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The Most Delightfully Narcissistic Man on Facebook
Some narcissists are bad. Not all of them, though! Some narcissists are amazing. Take Ahmed Angel, for example. Recently in the West, Angel’s images have started to appear on forums and on websites. This weekend, Japan discovered him. There are those who are being mean to Angel—which isn’t cool! How can you be mean to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 13, 2013 - Kotaku East
Chinese Man Jailed For Running For-Profit Private Server
Running a private server can be hard and it can cost a lot of money. In China, one man made a lot of money running a private server and now he’s headed to jail. People’s Dailyreports that the Banan district Court of Chongqing, Sichuan province sentenced a young man to three years in prison, four…
By Eric Jou Published May 13, 2013 - Kotaku East
Rumor: Nintendo Ending Gay Marriage Bug in Popular Game [Update]
In Nintendo’s wildly popular sim Tomodachi Collection: New Life for the 3DS, there is a bug that apparently enables male Miis the ability to marry other male Miis. Apparently, make that, enabled. Today, Nintendo released a statement about a Tomodachi Collection: New Life patch. In the statement, Nintendo writes that those experiencing the following things…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 13, 2013 - Kotaku East
Japan’s Latest Meme: Photos of Human-Eating Giants
One of this year’s most talked about new anime series is Attack on Titan. It’s not only talked about, though. The show is apparently inspiring a new photo meme in Japan. Originally a manga, Attack on Titan tells the story of a wall city that’s being attacked by human-eating giants. The anime’s opening is utterly…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 13, 2013 - Uncategorized
Booker Cosplay Can’t Catch This Fire Emblem Hotness
I love it when games without traditionally large cosplay followings turn up amazing costumes. We’re seeing a bit of that this week, from a fantastic Dishonored outfit to a Fire Emblem piece Nintendo could/should have used to advertise the game. Traditionalists, fear not. Somebody is dressed up as a character from Final Fantasy. Three people,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2013 - Uncategorized
Halo Wedding Ring Ends In Tense Warthog Escape
Reader Mike is getting married next year (congratulations, Mike!), and he is one organised man. He’s already got his wedding ring picked out. You might like it. He took his idea to custom ring joint Boone, who through the magic of lasers were able to put a detailed recreation of Halo’s original…Halo on both the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2013 -
UncategorizedFIFA is a beautiful representation of the beautiful game, but that all falls apart once you hit the series’ sluggish and confusing menu screens. So hats off to Brazilian fan/designer Rodrigo Bellão, who has a nice and clean idea for improvements.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2013 - Uncategorized
Your Body Is Ready For An E3 Fighting Game
Expo fighter is a fighting game set on the stages of gaming’s single biggest news event, E3. Meaning you can take your battles away from forums and Facebook timelines and let your bias run wild exactly how it should: with Reggie swinging his mighty fists. We first took a look at the game last year,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2013 - Uncategorized
Borderlands 2 PC Case Mod Is Just Absolutely Perfect
Inspired by the weapon and ammo caches in the game, CrazyLefty has turned his PC into something the wastelands of Pandora could be proud of. The colour scheme is spot-on, but it’s the cel-shading effect that really sells it. Not sure how well it’d word with obsessive-compulsive fans though. I can see people needing to…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2013 -
UncategorizedPlay The Monster In A Horror Movie, Scare The Crap Out Of Your Pals
Damned sounds like every second horror movie you’ve ever seen. Only instead of helplessly watching the four people trapped in the haunted house get eaten/torn/slashed to death, you can take control and try and get them out. Or take control of the monster trying to kill them. Either or! The developers call it a “randomized…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2013 -
UncategorizedAn Elegant Nintendo 64 For A More Civilized Age
Reader James’ modded Nintendo 64 is not a machine for the 1990s. Its modern touches make it a damn fine retro gaming solution for the discerning modern gamer. Preserving the main case, he’s heavily modified the console’s functionality. Gone are the switches, replaced with remote-controlled power operation. Gone are the four ports at the front,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 12, 2013 - Culture
The Week in Games: Metrospecial
THQ’s bankruptcy couldn’t kill it. Now, Metro: Last Light finally arrives for the big three—PC, PS3 and 360. Manhunt resurfaces on PSN and Zen Studios’ awesome pinball simulator debuts on Steam. The Week in Games is brought to you by Dealzon Tuesday • Metro: Last Light (360, PS3, PC) • Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton…
By Owen Good Published May 12, 2013 - Uncategorized
It Seems Easy, But Tiger’s Greatest Feat is Damn Hard in a Video Game
In no rec league could I ever throw a no-hitter. Alone on a basketball court I’d need half an hour to score 69 points—and a trampoline to dunk. But I can do all of those things in my living room. If video games give us the conceit of doing the impossible, only now has one…
By Owen Good Published May 12, 2013 - Uncategorized
Tim Schafertells Game Informer that his studio, Double Fine, still is trying to buy back the rights to Stacking and Costume Quest from the dissolved THQ, and also Brütal Legend from EA and Iron Brigade (formerly Trenched) from Microsoft. “We can still make more of those games,” he says.
By Owen Good Published May 12, 2013 - Uncategorized
Moneysaver Recap: Best Deals Of The Week
It’s dangerous to pay full price, read this. We’re experimenting today with a sort of “best of” from this week in deals. We’ll be pulling from all the Moneysaver roundups and One-shots from the past seven days, as well as Dealzmodo and Deals.Kinja What did you buy this week? What were your favorite deals? Tech…
By Shane Roberts Published May 12, 2013 - Uncategorized
EA Sports’ former executive producer on NCAA Football testified that the game “generally tried to make the players perform as their real life counterparts, short of their name and likeness.” EA and the NCAA are defendants in a potential class-action suit over the unauthorized use of college players’ likenesses.
By Owen Good Published May 12, 2013