This iPad Game Convinced Me to Be Friends With an Electric Cockroach

I’m not fraidy-scared of bugs. Unlike some childhood friends or past significant others, there’s never been any terrified bolting at the sight of, say, caterpillars or giant moths. I don’t love them either. Instead, I’ve always been fascinated by insect behavior. So I’m kind of glad that Help Volty lets me manipulate bug movements without…

Here’s the Second, All-New Trailer for Grand Theft Auto V

Fans everywhere have absorbed all the tidbits about Grand Theft Auto V ‘s multiple protagonists, its size and cultural aspirations. But none of that is a substitute for seeing the game in action so here’s the latest teaser for Grand Theft Auto V. What are you seeing in this trailer? Share the things that make…

TNNS is an Amazing Game, Right Down to Its iTunes Description

Over the past couple of days I’ve been playing the balls off of TNNS, Action Button Entertainment’s new paddle-ball game for iOS devices. It’s colorful, challenging and infinitely entertaining, and that has nothing to do with the involvement of frequent Kotaku contributor Tim Rogers Wait, that came out wrong. What I meant to say is…

Equip These Kotaku Shirts For +7 Style

Friends of Kotaku Meat Bun have dropped four new shirt designs this week, and we’re particularly fond of two of them because, well, they’re Kotaku shirts. One is the follow-up to 2010’s Kotaku-tan, only this time things have taken a turn for the Frazetta, our heroine re-rolling as a Barbarian and dropping the hammer on…

10 13 Things About the Wii U That We’re Loving Or Hating

We’re playing the Wii U here at Kotaku. We’ve got this new Nintendo console. And as we play, we’re scribbling down a lot of thoughts, big and small, pro and con. We thought we’d just start keeping a running list of them. That’s what you’ll get here, with links to our larger impressions pieces. Check…

Is Someone Cutting Onions, Or Did I Just Watch The Most Dramatic Team Fortress 2 Video I’ve Ever Seen?

It might not be tear-worthy, but it’s certainly a touching account of the Team Fortress 2 characters coming together in a moment of need. And that song ain’t half bad either. Lozeng3r‘s dramatic take on Team Fortress 2 is a submission to Valve’s second annual Saxxy Awards, which will be open to votes in two…

This Week’s Android Charts: The Angry Birds Star Wars Escalate

At this point I am running out of Angry Birds Star Wars images, so I’ve started using Photoshop filters I normally wouldn’t touch. Hey look, it’s Water Paper. Kids love Water Paper. I knew Rovio’s latest bird-flinger would dominate the charts this week, but I didn’t take into consideration Android having both a paid and…

The Witcher’s Creator Doesn’t Play Video Games

You may not know the name Andrzej Sapkowski but you’re probably acquainted with his most famous creation. Sapkowski is the writer responsible for creating Geralt of Rivia, who gamers knows as the star of The Witcher franchise developed by CD Project Red. Those releases have been great games but Sapkowski himself wouldn’t know. He doesn’t…

If They Made a Video Game About the David Petraeus Affair…

The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart digs up an old pun and applies it to the ongoing “Love Pentagon” fiasco. If they made a video game about the ongoing sex scandals revolving around former CIA director disgraced general David Petraeus, they could call it Call of Booty. Timely… though watch the full clip for the better…

Nintendo Explains the Wii U’s Storage Options In The Strangest Way Possible

The Wii U will finally let Nintendo users download full-size games to a Nintendo console (legally!) but today we learned about the pros and cons of how Nintendo will let people do this. There are some catches that you probably want to know about if you think there’s any chance you’d be downloading the next…

BlazBlue Made Small and Cute (Again!)

Arc System Works, the folks behind fighting series BlazBlue, are doing another cute reworking of the universe. It’s called BlayzeBloo: Clone Phantasma and is slated for a winter download release in Japan on the 3DS. Clone Phantasma is an action game, and it features ten characters, seven stages, a story mode, and cuteness. Did I…

You cannot play Virtual Console games only on the Wii U GamePad—something Nintendo is working to change.

Call of Duty Is More Than Fancy Weapons. It’s Also Fancy Outfits.

Some people love Call of Duty. Some hate it. Some are totally indifferent. And then, some enjoy dressing up as Call of Duty characters. Here’s a bit—but not all—of the internet’s best COD cosplay. The outfits range from the earlier Call of Duty games to the more recent ones, like World at War, Modern Warfare…

Why Grand Theft Auto V Isn’t Next Gen

When Grand Theft Auto V was first revealed, some thought, surely, the game is aimed at next generation consoles, which are just around the corner. Nope! As we now know, the game is headed to current generation consoles. In a still unreleased interview with Japanese game magazine Famitsu, Rockstar co-founder and Grand Theft Auto V…

Sony, Your Turkey Looks Like a… Um…

Next week is Thanksgiving. Excited? No way you’re more excited than Sony is about its Thanksgiving sales on movies and TV and phallic imagery. Kotaku reader Sirsonik spotted this turkey on the PlayStation home screen earlier today. Right above the two people making out. Subtle! Below is a photo of the romance movies section. CANNOT…

Taiwanese Woman Believes David Petraeus Will Marry Her

When not appearing in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, David Petraeus is at the center of a sex scandal—a very confusing sex scandal. Taiwan’s Liu Shu-jen isn’t making anything easier, either. She is making things stranger. According to Want China Times, Liu Shu-jen is a former engineer at a Taiwanese semiconductor company. In September…

Check Out These Butt Slides in Tekken Tag 2

Doctor Boskonovitch is a downloadable recently unlocked Tekken Tag Tournament 2 character who is full of piss and vinegar. As this video from YouTuber Kaworuscott seems to show, the ability to spam this move appears overpowering. What, does Doctor Boskonovitch have a PhD in infinite ass slides? Tekken Tag Tournament 2’s – Dr. Bosconovitch’s butt…

Heads up fighter fans! BLAZBLUE CHRONOPHANTASMA (their caps, not mine) hits Japanese arcades on Nov. 21, says 4Gamer

The Secret Life of Japanese Toys

If the Pixar flicks are about the secret lives of toys, then YouTube user ugoorePowerPlant‘s stop motion clips are about the secret lives of Japanese toys. Courtesy of sister site Kotaku Japan, the above short is called “Fuufugenka” (夫婦喧嘩) or “marriage quarrel”. 夫婦喧嘩 [ugoorePowerPlant via Kotaku Japan] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet…

How Sony Is Turning into a Ghost in Japan and Around the World

For some people in Japan, Sony is already dead. The only question they have is how did Sony die, or who killed it, and how long will the spectre of Sony remain haunting Japan. It’s a pessimistic view of the company but it’s one reality in this island country. Mr. and Mrs. Nakayama have run…