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Trying to Explain Skyrim’s Awful PS3 Lag
There’s a problem with Skyrim on the PS3, in that for many gamers, the bigger their save game file gets, the slower the game gets. It’s so bad sometimes the framerate can drop to zero. Despite a recent patch many users are still complaining about the problem so, uh, what’s up? Nobody knows! Since the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Here’s…One New BioShock Infinite Screenshot
It’s a tease for the game’s new trailer, to be shown at the VGAs next week. Way to be stingy, guys! In lieu of actual facts, then, we’re going to substitute them for non-facts. Folks, this is Eusebius Fink, owner of the Sky City Knickerbockers. He’s made entirely of bronze, stands eleven feet tall, and…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Shoot a Nuke Down a Bug Hole, You Got a Lot of Dead Bugs
Greetings, travelers, and welcome to another Kotaku open thread. How have you been? Good? I hope so. I’ve been keeping warm, and this morning, they posted the second part of that Revision3 TV interview I did, where I talked about a bunch of things, from jazz to Far Cry 2 to sweat pants. I also…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Embargo Breaking and You: The New Yorker Takes On Sony Pictures
Those following the world of cinema today are most likely aware of a slap-fight that broke out between Sony Pictures and New Yorker film critic David Denby, who broke the agreed-upon embargo for his review of the highly anticipated film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. He and other critics were allowed to view the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Rayman Creator: Mario Games Don’t Have Enough Slapping
In a lengthy interview published today on Gamasutra, Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil creator Michel Ancel confesses that although he likes The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, he doesn’t care for playing Miyamoto’s Super Mario games. From the interview: I will tell you something terrible — I don’t really enjoy playing…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Fan-Made Mass Effect Film is Shaping Up Nicely
The folks at The Sneaky Zebra are making a short film based on the Mass Effect universe, and have sent along three new character trailers for the game. The one up top is for a renegade character named “Hale,” which I would imagine (or at least hope!) is a reference to voice actor Jennifer Hale,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedLike Scott Pilgrim Before it, To The Moon Tells a Personal Story in the Language of Video Games
Video games have a language all their own. It’s a language that most people understand implicitly—concepts like extra lives, leveling up, experience points, and boss battles have gone mainstream. That language has begun to seep into other media as well—movies like The Matrix, Source Code, and books like those in the Scott Pilgrim series all…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhen Bioshock Becomes a Little Too Real
The latest “Co-Op Life” video from Machinima focuses on Bioshock, and it’s pretty funny stuff. A couple of guys are playing the game on the couch, and the whole experience has… well, it’s come out into the real world with them. It’s basically a much more high-budget approach to the same kind of satire we’ve…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
We Are Wookiee
Darth Arts | An image from The Art and Making of Star Wars The Old Republic Here’s Why Former Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Was So Obsessed With A Pokémon Song If one didn’t know better, it would be easy to think one-time presidential candidate Herman Cain is a gamer. His tax plan seems to be…
By Brian Crecente Published December 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Teams Up With the Independent Games Festival
The Independent Games Festival has announced a multi-year partnership with Microsoft Games Studios. The partnership will involve a jury of indie game developers awarding an “XBLA Prize” (XBLA being Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade service), which will be given out at the IGF, a festival and awards ceremony that happens each March at the Game Developers…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedIs Televangelist Benny Hinn Skyrim’s Dragonborn?
This is the power of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Non gamers watch this video and think they may be witnessing the powers of international televangelist Benny Hinn during one of his many faith healing summits. Gamers watch this video and know what’s really going on here: FUS RO DAH!. Good thing Hinn doesn’t know…
By Brian Crecente Published December 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Video Game Wars Should Feel Real, EA Says
When I talked to EA’s Frank Gibeau earlier this fall about the making of Battlefield 3, the words that kept coming up were realistic and authentic. Yes, the ambitious war game still counts as fiction, what with its earthquake-aided insurrection and nuclear terrorism. However, it’s not quite as popcorn as the plot presented in the…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Lady Who Saw a Wii at Grandpa’s Hospital and Now Thinks She Wants One
As much as you’re able to instantly recommend the best products to your fellow gamer, you might grope for advice when that older person, maybe a family member, suddenly expresses an interest in video games for the first time. What you’re being asked to do is help someone develop or understand their actual taste in…
By Owen Good Published December 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
Kinect Helps High School Duo Win $100,000 National Science Prize
Who says gaming can’t lead to a higher education? Ziyuan Liu and Cassee Cain of Oak Ridge High School in Oak Ridge are splitting a $100,000 college scholarship awarded in the Siemens Foundation’s annual high school science competition after creating a Kinect-powered application that uses Microsoft’s magical camera to analyze the way a person walks.…
By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Halo: Reach Recreation of Resident Evil‘s Most Infamous Location
It might not seem familiar at first, but once you start wandering the corridors you’ll realize that this is a faithful scale recreation of Resident Evil‘s Spencer Mansion crafted using the creation tools from Halo: Reach Marrying his love of two decidedly different game franchises, ForgeHub member Cryptic Sin spent nearly a year crafting and…
By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedHere’s a Naked, Fan-Made Saints Row The Third Edition of So You Think You Can Dance?
It’s tough to top anything that’s already in a game as aggressively juvenile and over-the-top as Saints Row the Third, a game that marketed itself with giant dildo weapons. But somehow YouTuber XBLStallion83’s done exactly that with this hilarious video that stitches the game’s taunt moves into a dance marathon. Using Michael Jackson’s classic “Billie…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedModern Warfare‘s Most Magical Kills Involve Sliding Care Packages, Levitating Cinderblocks
YouTube user AmazingFilms247 keeps posting ridiculous Modern Warfare 3 (and Modern Warfare 2) multiplayer videos on YouTube. They show just how amazing Activision’s popular shooter is at breaking its own rules of physics. Care packages on ice! Levitating cinderblocks! And more… enjoy!
By Stephen Totilo Published December 5, 2011 - Uncategorized
You’ll Be Able to Get Your Threeway On With Trine 2 On Steam This Wednesday, Consoles Coming in Two Weeks
Frozenbyte’s long-brewing puzzle/platormer sequel finally getting release dates on various platforms, with the PC and Mac versions first out the gate. They’ll be available on Steam on December 7, followed by a North American PSN release on December 20 and worldwide Xbox Live Arcade availability on December 21. There’s no still no firm date for…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedExplore the Dusty Pages of the Ultimate Tome of Diablo Lore
Hello my friends! Stay awhile and listen…err, watch as I explore Diablo III: Book of Cain, 147 pages of illustrations, excerpts, and firsthand accounts of the history of the world of Sanctuary, coming soon to a bookseller near you. As the last of the Horadrim mages, an ancient brotherhood formed by the Archangel Tyrael to…
By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2011 -
UncategorizedAn Adorable Musical Argument for Legend of Zelda Fan Procreation
Three children (with a baby cameo) take on the roles of Link, Zelda, and Ganon in what could be the most favorable outcome of Legend of Zelda fans in love, even if they got the musical credit wrong. I can only hope that my children will one day allow me to submit them to this…
By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2011