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UncategorizedIt’s Silly When Video Games Try To Be Real
Video games can be pretty silly when you think about it. Save systems, over-the-top fashion designs, even entire concepts that a game is based on can make no sense outside of the video game world we’re familiar with. What would happen if you made a video game real? Well, Final Fantasy VII‘s Cloud would probably…
By Tina Amini Published April 17, 2012 -
UncategorizedWhich of These 15 Draw Something Player Types Fits You?
After playing Draw Something on the iPhone or iPad for any amount of time, you begin to mentally file your partners by type. Lihay Kalvo created this video to help you properly identify which category you fall into. Me? I fall somewhere between the one that can’t draw and the artist that saves the word…
By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2012 -
UncategorizedHere’s the Cast of Mass Effect 3 As You’ve Never Seen
In another round of uncensored video games, Mass Effect 3 characters say some pretty odd things. I love the dialogue in BioWare’s games, but the funny, uncensored twist is great for laughs. Definitely breaks the tension of that whole “end of the world,” “the Reapers are coming” thing. Thanks, Mathue!
By Tina Amini Published April 17, 2012 -
UncategorizedZombies, Run! Will Force You To Care About Exercise
I play a lot of video games. But I don’t play a lot of video games that force me to go outside and run around my neighborhood. That’s the appeal of Zombies, Run! a game for iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android that’s more of a podcast than any sort of interactive entertainment. It’s a game…
By Jason Schreier Published April 17, 2012 - Esports
Gamers Watch Over 3 Billion Minutes of Competitive Gaming Per Month
Thinking of “CBS” and “sports” conjures up images of quiet rounds of golf, or the contained frenzy of a college basketball game. Now, however, CBS Interactive is throwing its hat into the world of virtual competitions, focusing its energies on the rapidly growing world of eSports. Competitive gaming is growing rapidly, here in the early…
By Kate Cox Published April 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Cutest Street Fighter Tournament Ever
Forget all the competitive, professional tournaments. This is the tournament I want to watch. NeoGAF user TheFightingFish uploaded this picture of his two adorable children, dressed up as Chun-Li and Ryu and fighting as Chun-Li versus Ryu. Although he didn’t win the arcade stick photo contest the photo originally appeared in, they win the day…
By Tina Amini Published April 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
Halo 4 Will Be Out On Election Day
Halo 4 will be out on November 6, 2012, publisher Microsoft said today. That’s also the day Americans will vote for the next President. My money’s on Cortana. The upcoming Xbox 360-exclusive first-person shooter will mark “the first chapter of a brand new Halo saga,” the company said. This will be the first entry in…
By Jason Schreier Published April 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! This TAYpic comes courtesy of kaploy9 channels the…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 17, 2012 -
UncategorizedThere’s a Space Shuttle Riding On The Back Of a Jumbo Jet This Morning
The Space Shuttle Discovery got flown to Washington, D.C. today, on the back of a 747 jumbo jet. Regular folks are snapping some terrific photos as Discovery makes its way to the Smithsonian. Here’s a sampling from various online sources. Follow the #spottheshuttle tag on Twitter for tons more amazing photos. Add your own in…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 17, 2012 -
UncategorizedSee a Twisted Dystopia In The Awesome First Trailer For Bethesda’s Dishonored
Here’s the first trailer for Bethesda’s Dishonored, a first-person stealth action game that the publisher will release this year for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. We get to meet the main character, Corvo, who is apparently framed for an assassination he didn’t commit. And we get to see the steampunk-inspired open world, which is…
By Jason Schreier Published April 17, 2012 -
UncategorizedI’m Pretty Sure This Star Trek Video Game Trailer Breaks the Prime Directive
The number one rule in Star Trek fiction states that the Federation can’t mess with the development of other planets. Looks to me like that whatever planet Kirk and Spock are on is freakin’ crumbling. Surely, that counts as messing with development, right? Nevertheless, Starfleet’s most famous officers are finally coming back to video games…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
Wasteland 2 Has Now Made $3 Million From People Like You
The grassroots initiative to generate a sequel to old-school CRPG Wasteland wrapped up last night by getting more than triple the amount that InXile Entertainment was asking for. In addition to the $2,933,147 raised on Kickstarter, $108,803 has donated through PayPal. Passing $3,000,000 means that a mod kit will be made available for the in-development…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
I Sunk 40 Extra Hours Into Mass Effect 2 To Salvage My Relationship With Thane
I haven’t played Mass Effect 3 yet. As a big fan of the franchise, I’ve been meaning to. But I had a very important task at hand before tackling the last game in the trilogy. I needed to replay Mass Effect 2 (Mass Effect 2 spoilers ahead.) In my first playthrough of the sequel, I…
By Tina Amini Published April 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
Red Pandaren Males Don’t Get Fluffy Tails? World of Warcraft is Dead to Me
What kind of World of Warcraft does Blizzard expect us to live in when the red male Pandaren doesn’t have a long floofy tail? It just doesn’t make sense. I was cautiously optimistic that the Mists of Pandaria expansion would feature enough new content to keep the game interesting for another couple of years. Now…
By Mike Fahey Published April 17, 2012 - Kotaku East
This Japanese Video Game Sets Feminism Back, Oh, a Good Hundred Years
Girl’s RPG: Cinderellife is the newest game by Level-5. Far from the puzzle solving of Professor Layton or the giant armored suits of White Knight Chronicles, this title is directed toward the female gamer demographic—just as the name suggests. But what exactly is a “Girls RPG,” I wondered. Is it about a strong female protagonist,…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 17, 2012 - Kotaku East
Japan’s Beer Machine Promises a Perfect Pour
A perfect pour in Japan has just the amount of right amount of head. This beer tap (beer fountain?) tilts the glass, just so. At after the beer is poured, foam jets out, and a creamy head is poured. I’m not sure if this exists outside of Japan. Perhaps it does. When I first came…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2012 - Kotaku East
Man Arrested for Stealing Super Rare…Stickers
On April 16th, a 34 year-old male stole a total of 2,500 Bikkuriman stickers in Hokkaido, Japan. First going on sale during the 1980s, the Bikkuriman stickers are packaged with chocolate snacks. Being around for so long means that certain Bikkuriman stickers are worth well over $1,000—just as some of the stolen stickers were. With…
By Toshitaka Tachibana Published April 17, 2012 - Kotaku East
Japanese Porn Is Overdosing on Video Games and Anime
If something exists, then, yes, there is a dirty movie of it. Video games and anime exist, so, yes, there are dirty movies of them. Japan just seems to have more of them. Sure, the West has its own video game porn parodies. Blue movie versions of World of Warcraft, Left 4 Dead, and Tomb…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 17, 2012 -
Kotaku EastHostess Clubs Are Invading Video Games (Host Clubs Too!)
Last year at the Tokyo Game Show, Level-5 announced they were making an RPG on the 3DS specifically targeted toward girls. I was interested by the idea. What exactly is a “girl’s RPG.” Would it present girls with a strong female role model or would it just be a traditional princessy love story? But whatever…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 17, 2012