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Should You Buy Fusion: Genesis? No.
Fusion: Genesis is a top-down, twin-stick sci-fi shooter meets old-school role-playing game. It’s developed by a handful of ex-Rare designers, one of which was the lead designer for Perfect Dark It sounds like an interesting concept. And the concept, and central game mechanic is interesting. But is it interesting enough to merit a purchase? Brian…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhat if Grand Theft Auto V was In Liberty City?
Using the wonders of the personal computer, Mike Boulton and some friends went out and recreated the Grand Theft Auto V trailer, shot-for-shot, only instead of being set in Los Santos it’s in GTAIV’s Liberty City. You can catch the original below for comparison’s sake. GTA V Trailer Remade in GTA IV [YouTube] You can…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Skyrim is Teaching Your Kids “Homo Erotic Sex Maneuvers”
You may look at Skyrim through the lens of a person who likes video games. Or as someone with an interest in fantasy, or Nordic mythology, or even the structure of game design. I bet you’ve never looked at it through the lens of a fake conservative Christian columnist. Parody site Christwire has, and their…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedWatch Massive, Epic Skyrim Battles Like You’ve Never Seen Before
Remember the Dragon spawning exploit in Skyrim? The one that allows you, oh I dunno, to spawn fifty dragons? YouTube user Colloseus X figured out that you can flip off the A.I., spawn large groups of characters, then flip the A.I. back on and watch them beat the shit out of each other. “Basically I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallNi No Kuni Isn’t Miyazaki/Ghibli’s First Video Game Appearance
Much has been made, and rightly so, of the involvement of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli with Level-5’s PS3 RPG Ni No Kuni (out this week in Japan). It’s helped the game look amazing. While it’s a welcome partnership, though, it’s not the first time the animation legend, or his studio, have turned up in a…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Even Saints Row Wants to Know Where Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Is…
Reader Naroon sends us this snap he took of a “well-hidden easter egg” he found while playing Saints Row the Third Volition, I could tell you where most of those ships are, even the Ishimura, but your guess on the Borealis is as good as mine, sadly. You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Skyrim Pianist Not Only Plays, She Cosplays!
You might remember Lara from this previous Kotaku post, featuring a beautiful rendition of the Skyrim theme. That, dear reader, is only the tip of the music iceberg. And that iceberg is wearing numerous outfits. The Australian specializes in not only playing game themes (and playing them really well), she also dresses as game characters…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Thing About American Accents In Video Games
American accents are everywhere in video games. Even when something is developed in Canada, or Britain, or Japan, the principal characters usually speak with one kind of American accent or another. Ever wonder what the significance of that is? As in, why they’re often used when they’re used, and in what context? You probably haven’t,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Duck Mouths and the Ladies Who Love Them
Seventeen-year-old Mana wasn’t in school. Heck, she wasn’t even in her school uniform. Wearing a white bikini, the student-by-day, idol-by-night took the stage earlier this month at the Sofmap in Tokyo’s geek district, Akihabara. Holding her “image DVD” titled Kiss Me, one in which the DVD’s maker says she “takes off a lot”, Mana posed…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Finally, Someone Talks Common Sense About PC Piracy
Ubisoft has no idea on the topic of piracy and the PC market. None. It must be embarrassing for lower-downs at the company who do have an idea to have to listen to people like Stanislas Mettra open their mouths Thankfully, not everybody in the industry shares that stance. Trevor Longino, from Good Old Games,…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedCome on! Heroes Is Nintendo’s Sauciest Game Name Yet
Today’s Nintendo DSi Ware features this innocuous little RPG-influenced shooter with a name that might ring a little less innocuously to American ears. Come on! Heroes is a game of tiny men lobbing projectiles at an onslaught of knights and priests, who explode in a puff of milky smoke. It’s a bold political statement from…
By Joel Johnson Published November 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Your Friend Who Is Playing Facebook Games All the Time at Work
For the hopelessly devoted Facebook gamer on your list, sure, you could just load up a gift card and give them $100 to burn through in MafiaCitySimSocialCastleFarmWars. You could also stage an intervention. Neither option is going to make both giver and recipient happy. Instead, here are some ideas that, like the best holiday gifts…
By Owen Good Published November 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedModern Warfare 3 Looks Even Better In LEGO
This is as close to an official LEGO interpretation of Activision’s tentpole franchise as we’re gonna get, I reckon. Honestly, it looked pretty believable until they blew up the LEGO Eiffel Tower. There’s no way that would happen in real LEGO life. (I love how well these guys mix minifig-scale work with microscale forced perspective,…
By Joel Johnson Published November 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Building the World’s Biggest LAN Party
The DreamHack festivals, held throughout the year in Sweden, are the world’s biggest LAN parties. How big is big? The one starting today, DreamHack Winter 2011, is the biggest of the lot, and should pull in over 12,000 people. The event set a world record for LAN parties last year when it drew 12,754 computers…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
People That Overuse the Word “Kawaii”
“Kawaii”. In Japanese, it means “cute” or “adorable”. The word was adopted by Westerners enamored with Japanese culture. But it’s gone mainstream, and it now appears in the Oxford English Dictionary Diehard Japanophiles have been using it from long before, peppering their English conversations with a “kawaii” here, a “kawaii” there. Is it possible to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedA 100 Ways To Die in Skyrim; The Musical
This fourteen and a half minute long video delivers 100 ways to die in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (and more than a few laughs) set to Elvis’ A Little Less Coversation. Two great things in one great video. Enjoy. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also…
By Brian Crecente Published November 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
How To “Undress” Your King of Fighters XIII Fighters
Now, you can’t really undress your fighters in King of Fighters XIII. However, you can customize them. You know what that means? You can “undress” them! As a Japanese KOF site pointed out, it’s possible to change the color of the fighter’s clothes. What players do with that customize mode and which bits of clothing…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Now This is a Turkey Worthy of a Third-Party Accessories Manafacturer
The employees of peripheral maker PDP Gaming celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday with a turkey made of pastry and cream. What’s in your stomach? You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
By Mike Fahey Published November 24, 2011