Let’s Imagine Seinfeld Was Still Being Made. And Every Episode Was About Video Games.

The best thing on Twitter last year was Modern Seinfeld, a feed that gave 140-character episode outlines as though Seinfeld was still being made today. It was so damn good you could see each episode playing in your head as you read them. Well, there’s also one for video games. It’s called Video Game Seinfeld.…

The Sad Story Of A Man Who’s Selling His Game Collection For Love

Aussie games collector Onur Gonullu has, in just five years, amassed a haul of 550 mostly retro video games, which can be played on over 20 mostly retro video game consoles, from the Famicom to the Master System to the Xbox. He’s spent over $6000, and it’s a collection to be proud of. So it’s…

Well, Somebody Got To See Battlefield 4 Today

Battlefield 4 has yet to be properly, publicly announced. We know it’s coming, because it’s a sure bet EA will make more Battlefield games and because people already know they’re in beta, but nobody has seen the game in action or knows anything about it. Unless you work for GameStop, because you got to see…

If You Like This Song, Consider Voting For Henry

Do you like to vote for things? Do you like kicky jams? Then you will probably like this political ad for Henry Heng, who is running for office in Australia, apparently. This video comes to us via Tracy Lien, and I’m just gonna leave it here for you to ponder. Feel free to discuss Henry,…

Rampant, Careless Use Of Phoenix Downs Can Classify As A Drug Addiction, You Know

I have a problem. You probably do too, if you’re a gamer. I’m talking about the inability to stop using life-restoring phoenix downs. But, that’s just something in a video game. What if they actually existed, what if we could use phoenix downs in real life? They would probably be abused—no different than a drug,…

Watch Woody From Toy Story Sling Hadoukens Around Liberty City

There’s certainly no shortage of funny Grand Theft Auto IV mods out there, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for one more. Here’s Woody from Pixar’s Toy Story movies wreaking havoc on Liberty City by… slinging Hadoukens and Fus Ro Dahs like they’re going out of style. The mod is by [0x80075af], and you…

This Call of Duty Harlem Shake Just Wants The Meme To Die Out Already

Maybe you’re sick of all the Harlem Shake videos (they almost never have the real Harlem Shake, dang it!) This take on the dance by SanchoWest knows your pain, knows it well enough to take matters into its own hands and destroy the jerks that are running the meme into the ground. Boom. Gone. If…

Mario Comes To Life In This Dramatic Speed-Painting

This dramatic piece of Mario art starts as a sketch, but winds up displaying the plumber at his most badass Posted by 8-Bit Ego, this speed-painting is the work of artist Josh Summana, who is doing a new “Heroes” series to accompany his “Bosses” set from last year. Nice. (Thanks, Jehrome and Adel.)

They Want $65,000 To Make An Old-School Point-And-Click Adventure

Some people say that the only real purpose of Kickstarter is to rejuvenate old genres. I have no problem with this. Especially if it leads to cool projects like Mage’s Initiation Mage’s Initiation, a new Kickstarter project designed in the vein of old Sierra point-and-click adventures like Quest for Glory and King’s Quest, looks really…

Gamefront has a good guide for tweaking Crysis 3‘s PC settings through the in-game developer console.

Reviewers Say Addictive Combat Is What Makes Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

It seems that Raiden’s new, high-speed romp through the world of Metal Gear has taken hold of everyone. Even the most critical ones found something to like about the adrenaline-pumping limb-slashing gameplay. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance gets praised for a lot of things. Some are utterly enamored with the swordplay. Others are delighted by the…

In an interesting feature, Gamasutra‘s Mike Rose uses SimCity to re-create and diagnose his hometown’s traffic problems.

There are Plenty of Ways to Pay in the Free-to-Play Real Racing 3

Firemonkeys’ eagerly-anticipated Real Racing 3 is the first free-to-play entry in the popular mobile racing franchise. How far you can get without paying real money depends entirely on how much patience you possess—do you mind waiting 10 minutes for tire repair? Car damage and wear is not an imaginary thing, so it certainly falls within…

Source: The PS4 Will Be Out This November, And You’ll Be Able To Control It With Your Phone

A reliable Kotaku source has informed us that the PlayStation 4, codenamed Orbis, will be out this November in the United States. Our source—the same reliable source who back in early 2012 told us the codename for Sony’s next console and the codename for Microsoft’s next console—tells us that there are two models planned for…

Yes, I am an Anti-Aquaman Bigot

It is axiomatic that any statement prefaced with “I don’t have a prejudiced bone in my body,” is said by someone with a completely prejudiced skeleton, plus teeth. So I won’t hide from it. I’m prejudiced as fuck against Aquaman. I can’t even say some of my best friends are Atlantean. Because I don’t have…

Some Tips For Playing Metal Gear Rising, Since It Does A Terrible Job Of Explaining Anything To You

There’s a part early on in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance where you’re going to want to give up. Please don’t. It’s not your fault that you might be stuck; It’s Platinum’s. And don’t worry, you’re not the only one. Myself and Kotaku colleagues Kirk Hamilton and Chris Person all hit the same ridiculously hard moment…

Activision Lays off About 30 People, Saying There Will Be Fewer Licensed Games This Year

Even the massive money-making game publisher Activision lays off people from time to time, as the company confirmed today that they’ve cut about 30 jobs from their global work force. Kotaku first heard that the cuts were affecting Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty: Black Ops II, but a spokesperson for Activision said that…

Sony Registered Domains For Something Called ‘PlayStation Cloud’

On Friday, Sony registered domains for URLs based on something called “PlayStation Cloud,” as discovered by Kotaku sleuth Superannuation today. The domains include playstation-cloud.com and playstation-org, among others. The domains were registered by someone from Gaikai, the cloud gaming service that Sony bought last year. Gaikai allows people to play games via cloud-based Internet streaming.…

A Batty Seven-Minute Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Trailer Cut By Hideo Kojima

While Hideo Kojima didn’t direct Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, he did direct this trailer, and it shows. For one, it’s seven minutes long. Seven minutes long! It’s also batshit crazy and somewhat spoilery (stay away if you don’t want to see anything that happens in the first few chapters of the game). Revengeance came out…

Disney Interactive taps Buzz Lightyear to tease a new mobile game based on the Toy Story franchise. Looks smashing.