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Check Out What’s New On Off-Kilter, Our Very Own Comedy Section
Brought to you every Monday, from 3:30pm-5pm (EST), Kotaku ventures to lighten your spirits in Off Kilter. Helmed by Kotaku‘s own Mike Fahey, we bring you funny moments in games, silly fan fiction, and sometimes even the most ridiculous stock photos that make paltry attempts at portraying gamers. And then sometimes Fahey will eat something…
By Tina Amini Published April 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Have you done your taxes yet? Me either. The good news is not only do we have an extra day because April 15 falls on a Sunday, we have an extra two days because tomorrow is Emancipation Day, which is an official holiday in the District of Columbia. Has been since 2005. That means for…
By Owen Good Published April 15, 2012 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Mass Effect Retake
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. ActionTrip by Borislav Grabovic and Ure Paul published March 19.—Read more of ActionTrip Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published March 19.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!!…
By Owen Good Published April 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Inflata-Tank Commander: The Winners
A plushy piece of mechanized armor at PAX East rolled into the ‘Shop Contest last week, seeking orders from our talented artists. Yes, there’s a Tiananmen Square reference inside, but we also have 19 other winners, including first-timer hampstasandwich! Element (5) gets us started with the flying-tanks glitch in Battlefield. JimThePea (8) supplies the obligatory…
By Owen Good Published April 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedAn Exercise Bike is the Controller for this Mario Kart Mod
Now, this is exergaming with a purpose. Modder Brent Smith of Canada rigged an old exercise bike with some sensors, switches, transistors, and the indispensable Arduino microcontroller, turning the whole thing into a Super Nintendo controller for use in Mario Kart. Pedaling at a certain rate equals holding down the A button for acceleration, and…
By Owen Good Published April 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedSpace Quest Creators Reunite and Promise a New “Spaceventure”
Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy, creators of the Space Quest series of adventure games by Sierra Online, today announced they were gettin’ the band back together, under the (Two) “Guys from Andromeda” nickname they coined for themselves so long ago. There isn’t much yet to announce in the way of funding, game direction or details,…
By Owen Good Published April 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Sure Does Look Like a Tease of SSX Tricky
Yesterday, the official Facebook page for SSX tossed up that splash image, and the deliberately-worded caption underneath sounds very much like SSX Tricky has a hand in the snowboarding title’s upcoming DLC release. “SSX fans have shown their love for the game’s rich history,” the game’s makers said. “We love that history as well, and…
By Owen Good Published April 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedTurn a GameCube into a Handheld Thanks to the Magic of Tupperware
This Tupperware cereal container (I think that’s what it is) forms the casing for a fully-functional handheld Nintendo GameCube built by user CKmods of YouTube. You can pop the top off it to get to the guts of the machine, but I wouldn’t advise laying the thing down on its back. That’s because the disc…
By Owen Good Published April 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Ability to Destroy a Planet is Insignificant Next to the Power of this LEGO Star Wars Street Organ
This enormous cylinder made of LEGO may look like a Katamari wad that rolled through Hoth, Naboo and the Death Star, but it’s actually a drum driving a synthesizer, player-piano style, that plays the main Star Wars theme. As you can see, the middle section and its structures are what appear to be driving the…
By Owen Good Published April 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedLive, Without a Net, Prototype 2‘s Latest Trailer Falls from a Rooftop
There is no gameplay in this Prototype 2 trailer, which went out late Friday. But there is some rather badass live action, explaining the backstory of protagonist James Heller. He is burning alive with the Blacklight virus—and his desire for revenge upon Alex Mercer. Prototype 2 arrives April 24. If you’re wondering about the vocals,…
By Owen Good Published April 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedTaking a 3DS with You Inside the Louvre is Like Actually Being Inside the Louvre
As mentioned back in December, the audio guides used by the Louvre, one of the most famous museums in the world, were to be replaced this spring by the Nintendo 3DS, using content programmed by Nintendo. This promotional video shows the device in action. I may be missing the point, but beyond the narration explaining…
By Owen Good Published April 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Four Base Hits
A foursome of March releases including, finally, MLB 12 The Show have all seen $10 price cuts, leading us into this week’s edition of The Moneysaver. If this bunch doesn’t appeal to you, a sale on PC downloads ends today, as another one on Kinect games begins. There are more than 70 deals, incentives and…
By Owen Good Published April 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Valve is Working on “Wearable Computing” (Among Other Things)
In a lengthy and detailed post on what looks like an interesting new “employee blog” section of the company’s site, Valve’s Michael Abrash, a very smart man, has outlined a project he’s working on at the games developer and online network operator: wearable computing. Yup. Computers you can wear. Think Google’s Glasses, only, made by…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the weekend round-up of everything Kotaku that is awesome. While I was away you got some furry images from Fahey. I hope you enjoyed that. But I’m back with an image of Metal Gear Kirby. Solid Kirby? Kirby Snake? Something like that. As usual, we hit the Best Comment From The Community before…
By Tina Amini Published April 14, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallMaybe I Liked GoldenEye For Weird Reasons
Earlier this week, we published an intelligent takedown of the beloved Nintendo 64 James Bond first-person shooter GoldenEye. Maybe, our guest writer wrote, this game was a little bit flawed. Maybe the campaign was monotonous and the multiplayer map design was weird. Maybe we can still love the game despite or because of its flaws.…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 14, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThere was Once a U.S. National Video Game Team, and This Guy Was Its Captain
A leader of a national team of athletes could reasonably expect to make a few endorsements or appearances, and in his day, Donn Nauert had his. Whether supplying a pro’s advice on Gradius or judging a video gaming triathlon, the captain of the U.S. National Video Game Team offered confidence, rectitude and, of course, a…
By Owen Good Published April 13, 2012 -
UncategorizedCatch the First Proper Trailer for Pokemon Black &White 2
Here, take a look at the debut gameplay trailer for upcoming Pokemon sequels Black & White 2 on the DS, showing some of the new trainers in action. Both games will be out in Japan on June 23, and in the US and Europe sometime in the Fall. [thanks Sam!]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
The Greatest Justification For Messed-Up Video Game Graphics I Ever Saw
I’ve forgotten most of the things I read in video game instruction manuals when I was a kid. But one thing I read in the instruction manual for the Commodore 64 version of Double Dragon stuck with me. It taught me something about the reality of video games. I’m talking about a note in the…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 13, 2012 - Uncategorized
Super Comfy Movie-Theater Seating That You Can Fall Asleep In
Welcome to your open thread, Kotaku! And happy Friday the 13th! Since not everyone seemed to appreciate the Titanic movie-going experience I posted the last time I did open thread, I have a new movie theater suggestion for those looking more for comfort than experience. You’ll just have to go all the way to Malaysia…
By Tina Amini Published April 13, 2012