A Wii U Commercial Was Pulled Because A Single Person Complained

In Britain, the Advertising Standards Authority operates under a fairly simple rule. If even a single person complains about a commercial, they take a look at it, and if they agree, they can pull the ad from the airwaves. Which is exactly what happened recently with a Wii U commercial. You may have actually seen…

Boy, These Nintendo Consoles Are Gorgeous

Slovenian artist Zoki64 paints old video game consoles, turning the old into things that look brand new. Anyone can paint on a console, that’s the easy part. What’s so good about Zoki64’s work is that he pays attention to the finish, and not just the paint, giving his consoles a gloss that makes them look…

Report: Microsoft Replacing Xbox Chat With Skype For Next Console

According to “A person familiar with the matter”, website CVG is reporting that, as part of Microsoft’s continuing efforts to consolidate Skype (which it now owns) as the standard communications platform for the company’s products, it’ll “become the default chat service on the next generation Xbox console”. What would this mean, exactly? Who knows, the…

Oh God, It’s A Bad Lip-Reading Of The Entire NFL

At this point, I feel like I don’t have to introduce “Bad Lip-Reading,” the mega genius works of music and misinterpretation whose ranks include Twilight ‘s gummi bear and Michael Bublé’s “Russian Unicorn,” that second one better known as my Actual Favorite Thing On The Entire Internet. Now, he’s turned his attention on the National…

I Have A Complicated Relationship With Sleep, But That’s Not Uncommon If You Like Games or Tech

I can tell you exactly when it all started—two years ago, on a December night, at the behest of an online pal who was surprised that I’d never stayed up all night before. That was the night that I ruined whatever semblance of a normal sleeping schedule I had before, instead adopting something that includes…

Microsoft Has A New, Real Warthog To Drive Around In

A few years back, Microsoft had special effects wizards WETA build a replica Warthog vehicle from the Halo universe. It was awesome, but with the ol’ jalopy undergoing a subtle redesign for 343’s new Halo games, I guess they needed a new one. So they had a new one built. Aria Group, who make replica…

Aeria Delivers the Mighty Immortalis Unto the Collectible Card-Craving Masses

While Aeria Mobile’s latest entry in the engorged collectible card game market isn’t nearly as pretty as Pirate Maidens, it makes up for it by having a name that sounds suspiciously like the ancient mouthwash of power. Behold Immortalis, more than 650 cards and 70 quest zones’ worth of minty fresh fantasy battles. Like a…

Let’s Play Devil’s Advocate And Consider Dead Island’s Severed Torso As A Piece Of Art

Anytime something shocking or awful is done by the video game industry, you’ll have people chiming in that we should leave it alone because it’s actually art and so it has a right to exist (because apparently being art means the ability to exist without criticism and any criticism is actually the equivalent of censorship!)…

How To Bake Myst‘s Delicious Mushroom Bread

It’s hard work, solving puzzles. Sometimes, a gal or guy might get hungry. Good thing there’s Daniella Zelli’s Gourmet Gaming, there to tell us how to make all of our favorite video game dishes, from Konami Wall-Turkey to the Grand Theft Auto burger to Dishonored‘s apricot tartlet. And now, she’s tackled the venerable puzzle/exploration series…

If you liked the soundtrack to the amazing Catzilla, the artist responsible is offering an EP of the stuff

Midweek Moneysaver: Devil May Combo

This Wednesday edition of Kotaku’s The Moneysaver catches all the offers, promotions and bargains that can’t wait until the weekend. The Midweek Moneysaver is brought to you by Dealzon. Software Best Buy • DMC: Devil May Cry (360, PS3) is $59.99, free shipping but can be combo’d with Resident Evil 6 for $9.99 extra (separately…

This Game Pits Players Against The Fiercest Foe Of All: An Improvising Cellist

Beware the cellist. Beware. CELLOS ARE DANGEROUS. If you’re playing Cello Fortress, don’t say I didn’t warn you. The new game pits one controller-holding player against a cellist. It’s something of a tower defense game, with the player controlling the attacking tanks, and the cellist controlling the base defenses. Fast notes activate flame throwers. High…

This Totoro Skin Suit Is The Stuff Of Nightmares

Totoro, what have they done to you? This… this isn’t right. You’re supposed to be soft and cuddly. I’m supposed to want to bounce on your belly. Instead, Laughing Squid found THIS: As well as THIS: Imagined caption by our own Chris Person, who also created the gifs in this post: “Would you be my…

These Deal Breakers Make Me Give Up On A Video Game Within The First Hour

When it comes to deciding what game gets my attention and why, I am absolutely ruthless. I don’t care how much better it’s going to get, I don’t care that it’s actually an amazing game and I just have to give it a chance. No. If you mess up in the first hour of a…

DmC Reviewers Are Pleased With The New Dante and His Swift Action Moves

Not everyone is pleased with Ninja Theory’s take on the new Dante. That hair, that demeanor, that easy gameplay? These are some complaints I’ve heard from fans since the reviews started hitting for Capcom’s latest entry in the Devil May Cry series, which released just yesterday. But reviewers love it! They love the action, and…

Did top AMD people who now work at Nvidia steal sensitive AMD information? Reps for the graphics chip rivals comment

Portal‘s “Still Alive” Sounds Quite Nice in Guild Wars 2

YouTube user Marflus1 has created this musical gem, which is described as follows: An Arrangement of “Still Alive” from Portal, produced using the Wintersday Bell and Pipe Organ in Guild Wars 2, a little bit of pitch editing in Audacity, and an awful lot of time in Adobe Premiere Pro. Whatever it takes! Marflus1 previously…

Bungie Panel at GDC Hints That We Will Hear More About Destiny Soon

We can expect to hear something official, and soon, about the game Bungie is building for Activision, rumored to be a sci-fi epic titled Destiny. GameSpot reported today that the studio is scheduled to give a talk about its new game at Game Developers Conference in late March, which would indicate a more formal reveal…

From the Real-Time Strategy Masters at Petroglyph: A Social Word Game for the iPhone

Founded in 2003 by the last remaining members of Westwood Studios—fathers of the modern-day real-time strategy game (see Dune II)—Petroglyph Games has spent the past decade continuing to build on that proud RTS tradition. Now the developer has taken an unexpected turn towards mobile social games, to Coin a Phrase Coin a Phrase is a…

The Weirdest-Looking Video Game Bosses Of All Time

A memorable boss fight is not just about gameplay or battle themes—slaying zombies can get tedious after a while, no matter how well-made the fight is. Luckily developers never forget to ensure that we encounter the most ridiculous-looking (probably in a good way!) and nonsensical bosses from time to time. We collected a bunch of…