What We Do And Don’t Know About Dragon Age III: Inquisition

Today’s announcement from BioWare, confirming and naming Dragon Age III: Inquisition, came with startlingly little other news about the game. We’ve known—or at least suspected—for many months now that it was in production, but so far we’ve seen almost nothing official about it. And yet what we have seen, from the story as it’s evolved…

What’s a Warp Whistle Worth in the Real World? Only One Man Can Tell You

Sometimes, rare precious items from the far-off lands of video games show up in everyday life. Who knows how? But they must be worth something right? If only there were some kind of Antiques Roadshow for video games to help people find out… The Gameological Society has whipped up something that sort of fits the…

This Post Only Exists to Justify Pictures from Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Young Frankenstein

The era of Speak Up on Kotaku comes to a close at the end of this week, but we’ve still got some fire left, more than enough to rise to the challenge put forth today by commenter Voltaire Crescent How many more images from Mel Brooks movies can Kotaku use today? They’ve already done Space…

Take a Look at Shin Megami Tensei IV‘s Trailer Again for the First Time

A month back, the trailer leaked for the next, 3DS-bound installment of Atlus’ beloved RPG series. Then it went away. But it’s back now, shinier and more full of the sweeping mythological feel that the SMT series—which spawned the wildly popular Persona offshoot—is known for. Expect to hear more about Shin Megami Tensei IV at…

Tweets from the Nintendo 64 Launch

Twitter was invented 9 1/2 years after the first Nintendo 64 washed up for sale on American shores. That was fortunate for the N64, because, as we re-learned last week, Twitter exists to vivisect any and all video game news—and to make it all seem rather crappy. But what if people could Tweet about the…

Separated at Birth: NBA Coach Avery Johnson, and the Hovitos Fertility Idol from Raiders of the Lost Ark?

A figurehead atop a slowly sinking team, and a figurehead atop a slowly sinking stone. Separated at Birth is pure conjecture. It is not even half-assed genealogical research. Any resemblances are purely coincidental, no matter how hilarious.

The Dorkly Weekly: So That’s How Paperboy Got All Those Front Page Stories

What, the fact that a low-level newspaper employee constantly made it onto the front page never bothered you? Who is writing this newspaper? We have conversations like this one at Kotaku every single day. For more sick and twisted video game comedy, follow the link to Dorkly.com

Candy Corn Oreos and Pumpkin Spice Kisses: It’s the Snacktaku Halloween Variety Spooktacular!

For the children and children-at-heart that don fancy costumes for a night of fun and frolicking, Halloween is October 31. For the certified snack professional, the spooky festivities begin in September, when Cadbury, Mars, Hershey and Nabisco roll out their holiday-themed candy. Hold out your bags, boys and girls. Some snack manufacturers play it safe…

Zynga Buys Company That Made a Facebook Game I Really Liked

Last year, I praised the Facebook game Lucky Space, a space-mining strategy game, for being a) more complex than the average Facebook game and b) fun. Then I forgot to keep playing it, and at some point, perhaps recently, the game was yanked from Facebook? Why? (And isn’t that weird?) The answer may well be…

I Can Never Look At Pac-Man The Same Way Again

In fact, come to that, I may simply never look at Pac-Man again. It’s just too horrifying. Zach Weiner’s Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic crosses the generation gap between an arcade-loving man and a desensitized modern-day kid. Arcade games? Boring? Oh no. Arcade games are terrifying “Pacman,” the man explains, “is the story of a…

One Heck of an Easter Egg Waits For You in Borderlands 2

At a Borderlands 2 panel PAX Prime last month, Randy Pitchford teased attendees with an “accidental” glimpse of an easter egg paying homage to a super-successful indie game. Stop reading here if you don’t want to get spoiled. According to this thread on Reddit, there’s a bit of Minecraft in Gearbox’s hotly anticpated shooter. Screens…

This Is Easily The Greatest Xbox Live Beatboxing I’ve Ever Heard

We’ve all heard a lot of weird things over Xbox Live, and by “weird things” I mean “new and creative horizons in racism and homophobia.” But sometimes, just sometimes, we get to hear something truly amazing. This is one of those times. In the video above, beatboxer PinturaEFX (whose real name is Joshua Miranda) goes…

Three Black Mesa Scientists Have An Awesome Meta-Conversation About Black Mesa: Source

Black Mesa: Source, the long-in-development mod/remake of the original Half-Life, is now available to play. For free. I’m really liking it. Much more than I was expecting to, in fact. It plays like a loving, alt-universe version of Half-Life, which is the best possible approach they could’ve taken. Rather than attempting to pull off a…

Microsoft announces a renewed trademark for Killer Instinct. Wonder what that means for Rare’s cult fighting game?

This Piece of Clothing is More Exciting Than World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

The next World of Warcraft expansion is only a week away, which gives me something to do until November, when the official Mists of Pandaria panda hoodie I just ordered from Jinx arrives. I am a huge fan of hats with ears on them, but as a nearly 40-year-old 6’6″ bald man with a beard,…

Here’s Your First Look at Bad Piggies, The Next Game from the Angry Birds People

Swine are supposed to be one of the smartest species of fauna on the planet. So it makes sense that Bad Piggies-–the next big game coming from Rovio, the dev studio who created the hit Angry Birds franchise—will have players trying to be mad scientists who create all sorts of insane transportation to get from…

It’s Obama Vs. Romney In An Auto-Tuned Video Game Deathmatch

What if Obama and Romney were video game characters, and the national conventions were where they did battle? And what if it wasn’t just any video game, but a super catchy music game, where the candidates crooned and harmonized as they amassed a high score of hope-mentions and implications of faith? Well, I’d probably watch,…

Can You Tell The Difference Between Wii Mario and Wii U Mario?

One of these screenshots above is from New Super Mario Bros. U. The other is for New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Move the slider back and forth to compare. Can you tell which is which? Try this set, too. How about this one? And finally… The Wii U image is the first shot in all…

Why It Doesn’t Matter If This Incredible Looking Racing Game Is on an iPhone

Rob Murray knows you’re going to compare Real Racing 3 to the Gran Turismos and Forza Motorsports of the world. Those PlayStation and Xbox franchises stand as the two best exemplars of a certain kind of authentic racing experience on consoles. Their fans want to replicate being inside a car as much as possible. They…

In Airport Scanner, You Scan People’s Luggage

This is actually a clever idea for a smartphone game: you watch people’s baggage and try to spot weapons. See? Clever! But Airport Scanner is much more than that. In Airport Scanner, there are a variety of things you must keep an eye out for—from pistols and dynamite to ice skates and large bottles of…