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The Country That Loves PC Gaming So Damn Much
Just the mention of South Korea conjures up images of net cafes and online gaming. The country is one of online gaming’s passionate players. Something that was proven once again over the weekend when Korea played host to G-Star, South Korea’s biggest online gaming expo. Do you like online gaming? You’ll like this. Unlike Japan,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Reviewing Uncharted 3 Could Kill You: The Movie
We’ve seen the serious side to people bitching about one man’s thoughts on a video game, now see the movie based on the terrifying, dramatic events of an Uncharted 3 review. As someone who’s reviewed games once or twice myself, I can say the greatness here isn’t the pressure exerted on the protagonist. That’s a…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedGet Unlimited Gold in Skyrim. Easy!
A glitch in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim apparently allows players to earn unlimited gold by picking up copies of The Doors of Oblivion over and over and over again. The book is worth 50 Gold, so by picking up copies of the book over and over again, you have a seemingly endless supply of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedHalo Jumps into Hell in This Web Series
Halo: Helljumper is one of many Halo fan films, but it doesn’t look like any old Halo fan project. It looks fantastic The Halo: Helljumper web series kicks off next January. More info at Helljumper‘s Facebook page Halo: Helljumper Official Trailer [YouTube] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedWatch Kids be Confused, Excited by Minecraft
The popular “Kids React” series on YouTube figured it’d be an interesting idea to see what the young people of 2011 thought when you sat them down in front of Minecraft Some of them know the game, and know it well. So well, in fact, that we even get a kid hatin’ on Call of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is This Man the Star of Grand Theft Auto V?
While Rockstar has released almost no details concering the cast or characters of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V, that’s not stopping people from speculating. Or, in this case, making rather convincing arguments. Some detective work from the Official PlayStation Magazine and some GTA fan sites has turned up the name Ned Luke, an actor…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 14, 2011 - CultureTotal Recall
When Pokémon and Magic Cards Went to War
They don’t seem that similar aside from the fact they’re printed on cards, and they were never really competition, either, but in October 2003 that didn’t stop the companies behind Magic Cards and Pokémon battling somewhere other than the tabletop or the schoolyard. This story begins in the late 1990s, when role-playing giants Wizards of…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Kids Still Play Outside After All
Two kids enjoy playing their stickered-up DSes outside on a sunny day in Japan. (Image by Miki Yoshihito; seen via Tiny Cartridge) Resistance Site, Forums are Down; Hacking Alleged Visitors to MyResistance.net, the official site for the Resistance franchise of PS3 games, say the site was serving up malware yesterday. One of them alerted Insomniac…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
EA Smashes Battlefield‘s Banhammer With Relish
Possibly in response to the XP exploit discovered last week, Electronic Arts has touted the hundreds of summary bannings it has handed out in Battlefield 3 and said it has nooooo problem handing out more. You want to boost for XP repairing an EOD robot, you little shits? I’ve got your ass for the rest…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2011 - Culture
Living by a New Creed
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations headlines the final big blowout week of releases for video games in the pre-holiday runup. Other notable titles this week: Super Mario 3D Land, out today; the Halo: Anniversary HD re-release; new entries in the Need for Speed and Rayman franchises; Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom and the romping good-time Saints Row: The…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
After Wrapping Arkham City Rocksteady Went to Stately Wayne Manor and Played With the Bat-Signal
Wrapping up work on their epic Batman: Arkham City, the developers at U.K.-based Rocksteady Studios set out to party hardy. First up was a 250-lap go-kart race. Then they went to Wayne Manor’s real-life stand-in and turned on the Bat-Signal. That estate is Wollaton Hall in Nottingham, which is where the Wayne Manor scenes were…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Stages of Griefing
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. • The 13 Greatest Moments in Video Game Griefing History [Ranker] More or less covers all the ways you sap, sabotage and undermine your teammates…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Pimp Out Team Fortress 2 with some Saints Row Preorder Bling
If you’d like a free insane costume for the Heavy in Team Fortress 2, you have about two days to pick it up. It also helps if you want Saints Row: The Third on PC, as that’s what you have to preorder to grab it. The game, which is $49.99 comes with three pieces of…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Q*Bert Record Still Standing After Third Marathon Attempt to Topple It
The all-time high score of 33 million set 28 years ago on Q*Bert has this year proved to be one of the most unassailable marks in video game history. Last night, Rob Gerhardt’s record, set in 1983, survived a third assault this year when iron-man gamer Rick Carter—who in August racked up a billion-point world…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Shoppin’ Macy’s
Sonic is back in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year. Let’s hope he has a better time of it than in 1993, when he was blown into a lamppost and popped. Not that I’m insinuating you should pull anything mischievous in our latest ‘Shop Contest. You may recall that 1993 was not only the…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Good morning, TAYshine. The open thread says hello. Please use this place and time to speak your mind about any topic in the world of video games that you may wish to discuss right now. Big thanks to pan1da7, once again, for this Sunday’s TAYpic. Want to be featured here just like Pan1da7? Go get…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2011 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Everything but the Girl
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. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Nov. 7.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Nov. 78—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by…
By Owen Good Published November 13, 2011 - Uncategorized
Bird Games Winners
Two artificially enthusiastic child models playing the Angry Birds tabletop game supplied the canvas upon which you were called to paint your demented masterpieces in Kotaku’s ‘Shop Contest. We have 20 finalists, plus winner Riddicrash inside! Leading off, Rokeden (14) supplies the obligatory Asshole Dog entry. Gio-Dude (5) conjures the ghost of Christmases past. clumsyninja…
By Owen Good Published November 12, 2011 -
UncategorizedGrand Theft Minecart, the Minecraft Interpretation of the GTA V Trailer
Two weeks ago we brought you the virtuoso reenactment of Grand Theft Auto V‘s debut trailer, filmed within its spiritual ancestor, GTA: San Andreas. Now comes a stop-everything version created in Minecraft, as nearly all things are these days. This is by Dennis Vareide. The soundtrack isn’t a complete match, but that doesn’t really matter.…
By Owen Good Published November 12, 2011 - Uncategorized
Chaotic Conference Alignments Scramble College Football’s Video Game, Too
For a short time this summer, Florida State was the rumored target of a Southeastern Conference raid on the Atlantic Coast Conference, in the protracted and sometimes absurd realignment that still is reshaping college football’s landscape. Ben Haumiller, a proud Seminole alumnus, knew that change was unlikely in the real world. Florida State burned a…
By Owen Good Published November 12, 2011