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You Can’t Say That in a Video Game—Why, Someone Might Think You’ve Been Drinking
Even for an NBA 2K13 soundtrack curated by Jay-Z himself, the butchery of Puff Daddy’s “Victory,” was to be expected. That track contains four N-words, eight F-words and nine S-words, and this is a game played by 10-, 11- and 12-year-olds. But U2’s “Elevation” is about as safe a piece of stadium rock as has…
By Owen Good Published October 7, 2012 - Esports
Cheating Allegations Surface in League of Legends Playoffs
When it was shut down and moved to a “secure location,” the $2 million League of Legends world playoffs was thought to be plagued only by technical issues, possibly a denial-of-service attack to cripple the event. Now, however, come accusations of cheating, in this thread on the game’s official forums. As Massively explains it, at…
By Owen Good Published October 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
ChrisWarcraft’s Weekly NFL Quest, Level Five: Fell the Giant of the City of Music
Football is a role-playing game. That’s how Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter and noted World of Warcraft and RPG fan, is approaching it. Each week in the NFL, ChrisWarcraft characterizes his upcoming game in terms of an MMO quest. We’re going to chart his progress and see how fast he levels up. ChrisWarcraft is…
By Owen Good Published October 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
All of Azeroth has been Created Inside of Minecraft
The conversion of nearly every video game landscape into Minecraft continues steadily. This week already saw the birth of a project to create Mass Effect‘s gargantuan Citadel within the game. Now comes word that, after eight months, a full representation of World of Warcraft‘s lands in Minecraft has released a beta. “Crafting Azeroth” checks in…
By Owen Good Published October 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedYou Must Watch This Amazing Marching Band Perform Video Game Music
Featuring music from Zelda, Halo, and quite a few other games, this performance by The Ohio State University’s marching band is something that must be seen. Just wait til you get to the horse. (Thanks to everyone who sent this in!)
By Jason Schreier Published October 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Smash an AT-AT Full of Pigs in the Angry Birds/Star Wars Toy Line
Teased on Friday, we knew that some kind of a crossover between Rovio’s Angry Birds franchise and Star Wars was coming. It’s a natural pairing, given the enormous mainstream reach of those names and their owners’ willingness to license it in the toy space. Well that’s exactly what’s coming. It’s a toy line set to…
By Owen Good Published October 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Vice President of Legal Affairs
For timeliness sake and humor value, nothing beats Sony suing its own fake vice president of smarm, Kevin Butler. Details are somewhat sparse and it sounds like the two did try to resolve their differences, but now this sucker appears to be headed for a courtroom. Let’s provide a sneak preview. There are tons of…
By Owen Good Published October 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Sonya Blade is Running for the County Board
In addition to being a cheerleader in the attract mode for the original NBA Jam, former Playboy model Kerri Hoskins Branson also portrayed Sonya Blade in several Mortal Kombat games, beginning with Mortal Kombat 3 in 1995. Not surprisingly, her Playboy and video game gigs are not mentioned in this biography and Q&A for candidates…
By Owen Good Published October 7, 2012 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Class Distinctions
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Oct. 5.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Oct. 1.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by…
By Owen Good Published October 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
League of Legends Playoffs Called Off, Moved to “Secure Location” [Update]
The World Playoffs for League of Legends, which had been livestreaming just fine, have been called off after serious network problems plagued the latter stages of the competition. After games were paused and disconnected all afternoon, developers Riot Games decided to play the remaining matches in the tournament at a “secured location” later this week.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Sony is Suing Kevin Butler [Update]
Following a bizarre turn of events and a highly unlikely TV commercial, actor Jerry Lambert—for years the “face” of the PlayStation brand—is being sued, along with Bridgestone, by none other than Sony itself. Despite having made something of a name for himself playing the fictional PlayStation executive Kevin Butler, last month Lambert appeared in an…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Power-Ups in Real Life: The Winners
Tasked with imagining a world in which magical assistance and life-giving food can appear totally at random, our smart ‘shoppers leveled up and found boosts, shells, and health lurking in all sorts of everyday occurrences. We have all the finalists for you inside, plus overall winner AllThatJuice! Getting started, ykc (15) had the best interpretation,…
By Owen Good Published October 6, 2012 -
ReviewsNBA 2K13: The Kotaku Review
2K Sports started an arms race with itself three years ago when it landed Kobe Bryant, the greatest player of his era, for the cover of NBA 2K10. Then it reached into the record books to trump him with Michael Jordan in NBA 2K11—and then grabbed Larry, Magic, and Michael for NBA 2K12. So when…
By Owen Good Published October 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Creator of Controversial Eurogamer Expo Video Offers An Apology
YouTube gaming personality KSIOlajidebt said on Twitter today that he “apologise[s] to the people I may have offended with my ‘awkward eurogamer’ video. My intent was never to sexual harass.” Full story here
By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Moneysaver: This Town Needs an Enemy
If you’re in the mood for next week’s big releases there are savings and bonuses to be found for all of them, plus more than 50 other savings and values in this morning’s jam-packed edition of The Moneysaver Software • Oct. 9 release XCOM Enemy Unknown (360, PS3) for $59.99 comes with a $15 Gift…
By Owen Good Published October 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. This week’s best image is an awesome Battlefield 3 wallpaper, or should I say Cattlefield 3? The wallpaper posted by Redditor SgtQuack was inspired by the Russian Blue that resembles Battlefield 3‘s poster soldier Moving on to our Best…
By Tina Amini Published October 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Time You Killed Playing Super Hexagon Lives Again
This week I played Super Hexagon in the office of my insurance agent, financial advisor, and attorney, as I settled up matters relating to the sale of a house. That should establish the game’s cred as an outstanding time-killer. It was also outstanding at killing time—that is, erasing your best time, no small consideration in…
By Owen Good Published October 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedUm, Cars Don’t Have Autopilot
At least not yet, anyway. Today’s Off Topic is just a short video that made me chuckle this morning, so I hope you enjoy it in Kirk’s absence. At least there weren’t any cats involved! Or were there… Bonus! Head over to the Talk Amongst Yourselves forum for more conversations, off and on-topic.
By Tina Amini Published October 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Tomb Raider‘s Publisher Wants You to Shoot Arrows At New York Comic-Con. What Could Go Wrong?
Square Enix, along with many other game publishers, will be descending on the Big Apple next week for New York Comic-Con. And when NYCC starts next Thursday, the company will be letting folks shoot arrows at a target in imitation of the newly-rebooted Lara Croft. If the following is to be believed, these will be…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 5, 2012