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ReviewsThe FP: The Kotaku Movie Review
Gamers have yet to have our own equivalent to Bull Durham, which is one of the most celebrated sports movies of all time, due to its portrayal of baseball, its players, and its fans, for those not familiar. And while The FP, the debut new film by the Trost Bros, is hardly perfect, it’s the…
Matt Hawkins Published March 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedMega Man Pro is A Bogus Mega Man Game and -shock- It’s On the App Store
No Rock Man. No Guts Man. No Cut Man. And yet the unlicensed bootleg Mega Man Pro app that popped up on Apple’s download store recently has notched 150 five-star recommendations from various users. It doesn’t deserve them. Watch the video above to get a short tour of the bogus Blue Bomber game available for…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
I Played Myst at the Museum: Visiting The Art of Video Games
This weekend, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC opened the long-awaited exhibit The Art of Video Games Walking into the museum, one immediately feels the whispered air that says: this is the home of Serious Art. Museums like the Smithsonian take much from our everyday lives and set it aside, defining it as…
By Kate Cox Published March 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedWTPT: Blades of Time Heroine Just Won’t Shut Up
Konami’s hack and slash, Blades of Time, might not win this year’s best in the genre award, but you would at least expect the narration to be less obnoxious. Protagonist Ayumi has a penchant for not. shutting. up. I’m all for a sense of company while I play a game. Narration and idle dialogue (or…
By Tina Amini Published March 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedAcid, Leeches, Quicksand, Magic, Black Holes, And Other Ways Mario Can Die
Try your hardest to stay calm as you watch Mario die over and over and over again. I know, I know. It’s tough. But you can get through this. The video, which includes clips from almost every Mario-helmed game, from Super Mario Bros. to Paper Mario to Mario Pinball Land, is a journey through the…
By Jason Schreier Published March 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedStar Warfare is Fighting Against Awful iPhone Controls
Look, for the most part, there’s nothing terribly remarkable about iPhone shooter Star Warfare. Its visuals are nice, if hardly top-shelf in this post-Infinity Blade world. Its structure, while taking enough cues from Horde mode games to be enjoyable, isn’t pushing the idea anywhere new. You essentially spend a lot of time running around shooting…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedWho Wants to Tell the Metal-Etching Laser It’s Singing Portal‘s “Still Alive” Off-Key?
If Portal taught me anything, it’s that any machine possessing even the most rudimentary degree of artificial intelligence is a potential threat, so I think I’ll just sit back and quietly enjoy the Automated Laser Corporation 20 watt fiber laser’s rendition of Jonathan Coulton’s “Still Alive”. Reader Chris DePrisco had the incredibly irresponsible yet somewhat…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Lady Version of World of Warcraft‘s New Panda Race is Kind of Ridiculous
Last October, Blizzard announced their newest World of Warcraft expansion, The Mists of Pandaria. One of the major selling points for the expansion is a new player character race: panda-bear people called Pandaren. And yet in the five months until now, all screenshots and trailers featuring the Pandaren have shown exclusively male characters. Today, Blizzard…
By Kate Cox Published March 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedI’m Not Playing Angry Birds Anymore but New Characters like This Might Pull Me into Angry Birds Space
When you think about it, the Angry Birds are like the collectible guns of a first-person shooter. Once you unlock them, each type does something different. So, if the titular avians of Rovio’s ubiquitous mobile hit are weapons in their own war, the upcoming Angry Birds Space will be increasing their arsenal with a few…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
There is Almost Nothing Entertaining About a Broken Sword
In today’s 88 percent durable edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Deuxhero wonders why game developers continue to include breakable weapons in their adventure games long after the novelty has worn off. So what’s the deal with breakable weapons? Some games do it right, and they generally fall into two camps. One is the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
BioWare Says It Hasn’t Ruled Out Changing Mass Effect 3‘s Ending
The developer posted on Facebook today to say it is “collecting and considering” fan feedback about the controversial ending. BioWare did not mention whether it will be going to the FTC to complain about its fans. [Facebook]
By Jason Schreier Published March 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
On Monday, the early bird gets the alien. Or something like that. No matter what time you wake up, you can still enjoy the talk in 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…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedWe Like Kid Icarus: Uprising So Far, Because It’s Weird.
Kid Icarus: Uprising is Nintendo’s big 3DS game of early 2012. Hyped since the early days of the 3DS as one of the major titles for the system, we’ve now been able to play the finished game. It’s fun. It’s weird. No, it’s very weird. We’re not ready to review it just yet. We want…
Kirk Hamilton & Stephen Totilo Published March 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
International Star Wars Fan Groups Now Accepting The Old Republic as Costume Canon
It may have Lucas’ blessing, but a Star Wars product isn’t a true Star Wars product until the fans accept it into their hearts, or their costuming communities. Both the Light and Dark sides of international Star Wars costuming organizations are now allowing applicants to submit outifts based on BioWare’s massively-multiplayer online role-playing game. While…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedSleeping Dogs Looks Like the Shiny, Vulgar Hong Kong Gangster Video Game I’ve Been Waiting For
I got to play a video game that came back from the dead and feel pretty hopeful about its resurrection. That’s because Sleeping Dogs might just fulfill a very specific desire of mine, which is to play through a video game that takes its cues from the movies of, say, Johnnie To or Chan-Wook Park.…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Guild Wars 2 Questions Do You Want Answered?
Another round of Guild Wars 2 beta testing begins soon, and this time I around am arming myself with your questions before taking the plunge into Tyria once again. What can I do for you? Having already learned much of what I wanted to know during my Guild Wars 2 weekend experience last month, I’m…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2012 - Kotaku East
Because Having One Class Is Never Enough for an RPG
The open Beta test for RAGNAROK Online 2: Legend of the Second started in Korea on Feb. 22 of this year. With completely new graphics, systems, and quests, the only thing intact from the original RAGNAROK Online is its settings and world. Here’s some insight on what is going on currently with the open beta…
By Toshitaka Tachibana Published March 19, 2012