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Welcome to the Game Club: Shadows of the Damned a.k.a. the Five-Week Boner Joke
Howdy everyone! Welcome to the next installment of the Kotaku Game Club! Starting this week, through the month of July, we’re going to play Shadows of the Damned, the third-person shooter from Resident Evil mastermind Shinji Mikami, and the crazy man behind No More Heroes, Suda 51. As with previous game club discussions, the goal…
By Mike Epstein Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Proving Ground Co-Host Dies in Crash [Update]
Ryan Dunn, Jackass daredevil and co-host of G4’s Proving Ground, died in a Pennsylvania car crash this morning. He was 34. Dunn’s latest show, which co-stars IGN’s Jessica Chobot and had the two testing memorable moments in video games, comics, TV and movies, premiered less than a week ago. Dunn was driving his 2007 Porsche…
By Brian Crecente Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Square Enix to Host Deus Ex Art Show
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is coming to life in New York City. Square Enix hired artists from various mediums to put together original works based on Deus Ex: Human Revolution‘s futuristic setting, dealing with the moral and ethical issues of artificial body augmentation. Each artist will put together one poster style image, inspired by either…
By Sam Winstrom Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Liveblogging Al Gore’s Games for Change Keynote
Former vice president Al Gore addresses the Games for Change summit today, kicking off three days of discussion about making games for social impact. Gore is co-founder and chairman of Generation Investment Management and co-founder and chairman of Current TV. He also did that whole Vice President of the United States thing. While it isn’t…
By Brian Crecente Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Wii Motion Plus Captures Jimmy Fallon’s Wild Flailing on Late Night
Jimmy Fallon’s body was ready, but Reggie Fils-Aime overwhelmed him anyway with what Nintendo had to offer at E3. Nintendo’s E3 showcase spanned four consoles while Late Night with Jimmy Fallon featured only three. Well, almost. Reggie Fils-Aime brought the Wii U with him, there were no demos from the new console. Instead Fallon finished…
By Sam Winstrom Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Akihabara Street Walking Fully Reopens
After a successful trial stint, Akihabara’s vehicle-free pedestrian paradise opens starting July 3. It was closed after a 2008 stabbing rampage. Details about times and months pedestrian paradise is opened in the link. [Japan Today]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Creepy Picture Taking Comes to Life!
In PSP Photo Kano, you are a camera-wielding high school student who meets schoolgirls and takes photos of them. It’s kind of like Pokémon Snap, but with bigger boobs. Looking to recreate the game in, say, the privacy of your room—with or without the boobs? This July, the uniform schoolgirls wear in the game is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil‘s Dip Into Action Is More Experiment Than Evolution
I haven’t had a good scare since 2005, at least not at the hands of Resident Evil While it may not be another six years until the lurching infected, man or dog, scare the pants off me, Capcom does seem hesitant to make any short-term promises about the series once famous for making people jump.…
By Brian Crecente Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Halo’s Remake Has Kinect Support
Microsoft Game Studios VP Phil Spencer has told GameSpot “We believe that Kinect will be important to all genres of games. Be it racing games with Forza, combat games like Ryse…even games like Halo Anniversary have Kinect integration.” Here’s hoping it’s just to browse the menus. [GameSpot, via Edge]
By Luke Plunkett Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s Monday, so why don’t you start your week with Talk Amongst Yourselves? Use this space as a general video games forum – so please do talk about all topics video game related. Special thanks goes out to Incursor for today’s image. Wanna get your TAYpic on Kotaku? Submit your pic to #TAYpics (Read this…
By Joshua Rivera Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Call of Duty Lawsuit Against Activision is Oscar Mike
The ongoing legal stoush between Activision and the creators of Call of Duty is set to hit the big time, with a California judge ruling that Jason West and Vince Zampella have grounds to sue their former publishers over unpaid royalties. [THR]
By Luke Plunkett Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Drive Yourself Crazy With Flick Golf Extreme
You know, there’s only thing standing between me and the kind of golf score posted by Rory McIlroy at this weekend’s U.S. Open, and that’s telekinesis. Give me the power to steer my second shot in midair and I’d finally achieve golfing greatness. But no matter how much I wave at the ball, it won’t…
By Owen Good Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Father’s Day in Any Language Is Still Father’s Day
A Day for Dads | OSAKA,JAPAN: My soon-to-be 8 year-old Mini-Bash wrote me a nice note for Father’s Day. I’ll have to do the same when he turns 8 on Thursday. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft) It’s Cosplay Time, Come On Grab Your Friends I’ll be honest with you. In terms of execution, this isn’t the greatest…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Gears of War Designer Doesn’t Want To Be Remembered Only for Gears
Cliff Bleszinski designs Gears of War. The games sell millions. Before Bleszinski made Gears games, he worked on Unreal Tournament games and Jazz Jackrabbit, but it’s Gears of War that he’s known for. “I can tell you know that if for the rest of my life I am only remembered for a fucking chainsaw gun,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
Heroes or Enormous Butts? You Decide!
Capcom is releasing two calendars for 2012: One is a Capcom girls calendar, and the other is a Capcom heroes calendar. One has enormous butts, and the other one doesn’t! Both calendars are around US$20 and measure 59.4 x 42cm. Last year’s Capcom girls calendar did so well, reports Game Swag, that it convinced Capcom…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Do Metroid and Soccer’s Greatest Player Have in Common?
The name of Metroid‘s star’s name is Samus Aran. The name of soccer’s greatest player is Pelé. But that’s not his real name. “Even the name of the protagonist could be put together in this manner, and if I wanted to give someone a strange name, I could refer to Pelé’s name,” Nintendo’s Hiroji Kiyotake…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s Cosplay Time, Come On Grab Your Friends
I’ll be honest with you. In terms of execution, this isn’t the greatest Fancy Pants we’ve ever run. But in terms of effort, this one’s right off the charts. There’s so much enthusiasm on show here, from the foam Mega Man to the terrifying piranha plant, that it just goes to show: Cosplay doesn’t always…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 20, 2011
