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  TV news PWN3D by Dodgy Graphic

  A news program on Norwegian channel NRK got a little more than it bargained for last month when its producers needed a graphic for an eye chart. With just a few letters it stops being a serious report about eyesight and quickly looks just like a night spent playing Battlefield on the PC. OMG! Eye…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2012
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  Xbox Live Arcade Game Leaks Onto Torrent Sites

  PC games leak all the time. Even console games eventually turn up on torrent sites once their discs are pressed. But an Xbox Live Arcade game getting out, and one which isn’t that close to release, that’s a little stranger. Yet that’s the situation Trials Evolution developers RedLynx find themselves in this week, with the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2012
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  Playing God: On Death, Motherhood and Creating (Artificial) Life

  The quotes on the box are marvelous: “I first saw this program in the same week that evidence was discovered of life on Mars. This is more exciting.” That was Douglas Adams. “Call it a game if you like, but this is the most impressive example of artificial life I have seen.” That was Richard…

  Jenn Frank | Unwinnable Published January 30, 2012
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  Triple Town Developers Sue Rivals Over Facebook, iOS Game-Cloning

  Spry Fox, the game studio behind the Facebook game Triple Town, has filed suit against 6Waves LOLAPPS for their iOS game Yeti Town, describing it as a “blatant copy” of Triple Town In a statement posted to Spry Fox CEO David Edery’s blog titled “Standing up for Ourselves,” Edery and designer Daniel Cook list a…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 30, 2012
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  Doing the Job to Mario

  Jobbers | In pro wrestling terms, “doing the job” means losing in a scripted match. The wrestlers that lose all the time are jobbers. (Buy the T-shirt here.) Final Fantasy XIII-2: The Kotaku Review In an epic tale of time-traveling heroism, Square Enix travels two years into the future to rectify the mistakes it made…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 30, 2012
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  Legendary Battlefield 3 Stunt Re-Created On Film

  Check out this awesome video of a Battlefield 3 tour de force made (to seem) real. Battlefield 3 fans may remember the original in-game stunt, in which a fighter pilot leaps from his cockpit and then shoots down an enemy jet with a rocket launcher before landing safely back in his jet. (Rumor has it…

  By Pierre Bienaimé Published January 30, 2012
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  Game Critics Turn Back the Score Clock on Final Fantasy XIII-2

  Tomorrow marks the second time in Final Fantasy history that Square Enix releases a direct console sequel to one of the numbered entries in the fabled series. Considering the first time around we got a trio of pop divas playing dress-up, this one has to be better, right game reviewers? We’ve seen how I feel…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2012
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  The Version of Minecraft You Wish You Had

  Minecraft is not usually known for its impressive graphics and vibrant palette of colors. Certainly the constructions I tried my hand at tended to be tall, singular pillars of… brownish greenish. This video shames me by showing off some of the most impressive structures that Minecraft can imitate, all set to a soaring soundtrack. The…

  By Elyas Gorogo-Baker Published January 30, 2012
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  The Witcher 2‘s “Dark Edition” Will Retail for $99

  We’ve confirmed that the “Dark Edition” of the Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2 will retail for $99. There was some reader confusion about the price. Details on the Dark Edition can be found here

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 30, 2012
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  I Just Ordered SoulCalibur V From Amazon and a Tiny Part of Me Died

  Though hundreds of thousands of gamers swear by Amazon.com when it comes to ordering new releases or old favorites, I’ve never once ordered a video game from the popular online marketplace. Despite the allure of free launch day delivery and bonus credit, I’ve limited my game spending to local retailers. I didn’t realize why until…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2012
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  Justin Verlander Throws Heat in This New MLB 2K12 Trailer

  You’ll get a glimpse of the Detroit Tigers ace and video-game cover boy crushing the dreams of a newly-ascended rookie in the first trailer for 2K Sports’ baseball sim. Great if you’re playing as Verlander, not so much if you’re facing him.

  By Evan Narcisse Published January 30, 2012
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  The Tomb Raider Porno Trailer is Good; The Script is Even Better

  We are proud—proud, I say!—to exclusively present the safe-for-work trailer for Exquisite Films’ upcoming Tomb Raider XXX, a porn parody of the Tomb Raider franchise. Behold, the cheesy rock music! Be dazzled by the wonder of porn-starlet Chanel Preston as she dons Lara Croft’s signature dual-pistols and adventure gear and climbs over rocks (near a…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 30, 2012
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  Angry Birds Launches a Valentine’s Day Assault on Facebook

  Filed under news I was too busy playing Final Fantasy XIII-2 to notice last week, Rovio’s pig-popping physics-powered sensation Angry Birds makes its Facebook debut on February 14, just in time to give the loveless something to do on Valentine’s Day evening. While I’ll likely be out getting my traditional Valentine’s Day tattoo on February…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2012
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  Break Out the Safety Scissors for This Paper Monkey Island Port

  The Secret of Monkey Island stands as a classic of the adventure genre and boasts ports to various and sundry platforms, including PlayStation Network, iOS and Xbox Live. You can now add paper to that list, as seen in the video above which shows off a meticulous cut-and-past recreation of the 1990 Lucasarts DOS classic.…

  By Evan Narcisse Published January 30, 2012
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  The Original EverQuest Goes Free-to-Play for Its 13th Birthday

  After more than a decade of dedicated fans paying a monthly fee to adventure in the lands of Norrath, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game that got the MMORPG ball rolling back in 1999 is going free-to-play come March. While EverQuest wasn’t the first MMORPG on the market, it was the game that put the…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2012
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  Take a Look at How The Awesome Deus Ex: Human Revolution Title Sequence Got Its Upgrades

  It’s many months in the past now, but you probably remember watching the title sequence for Deus Ex: Human Revolution and thinking “This game is going to be awesome.” That’s exactly what it was supposed to do. When you think about it, title sequences are an oft-ignored part of a video game that still needs…

  By Evan Narcisse Published January 30, 2012
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  Here’s Red Dead Redemption‘s Most Modern Town Re-Made in Minecraft

  Blackwater was the newest part of Red Dead Redemption‘s Old West, the section of Rockstar’s hit game that pointed the most to the 21st Century where people were playing it. It was a bit of time travel, if you will. That time travel gets another twist with a recreation of the RDR location in Minecraft.…

  By Evan Narcisse Published January 30, 2012
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  Overcoming World of Warcraft Addiction, or Six Years Single

  While doctors and psychologists continue to debate whether or not such a thing as online video game addiction exist, those of us that have been through it continue to chronicle our tales. Anthony Rosner’s short film IRL demonstrates what happens when World of Warcraft becomes your life. While the movie is a bit tongue-in-cheek in…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2012
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  How We Will Review Games

  We’ve changed the way we review video games here at Kotaku. That makes this a perfect time to explain our approach to reviews and how the new system will work. Two things will stand out to those who have read last week’s Resident Evil Revelations review and this week’s review of Final Fantasy XIII-2: They…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 30, 2012
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  Dear Game Developers, We’re Not All Idealized Androids (Some of Us Are Wizards)

  You know how in many video games with character creation your attempts to make an older, wizened sort of character always result in the buffest old man you’ve ever seen due to their only being one body model for all male characters? In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter jacobgermain points out how ridiculous that…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 30, 2012