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Yeah, It’s Probably Time to Put the Resistance Series to Bed
It just never really clicked, did it? Despite all the advertising and hype and expectations placed upon it, Sony’s Resistance series has always just…been there. People like it, sure, but it’s not exactly a blockbuster, certainly not to the level Sony were hoping/expecting when it debuted alongside the launch of the PlayStation 3. I remember…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 26, 2012 - Culture
From Hawken to…Totoro, the Art of Khang Le
Khang Le is the boss of Adhesive games, the studio behind the promising Hawken, a multiplayer mech shooter on PC. But he’s not just the boss. He’s also the game’s creative director. There’s a few Hawken pieces here, as well as some other mechs and robots. But there’s also some beautiful environment pieces featuring fantasy…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedHere’s Your First Look At Skyrim‘s DLC In… Action
This is Skyrim‘s first piece of downloadable content, Dawnguard, which comes out tomorrow for Xbox 360. I loaded it up for the first time about half an hour ago. Headed to the first new area, Fort Dawnguard. The video above shows what I found there. Enjoy your first look at Skyrim‘s DLC in action. (Exiting…
By Jason Schreier Published June 26, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallCaptain Waffle, Video Gaming’s Unsung Hero
Don’t try and make sense of Spinal Breakers, a 1990 coin-op game. It’s got a story that centres around nuclear war, something called “hildroids” (which look a lot like Nazis to me) and the alteration of the Earth’s axis. What’s important is that you play as a man (and walking Michael Biehn tribute) called Captain…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThat Time a Porn Star Appeared in a Video Game About Giant Space Cats
Like anyone else who played PC games in the early 1990s, I was, and still am, madly in love with Wing Commander III, perhaps the finest moment of the period’s fixation with using real actors. One thing always seemed a little weird to me though: why was there a porn star on the ship? Yes,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedNever Change, Aaron Sorkin. Oh, It Turns Out You Haven’t! Cool.
Hello Kotaku, and welcome to a new week of open threads. It’s beautiful in North America, but apparently quite cold in Australia where Mr. Plunkett lives. If you’re somewhere warm, I hope you’ve been getting outside. Perhaps you have heard all the buzz around master writer (and West Wing, Sports Night, and Studio 60 creator)…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
When a Dog Eats a Nintendo 3DS
NeoGAF user Joe Prodigy left his 3DS alone in a spot where his dog, Loki, could get it. So, yeah. Loki ate the 3DS. If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like when an animal tries to eat a Nintendo handheld, now you know. Either that dog is smart, or just tenacious, because he managed…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Portal 2 Replica Turret Will Silently Protect Your Loved Ones for $300. Sound is Extra.
Gaming Heads, the creators of fine Team Fortress 2 statuary, opens the valve on its new Portal 2 line with this gorgeous 16-inch turret replica, ready to fill speaking and non-speaking roles in your home security regime, depending on how much you’re willing to invest. Can you really put a price tag on quality replica…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Mod Lets You Drive a Car Around Skyrim
The province of Skyrim is big. Really, really big. So big that horses might not be fast enough to cover the amount of ground that you need to cover. Fortunately, Skyrim Nexus mod-maker zdzichorowerzysta (nice handle, buddy!) has made the helpfully titled “Car Mod”, which replaces horses in the game with cars. There’s a real…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
There are Wine Glasses, and Then There Are Vine Glasses
Over at Etsy shop The Basement Invaders, Jason and Alex make a variety of Nintendo-inspired goodies. There are Yoshi egg earrings aplenty, but my favorites are the piranha plant wine glasses. Or maybe the thwomp glasses, which glare angrily at you. Then again, they may be a bad idea; I’d be tempted to slam them…
By Kate Cox Published June 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Are You Hoping to Get Out of Mass Effect 3‘s Extended Ending?
In all the hullabaloo that was raised over Mass Effect 3‘s now famously controversial ending, I sometimes felt like I had lost track of what everyone actually wanted. Some people want closure, others want to see the results of all of their decisions. Others want to understand whether the endings broke the fiction of Mass…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 25, 2012 -
Uncategorizeddeadmau5’s New Video Expertly Channels Limbo
Did you ever wonder what would have happened if the boy from Limbo had reunited with his sister? And say, gone on a safari in Africa? The new video for deadmau5’s “The Veldt” takes some serious inspiration from Playdead’s 2010 Xbox hit, showing two little Limbo-style silhouetted kids going on a magical, mysterious adventure through…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Dead or Alive 5 Couldn’t Have Picked a Better Time to Roll Out the Preorder Swimsuits
Now that all talk of misogyny, mistreatment and objectification of women has been put to rest; now that we’ve all decided to live together in perfect harmony and treat each other as respected equals; now is the time for preorder bikinis and shots of half-naked video game characters sparkling with rivulets of shimmering sea water.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
BioShock Delivers Two Convincing Arguments for Picking Up LittleBigPlanet Vita
In case you were on the fence about preordering a copy of LittleBigPlanet for the PlayStation Vita, LittleBigDaddy and LittleLittleSister are here to push you over the fence, and maybe kill you just a little. This wonderful pair of costumes comes the BioShock Pack, one of two preorder packs for the Vita version of Sackboy’s…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedSave The World 20 Seconds at a Time, Mostly By Kicking Things In The Crotch
If you’ve ever thought that point-and-click games are too slow-paced, McPixel just might be the game for you. Rather than put you into a lengthy series of linear puzzles like most point-and-click games, McPixel throws you into absurd situations and gives you 20 seconds to solve them… or they explode. The game has a wonderful…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 25, 2012 -
ReviewsLego: Batman 2: DC Super Heroes: The Kotaku Review
Lego: Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is the best Batman-Superman team-up video game I’ve ever played, though it’s worth mentioning that it is also the only Batman-Superman team-up video game I’ve ever played. (It might be the only one that exists.) This new game is the 10th of the popular Lego action-adventure games that began…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Official New Mass Effect 3 Ending Can’t Be as Good as These Fan Fiction Ones
Early tomorrow morning BioWare releases the free ending-enhancing downloadable content for Mass Effect 3, hopefully laying to rest the concerns of countless players that were disappointed with the game’s ending. But what of the gamer’s that took it upon themselves to write their own epilogues? FanFiction.net‘s Mass Effect archives are loaded with entries from players…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedMaroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger” is Much Better When It’s About Star Fox
YouTube artist Beau “EpicBeau” Brians doesn’t let the stoic people of Japan get in the way of shooting the public dancing-filled video for his Star Fox song parody “Use Bombs Wisely”. Once upon a time a young man named Beau Brians and his friends created a Super Smash Bros. parody of Cee-Lo Green’s “Forget You”.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2012
