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UncategorizedAn Awesome Batman Movie Made Entirely With Super-Realistic Action Figures
So, you’re by now familiar with the insanely-detailed action figures Hot Toys have brought out for Dark Knight Rises. There’s Batman, Jim Gordon, Bane and an upcoming Catwoman piece. Some of those newer pieces, along with this revamped Joker figure, are the stars of this animated trailer for Batman: Dark Knightfall, which thanks to the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
Get Your Series Five Halo Minimates Before They Disappear Completely
Dear Diamond Select Toys: stop releasing new Halo Minimates so fast. Feels like series four just came out, I already spent $25 on Thundercats Minimates at Comic-Con, so there’s no way I can justify the newly-released Halo series five, no matter how much cool shit you pack in each box. It’s not just two tiny…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedAre New Yorkers As Unfazed By Zombies As They Are By Public Poopers? Lets Find Out.
New Yorkers will ignore a lot of oddities walking down the streets of the city. You have to, because you encounter the weirdest things. Like a guy licking his shoe clean on the subway. Or people who like to poop in public. It happens. But, apparently, some things do freak out some New Yorkers. And…
By Tina Amini Published July 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
These Covers Make it Easy to Make Your Gaming Library Look Like The More Traditional Kind
I have to admit: I love these custom game case covers. The idea strikes me as a brilliant one. It’s not that I’m ashamed of our collection of video games. I placed them all on a couple of very visible shelves, after all. Every game there is there for a reason. No, it’s not that…
By Kate Cox Published July 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedPiecing Together LEGO Minecraft
Piecing Together LEGO Minecraft After months of waiting and watching other people have all the fun, the official LEGO Minecraft Micro World has made it into my giant fumbling hands. Let’s put it together! Currently on backorder at exclusive online retailer Jinx, the Minecraft Micro World is $34.99 of tiny joy and eye strain. I…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Denies Including a Rootkit in Uplay Service, Blames Security Exploit on a ‘Coding Error’
A major security flaw in Ubisoft’s Uplay service for launching their PC games was not a product of devious programming nor part of the company’s DRM strategy, the publisher of Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry 3 said in a statement released this evening. The flaw had allowed outsiders to breach Uplay users’ computers and was…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
Want to Turn San Andreas Into Your Own Private Gotham? There’s a Mod For That.
Wouldn’t it be awesome to be Batman? I mean, without all of the angst, perhaps. And without the years of training. And the constant threat of bodily harm. And the… hmm. Okay, you know what? Forget being Batman. I just want the cool parts of being Batman. The Batmobile and the suit and the jumping…
By Kate Cox Published July 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedTim Schafer, Nolan Bushnell and Others Tell You What’s In A Game
Every year sees the release of movies about making music, movies about making other culture and, of course, movies about making movies. Movies about making games? Only once in a while, as with Indie Game The Movie But a new documentary is giving you the chance to hear gaming icons like Tim Schafer, Keita Takahashi…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best Way To Play Skyrim Might Just Be to Make It Kid-Friendly
Generations of gamers who have not only the arcade but also years of computer, Nintendo, and PlayStation games in their pasts are now, themselves, raising children. In a world of wall-to-wall screens and endless gaming options, it can be hard to find just the right game for game-loving parents and their inquisitive kids to enjoy…
By Kate Cox Published July 30, 2012 - Reviews
Dinosaur-Shaped Chicken Nuggets: The Snacktaku Review
In contemporary snackology circles, no theory is as hotly contested as Descartes “Lizard King Postulate”, which argues that any snack is exponentially more enjoyable when shaped like a dinosaur. Time and time again the theory has come under scrutiny by top names in the snack business, with results inconclusive at best. Dinosaur-shaped cakes? Mostly better.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedGuild Wars 2‘s Asura Make The Nerdiest Yo Momma Jokes
It’s been a while now since I got to try out Guild Wars 2. I didn’t have the chance to meet the Asura, ArenaNet’s answer to gnomes, during the most recent beta event But if you did, you might have run into these little guys. For a race of tinkering, researching geniuses, your mama’s IQ…
By Kate Cox Published July 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Dorkly Weekly: Team Rocket Saves the Day?
When Team Rocket appears and your Pokemon rejoice, that’s a sure sign that your training skills need a little work. Oh Rusty, dear, sweet Rusty; you’re such a suck-bucket. For more sick and twisted video game comedy, follow the link to Dorkly.com
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
Fake Gamer of the Week: Attack of the Electric Neon Tentacle Monster
“What, it’s just harmless anime! It’s not like helpless school girls are ever attacked by lascivious multi-tentacled creatures hell-bent on human exploration in real life.” That’s what he kept saying, and as it turns out he was completely 100 percent correct. In real life, the tentacle monsters attack men. I don’t know what to tell…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
We Control the Horizontal. We Control the Kotaku Off-Kilter.
You are traveling to another dimension. A dimension not of sight or sound but of mind. There’s a signpost up ahead; oh wait, it’s just a giant pink arrow. Must be time for the Kotaku Off-Kilter hour.
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
Some of Keita Takahashi’s Video Game Dreams Will Come True This Summer, And You Can Play Them [UPDATE]
Keita Takahashi, the free-thinking creator of Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy is teaming up with Babycastles, the free-thinking New York City-based video game art curators for a most wonderful exhibition. They’re turning several of Takahashi’s brainstorms into real-world, physical games for an exhibition premiering in Manhattan in late August. Takahashi’s ideas involve classic video…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch Paranoia Become The Death of An Entire Group In DayZ
In the video above, one DayZ player decides to infiltrate a wandering group when they mistake him for a member. Once someone’s suspicions starts to rise, though, everyone freaks out. And attacks each other. Anyone could be the infiltrator! Little do they know that the real infiltrator is hanging back, waiting to finish off the…
By Tina Amini Published July 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedCompare the Same Mario Game Running on the Old 3DS and the XL One
We’ve got two copies of New Super Mario Bros. 2 in the office. And we’ve got an original 3DS and the new 3DS XL. The XL’s screens are advertised as being 90% bigger than the regular 3DS’. Numbers are nice, but wouldn’t you rather just see the same game running on each unit? That’s what…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2012 -
ReviewsDeadlight: The Kotaku Review
Now is the summer of our zombie apocalypse discontent. We’ve played so many zombie games; we’ve had glorious highs and depressing lows. We’ve grown sick of zombie games only to be surprised by good zombie games only to become sick of zombies games all over again. At this point, what kind of magnificent zombie game…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 30, 2012