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ReviewsMutant Blobs Attack!: The Kotaku Review
I still remember when I saw The Blob. Not the original film, the 1988 remake. I was probably around ten years old, and we were having a Christmas party. The big kids had gone off into a separate room to watch horror movies. I came in right as what I call “The Yo-Yo Scene” was…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedSure Looks Like Jet Set Radio‘s Headed to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network
The House of Sonic’s dropped a vague but drip-filled teaser that strongly suggests that the beloved inline-skating, graffiti-tagging Jet Set Radio game will be hitting modern consoles soon. The killer soundtrack and high-contrast, brightly colored cartoon art style made developer Smilebit’s Dreamcast game a hit, but Sega never reissued the game—even as they’ve rolled out…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 3 DLC Triggers Fan Outrage, BioWare Response
Some Mass Effect devotees have expressed disgust at developer BioWare’s decision to release paid downloadable content alongside Mass Effect 3‘s launch, taking to message boards and Reddit to complain about what some have called a “disgusting” business practice. As Kotaku broke Tuesday, Mass Effect 3‘s first piece of DLC is called From Ashes. BioWare has…
By Jason Schreier Published February 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
If Only Historians Had Auto-Load
Preservation of any art or technology is always a tricky business, and it’s no secret that video game preservation is particularly thorny. Because games are so intertwined with the platforms on which we play them, we lose a number of them just as our platforms evolve. (For example, I recently found two old favorites on…
By Kate Cox Published February 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedWTPT: A Guide To The Beautiful Vacation Spot Of Rapture
Bytes Breaks presents a video guide on BioShock‘s underwater city of Rapture. I’m sure many of you know this vacation spot well. The serene waterscapes, the very socially-inclined inhabitants, and the many activities available for young children. The city even provides each one of your young girls with a body guard! That sounds safe. The…
By Tina Amini Published February 23, 2012 -
Uncategorized‘Have You [BLEEP]ed My Mother?’ And Other Great Moments In Skyrim
The latest edition of Unnecessary Censorship is as funny as it’s ever been, taking Jimmy Kimmel’s well-done formula to the world of Skyrim for extra [BLEEP]s and [BLEEP]s. Now if only we could censor all those memes. Warning: This video contains spoilers for the game’s Dark Brotherhood questline.
By Jason Schreier Published February 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedTrust Me. Fairway Solitaire Is an iPhone Solitaire Game You Should Play.
When you write about video games for a living, you get so many e-mails about how great certain new video games are that they can’t possibly all be true. The people who send these e-mails are often being paid to tell me how awesome game x or y is. That’s what we call unreliable sourcing.…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedDo Not Attempt These Painfully Awkward Video Game Pickup Lines on Other Living Creatures
“A lot of black girls, some of them are too light. Some of them are too dark. But you? You’re like the Perfect Dark.” When Bay area pickup artists Simple Pickup are tasked with getting girls’ phone numbers using lines incorporating video game titles, that was the best they could do. How can they possibly…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedJourney Down to a New Adventure Game in March
Despite my oft-professed love for classic adventure games and new iterations on the genre, The Journey Down slipped completely under my radar until this week. The original game, which has always been described as chapter one in an episodic adventure, is a small, free PC download. However, indie developer SkyGoblin has recently announced an HD…
By Kate Cox Published February 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Two Enter, Two Leave Kotaku‘s Power 40
In January, we debuted the Kotaku Power 40, our admittedly impossible-to-perfect list of the most powerful people involved in video games. We aim to assess these people’s current level of influence on… what we play, how we play, how we get our games and/or what we think of games. Today, we present our first revision…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Who’s Looking for Some PS Vita Friends?
There’s a new Sony handheld on the market, and one that makes better use of the PlayStation Network’s friend features than the PlayStation 3. Commenter Grizzly_Chin believes this calls for a Vita friend exchange post. Speak Up on Kotaku agrees. So I got my Vita today and I think it’d be cool to add some…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s time to gather round the tavern table for another day of talking video games with your peers in Kotaku‘s great and mighty official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves. The Great and Mighty Cupid Trio aren’t monkeying around in today’s glorious TAYpic, courtesy of the talented Mr Marsu Want to be like Mr Marsu? Of course…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe New Angry Birds Space NASA Trailer is Pleasantly Ridiculous
Angry Birds Space will be coming out for iOS, Android, Mac and PC next on March 22, the game’s developers at Rovio, tell Kotaku They lobbed that news our way this morning along with this exclusive trailer that combines official NASA footage with, well… you’ll see. Consider this another tease of the Angry Birds’ off-world…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedWhat Do Dillon’s Rolling Western, 2 Fast 4 Gnomz, and Box Pusher Have in Common?
One’s a mildly anticipated game for the 3DS eShop; one is a DSiWare game about box pushing; and the third comes from someone that thought 2 Fast 4 Gnomz was a good name. What could they possibly have in common? That’s right, it’s time for your weekly Nintendo Download, where games of all shapes, sizes…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Learn How To Make Video Games With This Video Game
Code Hero isn’t your basic first-person shooter. You’ll have enemies, and you’ll be “shooting” them, but it won’t be with assault rifles and pistols. Instead, you shoot lines of Javascript to command the environment around you. Need a platform moved over? A certain kind of enemy eliminated in one fell swoop? There’s a code for…
By Tina Amini Published February 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedMomonga is a Flying Squirrel Adventure Pinball Game. and I’m Okay With That
You can mix pinball with anything and I’ll at least give it a taste; puzzles, role-playing, potato salad. Paladin Studios’ Momonga Pinball Adventurers for iOS and Android mixes silver ball mechanics with an epic world-spanning adventure. And the ball is a Japanese flying squirrel. Well I’m sold. Having briefly been the proud owner of a…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Yeah, I just Don’t. Yeah.
Kalok | A screen from Nexon’s game Mabinogi: Heroes Why the Hell is Justin Bieber Giving a Shout-Out to 2K Sports? From the Beeb’s official Twitter: “shoutout to @Ronnie2K – everyone follow him. good people. thanks for the good time. the eye will heal. ha.” That’s a name-check from Bieber-at 17 million followers, the second-most…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2012 - Kotaku East
For the Clean and Fastidious Gamer, There’s This
An individual in Japan decided to make a pair of “gaming gloves” to keep his hands dry and warm, and his gaming controllers and portables clean. They look silly, but knowing how grimy white gaming hardware can get, I’d say they are not only goofy, but they’re also smart. Who needs style when you can…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2012 - Kotaku East
What Were Japan’s Favorite Peripherals of 2011?
What do gamers buy other than games and consoles? Game peripherals, of course. In an interview with Weekly Famitsu, a spokesperson for game peripheral maker Hori discussed the sales of game peripherals and accessories in Japan in 2011. A big seller in 2011 was the 3DS Mario Kart 7 handle. Despite its somewhat goofy appearance,…
By Toshi Nakamura Published February 23, 2012