being less serious than it is for fun. “Don’t take it too seriously,” they write. “But I…

Show Us What You Love And Hate About Nathan Drake’s Character Design

Ah, Uncharted’s Nathan Drake — The everyman’s adventurer. In a gaming landscape populated with neckless, ‘roid-filled space marines and cyborg ninjas, you’re here to remind us that being a regular joe on a mystical adventure is its own kind of cool. Drake has gone through a lot of small, tiny changes over the years, but…

Talking To The PS4, Hints Of Rockstar’s Agent And Other Secrets

Editor’s note: The mysterious figure known as Superannuation digs through the Internet to find secrets companies don’t want to announce yet. All of what Superannuation finds is available to the public. Are these true gaming secrets? Or are they gaming red herrings planted to throw Superannuation off? Read on… On his CV, a staffer at…

Space… The Final Fantasy Card Game… This Is Star Trek Rivals.

If you loved Triple Triad and Tetra Master, the collectible card games included in Final Fantasy VIII and IX respectively, then you’ll probably be quite annoyed by the format being utilized in this cash-hungry free-to-play movie tie-in. Just in time for the theatrical release of Star Trek: Into Darkness, Rivals takes pictures of people and…

The Glitchiest–And Sometimes Very Painful–Fails Of April 2013

Falling on your crotch is funny, when it’s in a video game. So is dying multiple times over for no apparent reason. Achievement Hunter hosts a separate YouTube channel, called Game Fails, that they fill with random deaths, glitches, and outright outrageous instances in all sorts of games. It can sometimes be hit or miss.…

Now Angry Birds Seasons Is Thinking With Portals

Today’s free “Abra-Ca-Bacon” to Rovio’s Angry Birds Seasons adds magical apertures that transcend spatial boundaries. You can get ithere.

Looks Like EA Is Making A New Online Game Called Dawngate

Ahh, the video game industry, where people come up with names by smashing random words together. Today’s entry: Dawngate It looks like EA didn’t mean to announce Dawngate just yet, as they haven’t, well, announced it, but Kotaku columnist Superannuation discovered that the Dawngate website is up and running nonetheless. Dawngate is a MOBA—that is…

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