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It’s Frustrating Trying to Have Sex in a Zynga Game
Kelly Bourdet writes a column over on Vice called Future Sex. It’s about “how technology affects our personal relationships”. In this case, it’s about signing up for Zynga’s Sims clone The Ville and trying to knock some digital boots. Sadly, the game is a little obstructive. “Frustratingly, the “make out” and “snuggle” options, which my…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedQuantum Conundrum Turned Into a Real, Live Game Show
Square Enix and art group iam8bit have gone and done a thing. They’ve paid for a TV show based on first-person puzzler Quantum Conundrum, and it’s going to be hosted by Kevin Pereira. It’s called The Super Dimensional Quantum Learning’s Problems and Solutions Gametime Spectacular!!, and will put contestants in a replica of the game’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedOh God, Jennifer Lopez Might (Still) be Carmen Sandiego
There’s been talk of a Hollywood adaptation of classic educational series Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego for years now, but it looks like the project is finally starting to pick up some steam. Darren Lemke (Shrek Forever) is writing, while one of the producers, Jennifer Lopez, is still looking to star in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2012 - Culture
A Game of Thrones Concept Art Banished to The Wall
Cyril Tahmassebi is a French concept artist and visual designer who has worked on games like Darkworks, I’m Alive, Project Kane and, most recently, Dishonored and Cyanide’s Game of Thrones RPG. While that lost one might not have been much of a game, the art Tahmassebi put together for it is terrific Every piece you…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Nutty Graphics Card Looks Like Ammo For a Sci-Fi Gun
Colorful, a Chinese firm specialising in Nvidia cards, is bringing us this. The iGame GTX 680. It’s ostensibly just a single GTX 680, currently Nvidia’s flagship single-GPU card. But look at it. The iGame GTX 680 doesn’t have a fan like just about every card on the planet. Instead, it packs its own pair of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
Um, It’s Not Really Atari’s 40th Birthday
There was much fanfare today as Atari celebrated its 40th birthday. Only, it’s not really Atari’s 40th birthday. I hate to be that guy, but the Atari of 2012 has about as much in common with Nolan Bushnell’s original company as my beard trimmings do. Maybe even less, since Nolan has a killer beard. The…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
What’s the Deal With All These German Cyborgs?
One game featuring a German with extendable robot arms is a thing. Two is a coincidence. But three? All starring in games developed by Japanese studios? OK, three is a pattern. This post over on GameWTFs, highlighting ten cyborgs starring in Super Nintendo games, contains not one, not two, but three Germans with robot arms.…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Private Eyes, And Regular Eyes, Are Watching You
Hi there Kotaku, and a happy Wednesday to you. It’s 10:30 PM, and that means it must be time for the open thread. We’re all so constantly connected to social media that it’s easy to forget just how many people can see everything we say. So thank goodness for WeKnowWhatYoureDoing.com, who have put together a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
The 3DS XL Getting Its Own Circle Pad Pro
When Nintendo revealed the 3DS XL, Kotaku asked the game maker about the Circle Pad Pro—you know, the add-on circle pad—as it would be too small for the larger 3DS. Nintendo said that the company had nothing to announce at that time. Fast forward to today. In the recent issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 27, 2012 -
UncategorizedSony’s Best Commercial in Years
For around a decade, Sony and its various advertising agencies managed to create not only some of the most memorable commercials in gaming, but straight-up of the most memorable advertisements. While things haven’t been too bad lately – Kevin Butler has his fans, and as corny as it is, “Michael” was a neat idea –…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 27, 2012 -
UncategorizedInsanity, Urination and Other Things to Watch Out for in The Amazing Spider-Man
While we continue our review-aimed adventure with the new Peter Parker under, over and through the streets of New York, here are some of the fun features of The Amazing Spider-Man you can expect to experience in the game’s earliest moments. I’d make a joke here about crazy people urinating and the authentic New York…
By Mike Fahey Published June 27, 2012 -
UncategorizedMax Payne’s Day-To-Day Life Probably Shouldn’t Be This Funny
And yet it is. This video by Michael Shanks (the same man behind that great Box-Art Brawl video from last week) depicts the high’s and lows, mostly lows, of Mr. Max Payne’s day-to-day life. Yes, it’s a joke that’s been done before. Perhaps too many times. And yet the execution here is pretty damned funny.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Liara, You’re Looking Awfully Blue Today. And Very Three-Dimensional.
Hello, Dr. T’soni. Why are you looking at me that way? One Reddit user Nobody_home’s cousin is apparently both a sculptor or prop artist and a Mass Effect fan. This recreation of Liara may not be pitch-perfect—she’s hovering somewhere between her earlier, innocent archaeologist self and her later, darker, Shadow Broker self—but it’s still remarkably…
By Kate Cox Published June 27, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Video Game Roger Ebert Loved
Ever since he typed the words “Games are not art”, Roger Ebert has been vilified by the video game community. But here’s something you might not know about him: He once reviewed a video game and loved it. In the video above, I break down The Cosmology of Kyoto, one of two games that gaming’s…
By Chris Person Published June 27, 2012 -
UncategorizedHey, You Got Your Pokémon In My Kingdom Hearts
Meet the Dream Eaters, the monsters you’ll be attacking, breeding, and recruiting in upcoming action-RPG Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, which is out July 31 for Nintendo 3DS. Kind of remind you of a certain other Nintendo game, don’t they? Still, I’m psyched for this one. It’s looking more like Kingdom Hearts II than…
By Jason Schreier Published June 27, 2012 -
UncategorizedNoisia Drops Some Serious Bombs On The DMC Soundtrack
What kinds of bombs? Dude, all kinds of bombs. F-bombs, beat-bombs, bass-bombs. All of the bombs. The drum and bass group Noisia (NOISIA? I kind of like this all-caps thing bands are doing) has been brought on along with Combichrist to make music for Ninja Theory’s upcoming DMCry, and, well… the music Noisia has made…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Is Either Leaked Half Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Art, or Just Cool Half-Life Art
The website ValveTime has posted a gallery of concept art that their source claims are leaked pieces of concept art for Valve’s much-anticipated (and super long-in-development) Half Life 2: Episode 3. (I should add that the art is from an anonymous visitor from an unnamed source. So, grains of salt in hand.) The art is…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Wonder What Your First Wii U Experience Might Be Like? This Was Mine.
The Wii U console and its distinctive GamePad control device have been floating around convention floors and meeting rooms since its unveiling at last year’s E3. But, for one reason or five others, I hadn’t gotten my hands on one myself. At least not until yesterday, when Stephen Totilo and I wandered around Nintendo’s somewhat-recreated…
By Tina Amini Published June 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best Portal Cosplay Ever? Quite Possibly.
Warning: The video above is more than a year old. But I only saw it for the first time last week when Valve’s Yasser Malaika and Leslie Reed used it in a presentation about Steam for Schools I don’t think Kotaku has ever posted this incredible interpretative Portal dance number. What makes me grin at…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 27, 2012