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Kotaku EastMetal Gear …Arcade!? It Can’t be!
While Metal Gear Online‘s servers will be shutting down soon, there is one last place to get your Metal Gear Online fix: Japanese Arcades. Developed by Kojima Productions, Metal Gear Arcade is a light gun-FPS released in Japan on December 20, 2010. Much of Metal Gear Arcade is identical to Metal Gear Online with many…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Coach, Not Community, is to Blame, Says Female Fighter Striking Back in Sexual Harassment Controversy
The fighter inside the controversy that stirred allegations of sexism and misogyny in fighting video games says that its community, fans and star performers do not deserve the collective blame they have endured, and vows that she will not leave her sport despite the alienating remarks of the man who once coached her. Miranda Pakozdi,…
By Owen Good Published March 2, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch Tim Schafer’s Screw-Ups, Bloopers, and Outtakes
Last month, Tim Schafer took to the internet with a very funny video for a Kickestarter funded game. The video pitch was a smash, and Schafer raised over US$2 million—well over the planned $400,000. This video documents the flubs and bloopers—or as Schafer calls them “acting”! The clip is yet another reason—among many—to love this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Programming Note: No Total Recall Today
There will be no Total Recall programming block on Kotaku today. We apologize to all of our fans of history and retro games. Sorry about the skip! Care to read the Total Recall archives? Think of it as re-runs.
By Stephen Totilo Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
While the Kirk’s Away the Mikes Will Play
It takes a special kinda man to kick off a new month of Kotaku‘s daily Open Thread posts. Unfortunately that man could not be with us today. Here’s a bunch of My Little Pony links. Oh you know I would never share my top secret pony links with you folks. Instead, here’s some quality pony-free…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Fighting Game Community’s Leading Voice Calls for Accountability and Respect in Sexual Harassment Fallout
Shoryuken, one of the most respected voices in the fighting game community, has called upon its readers and followers to deal honestly with questions of misogyny and sexual harassment, following sexist match commentary on a controversy that has roiled the fighting game community for a second day. “If we continue to let the worst elements…
By Owen Good Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Creator of Minecraft Divvies Up $3 Million Among Employees
Markus ‘Notch’ Persson announced the act of singular generosity via Twitter: “Before tax, my dividends from Mojang for 2011 was about three million dollars. I chose to distribute that to the other employees.” Kotaku anthropologists are guessing a cake will be waiting upon his desk tomorrow morning.
By Pierre Bienaimé Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
There Exists an ATM That Dispenses Cupcakes 24 Hours a Day
All I Ever Wanted | In sunny Beverly Hills, California they have built mankind’s greatest achievement — 24-Hour Sprinkles (Image by Sprinkles via Neatorama.) Assassin’s Creed III‘s Official Box Art Verifies Revolutionary War Setting Looks like that rumored image we ran last night of the protagonist from Assassin’s Creed III checks out-Ubisoft has posted the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedStan Lee as a Playable Character in The Amazing Spider-Man, Can You True-Believe It?
The interwebs are abuzz with the news that comic book legend Stan Lee will upgrade from his usual cameo role to playable character in Activision’s Spider-Man movie tie-in. Seriously? I will give the good folks at addict of fiction this: Stan Lee does indeed say he is going to be a playable character in Beenox’s…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedWhen I Fell in Love with Grandia III, I Really Fell in Love with a Song
To many role-playing fans Grandia III was a slightly-above average role-playing game with an excellent battle system, a clichéd plot, and inconsistent pacing. To me Grandia III is three minutes long, sung by a Japanese pop/rock singer, and absolutely amazing. It’s amazing how much a single short and simple piece of music can color one’s…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedHop on a Bicycle and Cause Some Mischief With This Classic Theme
You guys all know I love Rockstar’s Bully, right? I’ve written at length about how great it is, and how I wish that more games were set in high school. (As an addendum to that article, I am finally (finally!) playing Persona 3 Portable on the Vita, and I am loving the crap out of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedCheck out Dyad, a Majorly Musical Upcoming PS3 Game
News of Dyad has been out there in the ether for a little while (we’ve even written about it). The in-development PS3 game combines racing and music, imagining players as a single particle flying along at warp speed. Lancing and combining with other particles causes changes in the music, triggering tones and textures. The second,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Awesome Game Will Sing You A Song and Get You Drunk
It sure has been a banner week for drinking games here at Kotaku! Well… actually I’ve only posted one other drinking game, but still, two in one week feels somehow indulgent. You may have heard of musician/inventor/super-genius Ali Spagnola over on our sister site Gizmodo, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t hear about her again.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedIf This Pac-Man Game Is Sex, Its Bitchin’ Menu Music is the Foreplay
Welcome back to “Menu Music,” our regular Kotaku Melodic feature where we look at (and listen to) the best and worst menu music the video game world has to offer. Menu music is a very important thing—it’s the first thing we hear when we boot up the game, and it sets the tone for the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Musical Heroine of Moneyball
Last week, I finally watched Moneyball. Man, that is one good movie! I genuinely wasn’t expecting to love it as much as I did. Everything about it surprised me, from Brad Pitt’s careworn, layered performance to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick’s capable performance as Oakland Athletics’ owner Stephen Schott. But one of my favorite parts of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Kotaku Mixtape Vol. 1: The Neverhood Series
Doug Tenapel’s bizarre, cult, claymation adventure game The Neverhood—and its platforming sequel Skullmonkeys—is unique on many levels. Greenlit by Stephen Spielberg and developed by Dreamworks Interactive, both games are totally unlike anything made before or since. Today on Kotaku Mixtape we look at some of the music from those games. Written and performed by Terry…
By Chris Person Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Back This Kickstarter, Get A Ton of Great Video Game Music
The game/music website Nubuwo is holding a kickstarter to raise money to help them launch a couple of different projects centered around video game music. They’re short of their goal with only a few hours to go, but if you pledge, you can score a huge collection of great video game music, featuring work by…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Amazing Credits Anthem Mostly Plays at Night. Mostly.
Aliens sure are awesome, aren’t they? They are the ultimate killing machine! They’re super sweet-looking! They star in two of the best sci-fi films ever made! The surprisingly cool Nintendo DS (not 3DS) game Aliens Infestation sure did like those titular xenomorphs, merging alien-killing with Metroid-like action to create a surprisingly fun game. [Update 11/1/2016:…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 1, 2012