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Argh, the Bad Guys in The Last of Us Look Just Horrible
Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is taking the old zombie stereotype in a different direction, substituting hordes of ravenous flesh-eaters for…a global population that’s been infected by some kind of fungus and now looks really gross. While we’ve seen the monsters before, this statue of one was posted on Twitter over the weekend by…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Art of the Death of the Manual
This piece by artist Maskull Lasserre takes the impending demise of the printed computer manual quite literally, pressing a number of old pieces together and then carving a skull out of it. Morbid, but also quite lovely. [Maskull Lasserre, via Boing Boing]
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Awesome Lady Turns Nerf Guns into Video Game Guns
Nerfenstein – more boringly known as Aesthetic Nerf Mods Australia – takes regular old Nerf guns and, with a little customisation and paint work, turns them into replica weapons based on those found in video games, movies and comic books. Replica weapons you can shoot a kid in the face with and not feel that…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
How Assassin’s Creed III Will Work on the Wii U
As bizarre as it seems to be thinking of a proper Assassin’s Creed game appearing on a Nintendo console, it’s going to happen later this year when Assassin’s Creed III is released on the Wii U. Leading many people to wonder, how’s it going to take advantage of the console’s unique control pad? The latest…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Very Best In Cosplay: Omi Gibson
For the last few months, I’ve used this feature to highlight the very best cosplay artists in the world. To the last, each of them produces astonishing work, whether they be costume builders, props makers, photographers and/or models. None of them, however, can quite match the output of Japanese superstar Omi Gibson. Whether it be…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mega Man Becomes Mega Girl
So what if Capcom seems unwilling to make any more Mega Man games. They could always make a Mega Girl game instead! At least, that’s the premise behind this gender-swapping take on the platforming hero by artist dcwj, in which the star and several other characters/bosses are reimagined. It’s adorable. So much so I would…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
The BioShock Movie Just Lost its SECOND Director
In case you somehow thought the ill-fated BioShock movie project would emerge from the depths of production hell and actually get filmed, know that this seems even more unlikely now given the fact the film has lost its second director. 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who came onboard in 2010 to replace the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedCan a Vita Survive Being Dropped Onto the Road?
I dropped my Vita over the weekend. Luckily, it landed on grass, and it was totally fine. These guys aren’t dropping their Vita on grass. They’re dropping it on a road. Over and over again. For science. As part of their highly practical “drop test” series, Gizmo Slip let the Vita fall to the bitumen…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2012 -
ReviewsTotal War: Shogun 2: The Fall of the Samurai: The Kotaku Review
Or, as I should have called it, my review of the Great Colon War of 1864 In 2009, Creative Assembly released one of the greatest strategy games ever made. A year later, they had the cheek to release an expansion pack and try and pass it off as an all-new title. Skip ahead to 2011,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedIt’s GTAIII, Running on GTAIV’s Engine
Similar to the Vice City Rage project (and the San Andreas Rage project), here’s an undertaking bringing the world design of Grand Theft Auto III’s Liberty City to the more robust engine of Grand Theft Auto IV Why bother? Same old classic game world you know and love, only now the cars drive better and…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2012 - Culture
The Tail of a Tiger
Tiger Woods, who just won his first PGA Tour event in two years, dominates a very thin week for releases at the end of the quarter. Tuesday • Supremacy MMA (PS Vita) • Myst (DS) • Country Dance: All Stars Kinect (360) • Warriors Orochi 3 (360) • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 (360, PS3)…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
An All-Male Club Lets Video Gamers Punch at Sports’ Glass Ceiling
For years, EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour series has allowed gamers to create female golfers and play with them, even against all-male tournament fields, on any course and in any of the events licensed to appear in the game. Last year, Tiger Woods added The Masters Tournament, the event hosted by Augusta National Golf…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 -
UncategorizedMad Men Video Game is Free, Lets You Smoke and Shoot People
If you’re like me, you watched Mad Men and lamented the fact that the hit AMC Show takes place before the dawn of home video game consoles. Can you imagine too-cool ad execs Don Draper and Roger Sterling in a pitch meeting for the Atari 2600? “So, all it does is move that thing on…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
PS Vita’s Silent Hill: Book of Memories is Delayed
Silent Hill‘s debut on the PlayStation Vita—Silent Hill: Book of Memories— will not hit its March 27 release date. Amazon and Gamefly both have given the game a May 31 placeholder date, and Konami confirmed the delay to RipTen The game was originally slated for a Vita “launch window” release, and the handheld arrived in…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Are The Hunger Games Appropriate for a Full Video Game Adaptation? Will There Even Be One?
Forgive me, I had not heard of The Hunger Games before I posted an item about Canabalt‘s creator and mentioned he was making an iPhone game coinciding with the film’s release. That was a week ago. Since then, I could not avoid the topic if I tried, and not just because of its understandable appeal…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
GameStop Gives the GameCube the Sweetest Rejection Note Ever
The GameCube is “officially collectible,” says GameStop, in a notice that, come April 2, it will no longer accept trade-ins on any GameCube consoles, games or accessories. It’s at the bottom of the retailer’s trade-in page. That doesn’t mean your local store will stop selling its GameCube consoles, games or accessories, of course. GameStop will…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Unchained Blades Coming to 3DS—as a Downloadable Title?
XSEED yesterday teased a new game release, which turns out to be Unchained Blades, the western title for the dungeon crawler UnchainBlades ReXX. Nintendo Power, in its latest edition, also reports that this game will be a digital download, one of the first full-size titles to be made available that way on the 3DS. We’ve…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
TIE Attack
Believe it or not, this 1/3rd scale TIE Fighter was used to teach the Pythagorean Theorem to some guy’s kid for a church movie night project. The TIE Fighter was sold on Craigslist last week. Now we’re going to think up some new adventures for it. Like the er, actual spacecraft, this TIE Fighter also…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
An exquisite 8-bit version of Vasily Perov’s The Hunters at Rest—complete with Asshole Dog—is our latest TAYpic, thanks to MuckaMuck. Good morning and welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves. Feel free to discuss anything on the subject of video games in our comments below. If you’ve got a good idea and the skills, take a…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 - Culture
Sunday Comics: There Goes the Neighborhood
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 March 22.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published March 19.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012