Jumping The Flagpole In Super Mario Bros. — On The First Level

Jumping the flagpole in Super Mario Bros. is possible. This has been proven. Have you seen it on World 1-1, though? Well, thanks to this glitch, you will. [NSFW audio because this guy’s nom de plume is ‘Motherfucker Mike’]. Mike says this video is 100 percent real and was done on a console, not on…

GameStop Wants Access To Your Xbox Live Account

While GameStop is perfectly happy selling you Xbox Live points cards at the moment, in the future, the retailer wants to do more than that. It wants your Xbox Live details, so it can send you the stuff it’s selling. “Today you pick the card up off the rack that’s associated with that map pack,…

FBI Pulls Online Game Records Of Accused Tucson Shooter

The FBI on Wednesday asked for communications logs from Earth Empires, the massively multiplayer online game played by Jared Loughner, accused of the shooting Saturday in Tucson, Ariz. that left six dead and 14 wounded, including a member of Congress. Earth Empires’ administrator told the Wall Street Journal that the Federal Bureau of Investigation asked…

Football Player Loses Part Of Finger, Call Of Duty The Big Loser

Tom Alexander, an up-and-coming Rugby Union player from Canberra, Australia, lost the top of his finger in a freak accident earlier this week. And he’s bummed, not because he’ll miss any football, but because it affects his Call of Duty. I like this story. Not just because he plies his trade for my beloved hometown…

The Big Open Thread

Please take this post and use it as your nightly open thread to talk about video games, cinema, news, music and everything else you’re interested in, but can’t find a smooth segue while commenting in a post about Mortal Kombat. We’re leaving the key with you tonight, so please turn the lights off when you’re…

Stamina Is Much More Hard In Fight Night Champion

“Women weaken legs,” said the famous trainer Mickey Goldmill. So does a sledgehammer to the kisser. Fight Night Champion’s going to bring a more sophisticated stamina system that you’ll need to know to keep from being a two-punch chump. Now, that thing Goldsmith also said about eating lightning and crapping thunder, that’s not part of…

Mass Effect 2’s Launch Trailer Strikes Back

BioWare is giving PlayStation 3 owners a chance to play Kotaku game of the year contender Mass Effect 2 next week, priming them for sci-fi excitement with a new launch trailer for the game. How does it compare? Specifically, how does it compare to the original Mass Effect 2 launch trailer for the Xbox 360…

Pro Evo Star Caught In Hotel Liaison With FIFA 11

At FIFA’s awards gala, Gerard Pique, FC Barcelona teammate of Lionel Messi, outed the Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 – and 2009 and 2010 – cover athlete as a secret admirer of the competing title. Via FIFA Interactive World Cup’s Twitter.

THQ’s New Look – Love It Or Loathe It?

The people who publish video games Red Faction, Saints Row, UFC Undisputed and, soon, Homefront are putting the old THQ out to pasture. At least, that’s where the logo is going. This is the new “THQ.” This type of re-branding is something we’ve seen a lot of recently, with companies like Starbucks, Myspace and the…

Quick, How Many Ads Can You Spot On This NASCAR Box

Let’s thank the crew behind the Activision Eutechnyx NASCAR 2011 The Game Lowe’s GoDaddy Cheerios Impala. They gave us some super box art that run real good today. The game releases March 29, part of a sportspocalypse month in gaming.

Is Nintendo Bringing Back The Insufferable ‘Friend Code’ For The 3DS?

Nintendo’s clumsy method for connecting Wii and Nintendo DS players to others online, the dreaded Friend Code system, may be returning for the Nintendo 3DS if a report from magazine Famitsu is accurate. In a preview detailing online multiplayer for Capcom’s Super Street Fighter IV 3D, the Japanese magazine writes that players can manage an…

By Super Mario’s Beard, Batman!

Robert Mangaoang went all out with his latest mash up drawing. Honest Abe, Mario and the goddamn Batman make for one awesome little crime fighter. Related Zombies: Vader | Ackbar | Ewok | Ryu | Ghost | Master Chief Super Batman Lincoln Mario by Robert Mangaoang (Etsy) (Twitter) Via: doomsdaily Need your daily fill of…

Ghostbusters Sanctum of Slime Screens

A Deeper Look Inside Ghostbusters’ Sanctum of Slime

You know, Atari’s taking a big risk with its next Ghostbusters game. Huge risk. You say something like “Sanctum of Slime” and you’re just asking for nasty double entendres about, well, you know … goin’ up ol’ mustard road. That’s not what these eight screenshots are about, however. No, they’re about the weapons the ghost-fighting…

Glass Monkey, That Funky Monkey

What’s made of blue glass and shaped like a monkey with a joystick in its hand. Weird, right? What you missed The Xbox 360 Tries Again To Replace TV Programming Batman Would Completely Dominate World Of Warcraft Accused Tucson Shooter Asked Fellow Gamers If They Had ‘Aggression 24/7’ Was Modern Warfare 2 An Act Of…

A Bittersweet Reunion With The NES

Can your Nintendo miss you? Can you keep it together while a man reflects on the misty water-colored memories of Super Mario Bros. 3 speed runs and being a Battletoad? Are you already re-hooking up your NES, Kotaku reader? Still Unemployed 13 [YouTube via Reddit]

Painful Laughter, Killing Castro And My Other Favorite Gaming Moments of 2010

Suicide, laughter, and the believed death of a communist leader. These were just some of my ten favorite moments from my favorite games of 2010. (Spoilers) We’ll have favorites from the rest of the team throughout the week. There are SPOILERS ahead so don’t read it if you don’t like SPOILERS Brian Crecente’s Favorite Gaming…

MMA Contender Muscles Up For an M-Rated Release

Unsanctioned, underground and uncompromising, says the mixed martial arts title Supremacy MMA. It’s also unrated as of now, but if it’s got a shattered femur flopping around in it, one can expect the game to be rated M. That would make Supremacy MMA, from 505 Games, the second major sports game to get a Mature…

Colbert, You’re Doing It Wrong

iPhone enthusiast and The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert gives a wag of his finger to Rovio’s pig-smashing hit Angry Birds on Twitter. Pity Stephen’s parakeet.

Which Console Is Best For First-Person Shooting Racists?

In order to determine which video game console you should play, you must ask yourself a few questions. Are you a gamer? Do you prefer first-person shooters? Racist or non-racist? Dorkly’s handy flowchart insults and informs. Judging by this graphic, I should be playing games exclusively on the original PlayStation. I have absolutely no problem…