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Rumor: The Wii U has $180 Worth of Parts, Won’t Be Sold Under $300
The closer we get to E3, when the Wii U seen there is expected to be the finished product, you can expect rumors on this machine to increase commensurately. Here’s another one. The Wii U’s parts will cost about $180, with roughly $50 of that going to the controller. That’s according to the unidentified sources…
By Owen Good Published April 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedIs This How You Roll in Skyrim, Too?
Look, a hilarious and well-done Skyrim video that also does not reference wounded joints or fus ro dah! They do exist, you know, and now there’s another—an outstanding goof on looting dead bodies, sometimes before they hit the ground, sometimes before they’re even dead bodies. The video is by Michael Shanks and Sam McCabe; the…
By Owen Good Published April 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Skimpy Outfit Gets Lollipop Chainsaw Cosplayer Asked to Change Or Leave PAX Show Floor
Word is that Jessica Nigri, a big-time cosplayer hired to portray the protagonist of Lollipop Chainsaw, was asked to leave the PAX East show floor yesterday. Why, you ask? Oh, I don’t know. Maybe that hot pink jumpsuit with a “neckline” plunging to her crotch has something to do with it. She’s back today (here…
By Owen Good Published April 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Another Four Assassin’s Creed III Screens Tumble Out, Showing Gameplay
From whence these came originally, your guess is as good as mine, but if Ubisoft is trying to keep screens of Assassin’s Creed III secret, they’re doing a poor job. Three of these screenshots depict Connor sneaking around a battlefield as Yanks and Redcoats trade fire. You get a look at the game’s HUD for…
By Owen Good Published April 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Inflata-Tank Commander
You’re gonna have to put on your thinking cap for this one. That’s an inflatable tank, a prop spied at PAX East 2012. Its purpose is unknown. Its capabilities likewise have not been analyzed. That’s where you guys are going to take over. I mean, come on, inflatable toys make for awesome girlfriends ‘Shop Contests,…
By Owen Good Published April 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedSneaking And Slashing Through Lovely Darkness in Mark of the Ninja
Mark of the Ninja doesn’t look like your average stealth game. You won’t be hiding in cardboard boxes or waiting 10 minutes for soldiers to turn around. And it’s all two-dimensional. Mark of the Ninja, which developer Klei Entertainment first announced February in the form of a neat text adventure, is more reminiscent of platformers…
By Jason Schreier Published April 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Happy Easter. For those who observe the holiday, hope the good bunny left you a basket full of candy and you recovered all the eggs he dispersed in the yard. Good morning, and welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves. Today’s image comes to us courtesy of, who else, The Real Pan1da7. You, too, can be…
By Owen Good Published April 8, 2012 - Culture
Sunday Comics: You Kiss Your Mother With That Mouth?
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. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published April 6.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published April 2.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by…
By Owen Good Published April 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedSuper Mario Bros. 1-1 With An Upside Down Controller? Not That Hard
Indie-curious attendees of this week’s PAX East gaming show in Boston can get a “passport” stamped for every game they check out in the show’s indie mega-booth. They can’t just stop by the booth. They have to do something. At the Drinkbox Studios part of the booth, where smart attendees wil check out a game…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Weekend’s Best-Named Game Is Guacamelee
The word “Guacamelee” looked indecipherable when I first spotted it on a sign in the indie games booth at the big PAX East show this weekend. I sounded it out. And then I was smitten. Guacamelee turns out to be the perfect word to describe a Mexican-folklore-themed brawler from the creators of Tales from Space:…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best of Kotaku, This Week
With Tina and crew at PAX East all weekend long, it’s my responsibility to gather together the best of everything Kotaku had to offer this week. That should explain why it’s a day late. It might also explain the rabbit picture atop this post. Before you all shout “furry!” and run for the hills, know…
By Mike Fahey Published April 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Lamborghini Bat-Shop: The Winners
Does the Batmobile have license plates? No? Does it even need them? The hell with it. A kind-hearted car enthusiast from Maryland supplied the basis for our latest ‘Shop. and we have 20 winners, plus overall winner RobotMoses! I love what you did to East Tremont! Totilo and I both had to read The Power…
By Owen Good Published April 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Cosplay of PAX East: Day Two
No way, Hannibal, I ain’t gettin’ on no plane with a crazy fool who don’t look at this gallery of cosplayers at Penny Arcade Expo East. This is the second day roundup of cosplayers at the year’s first big fan-attended show. We will have more tomorrow, so check back then!
By Owen Good Published April 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Is The Right Way To Cosplay Portal 2‘s Robot Pals
Here are two people I chased at PAX East. Their costumes aren’t perfect, but their cosplay concept is. They are the puppeteers of the two spindly robots from Portal 2 Do they have a panel loose or an eye covered the wrong way? I don’t care. They’re awesome.
By Stephen Totilo Published April 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedEarly Bastion Prototype Looked Very Different
You can see many of the ideas behind what would become indie gem Bastion in its original 2009 prototype, which developer Supergiant Games is showing off at its booth during this weekend’s PAX East. But it sure looks different. Before there were Gasfellas and Windbags, there were random bits of placeholder art from Dungeons &…
By Jason Schreier Published April 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Aliens: Colonial Marines Multiplayer is Adrenaline-Pumpingly Good
If there’s one thing you can say to me to make a first-person shooter experience sound more exciting, it’s that it’s not a modern military shooter. In the case of Aliens: Colonial Marines—releasing this Fall for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U and PC—that involves having different classes of aliens with acid-burning blood fighting against a…
By Tina Amini Published April 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Agonizing Death of the Greatest Perfect Game Never Pitched
T.J. Brida usually shows up 15 minutes ahead of his shift. This day, he was thinking he’d be late. He pulled on his work shirt, ran out the front door, got in his car and lit a cigarette, cursing and smacking the steering wheel all the way. T.J. Brida had just thrown 13 1/3 innings…
By Owen Good Published April 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Far Cry 3‘s Multiplayer Mode Fails To Impress
Far Cry 3 is a game I’m very much looking forward to. But a few 10-minute multiplayer bursts from publisher Ubisoft’s upcoming open-world first-person shooter didn’t inspire the same feelings. I sat down at PAX East to play a round of Domination mode in Far Cry 3‘s multiplayer session with 15 other fellow journalists and…
By Tina Amini Published April 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedSave Your (Past) Self and Assemble a Super Time Force—Up to 500 Strong(?!)
This is Super Time Force by Capybara Games, and while retro-graphics platformers and rewind-time mechanics are not new concepts, what the studio is doing here with both looks new and cool as all hell to me. As the Capy representative explains to Stephen Totilo, when your character dies in the game, you’ll be given the…
By Owen Good Published April 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Original Plan For BioShock Infinite‘s Boys of Silence Sounded Awesome
The Boys of Silence are BioShock Infinite bad guys. The original plan was for them to make you pay for all your noise. The Boys were going to wait to attack the player, BioShock Infinite ‘s art director Nate Wells explained today during a panel about the game’s bad guys at the PAX East convention.…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 7, 2012