Another Use for the Konami Code

Some who have wrangled with Netflix customer support are aware of this, but it isn’t widely known. When it came time to give the movie service’s PS3 application a bailout menu to de-list the device from an account, they used the Konami Code. A modified version, that is, as there’s no B or A on…

The Source of the Call of Duty Hoax is Revealed [Update]

The source of the stir created by a Modern Warfare-themed countdown site – believed to be announcing another sequel, or a competitor’s – has been traced to a Canadian troupe set to debut a Modern Warfare film next week. Geoff Keighley of GTTV reports that “We Can Pretend,” a Toronto-based artist’s collective, is behind both…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: 3DS Warnings

The Nintendo 3DS arrived in Japan Saturday, bringing with it a couple dozen hee-larious safety warnings, in the kind of universal visual esperanto-for-illiterates that you see on airplane safety cards. If this isn’t the most exploitable batch of drawings we’ve ever offered, we should just stop having ‘Shop Contests. Browse that gallery for one you…

Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves

Welcome to Kotaku’s Official Open Thread, where the best part of wakin’ up is a zombie barfing a tidal wave in your cup. Thanks to ShinLord for today’s image. Submit yours to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)

Sunday Comics

Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Feb. 21 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Feb. 25 – Read more of Nerf…

Kotaku Shop ‘Contest: Few Winners, One Loser

Well, that sucked. I’m not going to bullshit you – I picked a bad ‘Shop Contest topic. When you go from 900 comments to 300 in a week, that’s a pretty fair judge of the subject’s merit, and I failed. I probably should have just told you to exploit the image of J Allard, sitting…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest Winners

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Rockstar’s Nutball Domain Names Can Only Mean Grand Theft Auto V

From Weasel News to Maibatsu, Tw@ to Logger Beer and, of course, the Degenetron, Grand Theft Auto’s games are well known for delivering a pitch-perfect satire of the times in which they are set. The registration of five zany Web site names by Take-Two can only be for a Grand Theft Auto game, and they…

Scare Yourself to Sleep with this Dead Space Night Light

Dead Space 2 Isaac Clarke Lamp, by DeviantArt’s TeamLando. Sculpted for a contest and a friend, says the Lando bros. “Nothing fancy, just super sculpey, acrylic paint and LED-shoelaces, with 70 hours worth of batteries in the back,” say the creators.

Your Guide to Video Gaming’s Sportspocalypse 2011

Sportspocalypse. Sportsmageddon. Spörtsnarök? Whatever you want to call it, the coming month is packed with sports video game releases – a seven-way showdown of licensed sports titles in a month that normally sees only two baseball games. How’d we get to this point? The seven titles here all took different paths for specific reasons even…

Minecraft’s Creator Ponders Adding Achievements

Noting that a lot of people dislike achievements, Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson says he’s still a fan of them, and thinks they could be useful to his runaway indie hit as a type of guide leading newcomers through the game, rather than implementing a heavy-handed tutorial that stifles creativity. “I’ve had the idea to…

Ratings Board Says Teens Would Find Swinger Game ‘Beneath Them’

Even though the game ratings authority in the U.K. says “the average 16-year-old would think everything in We Dare was beneath them,” politicians, parents and media there are apoplectic that Ubisoft’s ridiculous swinger-party game was rated a 12 – meaning suitable for kids. “I have a 13 year old daughter and if I knew she…

Here’s the 3DS Already Running an R4 Cartridge

Not 24 hours since its release, here’s the Nintendo 3DS running the notorious R4 flash cart. It’s not that much of a surprise – probably doesn’t even qualify as a hack, as a 3DS is fully backward compatible with DS cartridges, essentially what this is. But this does let you know that, yes, for those…

The Quadruple-Double

Only four NBA players have recorded a quadruple double – double figures in four statistical categories in the same game. All but one were centers. None was a point guard. Kotaku reader Sean took the Boston Celtics against Memphis in an Association mode contest, having recently completed a trade that, like in real life, sent…

The 3DS Turned My Sofa Into A Monster’s Lair

Today, eight games launched along with the Nintendo 3DS in Japan. But if you don’t end up getting any packaged titles, there is already pre-bundled software on the 3DS that should keep you entertained. It’s doing that for me! The 3D camera is fun and all, but AR Games really seems to be the most…

The Moneysaver: Fleshy Headed Mutant, Are You Friendly?

I was the last one left after the nuclear holocaust, eh. The whole world had been destroyed, like the U.S. blew up Russia and Russia blew up U.S. Fortunately, I had been offworld at the time. There wasn’t much to do. All the bowling alleys had been wrecked. So’s I spent most of my time…

How To Keep Your Barfing And Eye-Melting To A Minimum

I’ve been playing with the 3DS all day for much longer than Nintendo’s recommended allotment of time. My head isn’t killing me, and I’m not barfing. Yet. Gaming for me has always been about relaxing and unwinding. And I do think you can do that with the 3DS. You just need to know there is…

Let’s See If DS Games Look Better On The 3DS

This is hardly scientific. In fact, it’s not scientific at all. But since the 3DS has better screens, then DS games should look better on them, no? That’s exactly what I tried to find out! I’m comparing how the New Super Mario Bros. looks on the DSi XL and how it looks on the 3DS.…

Does The 3DS Have More Bite?

Whenever new game hardware is released, there are the inevitable comparisons to the previous hardware. This isn’t right or wrong or good or bad. It just is. And Nintendo’s making that easier than ever. Nintendogs, released in 2005, is a pet simulator in which players look after four-legged friends. Nintendogs + Cats, released this weekend…

A Visual Guide To The 3DS