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UncategorizedReggie’s Body is Ready for an E3 Fighting Game
Expo Fighter is a 2D fighting game in development that leaves dojos, headbands and scantily-dressed Japanese women at the door, instead focusing on combat between…video game company executives. On the stage at E3. That’s the good news. The bad news? It’s asking for $18,000 as a crowd-sourced project, which for a browser-based, free-to-play title seems…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Skyrim Statue Hides an Amazing Secret
Look at the detail on this statue of Alduin, the badass villain of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The plated scales, the individual teeth, the glowing red eyes, the curled tongue. It’s insane. Now, know that the inscription on the base reads “Happy Birthday Tim”. Yup. This is a cake It wasn’t meant for looking. It…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 10, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallArcade Lights Made Michael J Fox’s Hair Look Magnificent
Of all the teen movies that crawled out of the 1980s, High School USA was far from the finest. And yet here we are, watching a scene of it, right here on Kotaku. Why? Because Michael J Fox is in it, looking divine. And because it reminds us Crispin Glover has always been a little…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 9, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
What Arcades Looked Like Before Video Games
The word “arcade” is these days synonymous with video games, but it wasn’t always that way. In 1968, there was no such thing as a consumer video game. So arcades had to make do the old-fashioned way. With pinball machines, novelty amusement machines and lightgun games. There was even room for a fortune teller. These…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
No, What Does “Exacerbate” Mean?
Hello Kotaku. We’re at that midway point again, where the beginning of the week becomes the end of the week, and round and round we go. Welcome to the open thread. Here, as always, are some things that you might enjoy “Teacher vs. Bieber” – You mean you’re not the least bit curious about what…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Twitter Is Pretty Sure Bioshock Infinite Has Become Duke Nukem Forever
Perhaps you heard today that Ken Levine and Irrational’s much-hyped, ambitious Bioshock Infinite has been delayed until 2013 Why was it delayed? Was it because it’s a really ambitious-looking game that needs more time to be completed? Was it because they decided to add multiplayer? Or was it because the game is actually a flaming…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedWorld of Warcraft‘s Panda Warriors Now Have the Ability to Get Down
Maybe the Pandaren race coming to World of Warcraft isn’t cute enough for you. Or maybe they’re too cute already. Wherever you fall on this crucial issue, there’s one thing you need to know. Those pandas? They can dance now. According to MMO Champion, the latest beta patch enabled the male and female Pandaren warrior…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Here’s Hoping The Next Xbox Really Does Feature Squeeze-Controls
A report over at Engadget shows a patent filed by Microsoft for a device that uses “personalization using a hand-pressure signature.” The image in their patent filing is a chunky, lovable Xbox 360 controller that, going by the title, will be able to detect your identity based on your hand-pressure via a “presure sensitive surface.”…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Nearly 23 Million Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Matches, And Yet The Reapers Just Keep Coming
A scant two weeks after Mass Effect 3 launched, BioWare shared some stats about how the galaxy of multiplayer reaper-killing fared. Now, two months later, they’re back with an update. It seems I’m not the only one who keeps coming back for more, as close to 23 million matches have been completed so far, and…
By Kate Cox Published May 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedWe Support These Same-Sex Marriages in Video Games
Today, President Barack Obama announced his support for gay marriage. At which point the internet at large threw the guy so many high-fives Vishnu himself would’ve probably been a bit overwhelmed. And yeah, maybe it was kinda bullshitty and way overdue and certainly politically calculated, but still. It’s nice that he said it. Of course,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedSimon Cowell Is Impressed By Your Laser-Harp Performance of the Tetris Theme
Sometimes the headline says it all, doesn’t it? On Britain’s got Talent, contestent Greig Stewart, a 27 year-old software developer came on to do a musical performance. But of course, he didn’t just sing a rendition of a show-tune or dance to a tune… he played the Tetris theme on a laser-harp of his own…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
PS3 Gets a $299 Call of Duty Bundle
Sony announced today that on may 25 they’ll be releasing a bundle which includes a 320GB PS3 and a copy of Modern Warfare 3. And that’s it. No second controller, no bonus DLC, no fancy custom console. Just a black console and the game.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Xbox Minecraft Locks Some Players Out Of Its Biggest New Feature
Some people who bought the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft have found themselves unable to use one of its most important features. Unless they feel like buying new televisions. The console version of Minecraft, which launched today on Xbox Live Arcade, offers a unique mechanic that isn’t available on the computer: split-screen multiplayer. You can…
By Jason Schreier Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Adorable Disney Version Of Game of Thrones’ Dragon Queen
When the internet quits coming up with amazing riffs on Game of Thrones, I’ll quit posting them. Until then, we’ve got miles to go, folks, and a great many more Seven Kingdoms-tinged things to laugh about. Today it’s this illustration of Game of Thrones‘ dragon-mother Daenerys Targaryen, re-imagined as a Disney princess. Which of course…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
ESPN’s NFL Studio Host Says He’s Appearing in Madden
In a series of revelatory Tweets spotted by Operation Sports yesterday, Hal Chapman Wingo III, better known as “Trey,” the host of ESPN’s NFL Live studio show, said he would be appearing in Madden NFL 13. Wingo tweeted a picture of a green screen set for Madden NFL 13, as well as details of a…
By Owen Good Published May 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedHere is Baseball’s Most Frightening Play, as Seen in MLB 12 The Show
There’s a reason coaches throw batting practice behind a screen: As the pitcher, you are first in line against a cannon firing a shell weighing about one-third of a pound, at nearly 100 miles per hour. Ask Herb Score, the bullet line-drive back up the middle has ended and severely altered some promising careers. A…
By Owen Good Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
A Transgender Transition Inside EA Sports: “Will Everyone Stare at Me?”
Going from the person most co-workers know as a man to one they will know as a woman is a challenge most people won’t ever have to face. Doing it in the sports division of a video game company probably adds a ridiculous degree of difficulty. But when EA Sports producer John Worrall became Kelly…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Ignore Hitler When You Play Draw Something With This Guy
Scottish Draw Something artist Michael has a propensity to insert Hitler into the most out of context game prompts ever. There is not a round of his that doesn’t somehow incorporate the toothbrush mustache and swastika emblem. Heck, he’s even got the walrus to sport the Hitler look. The answer to his drawing puzzles won’t…
By Tina Amini Published May 9, 2012