OK. What Would You Do About It?

Rep. Tim Murphy discussing the Tucson shootings. We have a Constitution that prohibits government restraint of most creative works, and guarantees a right to own firearms. Both can be called problems as well as values. Thanks truthtellah for the pullquote.

The Week in Games: LittleBigWeek

Two heavily anticipated PS3-only releases arrive this week: Mass Effect 2 comes to that console, and LittleBigPlanet 2 hits the shelves. Monday (Jan. 17) Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time (WiiWare) Glory Days – Tactical Defense (DSiWare) Tuesday (Jan. 18) LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3) – The sequel to Media Molecule’s PS3-exclusive platformer will add in…

Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists

Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Fighting Games’ 25 Hottest Women [UGO] Chun Li’s the obvious No. 1, Cammy’s No. 2, Sophitia’s No. 12 and Ivy Valentine is No. 18. Totally…

A Most Appropriate Cross Promotion

Fresh produce purchased this morning by Kotaku reader Stephane L. Not redeemable for store credit at GameStop.

An MMA Challenger Walks The Line Of Violence — And Reality

Supremacy MMA touts a motto of “unlicensed, unrestricted and uncompromising,” meaning brutal combat and graphic content is part of the game’s no-holds barred presentation. But with gameplay rooted more in arcade fighters than sports, should it also add “unrealistic”? Supremacy MMA, under development by Kung Fu Factory and due in late spring, volunteers that its…

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For Electronic Arts, It Means ‘Mothers I’d Like to Frighten’

A Dead Space 2 viral campaign launching this weekend took plenty of chutzpah, I’ll give it that. Electronic Arts brought in 200 middle-aged mothers under the auspices of a focus group looking at a new game. They were, aptly, horrified. Four videos that released yesterday show moms walking into a conference room where they’re greeted…

Kinect Boxing Match Ends In Tactical Knock-Out

In Sweden, a team of cops stormed a couple’s home after a neighbor reported that five people were beating the crap out of a woman. Turns out they were all playing boxing on Kinect Sports. At least I hope that’s what Robert Johansson and his five friends were playing; otherwise they should have been arrested…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Facebook Games From Hell

It’s pretty clear, whenever we write about them, that many of you don’t care for Facebook games, certainly some of the more popular ones. Today’s your chance for revenge. Our mission today: Create your worst Facebook game imaginable. The sky is the limit, but I want to see total caricatures. At their worst, Facebook games…

Sunday Comics

Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Jan. 10 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Jan. 10 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Jan. 10 – Read more of Penny Arcade Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull published Jan.…

Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves

This is Kotaku’s official forum for you to talk about video games. This paragraph also is a palindrome. Emordnilap a si osla hpargarap siht. Semag oediv tuoba klat ot uoy rof murof laiciffo sukatok si siht. I didn’t say it was a palindrome composed of more than 50 percent actual words. Hisilarn is the weekend…

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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Backstage at Nintendo World Winners

Our efforts to meme-ify a moment from the big 3DS public event in Japan last weekend bore prodigious fruit – more than 600 entries. But we still haven’t answered who that guy was. First, the inevitables Andy Bane (5) gives us Antoine Dodson, Berd (7) and Zigzagoon (20) gave us good treatments of Team Fortress…

Belgian Postage Stamps Honor — New Super Mario Bros. Wii?

bpost, the postal service of Belgium, will put stamps featuring New Super Mario Bros. Wii on sale beginning Monday. Looks like it offers Mario with three different powerups, plus Yoshi. A sheet is €4,99. [via Polygonal Lawn, thanks Philip]

Fight In The Shade Of 600 Arrows Launched By This Minecraft Contraption

Wait, we forgot to mention those arrows are on fire. Minecraft user ScottyDoesKnow built this dispenser array as a monument to overkill. The framerate only slows down when it shoots eggs. Or eggs and arrows. [thanks Trakata for the tip.]

Boxing Is The Past; Long Live Boxing

Two years ago, EA Sports president Peter Moore called boxing “the past of fighting.” Mixed martial arts was the future, with his company hard at work on that game. Thursday, Moore wrote, “let me be clear, boxing’s not dead.” Moore also acknowledged the sport “clearly is not the cultural fixture it once was,” and is…

Kinect-Controlled Gundam Mech Stands On Its Own One Foot

In the evolution of Kinect-controlled robotics, we’ve gone from a Roomba in November, to a robot moving its arms in December, now to one that may stand on one foot. We should be slaves to our robot overlords by May. This is a Kinect-controlled V-Sido humanoid robot, dressed to resemble a Gundam mech. Sort of…

Can Sports Close Facebook Gaming’s Credibility Gap?

The coda for Facebook games, among serious gamers anyway, normally begins with a sneer at the idea and then an accounting of all the ways it’s not a video game. Would a sports title make any difference? Probably not. Well, not right now, anyway. Earlier this week PGA Tour Golf Challenge went live on the…