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Super Mario Bros. 2 Was a Tiny, Tiny Influence on Super Mario 3D Land
Nintendo is a company in love with its past, or at least the popular parts of its past. Except for Super Mario Bros. 2, a game the company doesn’t talk about much. Sure, Super Mario Bros. 2 let players choose from one of four Mario-verse heroes, a pre-cursor to the multiplayer New Super Mario Bros.…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Skyrim Fans Bash on Modern Warfare 3 with Spatulas and Rolling Pins in this New NMA Video
The Taiwanese news animators at NMA take on the newest Elder Scrolls game with a news report that covers Skyrim’s blockbuster launch and pesky bugs. It’s ironic to see NMA shining a spotlight on a title’s bugs when their own lo-fi, CGI oeuvre seems to be drawn from Will Wright’s nightmares. This clip isn’t as…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Would You Like To See in a 3DS Version of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask?
No, Nintendo didn’t announce a 3DS remake of Majora’s Mask while you weren’t looking, but with the success of Ocarina of Time 3D it would be silly not to, so commenter Daemon_Gildas has preemptively assembled his list of demands in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. So, “Majora’s Mask 3D” wish-list time. 1) Fully-usable Fierce Deity…
By Mike Fahey Published November 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedPepper Spray Cop is Now a Video Game Joke, Too
He sprayed Occupy movement protestors at the University of California, Davis with pepper spray last week. He seemed to do it nonchalantly. And now the country’s most notorious campus cop has become an Internet meme (and his boss has been put on leave). Armed with Photoshop, people have placed this Pepper Spray Cop in many…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedSesame Street: Once Upon A Monster Gets Probed By New Extraterrestrial DLC
The team-up between DoubleFine productions and one of the most beloved TV shows ever continues as a new add-on comes to Xbox Live this week. Unidentified Furry Objects introduces strange, interstellar new visitors to the storybook game and they’ll get a helping hand from Cookie Monster, Elmo and the kids and adults playing at home…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Augmented Talk Amongst Yourselves
Today’s Talk Amongst Yourself is presented through the science-magic of augmented reality. Take out one of the specially-printed cards packaged with the original copy of TAY that you purchased (you didn’t buy TAY used, did you?). And switch on the AR mode in your TAY viewer. Voila! Also, please chat here about video games. Thanks…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
What If a War Game Made You Question the Morality of Killing?
Bullets pop out of the sand in front of me. They’re going straight up. For a second I’m confused. I look up, thinking maybe I’m misinterpreting what I’m seeing, that someone is shooting down at me. Then the sand begins to shift and the ground I’m standing on gives way. We fall into a massive…
By Brian Crecente Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Do You Call a Physics Puzzler Starring an Irish Human Cannonball?
It takes a special kind of man to shoot himself out of thousands of cannons, bouncing his way through 120 puzzling levels filled with deadly obstacles. Or maybe just a really drunk guy. Nowhere in the description for YoYo Games Rick O’Shea does it actually mention our hero taking a couple of shots of whiskey…
By Mike Fahey Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
British Tabloid Warns of Xbox Live Con Artists
Phishing scans are not unique to the Xbox 360. They aren’t even unique to game consoles. Anytime you connect to the internet, your passwords, your info. and your credit cards could be at risk. According to British tabloid The Sun (I know!), con artists are going after gamers. Crooks are sending out emails, directing people…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Game Boy Classic Metroid II Coming to Nintendo eShop on Thanksgiving
Before the 3DS launched, Nintendo promised that it’d be rolling out a catalog of Game Boy classics for their new handheld. While that roll-out hasn’t been as fast as some fans has wanted, a genuine classic’s hitting the system this Thursday. Metroid II: Return of Samus sends the iconic bounty hunter to the home planet…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Kojima Playing Metal Gear
Solid | TOKYO, JAPAN: Idol Haruna Kojima at a recent Konami press event. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) You’d Better Pay Attention to Spec Ops: The Line Spec Ops: The Line is a little bit Heart of Darkness, a little bit Apocalypse Now and a whole lot of shooter innovation blended into a postmodern game about…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
One Million People Are Paying for Call of Duty Elite
Never mind that the rollout for Call of Duty Elite, Call of Duty‘s stat tracking and social service, hasn’t been smooth, Activision is sending out a press release this morning to proudly announce that it’s sold one million premium accounts. Congrats! GameStop alone sold 600,00 Elite membership. According to Elite‘s status page, “Service Is Intermittent”.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedYou’d Better Pay Attention to Spec Ops: The Line
Spec Ops: The Line is a little bit Heart of Darkness, a little bit Apocalypse Now and a whole lot of shooter innovation blended into a postmodern game about honor, choices and morality. Here’s a quick look at the game’s new trailer and some of its amazing set pieces, all set in Dubai following a…
By Brian Crecente Published November 22, 2011 -
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If Bayonetta Were a Gay Adult Video…
It’s not, but what if it were. Then, it might look like something like this. Kotaku commenter Travakh pointed to this clip, which originally appeared on Japanese video site NicoNico Douga a while back. It is NSFW From PlaplatintinGames Inc., “Bayolante” features spliced and edited footage of gay porn. If naked butts, wrestling, and bad…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Don’t Be the Hero of Time. Be the Hero of the Kitchen.
You Americans will soon be cooking up Thanksgiving feasts. I’m thinking of the Australian Christmas BBQ. Either way, we could all look the part in these Zelda aprons, hand-made by Janeille Pita. There are two available, both based on the Wind Waker designs of Link and Zelda. Actually, now I look at them closer they…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Report: Skyrim Contains the Entire Elder Scrolls Landmass, Including Morrowind and Cyrodiil?
Holy shit. An intrepid Elder Scrolls player, curious as to why the game stopped him at the border between Skyrim and Morrowind (the playable landmass of the third game in the series), engaged noclip mode and decided to look beyond. What he claims he found was…the entire continent of Tamriel. The whole damn thing. He…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Bruises Make the Best Pokémon
You might look at a bruise as something to cover up. Hide it until you recover. One Twitter user saw something else: A Pocket Monster. Here, Pokémon Gastly, a black ball of glowing matter surrounded by purple gas, takes the place of an unsightly black-and-blue spot. The text bubble reads, “Ah! A wild Gastly appeared!”,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2011 - Culture
The Colourful, Robotic Art of Killzone 3
It’s funny, considering Killzone 2 was so bleak, Killzone 3 remains one of, if not the best-looking game on the PS3, an explosion of vibrant colours and, amazingly given the franchise, style. Part of that is thanks to the guys at art studio Karakter, who we’ve featured here before, but it’s also down to the…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dark Souls, You’re Looking Awfully Cute Today
Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls. Two of the nastiest, most unforgiving game of this console generation. So why the hell are they looking so adorable? It’s the Paul Robertson treatment, the pixel artist turning what were once menacing foes into cuddly friends. You can read our Dark Souls review here. Note it’s not as cute…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Minecraft’s Statistics Will Crush Your Mind
At Minecon, Minecraft’s big convention held over the weekend, a panel revealed some terrifying statistics on not just how popular the once-indie darling is, but how often people screw around with it. The development team at Mojang used a talk to reveal the statistics from Minecraft.net, the game’s launchpad of sorts, and those stats are…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2011