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Stand in Awe of This Life-Sized Metroid Statue (Made of Paper!)
I’m hesitant to call this papercraft, since that’s a word we normally associate with little things that sit on a desk. Instead, I’m just going to call this 6’10″ model of Metroid’s Samus Aran a masterpiece. It’s made entirely of paper. Her giant helmet, her giant arms, even her giant feet, all made from paper…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Game Uses Not Just Kinect, but the Wii as Well
And what’s more, it looks awesome, because instead of just asking players to dance to pop music or sing like a teenage girl, it’s asking you to pop, lock and boogaloo your way to awesomeness. It’s called WiiPop, and uses a combination of Wii Remotes (strapped to the player’s body) and Kinect’s camera to, well,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
A Fez Love Letter, Quite Literally
Reader John wrote a love letter to his lady friend Sara. To ensure it didn’t end up straight in the bin, he turned it into an elaborate mural starring Gomez, of Fez fame. John says of the work: I’m a gamer, an art guy, and I love FEZ. Sara is my girlfriend, awesome, and loves…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
OK, Help me Get Into League of Legends
We all have our gaming blindspots. Genres or series we don’t know as much, or play as much, as we would maybe like to. Even those of us paid to be around them all day can’t play everything. For years I’ve been content to let one of my biggest – DotA games – slide. I…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2012 - Culture
Guns, Pretty Ladies & Street Fighters
Artist Arnold Tsang worked on APB before it died and was unceremoniously brought back. He’s also, as Capcom fans may soon recognise, part of the Udon crew, who are unrelenting in their ability to release coffee table books full of awesome Street Fighter art. Right now, he’s working at Blizzard. And right now, we’re going…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
If You’re Going to Steal Pokémon Cards, Don’t Stop to Steal Wart Remover as Well
Victoria Ariail, 27, has been arrested and charged after being caught stealing Pokémon cards from a Lexington Walmart last Thursday. And she would have got away with it too, if it wasn’t for that damned wart remover. See, in addition to the cards, which must be ridiculously easy to steal, Ariail came unstuck because security…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Steam Would Look Like if Indies Made It
Steam is lovely, but at the end of the day, it’s run by a single company, and sells games from (mostly) other big companies. Wouldn’t it be interesting to see what such a platform could look like at the other end of the market? That’s where Tiggit comes in. An open-source program designed to showcase…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedHelp me, Holographic Tupac Shakur, You’re My Only Hope
So, that “holographic” (it’s not really a hologram!) performance from long-dead rapper Tupac Shakur sure was a talking point. I think many people’s problem with it was the fact it was part of some weird half-real rap show. Maybe they’d have been cooler with the whole thing if, instead of bringing him back to rap,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
Massive Plants Vs. Zombies iPad Update Hitting Any Minute Now
The people behind Plants Vs. Zombies are adding a ton of new stuff to the iPad version of the game today. That is, it’s “new” if you haven’t played other versions of the game, that is. But, hey, these added modes, all of which have appeared in other, more expensive versions of the game, are…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 19, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallYes, This is Andy Warhol Painting Deborah Harry on an Amiga
These days, we remember Commodore’s Amiga system for its games. Classics like Cannon Fodder. In 1985, though, the company had grander plans. In this bizarre live demonstration as part of the machine’s launch, artist Andy Warhol, only two years before his death, sits down and “paints” a portrait of former punk idol Deborah Harry using…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallUm, Sega Once Made a Sonic Fighting Game
As promised, today we’ll be looking at Sonic the Fighters. Otherwise known as That 3D Fighting Game Sega Made That For Some Reason Starred Sonic The Hedgehog The story of the game goes like this: in 1995, Sega released an awesome (and sadly forgotten) fighting game called Fighting Vipers. One of the game’s character designers,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Worst Thing In The World
Hello, Kotaku. It’s the middle of the week. It’s 10:30 PM. Do you know where your open thread is? Oh right, it’s here. You’re flippin standing on it. Here are some things from the internet: 10 Aliens Cunningly Disguised as Celebrities – Yep, Summer Glau is on here. Apparently many aliens are attractive brunettes with…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 18, 2012 -
UncategorizedGod of War “4” Leaks Early, Here’s the Debut Trailer
Yeah, it’s looking almost certain that Sony’s big, upcoming PS3 announcement will indeed be a new God of War title. Especially since there’s already an Amazon listing for the thing. And a trailer. A product page on Amazon, complete with box art and trailer (above), reveals the game is called God of War: Ascension. Interestingly,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2012 - Uncategorized
Time to Play “What the Hell is This Thing Sony Just Patented?”
What the hell is this? A steering wheel? A jet fighter’s yoke? It’s certainly a peripheral for the PlayStation Move, with swing-wing handle grips out at the side. Why is that feature necessary? Who the crap knows. This device is, however, patented, and the patent was published on April 3 (it was applied for about…
By Owen Good Published April 18, 2012 -
UncategorizedCrash-Testing The Hell Out of GTA IV‘s Most Lovely Automobiles
Because, well, that’s what you do in Grand Theft Auto IV. You wreck cars. YouTuber InsaneGaz has one heck of an enjoyable channel, featuring hundreds of videos in which he takes modded cars and crashes the living hell out of them. He even hits the Optimus Prime mod! Some highlights are above, but you can…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 18, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hawken is Getting the Live-Action Treatment
As short as the world is on decent multiplayer mech games, I think the main reason so many people have been so excited for Hawken is the look of the thing. Taking a cue from awesome Japanese model series Maschinen Krieger, its dirty, megacity take on the future would look amazing in a blockbuster, let…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2012 - Uncategorized
From Lineage to Journey, White House Games Guru Wants to Know What Makes Players Tick
We know video games are big in pop culture: millions of us, of all ages, play them every day. We know they’re big in business: the video game industry in the United States alone is worth over $25 billion annually, to say nothing of the rest of the world. And it seems that the United…
By Kate Cox Published April 18, 2012 - Uncategorized
Too Bad About That Arrow In The Knee, Doomed Game of Thrones Kid
As this shot from last Sunday’s Game of Thrones shows, NCIS isn’t the only show to feature a reference to Skyrim‘s now-famous “Arrow in the Knee” joke. Well okay, it’s probably the only one to feature it consciously Thanks to commenter Kryle01 for pointing this one out. Poor little guy. To think! He could have…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 18, 2012