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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Things are finally beginning to wind down here: E3 is over, Duke Nukem Forever has finally seen the light of day. But hey, there’s still a heck of a lot to talk about. And since this is Kotaku’s official forum, what better place to chat about game-related news than here? As usual, my hero Incursor…
By Drew Cohen Published June 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedGearbox Dev Beatboxes His Way Through a Duke Nukem Party
Say what you will about Gearbox’s Duke Nuke Forever, but it sounds like their community party was, as the kids used to say, “Off the hook.” Here we see Randy Pitchford, Gearbox co-founder and CEO, beatboxing up on stage to celebrate the imminent release of a game most thought would never see the light of…
By Brian Crecente Published June 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedFeed Me Oil Feeds Me Fun
In Feed Me Oil, an oil pipe has burst, destroying the planet’s flora. Players must redirect the oil into terrain and structures that look like creatures. Using platforms, spinning sprockets, magnets, and fans, players create a Rube Goldberg circuit to redirect the flow of oil. And feed them oil. The art style is colorful and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Call Her Iron…Woman!
Marvelous | SHANGHAI, CHINA: Telecom worker Wang Kang created an Iron Man costume in several months for $450. Here, a female newscaster tries it on. (Photo: Weibo Source) Would This Have Been a Better Duke Nukem Forever? While my review is forthcoming, it’s no spoiler that Duke Nukem Forever isn’t a Game of the Year…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedJust Don’t Smush the Girl, Okay?
Halls, maker of mentholated cough drops, is teaming up with dating simulator Love Plus for a product promotion. Love Plus character Nene Anegasaki appears on the packaging, but that’s not all. Digital ads, like these in Osaka Station, show Nene on a swing, trying to put a pink grapefruit Halls in your mouth. There’s also…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Your Cosplay Cure
At the Cure Cosplay Festival, it wasn’t only The King of Fighters that was brought to life. A variety of video games and anime outfits were on display. More NSFW buttcheeks. You’ve been warned! Websites Asagawo Blog and Gigazine were on hand to check out the festivities. 「まどマギ」「スタドラ」「VOCALOID」など、さまざまな衣装を楽しんでいるコスプレイヤーたち and 前半 その2, 後半 その1-,後半 その2- [アサガヲBlog,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2011 - Culture
Would This Have Been a Better Duke Nukem Forever?
While my review is forthcoming, it’s no spoiler that Duke Nukem Forever isn’t a Game of the Year contender. Question is, though, what game are we judging? Because the one we are playing clearly isn’t finished. Leaving us to wonder, what game might we have been left with were 3D Realms able to actually complete…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedGreen Blocks, an Open World and a Sword In Your Hand
Despite its appearance, this is not 3D Dot Game Heroes for the PC. But it’s something similar. This upcoming indie PC title is called Cube World, and is described as a “3D Voxel-Based game with a focus on exploration an RPG elements”. The entire world is procedurally-generated each time, and that goes for both the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Shadow of the Colossus Ending We Never Got
Game designer Fumito Ueda has tweeted a nixed ending that never made it to The Shadow of the Colossus. This is it! Ueda storyboards his games by hand. Shame he didn’t post the image at a larger resolution—not simply because I want to see how different this ending it, but rather, I’d like to look…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
2011 is all About the Gun Barrels
Website Cracked ran the same joke last year, but this year, it’s even funnier. Or, depending on your point of view, sadder Is it wrong to predict that there’ll be at least one major award this year for “best iron sights”? And that it won’t be a joke award? The 6 Most Ominous Trends in…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedSmash Those Glorious Pixels, Wizorb
Wizorb, as we’ve shown you before, is an upcoming game in which Breakout meets 16-bit Zelda / Final Fantasy. It looked hot in screens, and looks hotter than hot in motion. The game will (hopefully) be out later this year on PC and the Xbox Live Indie Games Channel.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Let’s Look at Plastic Mechs!
There’s a new Gundam series, penned by Professor Layton designer Akihiro Hino. It’s dubbed Gundam Age. New Gundam means new Gundam toys. There are also pics of the in-store Gundam toy scanner, the Gage-ing Battle Base. The Gundam Age plastic models are chipped, so they can be scanned in, which produces a battle simulation. Website…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedBob Dylan Sings a Song for Marcus Fenix
This is Bob Dylan. And not just any Bob Dylan. Nutty 1970’s Bob Dylan. And he’s…singing a song about Gears of War OK, so it’s not actually Dylan. It’s comedian Liam Lynch. But that’s a mean Dylan impersonation, and also about the most unique Gears of War tribute we’re ever likely to hear. Dylan of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Turkish Cops Arrest 32 Suspected Anonymous Members
After Spanish cops arrested a trio of suspected Anonymous members, the Turkish police now say it has arrested 32 suspected Anonymous members, including eight minors. No word yet if they were involved in the PSN hacks. [The Guardian]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 3 Shoots the Lights Out on Jimmy Fallon
As promised, Late Night host Jimmy Fallon has kicked off his video game week with footage of Modern Warfare 3 Sadly, at least for the first part of the clip, there’s not much to see. Much of the singleplayer footage has been seen before, and the audio has been totally washed out by Activision and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhere Arcade Games Go To Die
Lensman Kert Gartner filmed this depressing, yet beautiful short at Allied Coin, one of Winnipeg’s larger “arcade graveyards”. Haunting, stunning, and sad. The short is a promotional piece for the Winnitron 1000, which aims to encourage and inspire indie game developers. Read more about it here
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Turns Out Hideo Kojima HATES Metal Gear On the NES
The original Metal Gear may have been most famous on the Nintendo Entertainment System, but that’s not the platform it was designed for. It was instead developed first for the MSX, and the fact it had to be ported over to the NES is something that makes the series’ creator, Hideo Kojima, very unhappy. In…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedIs This Girl Real or Virtual?
For years, gamers have developed feelings for characters that don’t exist in the traditionally tangible world. They might look real, but the characters are a composition of art and reality. They are virtual. But what if a virtual person was passed off as real? Or what if a real person was thought to be virtual?…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2011
