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All It Takes is a Dollar and a Dream in EA Sports’ Oklahoma Lottery Cards
You can’t buy a cold six-pack* in Oklahoma, but next time you’re at the likker store for a carton of Parliaments and a fifth of Evan Williams you can buy some EA Sports-branded lottery scratch cards. The Oklahoma Lottery teamed up with the sports video games label for the lottery’s latest sports-themed scratcher, seen above.…
By Owen Good Published October 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
How 9/11 Gave Us Grand Theft Auto‘s Iconic Cover Style
There was Sept. 11. Then there was Oct. 22, when Grand Theft Auto III released, at a time when the United States was extremely high strung about things like the violence and moral relativism for which the series is known. Rockstar Games’ Dan Houser, in a rare interview, said that the game did strip out…
By Owen Good Published October 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedHype Video for NFL Blitz Doesn’t Show Off a Lot of Big Hits
Lost in the shuffle with the announcement of NFL Blitz‘s return is the fact the game is actually rated more strictly than its Madden counterpart. As the inaugural hype video for the game shows, it’s an E10+ for, among other things,”mild language.” Didn’t the original NFL Blitz have comically censored cussin’? Maybe that’s what the…
By Owen Good Published October 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Should You Buy Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One? Yes.
Let’s get this out the way first: going through the PlayStation 3 exclusive Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One in single-player isn’t much fun at all. The one AI partner you get while playing solo tends to move slow and All 4 One has clearly been built as a multiplayer-first experience, from the menus to…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
PS3 Trophies Indicate NBA 2K12‘s “Legends” DLC is Coming Soon
The patch to address NBA 2K12‘s multiplayer problems went live for the PS3 today, and the updated trophies it delivered points to the game’s unannounced downloadable content, and hints it may be coming soon. Reported first by Pasta Padre, the trophies and their descriptions give a little more detail on what you will be doing…
By Owen Good Published October 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Pinball!!!
Pinball – Do you like your video games to be a little less virtual? Then you might want to check out the 2011 Pinball Expo which kicks off in Chicago this week. Make sure to grind a machine for me if you go! From Yale To Persia: Read the Private Diaries Of Gaming’s Renaissance Man…
By Brian Crecente Published October 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Will Wright’s Business Cards Are Money
I’ve seen some cool business cards in my time—I remember that at my first GDC, I practically had a Patrick Bateman-style existential crisis over how inferior my own cards were at the time. But Sim City and Spore creator Will Wright’s got us all beat—he puts his personal information on actual printed money. Sure, it’s…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Special Message for Battlefield 3 Campers
Tom Antos, the man behind the crossbow-laden Skyrim fan film we featured last month, teams up with rap artist DeStorm to deliver a special message to folks that are considering finding a nice quite spot to camp on when Battlefield 3 launches next week. You know the people they’re talking about here. The ones that…
By Mike Fahey Published October 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedMario Kart, Duck Hunt and Angry Birds Get Turned into Horror Flicks
Next week G4TV.com will begin streaming dark takes on a trio of video game classics. The three film shorts are part of G4 Films Epictober Film Festival, an online event that seeks to blend the aesthetic of cinema with the worlds and characters of classic video games to create a Halloween mash-ups. In this first…
By Brian Crecente Published October 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Buy Your Very Own Official, 1:1 Mass Effect Assault Rifle
Good news, Mass Effect fans. You can stop building your own replica weapons based on the series, because starting today, you’ll be able to buy your own from EA’s online store. This replica M8 Avenger Assault Rifle is 1:1 in scale, meaning it’s exactly the same size it’s designed to be in the game universe.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedNew York Comic-Con In Three Minutes
New York Comic-Con is a wrap, but only after delivering four days packed with movies, video games, comics and cosplay. Comic Con for me this year was a lot of running around. If I wasn’t filming something, I was trying working the Frankenstylin booth. If I wasn’t working the booth? I was eating all of…
By Chris Carolan Published October 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedLet’s See Your Nerd Weddings, Kotaku
A few days back, I did a story on this not-a-wedding picture whose title riffed on the iconic special move from Street Fighter. That got me thinking about geek wedding, geek proposals and geek romance. And, as if the internet were reading my mind, messages and pictures about all of the above have been floating…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
More Than 300 Tiny Indie Games in One Free Pirate Kart Bundle
More than 100 independent developers gather together more than 300 games they deemed not “big” or “polished” or “real” enough to be worth the entry fee for the 2012 Independent Games Festival awards into one massive bundle, and you can download and play it for free. Everybody wins! At least I hope everybody wins. The…
By Mike Fahey Published October 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Batman: Arkham City‘s Weird “Bitch” Fixation
Batman: Arkham City is a mature game. I know it’s rated “T for Teen,” but that doesn’t mean it’s not for grown-ups—it features some really dark content. Torture, serial murder of innocent people, gleefully sadistic violence, lots of sexual and rape innuendo, and some surprisingly salty language. Arkham Asylum went to some dark places, but…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
How That Mario Bathroom Got That Way
Want to know how reader Liatte–-a lawyer and aspiring Lego artist—made her room of necessity themed around Nintendo’s iconic plumber? She’s been kind enough to answer a few questions about her Mario tribute bathroom and how she got it that way. “The bathroom’s looked like this for about 8 months. I did it entirely myself,…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Epic Rock Paper Scissors Game With a Batman Twist
From developer Massive Joe and The Batman cartoon producer / creative director Jeff Matsuda comes the most epic round of paper rock scissors ever committed to iOS — Age of Monsters Available today in the iTunes App Store, Age of Monsters — Rock Paper Scissors combines the simple game / decision-making process with the gorgeous…
By Mike Fahey Published October 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedHow To Get Arkham City‘s One-Year Calendar Man Achievement In One Hour (Probably)
There’s an Xbox 360 Achievement (and PlayStation 3 Trophy) in Batman: Arkham City called “Storyteller”. The description: “Have 12 murderous dates with Calendar Man.” To earn it, you have to talk to the incarcerated villain on 12 holidays, from New Year’s to Christmas. Your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 needs to be running the game…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dig the Warp Pipes in This Super Mario Bathroom
Reader Liatte sent in pics of her Mario-adorned throne room and while I want to make all kinds of scatological jokes—King Poopa, Going to World 1-2; go ahead, make up your own—but I’m really just jealous. My happy place [IMGUR] You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Explosive Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Launch Trailer Launches Early
Though the third chapter in the Uncharted saga isn’t due out until November 1, Naughty Dog just couldn’t wait to show us the full trailer for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. After watching it yourself you’ll see why. This is movie quality stuff right here, ladies and gentlemen. After watching this two-and-a-half minute masterpiece I’m fully…
By Mike Fahey Published October 19, 2011