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CultureTotal RecallUnboxing a…1986 Sega Master System
Who gives a shit about unboxing modern games hardware. We all do it when we buy the thing, they come with basically nothing, and the documentation is woeful. Let’s enjoy, then, this unboxing of a 1986 Sega Master System bundle. Marvel at the included accessories. Gape in awe at the pack-in games. I actually never…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
Your Eyes Are Not Ready For This Hideous Sega Jacket
Just as Nintendo had its Power Line, so too did Sega once have its own band of phone-based game assistance. It was staffed by men and women who were known as Sega Game Counselors, and in addition to their jobs helping kids get past the tough parts of games, they also got these jackets. This…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
As Always, You Had Me At “Dog Riding a Bike”
I mean, you didn’t even have to tell me his name was “Norman.” Hello Kotaku, and welcome to Tuesday’s open thread. I always used to like Tuesdays because even though the weekend is far away, ‘Rescue 911’ was on. Maybe I’ll do a week of open threads themed to the TV shows I used to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Six Video Game Reviewers Team Up to Take On Dragon’s Dogma
It takes a strong party of adventurers to take down a dragon, but an even stronger party to dissect a game as massive as Capcom’s ambitious action role-playing game Dragon’s Dogma. Do these six brave heroes have what it takes? What a silly question, this is what they do for a living. They play through…
By Mike Fahey Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Skyrim’s Giant Dragon Wall, Installed on a Regular Office Wall
Alduin’s Wall, the giant stone wall that not only plays an important role in Skyrim but which was also prominent in the game’s early advertising, was last year turned into an actual thing Strung up at Bethesda’s E3 and PAX booths, it’s now found itself a permanent home in the offices of the game’s developer,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2012 -
UncategorizedGet Drunk and Slappy With This Ginned-Up Rayman: Origins Drinking Game
From the guys who brought you “Mario Party Down”, the excellent Mario Party drinking game (with some bonus Party Down references) comes “Rayman OriGin and Tonics.” (Groan.) Yep. It’s all gin, all the time. The game leverages the abusive nature of Rayman Origins‘ co-op gameplay to get you as drunk as possible. Take four drinks…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
We’ve Waited a Terribly Long Time for Fieldrunners 2
One of the most popular tower defense games of all time, Fieldrunners has been charming and challenging players on the iPhone, iPad, Android devices, the PSP, PlayStation 3, and the Nintendo DSi since 2008. Subatomic Studios is finally ready to release a sequel, giving fans only a month to get their affairs in order. Featuring…
By Mike Fahey Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
I Was Impressed By Company of Heroes 2‘s Fire And Snow
The physical feature that most impressed players of the first great Company of Heroes real-time strategy game was the earth. In combat, under the impact of a grenade or tank shell, it cratered. There were many other things to like in the first CoH, which is one of the best-reviewed video games of all time.…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Sony Web Address for Next PlayStation Doesn’t Work Anymore
Above, an image screencapped on my computer the day this past March when we broke the news that the so-called PlayStation 4 is codenamed Orbis That URL up there used to work, curiously bringing people to same PlayStation developers’ site that similar web addresses for PS3 would take you to. I tried it again today.…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Fallout‘s Chris Avellone Agrees to Join Fan Webseries Project
Fan webseries Fallout: Nuka Break is, as Kotaku once observed, actually pretty good. The first season ran through 2011. Riding the wave of gamer zeitgeist in 2012, the series’ creators have turned to Kickstarter to find the second season. Fans rallied and the Kickstarter campaign met and exceeded its goals some time ago, so the…
By Kate Cox Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare Creators Were Going To Make $16 Million Each In The Year They Were Fired
All manner of dirty laundry is currently being aired the ongoing ongoing lawsuit between Activision and Vince Zampella and Jason West, creators of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare A series of internal Activision emails indicate the projected 2009 and 2010 earnings of the most well-paid 30 employees at Infinity Ward. In 2010, the year that…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Looks Like Sega’s Publishing Ron Gilbert’s New Adventure Game
If you follow all-around funny guy Ron Gilbert on Twitter, you’ll have noticed that the beloved adventure game designer has been doling out sneak peeks at the playable characters that will be appearing in the game he’s making with Double Fine Productions. Well, the intrepid folks at Sega Bits have matched up the jagged outlines…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 22, 2012 -
UncategorizedI Played XCOM: Enemy Unknown With An Xbox Controller. It Works.
Given its pedigree, you might expect XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the October-scheduled throwback to a classic computer strategy game, to be playable only by mouse and keyboard. Can’t work any other way, right? I played the new turn-based strategy game on a PC last week in Santa Monica. I played it with an Xbox 360 controller…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Major League Baseball 2K‘s Cancellation Looms on Grim News from Game’s Creators
Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of 2K Sports, notably left Major League Baseball 2K out of its planned releases in its coming fiscal year in a call with investors today. Kotaku asked Take-Two Interactive if it could confirm the end of the series, and it released this statement: “Our legacy Major League Baseball agreement will…
By Owen Good Published May 22, 2012 -
UncategorizedIndie Gem J.S. Joust Is Flagrantly Cloned [Update]
Die Gute Fabrik’s hugely enjoyable screenless indie game Johann Sebastian Joust is the latest victim of app-store cloning. An iOS game called Papa Quash released yesterday apes not only Joust‘s core mechanical idea, but shamelessly lifts its marketing, imagery, and overall vibe. Both Joust and now Papa Quash are games that are played outside of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
X-Com First Person Shooter Severely Delayed Yet Again
The bold first-person shooter take on classic strategy game X-Com, long in development by BioShock 2 creators 2K Marin, has been pushed back another year by publisher Take Two to some time between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014
By Stephen Totilo Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Five Comics That Question Everything You Know This Week
If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Rainbow Bridge: Marvel and DC Comics Bring Same-Sex Superheroes into the Spotlight
This morning, the ladies of ABC’s The View were talking about a celebrity wedding. Happens all the time, right? But the celebrities in question were the X-Men, not the Kardashians. And the wedding? It’s going to be super-fast adventurer Northstar marrying his longtime boyfriend Kyle. Definitely not your typical talk-show fare. While this storyline was…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 22, 2012