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Kotaku EastWhack a Dick at This Japanese Arcade
You know the classic arcade game Whac-A-Mole, right? Using a mallet, the goal is to whack moles as they pop up. In Japan, the game is called “Mogura Tataki” (もぐらたたき), which means, well, Whac-A-Mole. It’s the same game. Spotted in a local arcade in Japan, this Whac-A-Mole game, however, doesn’t seem to feature moles. It…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedWe Might be Looking at the Next Generation of…Indie RPGs
If you saw a screenshot of Sui Generis, you’d think, hey, look, it’s another Diablo clone. But take a look at it moving. Those physics! Developers Bare Mettle say the game is an “open world RPG for the PC”, featuring “Advanced AI and a hugely interactive game world” and “lifelike battles in which your wits…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Kids Visit Gabe Newell For His Birthday, Give Him DLC as Present
It was Valve boss Gabe Newell’s birthday on November 3, and to mark the occasion, some kids from 4chan’s /v/ (the board’s video games group) went and paid him a visit in the flesh. In addition to giving him a giant card (which they do every year), and getting the chance to wish him a…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedOne of The Great Artists of Our Time Now Has a Video Game
Roger Dean is one of the greatest pop artists of the 20th century, his work memorable amongst both music fans and gamers alike So it’s both weird and welcome that, this being 2012, we’ve finally got a game devoted entirely to his work, and not just using it for a cover, or logo, or arcade…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Very Serious, Very Excellent Assassin’s Creed III Music Video
So, you guys remember Lindsey Sterling, right? She takes her video game music very seriously. As you’re about to see in this Assassin’s Creed clip that’s like a cosplaying music video. Assassin’s Creed III- Lindsey Stirling [Lindsey Sterling]
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedAn Intro Remake That’s From Another World
Hey, it’s rickonami, back with another HD remake of a famous video game intro. Last time we saw him, he was messing with some classic console games, but his latest is a little closer to my heart. It’s a reinterpretation of the intro to 1991’s Another World, which in case you weren’t gaming (or were…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Dark, Troubled Thoughts of Cat Payne
The litter was calling me, like granulated pieces of my broken past. But pooping on the floor was all I had left. They’d taken everything else from me, that night my world came crashing down. A knife in the dark, a cold table. My manhood, gone, along with the rest of the garbage. Her scent…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedOf Course, James Earl Jones Was Darth Vader and Mufasa
When Star Wars and Disney inevitably meet, whether it be in a Kingdom Hearts game or something else designed to print money, it won’t look like this. Pity. It should at least sound like this. Eclectic Method – Disney Wars [Eclectic Method]
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2012 - Culture
Halo 4’s Cortana Could Have Looked a Little Crazier
So much of Halo 4, like the rest of the series, is busy. Lots of action, lots of colours, lots of stuff all over the screen. So this concept art from the game is a refreshing break, stripping things back to let us see the game’s enemies and locations on nothing but a field of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
There’s a new Uncharted game coming. Expect something social or mobile.
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2012 -
UncategorizedGuys, Freddie Prinze Is Sorry He Offended Hardcore Anime Fans
Freddie Prinze, former teen heartthrob now mysteriously gnarly grown dude, is on the marketing trail for the Mass Effect anime flick Paragon Lost (he voiced James Vega in Mass Effect 3 and reprises the role in the movie). In an interview recently, he used the terms Japanime and Japanimation. Which, as he explains, is kinda…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Kinect Patent is Terrifying, Wants to Charge You For License Violation
A patent filed by Microsoft last year, but only made public last week, wants to turn your Xbox 360’s Kinect into an instrument via which large companies can monitor your media usage and, if you’re found to be in violation of something, charge you for it. And no, I am not making that up. The…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Critically-Panned Movies That Everyone Loves Now
Whew! It’s been a long and dramatic day, at least here in the U.S. of A. Let’s kick back with an off-topic that has nothing to do with politics. It’s great fun looking back at movies that everyone hated at the time, but which critics have come to embrace. And that’s just what Calum Marsh…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Could Work, And Fail Miserably, on an Xbox Tablet
According to reports, Microsoft is thinking about releasing a 7-inch, Xbox-branded version of its new Surface tablet device. For a company that for over a decade has avoided the temptation of releasing a portable Xbox device, that would be quite the thing. So, let’s say this actually happens. And next year sometime Microsoft takes the…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Borderlands 2 Patch For Xbox 360 Fixes Potential Save-Erasing Bug
A potential game-save erasing bug affecting Xbox 360 players of Borderlands 2 has officially been patched today, according to developer Gearbox. The bug originated from players who hacked their own games and then played multiplayer games online with others. It only affected players on Xbox 360; players on PC and PS3 did not face an…
By Kate Cox Published November 6, 2012 -
UncategorizedShow Us Your Favorite Terrible Quicktime Events
This past weekend, the video up top made the Twitter-rounds. It’s of a failed quicktime event from 2007’s Spiderman 3, and it is hilarious Watching it over and over, while laughing, got me thinking: There are so many terrible quicktime events in gaming, it’d be fun to put together a huge list of them. And…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Epic Mickey 2 Demo Now Available on Xbox 360 and PS3
If Wreck-It Ralph isn’t enough Disney for you this week, there is now a playable demo available of Epic Mickey: The Power Of Two The demo is available on both the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Network. It’s keeping up with the musical trend we’ve seen so far with the game, taking players through…
By Kate Cox Published November 6, 2012 -
UncategorizedFrom Wind Waker To Sonic, The London Philharmonic’s Got Ya Covered
The London Philharmonic’s latest foray into video game music launched today, and it’s pretty good stuff. I haven’t found any tracks that quite rival the Tetris theme from the first album, but there are some standouts. I like track three, the Dragon Roost Island theme from Wind Waker, in particular. You can hear above. Excellent.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 6, 2012