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UncategorizedCan one crazy dungeon master defeat the forces of neo-nerd hipster douchery?
When a neo-nerd hipster douchebag joins Scott’s old-school D&D game, it looks like heads are going to roll along with the dice. Help make this funny, original movie about geek culture a reality by donating! The film is called Zero Charisma, and it’s from an experienced group of filmmakers in Austin. They’re raising money for…
By Annalee Newitz Published May 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedGet In-N-Out Of There!
Greetings, Kotaku readers. Welcome to tonight’s open thread, which we’re doing animal style. Wait! Scratch that, I’m thinking of dinner from In-N-Out Burger. Speaking of the fine burger chain, In-N-Out came to Texas today and apparently beef loving locals completely lost their shit over the opening. In a world where we’re pretty used to having…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Check Out This NBA Star’s Massive Wingspan
This full-back tat by Andrei Kirilenko, a free agent most recently with the Utah Jazz, speaks to what kind of pro athlete plays World of Warcraft. Usually, it’s the iconoclast in the locker room, a guy like Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe. Once this hit Twitter, word spread of Kirilenko’s badass back tat but few…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Test Drive Unlimited Studio Stages One-Day Strike
Atari’s plans to lay off more than 50 percent of Eden Games’ workforce, plus alleged “mismanagement,” were the catalysts for a one-day symbolic strike today by the developer of Test Drive Unlimited 2 “For several years we are witnessing multiple leader changes at its head, they did not hesitate to get rich despite financial difficulties,”…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Who Cares About Angry Birds When You Can Play DOS Classics In Your Browser?
Harmless distractions like Angry Birds are perfectly acceptable browser game fodder, should you have nothing better to play, but a newly released port of emulator DOSbox for Google’s Chrome browser is the superior option—especially if you love LucasArts adventure games. NaClBox makes that possible. It’s a newly released port of DOSbox—the free emulator used by…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedSamuel L. Jackson Plays Black Ops
Whether this Samuel L. Jackson soundboard is live (in which case, it must have taken at least two guys) or edited in after the fact, there’s little dispute over its comedic value. NSFW language throughout. Part of a series of YouTube Black Ops soundboard videos going back to the beginning of April, including Pee-Wee Herman,…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Some Old Starcraft, Some New Mega Man, and What is Flashpoint?
It’s Wednesday. There are new comic books in comic shops. Only some of them are worth your time and money. As always, I have some suggestions…. Comics You Should Consider Buying (from comics shops) Dungeon Monstres Vol 4: Night of the Ladykiller If you’re ever going to trust my comics recommendations, trust this one. The…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Fallout-Themed Geiger Counter Monitors Japan’s Transpacific Radiation
A Seattle-area man who lived in Europe during the Chernobyl disaster, now wary of radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accidents traversing the Pacific, built that, the a Fallout-themed case for a Geiger counter that reports its findings automatically via Twitter. Redmond, Wash.-based RobCo_PIPBoy has been reporting hourly counts per minute of between 17 and 24…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
E3 Cometh
JEDI MIND TRICKS | A Star Wars storm trooper character takes a break during the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 16, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Is This Modern Warfare 3‘s Cover? Yesterday we told you what we’ve been told about the…
By Brian Crecente Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Five New Mass Effect 3 Details You Might Want to Hear
Mass Effect 3 executive producer Casey Hudson spoke with UK magazine Xbox World, divulging some mid-production intel about Shepard and company. The info is scattershot; little pieces of unconnected details about many different aspects of the game. Still, they help to create a larger picture of BioWare’s vision for the game. For those of you…
By Mike Epstein Published May 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Best Place to Loiter in Guild Wars 2
Every massively multiplayer online role-playing game needs a place for players to hang out, shout their auctions, and bitch about the development team working on the game they’re currently spending every waking hour playing. For Guild Wars 2, that city is Lion’s Arch. The city of Lion’s Arch was a hub for adventurers in the…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Would You Pay $90 to Attend a Minecraft Convention?
Six months before Minecraft‘s full release is due, creator Markus “Notch” Persson is pondering a gala event in Vegas on its release day – MinecraftCon, on 11/11/11, “with all of [development studio] Mojang going there, and us pushing out the final release live on stage or something.” Would you pay to see that? Notch wants…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Japanese Video Game Sales Take A Much Needed Week Off
With Japan celebrating Golden Week, there wasn’t much activity in the country in terms of new releases. In fact, in the list of top twenty bestselling games in Japan, there was nothing new represented. But we soldier on! According to sales tracker Media Create, Square Enix’s Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional topped the charts…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Will Include, Surprise, Major Revelations
To hear the creative director of this fall’s Assassin’s Creed Revelations put it in a recent interview with Game Informer, the next Assassin’s Creed will actually merit its subtitle. Questions will be answered. What kind of questions? Read on, only if you’ve played Assassin’s Creed II and Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Oh, but if you’re about…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Winter is Coming to Japan: Manga Game of Thrones book covers are glorious to behold
The Japanese editions of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire are a thing of beauty, thanks to covers by artists Ken Sugawara, Yasushi Suzuki and Noriko Meguro. Check out some incredible Manga-influenced Westeros art in our gallery. Images via Crunchy Roll and Hayakawa Publishing Game Of Thrones Cover Art by Ken Sugawara…
By Meredith Woerner Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hey! Listen! Hey! Hey!! Look Out Behind You, Link!!!
For once, Link might want to actually “listen” to the crazy fairies’ nonsense. Such an amazing illustration of the classic Nintendo video game by Kevin Keele. Related Rampage: God of War “Hey! Listen! Hey!” by Kevin Keele / Kanyn (deviantART) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Brink Takes a Swipe at Console Gamers while Deleting PC Gamers’ Characters
Oh those silly console gamers. They couldn’t possibly handle the advanced PC gaming concepts like objective-based teamplay. Why, if there was a bug in the game that say, deleted their characters completely if they exited the game too early, console gamers would be beside themselves. Wait, there is? The screen above, pulled from my copy…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Modern War Gear Solid Saga Continues with the Introduction of… Cardboard Gear!?!
The ultimate paramilitary crossover continues in the fifth(!) chapter of Modern War Gear Solid, which has already merged the worlds of Metal Gear Solid, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Halo into one ridiculously amusing soup. In the latest (and final?) episode, things reach even more ludicrous heights as Ghost battles Kotickovitch, Snake evolves the…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2011 - Reviews
The Universal Wrist Gadget Charger Arms Your Electronics with Extra Life
In the age of smartphones, MP3 players, tablet PCs, and high-quality handheld gaming devices, people need all the electricity they can get their hands on, even if they have to strap it onto their bodies to carry it around. Now there’s an idea… And where there are nifty gadget ideas, online retailer ThinkGeek is generally…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
What’s the Batman: Arkham City Comic Hinting At?
The video game sequel to the extraordinary Batman: Arkham Asylum won’t be released until October, but starting today a new comic, Batman: Arkham City, is bridging the two Arkham games’ gap. That compelled me to rush to the comics shop to find out what’s next in this saga. If you’ve been following the pre-release coverage…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2011