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Burnin’ Doobage
We do take requests here at the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest, and when Mr. Smokey McBongHit there showed up yesterday, a lot of you were all about it as an exploitable, blurry face and all. In the interest of fan service, I’m down with that, too. Let’s get ‘Shoppin! Source Image: Mr. Smokey McBongHit [Original source:…
By Owen Good Published January 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Have you ever watched Campus PD? I know this is supposed to be an on-topic thread, but since that’s G4 I’ll allow it and not cornfield myself. I don’t want to say the cops profile on that show or anything but, if some dude has a rear window made out of plastic grocery bags, that…
By Owen Good Published January 29, 2012 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Better With Kinect
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. Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Jan. 23.—Read more of Penny Arcade Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Jan. 23.—Read more of Awkward Zombie…
By Owen Good Published January 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
Male Models: The Winners
To market the PlayStation Vita, Sony enlisted the cast of Zoolander to showcase the handheld’s new ability to make you look like a Miller Light spokesdude. Man up, we’ve got 20 winners inside, including JimThePea! Lemon_Nibs (8) gets everything started with an homage to everyone’s favorite male model. acidpits gets in the game twice with…
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
What the Video Game Vendor Selling Hot Dogs Knows About Life
Considering the source, it’s an unlikely statement. When Oregon was marching to a No. 1 ranking and a berth in the national championship game in 2010, Richard Hofmeier was running an art gallery in Eugene’s funky Whiteaker neighborhood. Where nearly every video game treats all-star status and on-field glory as the player’s birthright, Hofmeier built…
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Remove Those Pictures of You Smoking Weed Before You Get Rid of Your Nintendo 3DS
Earlier this week, I brought you the story of a good friend who gave me his original Xbox without wiping its contents. From the data, I was able to piece together a sentimental portrait of my friend as he and his wife started their new lives together. If there was an irony there, it’s that…
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Rolling Into Battle Now, the Occupy Movement’s Mobile Arcade is Fully Operational
Booted off Kickstarter for who-knows-why, Oak-U-Tron 201X, the rolling, battery-powered arcade cabinet meant to provide R&R to Occupy Oakland’s weary soldiers, is nonetheless complete. It’s scheduled to roll out during the Move-In March planned for … oh, how about nowish? Assuming Oak-U-Tron survives the invasion of Occupy Oakland’s new digs, people can “play the wonderful…
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Family Research Council: ‘Rebel Fleet Surrenders to Gay Empire’
Oh boy. The Family Research Council, acting in its role as wise counsel to all that goes into video games, hath finally noticedeth that BioWare intends to publish a game update to Star Wars: The Old Republic that accommodates same-sex relationships between player characters and NPCs. This didn’t go over well with them, because he’s…
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
‘Prankster’s’ Racial Slur Found in Minecraft Won’t Be Removed til Next Update
Minecraft‘s head developer has elaborated on how a racial slur made it into a “snapshot build” of Minecraft‘s PC version, noting that it was not pushed to all users. As such, Mojang, the game’s maker, won’t remove the offensive language until the next such update. “Snapshot builds,” as Jens Bergensten explained, ” are intended to…
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Moves to Seize Fake Halo 4 Beta’s Domain
Whether motivated by trolling or delusional wish fulfillment, some guy tossed up a page pretending to be a registration site for a Halo 4 multiplayer beta last week. 343 Industries, the game’s developer, quickly branded that as a fake, and the site was taken offline. That’s not good enough for Microsoft. The company has filed…
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Supergiant Supports the Troops, puts Bastion on a Disc for Soldier
Bastion, the critically acclaimed action-RPG that’s claimed or been nominated for a bathtub full of awards, isn’t available on physical media. Not unless you are serving your country in Afghanistan, and your base’s Internet service is terribly slow. “Richard,” a fan of the Supergiant game, wrote the developer’s customer service address asking if there was…
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Activision Goes Indie with Dark Reign on Xbox Live [Update]
Dark Reign Redux, a remake of 1997’s Dark Reign: The Future of War, a real-time strategy game for PC, just published on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel yesterday, without Activision so much as stapling a flyer to a telephone pole or putting up a card on a café barter board for its marketing. [Update]…
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Selling Your Soul
The first big week for new releases is upon us, and while most everything is running full price, there are some incentives and values to be had for ordering online. First up, Soulcalibur V, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Neverdead, leading more than 50 other deals on hardware, software and digital downloads. Software • Jan. 31…
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedGregethor Returns and is Robbed Blind in Live-Action Skyrim Sequel
Having been thwarted in their efforts to loot Gregethor’s Convenience Store in Whiterun, (and taken a detour into Battlefield 3 by way of Dead Island) the Grosjean Bros. have returned to Gregethor’s home to take his most treasured possessions, including his cat, in this sequel to last week’s live-action Skyrim video. No bucket-on-the-head gags in…
By Owen Good Published January 27, 2012 -
UncategorizedOutrun Justice in this MegaUpload-Inspired Xbox Indie Game
Well, that didn’t take long. The foaming outrage over the arrest of Kim Dotcom and the shutdown of his MegaUpload empire needed all of five days to result in this, MegaUP: Upload If You Can, a protest title released Wednesday on Xbox Live’s Indie Games service. Proceeds from the sale of the game (after Microsoft…
By Owen Good Published January 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Beware The Demon Death-Baby!
Yow! Sorry for that. That was a pretty terrifying way to start off the open thread, I know. Everyone recovered? Welcome to the week-ending open-thread! I hope you’re as excited for the weekend as I am. That image is taken from a great list of weird toys you’ll find among the links we’ve tracked down…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Week in Unbelievably Gorgeous Screenshots: Bioshock and Mass Effect 2
Since we ran a feature on Duncan Harris, the groovy “video game photographer” behind the website DeadEndThrills, I’ve been sharing some of his work each week here. This week Harris wrapped up Mass Effect 2 and dug into the original Bioshock, while throwing in a couple of enjoyable one-offs, as well. But first, he did…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Humans vs. Zombies Nerf Shootout Triggers Campus-Wide Alert
I’d love to see the paperwork at N.C. State public safety after a Nerf-war staging of the popular “Humans vs. Zombies” tag game resulted in an emergency alert of gunmen roaming the campus. “Cause of disturbance: Zombie Apocalypse”? State (full disclosure: my alma mater) staged an HvZ event sometime this week. During daylight hours Wednesday,…
Owen S. Good | Technician Published January 27, 2012 -
Uncategorized101 Seconds Of Soulcalibur V, Which Sure Seems Better Than IV
I played a little bit of Soulcalibur V today. I recorded some of it, cut out all the parts where I lost horribly, and made this video for you to watch. I’ve got glimpses here for you of the story, the character creator and the excellent new Critical Gauge. Plus, I’ve got Ezio fighting for…
By Nick Vannucci Published January 27, 2012