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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 - Reviews
Razer Blade Mk2: The Kotaku Review
The first Razer Blade was not a high performance gaming laptop, nor was it meant to be. It was designed with a balance of portability and power in mind, and the allure of a 17 inch gaming laptop that weighs less than seven pounds was enough for the unit to sell out at every turn,…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘A Flushed Turd Down a Toilet Drain’
Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of measured, thoughtful, sometimes plagiarized criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic and elsewhere. This week, well, what can we say. Resident Evil 6 released to a critical bloodbath. Metacritic counts 2,688 negative consumer reviews—not all of them written—for this title, and it’s not just because people…
By Owen Good Published October 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedCrazy Expectations of a Console That Didn’t Deserve Its Third Chance to Fail
If you never saw Crazy People, a 1990 film starring Dudley Moore, I highly recommend it. Basically, an advertising agency is taken over by the insane, who decide that honesty—the anathema of marketing—is now the best policy. Volvos are sold as “boxy, but they’re good.” Another stunt offers “a free plant for fat slobs.” And…
By Owen Good Published October 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedHitman: Absolution‘s Weirdest Trailer Made Even Weirder With Claymation Cats
Weird? Yes. Also awesome? Yes yes. Fahey had a few bones to pick with the “Attack of the Saints” E3 trailer released for Hitman: Absolution. Most likely because there were no cats in claymation to play out the slow-motion death sequence. Thankfully leehardcastle is here to change that. And for comparison’s sake, the original is…
By Tina Amini Published October 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Tuesday’s Patch Might Be the Greatest in Madden History. Of Course, It Was Still Necessary
The good-news/bad-news tradeoff is that Madden NFL 13 is getting a ton of significant fixes and capabilities with a patch rolling out on Tuesday. Of course, consumers are right to say these features should have been in the game all along. Still, the number of changes coming at least speak to a development team listening…
By Owen Good Published October 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedFaced With NHL 13‘s ‘Hercules Check’ Glitch, EA Sports Steps Up and Owns It
Last week brought us the “Hercules Check,” evidently a glitch in which a skater could park his man six rows deep in the stands if he hip-checked him by the door during a line change. EA Sports, in an oh-fish-ee-al video, has now stepped forward to say, “Yeah, we meant to do that.” Tongue-in-cheek of…
By Owen Good Published October 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
World of Warcraft-Playing Candidate: ‘I’m A Real Person’
Editor’s note: This piece was republished with permission from NBC News InGame Colleen Lachowicz is a long-time health care worker who works with teens and young adults. She is a wife and a step-mom. And she likes to knit. But this week, the 48-year-old Lachowicz — who is running as a Democrat for the State…
By Winda Benedetti Published October 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
From Anime Weight Loss to Monochrome Fish: It’s the Week in Gaming Apps
What a long, strange trip the past five days in gaming apps has been, beginning with a big-eyed passionate plea for healthy exercise and ending in a strange world of shadow sea creatures, with a little LEGO thrown in for good measure. It never ceases to amaze me, the astounding variety of gaming available on…
By Mike Fahey Published October 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Eight Wild Reviews Appear to Rate Pokemon Black and White 2
Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 make a neatly matched set of entries into one of the most venerable (and most predictable) of game franchises. The pair are direct sequels to the Black and White of 2011. That’s a good amount of time to make tweaks to a tried-and-true formula. But are the updates…
By Kate Cox Published October 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedBooth Babes Weren’t the Only Embarrassment at the Eurogamer Expo [UPDATE 6]
There’s being funny. And then there’s being whatever FIFA-loving YouTube video game commentator JJ “KSIOlajidebt” Olatunji was in the video up top. When we last covered the exploits of Olatunji, he was encouraging his 600,000 or so YouTube channel subscribers to e-mail Kotaku to help highlight his frustations with Machinima.com, the gaming site and channel…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
A Tanooki Suit Hoodie Sounds Like a Cute Idea, But The Result Is Kind of Creepy
Maybe it’s me. Maybe it’s the model’s gleeful pose. Or maybe it’s the waggling tail. Whatever the case, this hoodie from 80s tees, is kind of weirdly off-putting. The “racanooki” top is inspired by the classic raccoon-styled Tanooki Suit that Mario can fly around with in Super Mario Bros 3. Wearers can indeed flap their…
By Kate Cox Published October 5, 2012