The Ancient Heraldic Shields Of… Adventure Time

If your family is from a place on the planet that means it has a heraldic shield, chances are it’s actually pretty simple. I know mine is. If only I lived in the Land of Ooo, where my allegiance would get me seeing something like these framed at my Nanna’s house. If I decided to…

A 1:1 Scale Statue Of A Dead Space Monster. Hide Your Dog, Hide Your Kids.

There’s been some unsavoury talk of statues today. Let’s clear the air, then, with a look at a statue that does gross the right way. This piece, of Dead Space’s creepy wall-hugging lurkers, sadly isn’t available for purchase. It’s a custom job, by British artist Sean Schofield, and if you think it’s just a wee…

I Left My Only Gaming Clan Over A Decade Ago, But Their Website Remains

It was a primitive gaming clan from a more civilised age

Catzilla Is The Greatest Thing You Can Install On Your PC Today

If you own a PC, you should probably get this. Teased last year, Catzilla is a new benchmarking program from All Benchmark. Taking the form of an animated sequence about a giant cat blowing stuff up, it’s supposed to help you test out your hardware. But really, I’ve spent half the morning just watching the…

A Strong Argument For A Metroid Reboot

For how old the character is, Samus’ power armour is actually standing the test of time pretty well, with only a few minor modifications needing to be done over the decades. So a redesign for the character probably isn’t necessary. If it were though, artist medders has a pretty sweet idea of how it could…

Castlevania Fan Film Is 146 Minutes Long. Oh, And It’s Made Of LEGO.

It’s taken seven years of work, but three brothers from Finland have finally completed what must surely be their life’s work: KastleVania 4, an epic feature-length film based on Konami’s Castlevania series. There’s full voice-acting, special effects, the animation is good… seriously, it feels wrong to just be able to view this for free, so…

The Real World: Whiterun: Or, What Skyrim Would Be Like As A Reality Show

Oh, trashy reality TV shows. You’re so formulaic, and so awful, and yet there’s something about you that makes it difficult to look away. Like a car wreck, really. (And sure, sometimes you’re genuinely entertaining.) Here is a Skyrim machinima by Nerdist that takes a look at what happens when a group of strangers get…

In This Game, You Search For The ‘Gay Planet.’ No, Not That One. A Different Gay Planet.

The game isn’t affiliated with Star Wars: The Old Republic, though it is a response of sorts to the recent debacle concerning a ‘gay planet.’ Here is a Twine game by Anna Anthropy that’s all about searching for an elusive gay planet. It’s called, as you might have guessed, The Hunt For The Gay Planet.…

Guild Wars 2‘s director shares plans for the MMORPG—which has sold 3 million copies so far—in 2013 and beyond.

Thank You, Capcom, For Making January Better. Year After Year.

Capcom’s downloadable content policy? Not super-great. Capcom’s policy of remembering January exists and actually releasing games in a month that most big game companies ignore? Pretty awesome. Let us look at how they’ve warmed us with games January after January. Mega Man X – January 1994 (SNES) Source: The DreamSlayer93’s longplay of the game. Resident…

I Returned To Neopets After A Decade Of Abandonment, Only To Get Suspended Hours Later

Remember Neopets? It was that online virtual pet website that was really popular in the early 2000’s, and it allowed you to play games, shop and even battle your ‘neopets.’ You might say Neopets was a step up from Tamagotchi, but a step down from Pokemon. And even though it’s over a decade old, the…

Wait, That’s Not a Zynga Game at the Top of the Facebook Charts

Since I started covering the social gaming scene for Kotaku I’ve been regularly checking the numbers over at AppStats to see which Zynga games were topping the charts on any given day. You can imagine my surprise when the name on top of today’s daily active users chart had King.com next to it. Way to…

Dead Island Shouldn’t Be The Only Game That Comes With A Severed Torso Statue

By now you’ve probably seen the ridiculous bikini-clad severed torso that publisher Deep Silver is packaging with the European/Australian special edition of zombie action-RPG Dead Island: Riptide It is gross and awful—to the point where Deep Silver just issued an apology for the statue—but hey, why let them have all the fun? We’ve put together…

Try These New Comic Books This Week

Time is tight, our comics guru Evan is out, but these are not good excuses for withholding out weekly comic book recommendations. I’m here, people! I’m here to swoop in and recommend a few comics that might be good. Look, I haven’t read these comics I’m suggesting you browse/read/buy. But I know some stuff about…

Freed Arma III Developers Will Still Face Trial, Not Out of the Woods Yet

This morning brought the news that Ivan Buchta and Martin Pezlar, two developers from the Czech Republic’s Bohemia Interactive (Arma, DayZ), were freed on bail after spending the last 128 days under arrest in Greece for possible—denied—espionage There was much celebration by the developers’ family and friends, but a Bohemia rep says the guys aren’t…

Upcoming Dark Knight Returns Cartoon Reminds Us of Batman’s Stance on Guns: “These Are the Weapons of Cowards”

As this clip from the second part of the animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s classic graphic novel shows, Batman’s position on gun control has always been clear. Bruce Wayne thinks that nobody should have them. Given the trauma that lay in his past, you can’t really blame the guy. As good as this scene is,…

The Enchanted Glen Update Goes Live: FarmVille is Magic

Today Zynga transforms FarmVille into a magical wonderland of joy and laughter and joyness with the Enchanted Glen update, now live for players level 15 and up that didn’t manage to secure early access. Can I farm ponies now? According to the Zynga blog post, FarmVille’s ninth expansion tells the story of the Sun Fairy…

Deep Silver Is ‘Deeply Sorry’ About Trying to Sell Their Game With A Statue Of A Severed Woman

Following today’s firestorm of negative reactions, game publisher Deep Silver has apologized for the ridiculously tasteless zombie torso statue that they planned to include in one of the collector’s editions for Dead Island Riptide Deep Silver posted the apology on Twitter: A statement on the Zombie Bait Edition: We deeply apologize for any offense caused…

You’ll Be Able to Play As Jack Sparrow, Woody, Or Any Other Disney Character In The Crazy Ambitious Disney Infinity

Disney Infinity sounds like it’s going to be the biggest thing Disney has ever done with games, and it’s coming out this June. At a press event in L.A., Disney honchos are just pouring out details that matched pretty well with earlier leaks What is this thing? It’s going to be a massive series of…

Square Enix Will Probably Announce A New, Original Final Fantasy Game For iOS On Thursday

So Square Enix has a new teaser up for a game that they’ll announce on Thursday. The most plausible theory: it’s a totally new, original iOS game called Final Fantasy: All The Bravest Some have theorized that this is a remake or mobile port of Final Fantasy V or Final Fantasy VI, but the sprite…