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UncategorizedThis Retro Skyrim Trailer Hilariously Invokes Zelda, Duck Hunt and Duke Nukem
Your Dovahkiin may be all sorts of bad-ass, but this video features the cutest Dragonborn of all. Thrill to this imaginary game’s pixilated vistas! Gasp at the exciting downhill skiing sequences! Wish that someone makes this into something actually playable! Skyrim Trailer – Retro Edition [YouTube] You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author of this…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Continued Popularity of Call of Duty’s Two, Three and Four Year Old Games
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s record-breaking, first-day sales are impressive, but almost more impressive is the life these Call of Duty games seem to have online. This morning I hopped online to see how the past four year’s worth of Call of Duty games were doing online. Yes, people still do play the original…
By Brian Crecente Published November 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedFrom One End of Skyrim to the Other in Under Nine Minutes
Who needs fast travel when you’ve got sprinting, speed shouts, and the miracle of digital video speed manipulation to take you across the province of Skyrim in speedy style? Watch my Dragonborn run a cross-country marathon in The Elder Scrolls V This video captures the entire trip from the extreme northwest to the southeastern border…
By Mike Fahey Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Bethesda Working on Skyrim Graphics Problems on Xbox, Advises Not Installing Yet
If you want to get the best graphics out of your Xbox 360 play-through of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim you may want to hold off on installing it to your console’s hard drive. At least for now, developer Bethesda says. Early reports of graphic issues with the almost universally beloved role-playing game led the…
By Brian Crecente Published November 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedUnlocking Galactus in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Is Easy, If You Played Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Hey, fighting game fans, hope you didn’t delete your save files from the pre-Ultimate version of Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Because playing as the big bad from MvC3 in UMvC3 is significantly easier if you’ve still got that data on your console’s hard drives. According to a post over on Capcom Unity, all you need…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
THQ Maintains It Knows Exactly Where All Its Dildos Are
THQ denies reports that they have mislaid 25 four-foot purple dildos destined for the Netherlands and France as part of a promotion for their open world, tongue-in-cheek video game Saints Row: The Third. Inside Gamer PC , citing several sources, first reported on rumors of a pallet of the three-pound sex toys, each affixed to…
By Brian Crecente Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Pierces Game Critics’ Hearts
Has Nintendo finally release a console installment of The Legend of Zelda series that critics don’t immediately fall in love with? Look at that chart. Does that look like hate to you? No sir and / or ma’am, that’s love right there. One could almost feel the bulging hordes of game reviewers pressing against Nintendo’s…
By Mike Fahey Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Jimmy Fallon Gets Some Sweet Zelda Swag from Reggie Fils-Aime in This Skyward Sword TV Appearance
What can you glean watching Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime on last night’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon? You can you learn that, apparently, all-star developers Koji Kondo and Eiji Aonuma are jealous of Reggie’s appearances on the after-dark talk show. Viewers will also see Fallon get called a ‘natural swordsman’ and get gifted…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Stoya’s Big Japan Sex Adventure a “Highly Entertaining Failure” [NSFW]
Stoya, a winsome, altogether charming young lady who makes pornography for a living, guest edited our sister site Fleshbot this week, including a intriguing set of diaries from a recent jaunt to Japan. She takes in the usual sex tourism sight: the porn shops, maid cafés, and the love hotels. While I expected her sexual…
By Joel Johnson Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Should You Buy Saints Row: The Third? Yes.
Next week, Volition will release the third game in the Saints Row series, appropriately titled Saints Row: The Third. What started as a Grand Theft Auto knockoff that merely tided players over while they awaited a true HD GTA morphed into something entirely different: the psychotic, chaos-addicted Mr. Hyde to GTA‘s increasingly grounded Dr. Jeckyll.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedSee How Sonic Started as Sega’s Answer to Mickey Mouse
One thing we need to own up to with all these video game icons coming up on 15, 20 and 25 year anniversaries is that we’re getting older, too. Just yesterday, Crecente was talking about all the trouble he has peeing lately. Poor guy. With that aging comes memory loss, so you might need a…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
You’d Think the World Would Have Had Enough of Silly Video Game Love Stories
In today’s romantic episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Aikage isn’t feeling the love and wants you all to share yours instead. We’re guessing they mean love with another person, but who can be sure? Feeling kind of cynical about relationships today. Spruce things up with some video game love stories! Have at them.…
By Mike Fahey Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s True. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is Worth the Price of a Wii
Yeah, we think you’d like the new Zelda game and you should buy it. But what if you don’t have a Wii? What if you had one and sold it, chucked or simply don’t know whether it’s behind your Ab Roller, in a box next to the Ark of the Covenant or otherwise lost? You…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Surely, This is the Most Insightful, Visionary Round-Up of Video Game Accolades of All Time
It’s Game of the Year season. You know what that means. All the AAA games that you’ve been waiting for are jockeying to break into your saving account. It also means that various commentators and outlets on the video game medium—Kotaku, included—are stumbling over themselves to add even more hype to games like Arkham City,…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Happy Friday Kotaku! There’s a lovely weekend just off the horizon, so full steam ahead through our last work or school day for the week. How’s Skyrim treating you folks? I’m sure there are a lot of sleep deprived people out there today. Last night I downloaded and installed the game on my PC, stared…
By Matthew Buzzi Published November 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedFive Disappointing Things About The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
You’ve heard the buzz, read the reviews, and consulted the stars; all signs point to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim being the second coming of Oblivion, only bigger, better, and bolder than its beloved predecessor. And for the most part it is, but there are some definite flaws on this shiny dragon-clutched diamond. Now keep…
By Mike Fahey Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Unable to Get Past First Base with Flick Home Run
I’ll never forget the only time I hit one out of the park, a 1-0 fastball that arrived letters high on a March afternoon in 1991, my senior year of high school. At the time all my efforts were directed at two objectives: Hitting a home run and consolidating my position with a sophomore cheerleader…
By Owen Good Published November 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedSimogo Unveils a Funky Little Beat Sneak Bandit
When you think about it, there’s always been a rhythm to stealth video games. The start-stop-start of hiding, moving and hiding again. Darting in and out enemies’ fields of vision. If you move out of time, then the whole sequence gets messed up, just like playing a song. Or a music game. The smart lads…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Shatters All Sales Records, Nears Half a Billion Dollars in Day One Sales
More than 6.5 million people bought copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in North America and the United Kingdom in the first 24 hours of its release pulling in more than $400 million, Activision said today That makes it one of the largest entertainment launch in history, with sales of more than $400…
By Brian Crecente Published November 11, 2011