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UncategorizedIt’s A Drinking Game! It’s A Tabletop RPG! It’s… Drinking Quest!
If you’d like to get with your RPG-loving friends and spend some time getting a little bit sauced, you could certainly do worse than either Drinking Quest or its sequel, Drinking Quest 2: Yeddie Vedder’s Yeti Adventure The game is designed as a light (very light) card-based role-playing game with a few rules built around…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedBuy One Of Five 3DS Games Online And You Get A Free Copy Of Donkey Kong: Original Edition
Here’s the official video announcement for a new promotion Nintendo is running this fall Buy Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone!, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, Style Savvy: Trendsetters, or Crosswords Plus on Nintendo’s eShop by January 6 and you’ll get a copy of Donkey Kong: Original Edition, a special version…
By Jason Schreier Published October 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Just When You Thought Snuggle Truck Couldn’t Get Any Cuddlier, Enter Brony Mode
Owlchemy Labs’ game about transporting cute animals but secretly about smuggling illegal immigrants is now overtly about My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Cautious driving brohoof! Packed inside Steam copies of Smuggle Truck and available as an in-game purchase in the free iOS version, Brony Mode transforms the cuddly animals of Apple acceptance necessity into…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedMorrowind Just Got Even Prettier With This New Graphical Overhaul
I may have spent an ungodly number of hours wandering around Skyrim, but I still miss Morrowind, the setting of the third game in Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls series. The swamp-covered, volcano-tormented realm of the dark elves just had so much character; it was an endlessly interesting place to go questing. (The soundtrack really was the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe New Mech In Halo 4 Can Teabag The Opposition. Of Course.
Meet the Mantis, a new a vehicle/mech in Halo 4. Your best Spartan soldier can get in it, step on enemies and, when he or she has them down, commence with the teabagging (you know, the, uh, victory crouches). It’s all in the official trailer. This is Microsoft knowing its Halo audience. HALO 4: MANTIS…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Vote For This Game On Steam Or Its Publisher Won’t Give Money To Homeless Kittens
Game publishers and developers have spent a great deal of time dreaming up bizarre ways to get people to vote for their games on Steam’s crowdsourcing Greenlight program, but this might be the grossest. In a bizarre, misguided attempt to get people to vote for their game Edge of Space, publisher Reverb Publishing is promising…
By Jason Schreier Published October 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Watch Mitt Romney Kick The Crap Out Of Rick Santorum And Herman Cain, Mortal Kombat-Style
It’s that time of year again, here in the United States: the presidential election, and the seemingly interminable campaign for it, are everywhere. Of course, even though the election isn’t until November, when you look back to the primary season, the campaign began well into last year. And Slate has taken to a video game…
By Kate Cox Published October 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedCrysis 3‘s New “Hunter” Multiplayer Mode Looks Unbalanced, Fun
Fresh from the Eurogamer Expo comes this new demo of Crysis 3‘s “Hunter Mode,” which pits two nanosuit-enhanced players against a team of lowly soldiers with no stealth abilities or super-armor. Or chance. It doesn’t exactly look balanced, but it does look like a lot of fun. (via VG24/7)
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 1, 2012 - Reviews
Nutella: The Snacktaku Review
My first taste of Ferrero’s famous chocolate hazelnut spread came in the spring of 1991 in a dorm room at the predominantly female Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia. Her name was Deirdra. She was long and lithe and graceful, with hair like autumn leaves dancing in the wind. She was impish and sweet and…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Dorkly Weekly: Quitting Smoking the Mortal Kombat Way
When you’ve been smoking as long as Mortal Kombat‘s resident grey ninja has been smoking, there’s really only one way to kick the habit. As a filthy smoker and professional martial artist, this would be one of those videos that haunts me to my dying day. Fortunately I am not a professional martial artist, so…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2012 - Culture
The Snacktaku Slider: Bacon, Egg and Cheese McGriddle
Welcome to Snacktaku Sliders, where I compare the magical works of art crafted by supremely talented, highly paid food photographers to the slightly less magical creations of the underpaid staff at the fine-ish franchise eateries America has to offer. First up, the bacon, egg and cheese McGriddle from McDonald’s. I picked the McGriddle for the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedDevil’s Attorney Could Never Be Better Than Its Own Theme Song
Arriving October 11 for iOS and Android from the folks at 1337 Game Design, Devil’s Attorney is a game about something that’s couldn’t possibly be as entertaining as the outstanding inspirational 80s rock theme. According to the game’s official website (via Pocket Gamer), Devil’s Attorney centers around the turn-based strategic legal battles of one Max…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Photo Series Is What Happens When Fashion Photography Meets Skyrim
Fashion photographer Emilie Elizabeth lives and works in Los Angeles, and has done a number of photo shoots for magazines, record labels, and advertising campaigns. She is also a gamer, and has done shoots for 2K Games and Treyarch. Her series The Dragonborn is an uncommon look at the world of Skyrim. The series combines…
By Kate Cox Published October 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Porn Site Declares They’re Now On The Xbox 360
The Xbox is now officially a pornography machine. Well, sort of. It’s now officially an Internet machine, which means it can be used to stream free pornography. The folks behind porn site YouPorn are taking advantage of the fact that the Xbox 360 will soon get Internet Explorer (currently available to beta participants) to pimp…
By Jason Schreier Published October 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedA New Slenderman Game Explores The Myth Behind The Monster
While a sequel to the Internet-famous Slender: The Eight Pages makes its way over to us, we have another Slenderman game on the way. In The Slenderman Stories: The Orphanage, you will explore the history of Slenderman in a seemingly deserted orphanage. Using your in-game phone, you’ll shine the torch app over pianos and stairwells…
By Tina Amini Published October 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Sex, Lies and Strawberries: Kotaku‘s Month Of FarmVille 2
It’s not lost on us that a good chunk of Kotaku‘s readership and commentariat is perplexed by our decision to play, study, and write about Zynga’s latest free Facebook game FarmVille 2 And yet for the past month, that’s just what we’ve been doing. It’s been both enjoyable and fascinating. No, FarmVille 2 isn’t for…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
The First Apple-Approved iPad, iPhone and iPod Game Pad is One Small Step for iOS Gaming
While the race to create a universal game pad controller for Android devices is in full swing, Apple has time and time again refused to give a controller solution the go ahead, until now. The Duo Gamer is the first officially-sanctioned game pad for the iPod, iPad and iPhone, but there’s a catch — it…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedMan Tries to Livestream Resident Evil, Ends Up Livestreaming His Nap
Twitch.tv user Oddler set out to marathon a chunk of the Resident Evil franchise for 72 hours, boasting no sleep in the title of his stream But after 65 hours of playing, he just couldn’t handle it anymore. So he slips off into what looks like a pleasant snooze seated at his chair while the…
By Tina Amini Published October 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedRobot Rising is a Sexy 3D Action RPG That Just Happens to Be on Facebook
Robot Rising from Stomp Games and Tencent Boston is 3D isometric action role-playing mech game with a little strategy thrown in for good measure, and if I hadn’t mentioned Facebook in the headline you never would have guessed the platform it’s running on. I’m ashamed for not mentioning Robot Rising sooner. Tencent Boston had been…
By Mike Fahey Published October 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Coolest Part of Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 6 is currently being mauled by the critics. It’s getting scores so low, you’ll have to check whether the reviewer is using a five-point scale or a 10-point scale. How bad is this game? Not so bad that it doesn’t contain something awesome. The absolute best thing in RE6, from what those of…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 1, 2012