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Black Mesa is Actually Finished, Guys
Believe it or not – and I’d forgive you for not believing it, given the mod’s torturous history – but this is reportedly a shot of notorious Half-Life remake Black Mesa. Like, its gold master disc. Meaning the thing is actually done Well, mostly done; as we told you last week, the mod won’t contain…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
Why The Wii U Will Probably Cost ¥25,000
We won’t know the exact details of the Japanese Wii U launch until 4pm Tokyo time. That’s soon, but to pass the time until then, let’s speculate a little about the console’s price. While we could just guess wildly, plucking numbers out of thin air, let’s instead look at that mightiest of historical tools: precedence.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
A Tribute to One of PC Gaming’s All-Time Greats
Sensible Software. If you know what that means you’re probably smiling already. If you don’t, well, you sure missed out. A British studio most prolific – and successful – in the late 80s and early 90s, Sensible developed for platforms like the Spectrum, Amiga and PC, and became famous for two things: adorable little pixel…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
It Might Sound Silly, But This is Steam’s Best New Feature in a Long Time
You might think the most important new feature in Steam’s “Big Picture” mode is, well, its big picture. But for many hardcore PC gamers, who don’t use the service on a TV screen, the real good stuff can be found with the tweak of a command line. Users in the Big Picture beta have found…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
Adventure Time? 1980s Video Game Cartridges? What is This Madness?
Four very fake, very awesome Adventure Time labels for old Famicom cartridges, for those dreams where you’re running through Super Potato with a basket under your arm, $500 in your pocket and a need to play a 1980s game based on a 21st century cartoon. They’re from simplyAWFUL, a site that specialises in this kind…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 13, 2012 -
Uncategorized22 Of The Best (Short) Portal Movies
Open Source Filmmaker, a community bringing together some of Steam’s best movie creators, recently held a themed event called “Turret Week”. Members had to create short, original films about Portal’s turrets. While most Source Filmmaker clips are still rough, unoriginal affairs using Team Fortress 2 models, these are wonderful, capitalising on the short timeframe and…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 12, 2012 - Uncategorized
And on the Eighth Day, Borderlands Became Real
I’ve seen my fair share of Borderlands cosplay over the years. Some great, some awful, most somewhere in between. I’ve never seen any this good, though. German cosplayer MadameSpontaneous stars as Lilith, though her pals look just as good. Some of the pics are supplied by the cosplayers, others are from Trochly Photographers While getting…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 12, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Time-Lapse Video To Melt Your Brain With Prettiness
It somehow feels like it’s been a long week, but we’re only halfway to the weekend. Why not kick back and watch this crazy gorgeous time-lapse video of the Pacific Northwest? The video is by Portland photographer John Eklund, who has a whole blog of amazing time-lapse footage called The Art of the Time Lapse…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 12, 2012 -
UncategorizedIf Madden‘s Any Measure the NFL’s Bandwagon Teams are the 49ers and Eagles
Through the first week of play in real life of the NFL, some 81.5 million games have been played in Madden NFL, according to this video commissioned by EA Sports. The teams taken online most so far are the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles (rated No. 5 and No. 3, respectively, as “teams…
By Owen Good Published September 12, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Atari 2600 Joystick In Its Purest Form
“Pure” can have a lot of interpretations. For artist Andrew Miller (whose work we’ve covered before) and his “Brand Spirit” series of photographed objects, it means removing all traces of brand and color. And the results are quite pretty. Stylish, even. Though I can see how that NES controller might be initially confusing to use.…
By Tina Amini Published September 12, 2012 -
UncategorizedTake a Good Look at the New Enemies of Halo 4
Looking at this 10 minute video from 343 Industries, makers of the upcoming Halo 4, it’s clear that the mark of Forerunner technology is in something like a break action shotgun that, like, actually breaks apart and re-forms as it is reloaded. You see the same kind of telekinetic influence in other concepts of the…
By Owen Good Published September 12, 2012 - Uncategorized
This David Lynch-Inspired Text Adventure Is Gross, Weird, And Pretty Cool
If you’re looking for something truly different to do with a few minutes of your time tonight, look no further than Adam Dickinson’s weird tape in the mail, a text-adventure that combines crude drawings, paranoid story, and weirdo Lynchian touches into something wretched, strange, and surprisingly compelling. According to Dickinson, weird tape in the mail…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 12, 2012 - Uncategorized
This is Not an Xbox 360 Game. It’s an iPhone Game. Serious.
Sure, racing games have it easier than most when it comes to making things look pretty, but still. Come on. Just look at this. There are enough jaggies to make me think it’s almost a 100% genuine screenshot, but enough of everything else to think that, yeah, maybe the new iPhone 5 will be pretty…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 12, 2012 -
UncategorizedMinecraft‘s Latest Xbox Update Will Let Your Avatar Shear A Sheep
Look I mean hey, I always wanted to watch my little guy get down to business and pull some wool. Thanks to the coming update to Minecraft for Xbox 360, gamers finally can. Via Mojang, here are some screenshots:
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 12, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Kid Gets To Sleep Inside A Video Game Every Night
A couple is expecting their second child almost any day now. In order to accommodate the baby, they’ll need to move their first child out of the nursery and into her own room. The nursery is Mario-themed. So what to do for the older kid room? Turn it into a full 360-degree surround representation of…
By Kate Cox Published September 12, 2012 - Reviews
NHL 13: The Kotaku Review
My ice hockey knowledge comes primarily from being an obnoxious and uninformed fan. When Nashville came to San Jose for the 2007 playoffs, I was the guy trying to start the “Child Predators” chant. In Raleigh, before the Carolina Hurricanes arrived, my friends and I would go to IceCaps games and try a stunt called…
By Owen Good Published September 12, 2012 -
UncategorizedHow Video Game Fans Mourn the Death of One of their Own, Slain in Libyan Attacks
Grief, in an online community, can be a shockingly intimate thing. People who have known each other as a collection of digital avatars and assumed names gather together to mourn the genuinely painful loss of one of their own. The best and most generous parts of a community’s nature often show when tragedy strikes it.…
By Kate Cox Published September 12, 2012 - Uncategorized
Wreck-It-Ralph Really Looks Like It Might Be Toy Story for Video Games
Disney’s been promoting Wreck-It-Ralph with cleverly faked vintage arcade machines and tie-in games that do a good job of channeling the old-school appeal of games like Donkey Kong and Dig Dug. (There’s an Activision game coming, too, but that doesn’t look quite as charming.) But, all those things exist around the orbit of an actual…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 12, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Doomed Kingdoms of Amalur MMO Would Have Explored the Darker Side of Everlasting Life
The sad tale of the closure of 38 Studios and Big Huge Games and the cancellation of the Kingdoms of Amalur becomes even more tragic with each new scrap of information on the massively-multiplayer game. That’s why author R.A. Salvatore explaining the story behind the game at DragonCon earlier this month made me so melancholy.…
By Mike Fahey Published September 12, 2012