That NRA Shooting Game Isn’t For Four-Year-Olds Anymore, Thanks To Apple

In the wake of the tragic Sandy Hook shooting, the National Rifle Association backed a free shooting simulator called NRA: Practice Range. The iTunes app was rated ages 4 years old and up. Was, because political pressure caused Apple to reclassify the game as 12 years old and up. The app is an “Official NRA…

Google’s Homepage Today Features A Terrific Little Ice Game

It’s Frank Zamboni’s 112th birthday! You might wonder who Frank Zamboni is. Have you tried googling it? You could either look him up the usual way, or try out Google’s newest playable Doodle The game, while simple at first, gets complicated fast. You, stepping into the role of a bespectacled handyman, are tasked with cleaning…

The Newest Final Fantasy Game Looks Absolutely Insane

As mentioned earlier, Final Fantasy All The Bravest is strictly combat. Square Enix just released this launch trailer for the iOS game showing how insane that can get in parties this size. The trailer also gives you a look at how the old-school jobs, sprites and music are integrated into the game. My advice: Use…

I’ve Been Waiting Forever for This Flying Squirrel Pinball Game

Well, maybe not forever, but certainly since Paladin Studios first pointed me towards Momonga Pinball Adventures back in February of last year. It’s due out on iTunes tomorrow, and I have high-flying hopes. The game tells the story of a young Japanese flying dwarf squirrel named Momo as he embarks on a quest to save…

Go Pound the Rock on This Impressive Minecraft Basketball Court

Even allowing for Minecraft‘s low-res visual style, no, sports fans, this is not “sim” basketball. The game played on this court (well, map) is more like NBA Jam, with profligate fouling and a “block” button that really puts a lid on the rim. Minecraft Basketball still is an impressive, full-service piece of engineering, done by…

I’m Mentally Ill, I Love Violent Video Games, And They’ve Never Made Me Feel Like Killing Anyone

When it was reported that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre were big fans of Doom, the original first person shooter in the eyes of many, I dismissed the idea that violent video games could have been responsible for inspiring the event. As a lifelong devotee of video…

This Week’s Android Charts: Perhaps It’s Time I Looked Into This Ruzzle Thing

I put the weekly Android charts on hiatus for a month and look what happens! You folks got Ruzzle all over the place. You even spilled it on the iPhone charts. Looks like I’m just going to have to keep a closer eye on things from here on out. While I was working on a…

Samus Aran Kisses Master Chief in the Video Game Crossover of One Man’s Dreams

Face it: we’re never going to get a game where Thor, Optimus Prime, Boba Fett and Commander Shepard team up to save all of reality. But deviantart user lonefirewarrior has given us the next best thing. Using Garry’s Mod, Photoshop and a whole lot of patience, deviantart user lonefirewarrior has created Vindication, a multi-franchise mash-up…

Someone Made A Game In Which You Shoot The Head Of The NRA

A member of the Encyclopedia Dramatica forums has created a game called Bullet to the Head of the NRA, a rudimentary first-person shooter that lets you shoot NRA boss Wayne LaPierre. Released yesterday, Bullet to the Head of the NRA seems to have been designed just to piss people off. “Share this everywhere, especially gun-nut…

You Can Finally Stop Playing Temple Run. Temple Run 2 Is Coming Out.

In 2011 the husband and wife team Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova released a simple little 3D endless runner that took the world by storm. Temple Run has been downloaded more than 170 million times since its launch. We called it the modern-day Pitfall. Looks like it’s time for the modern-day Pitfall 2—Temple Run‘s sequel…

It’s Official: Final Fantasy All the Bravest Comes to iOS Tomorrow

The new Final Fantasy game is indeed Final Fantasy All the Bravest, for iOS devices, a spinoff combat-only title. It hit the New Zealand iTunes store a couple hours ago. Square Enix had said to expect an announcement on this tomorrow. Well, it’s already tomorrow in New Zealand. All the Bravest uses the Active Time…

This Is How Japan Does Macho Plastic

Cobra is a classic Japanese manga about a space pirate named Cobra who has a cybernetic arm-laser connected directly to his brain. How cool is that? Pretty damn cool. Over the years, Cobra got a couple anime as well as a handful of video game adaptations. Personally, I dig the look of the sci-fi manga…

Namco is making a new Kamen Rider game called Kamen Rider: Battle Ride Wars for the PS3.

This Woman Keeps Spinning Around, and It’s Amazing

Last summer, a new art collective called “Rrrrrrrroll” started releasing GIFs. They were relatively simple GIFs: a woman spinning around. And when she’s not spinning like a record, other things are spinning around her. The result is fascinating. When Rrrrrrrroll first hit, the group of art friends started getting publicity on design and art websites.…

First Details about Killer Is Dead, the New Game from No More Heroes‘ Creator

Killer Is Dead is the upcoming action game from the folks behind No More Heroes and Killer7. The game follows 35 year-old Mondo Zappa, a suit-wearing executioner responsible for taking out heinous criminals with a katana. A gun that can turn into a drill is embedded in Zappa’s left hand—an augmentation he has no memory…

Inside the Rooms of Female Otaku

In Japan, the stereotype is that all geeks are dudes. Walking around nerd areas like Tokyo’s Akihabara and Osaka’s Den-Den Town, the large number of guys would lead you to think that. That would be incorrect. Yes, there are female geeks in Japan. Of course there are! Some of them are idols or wanna-be idols,…

In China, Cute Masks Combat Ugly Pollution

It’s flu season. Time to either protect yourself from getting sick, or, if you are already sick, prevent your illness from spreading to others. Hence, sickness masks. But not everyone who wears sickness masks are, well, sick! Sometimes their faces are cold. Sometimes the air is dry. But now, with pollution being recognized as a…

Nintendo Is Making Its Console Division and Its Portable Division into One Division

Nintendo is joining its home console and handheld divisions into one unit to streamline its hardware, reports the Nikkei. That means the two divisions, which have been separate, will not work in concert. So don’t be surprised if future Nintendo handhelds have greater interaction with the home consoles!

Metal Gear Cosplay… It Can’t Be!

Oh, but it is. Beloved by fans, you can bet that there’s a seemingly endless well of Metal Gear cosplay, especially ones that bring Snake to life. Snake? SNAKE?! SNAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!! Last year, Kotaku collected some, not all, of the best cosplay of Raiden from Metal Gear Solid. This time, it’s Snake’s turn, with wonderful internet…

Who Needs A Screen, When You Can Play Games On A Sheet Of Water

It’s a gimmick, sure, but it’s a neat one: this is a sheet of water vapour that, thank to some fancy add-ons, has been turned into both a screen and a touch-screen device. Letting you get your Fruit Ninja on. As you can see, the controls work pretty well! I mean, it’s also entirely useless,…