Just Because The Shark Isn’t Moving Doesn’t Mean It’s Dead And Other Far Cry 3 Hilarity

This YouTube video by Criken is amazing. It’s basically a collection of random happenings while playing Far Cry 3. Included are: Sharks who play dead after being run over Sharks who are actually dead after locals that don’t give a damn run them over Throwing rocks at sharks. Also at domestic abusers. The water not…

This Cool New Game System Lets You Play With A Bunch Of Tiny Touch-Screens

We’ve been following the Sifteo Cubes for a while now, intrigued by their promise to give us an entirely new platform for fun, original games. The gist is this: The system consists of a collection of cubes, each of which has a touch-screen and an accelerometer. The cubes are organized by a wireless base station,…

Oh, So That’s Why The World Didn’t End Today

If the Earth did not perish in a rain of fire or a collision with the shadow planet Nubira or whatever today, you can thank the gang at DICE. They resolved a potentially catastrophic crash by patching the PC version of Battlefield 3 just in time. Hat tip to reader Zeronline for noticing and sending…

The Smartest & Dumbest Things Capcom Did In 2012

So close, Capcom, and yet so far. 2012 had the potential to be a real banner year for the developer. Starting from the top with a new numbered Resident Evil that had strong buzz, a Street Fighter crossover that had the potential to be another Marvel vs. Capcom, and the 25th anniversary of Mega Man,…

So Who Made Kindergarten Killer, Anyway?

When NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre spoke at a press conference today, he lambasted video games as a medium that “sells and sows violence against its own people.” LaPierre called out five games as examples of video game evil. Four of them are big-budget affairs, produced by multinational corporations. But it’s the naming of…

Gorgeous Games of 2012: Guild Wars 2

When we started putting together a list of the best-looking games of 2012, Guild Wars 2 was an easy choice. The massive world of Tyria contains all manner of visual wonder, and every hilltop invites a pause for wide-eyed gazing. It’s a very good game, too Chris put together this cinemagraph of my primary elementalist…

Gameloft Says They Expelled Women From Their Holiday Party Who ‘Became Topless And Tried to Dance With Our Employees’

The body-painted topless women at Gameloft’s holiday party last weekend were never supposed to be topless, and they were kicked out of the party for trying to dance with employees, Gameloft says. I reached out to the mobile game publisher this morning, right before putting up our story about topless women at the holiday party,…

Twas the Week in Gaming Apps Before Christmas

It’s almost Christmas, and that means new games and new devices to play them on! Perhaps that’s why I’ve been busting my ass playing the nine games spotlighted in this Week in Gaming Apps—gotta make room for more, right? On top of a handful of great games like the inventive shooter Alpha Zero, the tower…

Far Cry 3 Patch Cleans Up Annoying Screen-Clutter, Mostly

Far Cry 3 is a heck of a fun game, and lovely to look at. But those gorgeous sunsets and mountain vistas are marred somewhat by the intrusive screen-clutter that covers the game with waypoints, pop-up reminders, and other unwanted text. I’d been playing the game with a fairly scorched-earth mod that removes every single…

League of Legends Matches Are Still Awesome When In Lego Form

The things people do with Lego always amaze me. Here is a League of Legends match, as told through Lego. It was made by YouTube user danmovproduction My favorite part is the minion spawning, they’re so cute. The action bits are good too, makes me want to play a Lego version of League of Legends.…

The Press Row Podcast honors sports video gaming’s best of 2012. Kotaku will confer its sports awards on Sunday.

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The Insecticons Descend Upon Transformers Legends

The first mobile card collecting game that’s been able to keep my attention for more than a few days just got its first big raid event. The Insecticons are running rampant in Transformers Legends on Android, and it’s up to me to stop them. You can help, I guess. For those unfamiliar with the genre,…

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Damn Gurl, Those Are Some Classy Metal Gear Solid Prints

Check out these awesome Metal Gear Solid prints by illustrator Marinko Milosevski. They’re all excellent, and available for purchase here. Click to enlarge. If Metal Gear Solid isn’t your thing, there are also a couple of other cool ones featured in the store for franchises like The Legend of Zelda as well as Metroid.

The Year In JRPGs

It’s been a strange year for JRPG fans. On one hand, the genre seems to be doing just fine: we finally got our hands on games like Xenoblade and The Last Story, the 3DS and Vita are full of JRPGs, and companies like XSEED and Atlus are cranking out niche Japanese games on a regular…

Even One of The Biggest Critics of Violent Video Games Bashed The NRA Today

California State Senator Leland Yee, who took his fight against violent video games all the way to the Supreme Court a couple of years ago and lost, slammed the NRA’s odd, new attack on video games. It’s not that the former child psychologist suddenly loves violent video games. It’s that Yee, who wrote the failed…

What Are Splatterhouse, Kindergarten Killer and the Other Games the NRA Slammed Today?

Names such as Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto are longtime punching bags in an often-clueless discussion of violent video games in the mainstream. So it was no surprise to hear Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, invoke them in a rambling attempt to deflect blame from the assault weapons that…

No One Can Find Anything in Disney’s Free Mobile Holiday Present

After months of dancing around each other on the mobile app charts, Where’s My Water? and Where’s My Perry? team up for a very Where’s My Holiday? special. Having struck gold with the original crocodile-powered liquid physics puzzle game and it’s Phineas and Ferb-themed spin-off, Disney wraps both mobile stars up in a free Christmas…

I’m Glad I Played This Depressing Game About Working In A Call Center

Things don’t always turn out the way you imagine they would when you’re a kid. For David S. Gallant, the dream was to be a teacher. Now nearly 30 years old, he finds himself working a hideously tedious job as a call center agent who, amongst other things, is there to update account information. It’s…