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UncategorizedFreak Yourself Right the Hell Out With This Live-Action Slender Video
Go ahead, see how much of this you can take. What’s the matter? The clip is only 2:09 long. Yeah, there’s a reason I’m posting this live-action of the Slender video game in broad freaking daylight. It’s a favor to anyone who isn’t familiar with the creepypasta, which I’m also not linking to as a…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Sony Shuts Down Online Play for Two MotorStorm Games
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, released in 2008, and its PSP counterpart MotorStorm Arctic Edge (2009) are losing their online play features on October 1. An announcement on Sony’s UK PlayStation site said servers for those two games and SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 (also PSP) will be closed on that date. I really enjoyed MotorStorm: Pacific Rift.…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
‘Honey, If I Bought this Facehugger Corset for You, Would You Wear It for Me?’
Hey, facehugger, my face is up here, right? Rage Custom Creations just finished this corset that ensures no one will ever look its wearer in the eyes. It’s being sold for $250 if you have that kind of jing, but it’s fair to say few can pull off this look. More pictures are at Rage’s…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Sexy Mario, Anyone?
We have a special guest star in this week’s ‘Shop contest. None other than Sexy Mario has agreed to pose for you. That’s-a it, Mario, work it, baby! OK, give me more pouty … Fresh off his latest shoot on the tennis court, Sexy Mario gave us permission to use one of his shots as…
By Owen Good - Culture
Sunday Comics: Don’t Stand So Close to Me
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. Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published July 16.—Read more of Penny Arcade Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published July 16.—Read more of Awkward Zombie…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
DLC for Street Fighter X Tekken‘s Steam Release Delayed to This Coming Week
The first release of downloadable content for Street Fighter X Tekken‘s PC version has been delayed—on Steam. If you use Games For Windows Live, you could get it on Friday, says Capcom. What’s the holdup? “An unforeseen error with the Valve submission process,” according to the Capcom-Unity blog. The pack should release early this week.…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
NASA is Putting Portal 2 in Space. (Really)
That panel is a part of some sort, to be flown on a resupply craft to the International Space Station this coming Friday. “An anonymous tech at NASA,” is responsible for laser-engraving Wheatley, the antagonist of Portal 2 the Space Core on the part, Valve said in its official Portal blog on Friday. “And please…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s your morning call you can all talk about the games you’re playing, loving and hating in Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place to discuss all things video game and existential. Go to the TAY forum at this link and do what you’ve always done: share your thoughts and opinions on the things you’re passionate about.
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Who’s That Grill? The Winners
Justin Tuck’s unfacemaskable facemask? It’s in the game. It’s in a lot of other things, too, thanks to last week’s photoshop and overall winner BigMike McCarthy! Last week I asked you guys to morph, swap or photobomb something with Tuck’s grill, and you responded with verve. Notable submissions include Nude_Eskimo (7—look, he even matched up…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
This is Gabe Newell in His Freshman Year of High School
It’s only his freshman year, that’s why the Valve co-founder and boss hasn’t yet been voted Most Likely to Succeed. Spied by Redditor electrifuzz in his father’s yearbook from Davis (Calif.) Senior High. I discovered today that Gabe Newell went to the same high school at the same time as my dad. They didn’t know…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Guild Wars 2 Pays a Lasting Tribute to an Old Warrior
In whatever he chose to play, Roger Rall was a keystone member of his guild, the consummate teammate. As much as reveled in PvP in Warhammer Online, Dark Age of Camelot or Rift, his voice was unmistakably calm, clear and authoritative above the din of the battle. He went by “Oldroar,” and, at 65, he…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
This Video Game Studio Says No One Can Taste the Difference Between Coke and Pepsi
Oh come on. Come on. Who can’t taste the difference between Coke and Pepsi? Coke is drier and chocolatey…er. Pepsi is sweeter and … fizz…ier? For real, there is a complete and total difference between the two soft drinks, one that developers at Double Fine failed to recognize with any consistency. Come on. Apparently bored…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Some Patent Troll is Suing Minecraft and an Ensemble Cast of Big Names
If Mojang and Markus “Notch” Persson, the creator of Minecraft, end up down at a courthouse in east Texas, they’ll probably see some familiar faces. Hell, it might be enough for a quorum of the Game Developers Conference. This morning, Notch tweeted that he awakened and discovered he’d been sued for patent infringement. And while…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
The Big Winners in the Madden Lawsuit Are, Of Course, Lawyers
Electronic Arts will set up a $27 million fund to settle a class action lawsuit alleging its Madden NFL series was a price-gouging illegal monopoly. To no one’s surprise, the biggest payment out of that will be to lawyers. Terms are subject to a judge’s approval, but the plaintiff’s lawyers have agreed that when they…
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UncategorizedThose Brain Butchers Mashed Up Total Recall‘s Trailer with Mass Effect
Illusive Man as Cohaagen, Miranda as Lori, Liara as Melina. And Shepard as Quaid. This is the audio from Total Recall‘s 2012 trailer and visuals from the Mass Effect trilogy, by an outfit called Node Studios. They’ve done three other mashups of recognizable trailers since June; this is probably the best of the four. Now,…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Savings on the Horizon
Just one upcoming release gets a discount this week, and Walmart is running a combination sale that’s attractive, but the games involved were released last year at the latest. If you’re looking to get a Kinect sensor, refurbished ones can be found cheap. Those savings and nearly 50 others highlight this week’s roundup of deals…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. First up is the image above. The recent Team Fortress 2 excitement following the release of Valve’s Filmmaker and the introduction to the Pyro class still hasn’t died down, as evidenced by Donc-Désolé’s creation you see above. Moving on…
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