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UncategorizedGet 20% More Evil in Today’s Free The Binding of Isaac Update
Edmund McMillen’s The Binding of Isaac managed to be one of the creepiest, most f-ed up games come out in quite some time. So, it’s especially fitting that the co-creator of Super Meat Boy’s offering a sizable update on All Hallow’s Eve for his action-RPG shooter. Here’s what the update adds, from McMillen’s blog: -Added…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
When You’re Too Terrified to Finish the Game
In today’s spooktacular edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter God Hand BrynnFlynn wonders if they’re alone in being so terrified by a game that they just couldn’t go on. See, here’s the thing. I’m 22 years old. As a 22 year old, you’re not supposed to be afraid of the dark, you’re not supposed…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Lady Holds a Resident Evil Pistol. Capcom Copyrights a Cake.
It’s Halloween. What better day to talk about overpriced Resident Evil food? So, let’s do that! Then, let’s talk about a gun. To promote Resident Evil‘s fifteenth anniversary, Capcom is teaming up with a Japanese restaurant company to roll out Resident Evil food. There are T-virus drinks that change colors and themed dishes. Capcom even…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedTaiwanese Animation Offers WTF Take on Grand Theft Auto V Trailer
The folks at Next Media Animation—who’ve become infamous for presenting bizarre CGI takes on the news—speculate on what the teaser for Rockstar Games’ just announced upcoming sequel will look like. Honestly, while it apes some of the visual signifiers of the GTA games, the silent clip makes close to no sense whatsoever. Does the kid…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedPlants Vs. Zombies Composer Tries Her Hand at Magic: The Gathering Rap
It’s an indie game geeksplosion as the woman behind the Plants Vs. Zombies music teams up with the programmer for Xbox Live Arcade’s Spelunky to rap about their shared love of Magic: The Gathering This is the sort of video I would normally avoid, but the sheer indie gaming power contained within (coupled with Laura…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk or Treat Amongst Yourselves
It’s Halloween. That means it is time to dress up in costume, beg for candy and talk here about video games, as people have been doing for generations. Why, remember the big Talk Amongst Yourselves egg-throwing incident from ’73? Thanks to Pand1a7 for today’s image. And! For this bonus TAY GIF: People! It’s the end…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Online Problems For Record-Setting Battlefield 3 Almost Fixed, EA Says
Battlefield 3‘s launch was plagued with online issues, blocking gamers from going online with the popular multiplayer shooter, booting others and causing wide-spread server issues. But in an interview this morning with Kotaku, Electronic Arts says that after shipping 10 million copies of the game and having more than 2.2 million players log in to…
By Brian Crecente Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Flattery, Thy Name is Cut the Birds
Cut the Birds is awesome. Not the game itself, mind you. Just the premise. I mean, it’s not often you see a cheap knock-off go after not one game, but two In case you haven’t worked it out by the subtle title, Cut the Birds (maybe they even stole the name...from Crecente) is Angry Birds…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
One Year After Release, Microsoft Moves Kinect Toward Business and Science
While conceived as a device meant to expand the reach of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming platform by allowing people to play video games without the need for controllers, the Kinect has always been destined for a broader future. Last November, when the Kinect array of microphones, sensors and cameras was on the cusp of hitting…
By Brian Crecente Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Two Girls, Two Arcade Sticks
Ultimate | TOKYO, JAPAN: Capcom showed off the new Hori fight stick. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) Watch the First 23 Minutes of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Right Here The game might not be out yet, but those wanting to see how the opening moments of Skyrim go down, you can see it all in these…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Will There Be a Grand Theft Auto First-Person Shooter?
For your typical Western game developer, first-person shooters are bread and butter. Rockstar Games is not your typical Western game developer. “We’re deliberately avoiding that right now,” Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser told Japanese game magazine Famitsu. “It’s in our DNA to avoid doing what other companies are doing.” So, while other companies were making FPS…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Why Battlefield 3 Has a Singleplayer Campaign
Battlefield is a series long renowned for its multiplayer prowess, but for the latest instalment, developers DICE dropped in a fairly slick and expensive singleplayer campaign. Leading many people to wonder, uh, why? Normally it’s the other way around! Singleplayer games get multiplayer modes added because that’s where the longevity/money supposedly is, but adding singleplayer…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Brad Pitt Is too Old, Mean for Video Games
Never mind that 47-year-old actor Brad Pitt is married to Angelina Jolie, star of the Tomb Raider movies, the Hollywood actor is apparently worried that their children are playing too many games. A source told the National Enquirer that Pitt took the kid’s laptops and hid them in storage. “He [Pitt] wants them playing in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dante vs Star Wars vs Catwoman
No offence to the few who do an amazing job with it, but I’m sick of Final Fantasy cosplay. There’s just too damn much of it. So for this week’s Fancy Pants, I’m going cold turkey. No Final Fantasy. No Kingdom Hearts either, for that matter. Filling the void will be some cosplay of games…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
How to Play BioShock Monopoly (For Free)
Internet person KatMann has done something wonderful to an old Monopoly board: Developed a custom BioShock “mod”, letting you play a Rapture version of the classic game. Best part? Unlike other novelty Monopoly games you buy in a store, this one works with one you’ve already got, so it’s 100% (though to be honest, you…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is This the Digital Bike of Your Dreams?
Dubbed the “Gladiator Bike”, this is concept art for a product that doesn’t exist. This is this stuff of fantasy. Mine, at least. Designed by artist Jaewan Jeong, the Gladiator Bike exists in 22nd century, with a widening gap between rich and poor. Racers battle it out on WipEout or F-Zero style tracks. The whole…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Batman Hates Sharks. Real Bad.
Artist kay-too sought to “emulate the art style of the marketing for Batman: Arkham City” with this cute piece. The black & white palette echoes that used on the game’s posters and cover art. The punching the shark echoes an unfulfilled dream I had for an entire section of the game. We’re gonna need a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedPortal Song Now Sounds like a TV Theme Song
Roomie is, according to his YouTube page, “a Swedish guy who makes music videos.” He releases a new one every Tuesday. This past week, he released a cover of Portal’s “Still Alive”. It sounds like an American TV theme song from the late 1980s or 1990s. I kind of like that. Still Alive (Cover) –…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
iOS Game Helping Disabled Girl Walk for the First Time
Grace Windrum, a five-year-old girl from the United Kingdom, suffers from cerebral palsy. At the moment, she’s unable to walk. But thanks to a charity drive from an iOS game publisher, she may soon be able to. Grace’s parents need £50,000 to pay for an operation in a US hospital that will almost certainly enable…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Just How Many Japanese Women Work in Prostitution?
In Japan, the term “fuzoku” refers to the sex industry. It’s different from the term “mizu shoubai”, which refers more to the type of hosting you’ll see in Sega’s yakuza games. Fuzoku is sex, in its many forms and flavors. According to an estimate by a woman’s fashion website, it’s possible one in ten Japanese…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2011