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It’s Not Easy Being a Video Game Equestrian
A horse is a horse, of course; of course, unless that horses is ridden by commenter markandrovich1, in which case it becomes something of a liablity. Share your video game horse woes in today’s equine edition of Speak Up on Kotaku. Equine Trouble… As someone who has played thousands of video games in the arcades…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedFelicia Day Goes LARPing in Dragon Age: Redemption Episode One
While the production values are fine, the acting solid, and the writing passable, the first episode of Felicia Day’s Dragon Age: Redemption web series still feels like a bunch of friends spending the weekend in the woods role-playing. Felicia can’t help it. It’s part of her charm that she comes across as the sort of…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedWalk Through More of Deus Ex: Human Revolution‘s Upcoming “Missing Link” DLC in This Video
Have you noticed how Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s cyborg hero Adam Jensen is a little like Jesus? Think about it. He dies (mostly) and comes back to life and then goes aout dispatching the wicked. That’d make David Sarif kinda like God, wouldn’t it? And just like the Nazarean’s Lost Years, there’s a period of…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Can you paint with all the colors of De Blob? No? Well then just discuss video games here as much as you want. Thanks to reader Brian H. May for today’s image, and remember, when Fahey’s doing the TAY, De Blob always wins. Take a crack at being featured atop TAY some time this month…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2011 -
ReviewsRage: The Kotaku Review
It doesn’t really hit me until about half way through the game. I’ve been spending so much time worrying over the trick of staying alive that I haven’t notice just how insignificant I am. It’s not until I’m sent on another armed errand, off to save a general from a federal prison, that I realize…
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Santa’s Village Is Ready to Ring in the Holidays
It’s not yet Thanksgiving. Heck, Halloween is weeks away. Yet, select retailers in the U.S. are rolling out holiday decorations. And it’s not just the U.S. Select Japanese retail is also already selling Christmas trees. So why should an iOS app be any different? Santa’s Village from social game maker Making Fun was released in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
First Forza 4. Then, Tire Pressure.
Motorsport | OSAKA, JAPAN: A copy of Forza 4 and a press kit landed on my desk today. Can’t wait to check it out. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft | Kotaku) Clive Owen’s Embarrassing Video Game Past British actor Clive Owen is a badass. A man’s man. He’s got a deep voice, a heavy face, and is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Akira Gets a Biker Jacket. It Costs $900.
To celebrate Akira‘s 30th anniversary, Bandai Namco is releasing a replica of the cow-hide leather jacket worn by Akira protagonist Kaneda. There’s also a black version, which is based on Kaneda’s jacket. It reads “2019 A.D. 28 Neo Tokyo”, with the number 28 referring to Kaneda’s test research number. It costs ¥69,800, which is a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Put Your Vita in These
The PS Vita has a beautiful OLED screen. You don’t chuck OLED screens in your backpack or your pocket! You need to put the Vita in a pouch. Or a case. Like these. Today, Sony revealed a handful of new PS Vita pouches and cases. There are white and blue carrying pouches, priced at ¥1,800…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Play Dirty Games on Your PS3
Like really dirty games. You know, porn. Online retailer BD-Game is selling Blu-ray versions of adult PC games, meaning that the PS3 can play them. The adult games offered are hardcore. They include chesty sister wifey game Shimai Tsuma, the stomach churning Lolita-at-home title Hajimete no Orusuban, inevitable tentacle game Inda no Hime Kishi no…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony Still Figuring Out What To Do with UMDs
In an interview with Dengeki PlayStation, Sony’s Yoshio Matsumoto said that the company is still looking into offering UMD owners the opportunity to re-download their games on the Vita for a special price. At last month’s Sony press conference, Sony also mentioned it was looking into a solution for UMD owners who want to experience…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 - Culture
The Art Of Gears Of War
There’s an established, if corny description of the art of Gears of War: “destroyed beauty”. I don’t like typing it, I especially don’t like hearing it. Beauty doesn’t need to be defined like that because even the most smashed up thing in the universe can be beautiful if someone simply thinks it is Take the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedIt’s Battlefield 1942…2011, With Strategic Stuff to Boot
For over a decade now, it’s been the holy grail of online gaming: combine a shooter and a strategy game in the one package and make it work. Many have tried, notably World War II Online, but none ever really got there. Heroes & Generals is trying to get there. In development at Reto-Moto, a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedSix Seconds of a Halo Fan Film
Did you blink? Well, you missed it. Halo: Helljumper is an upcoming fan-made web series that is slated to premiere next January. Hopefully each episode is longer than six seconds. To learn more about the web series and to see production stills, check out Halo: Helljumpers‘s Facebook page You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Star Wars Case Mod has Doubled its Efforts
A Dutch site recently held a competition asking people to take a stock PC case —in this case a Corsair 600T—and spice them up a little. The results are spicy Given the fact the modders couldn’t craft their own cases (tasked only with designing a case), what they came up with is still impressive. There’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedReal Mario Kart on the Streets of Tokyo, Drawing Huge Crowds
The dudes from Japanese car site Cliccar get out of their boring civvies and got dressed up as Mario and Luigi. Then, they hopped in two street legal X-Karts and took to the avenues and boulevards of Tokyo. Priced at ¥ 379,800 (US$4,900), the X-Kart is a self-styled “mini sports car”. It weighs only 95…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
First PlayStation Vita Games Priced
When the PS Vita goes on sale Dec. 17 in Japan, it will cost ¥25,000. With the weak dollar, that’s US$326. So it’s best to go by the portable’s American pricing: $250. With that in mind, how much are Vita games going to cost? According to Famitsu, Uncharted: Golden Abyss costs ¥5,980 for the cartridge…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Gran Turismo 5’s DLC is $12 for a Smorgasbord of Stuff
Along with its big update, which is free, Gran Turismo 5 is also getting some paid DLC, which includes new cars, new courses, new clothes and…new paint colours. There will be four packs made available on October 18. One has 15 new cars, including the Red Bull X2011, touring cars and three karts. It’s $8.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sonic Commemorated in the Most Boring Way Possible
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of Sonic the Hedgehog. And nothing says “old, possibly dead but worth a token remembrance anyway” like commemorative postage stamps. Making things even less exciting is the fact they’re from Belgium, so most of us can’t even use them. At €4.99, you’re paying €1 per stamp…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011