Pffft, Kids Today And Their Fancy Video Games

It’s terrifying to think what their kids will be like. By John “wafflehouseninja” Pading

No, Lady, You Can’t Play Facebook Games On Your Government Computer

A public servant working for an Australian politician has asked for “extended internet access” on her work computer. Why? So she could play Facebook games. The cheek of some people! Caroline Beinke was 100% serious when she made the request, aimed at getting around the web filters imposed on the computers of most government employees…

Man Loses Gamertag, Man Gets Gamertag Back

This is a happy one. Years later, internet person TigerC10 has finally been reunited with his old gamertag, after reading on Kotaku that Microsoft was freeing up old and unused ones. Warm, fuzzy feelings all around! [via IGN]

What Do Left 4 Dead 2 And Infamous 2 Have In Common?

Well, they’re both sequels…but there’s more. Both games feature the vocal talents of actor Eric Ladin, who’s appeared on Mad Men as well as starring in a new crime program The Killing Ladin voiced Ellis in Left 4 Dead 2. The actor also voiced and did motion capture work for Cole, Infamous 2’s main character.…

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We Had No Idea Link Had A Fussy Jewish Mother

“It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this”. It’s a classic Zelda line, uttered by the Old Man as he gives Link his first sword. But what if, instead of it being an old man, it was Link’s old lady? Andrew Bridgman over on Dorkly explores this, making it not just Link’s mother, but what is…

Let’s Compare Crysis 2 Running On PC And Xbox 360

While there will be PC gamers who feel that their version of Crysis 2 will have suffered from having to be “ported” to console, I’m taking a different approach. It may be a “glass half empty” thing, but instead of the hypothetical that the PC version could have looked better if it was PC-only, I’m…

Tim Schafer’s Next Title Is A…Tower Defense Game?

You just can’t stop Double-Fine from releasing games at the moment. Costume Quest, Stacking, Sesame Street, all out or coming out within a year of each other. You can now add Trenched to that list. Trenched is a tower defence game with a twist: instead of looking down on the batlefield from a safe distance,…

Okay, The Yakuza Zombie Game Is Just Kooky

Ping pong with zombies? Fishing for zombies? S&M with zombies?! Parody Yakuza: Of The End brings its familiar zombies and dignified deaths to survival horror.

This Game Could Have Been Worth A Million Bucks

Former Total Nonstop Action Wrestling star Stevie Richards (aka Michael Manna) apparently scored a perfect game in baseball game MLB 2K11. If verified, he might be the first person to do that, putting him up for line for a million dollar payday. The game’s publisher is holding a contest that will award a cool mil…

Bored Of Fighting Games, Man Destroys Windshield Wipers

Thirty-one year-old Kenichi Moriai was unemployed. But after his fighting game-inspired rampage bent on destroying windshield wipers, he wasn’t just out of a job, he was arrested. Again. On January 28, in Yashio City in Saitama Prefecture, eight trucks in a freight company parking lot had their windshield wipers bent and mangled. According to the…

Gabe Newell vs The Israeli Taskmaster

The man on the left in this video is Intel’s Shmuel “Mooly” Eden, a company vice president and Israeli beret-wearing champion. On the right? Valve boss Gabe Newell, who it seems doesn’t cope well with unexpected questions. If you’ve ever wondered why video games PR is so entrenched in the machinations of this business, this…

Team Fortress 2 Makes A Great Batman Movie Greater

The Dark Knight is one of the great movies of our time. It’s not perfect, though. Well, it wasn’t. It is now. (Warning: you’ll need to turn the sound up).

Watch Dragon Age II‘s Awful, Terrible Sex Scenes

Video games can never do a decent sex scene. Know why? It’s all about the mouth. In the movies, people kiss. In video games – like Dragon Age II – it’s like two mailboxes clanging against each other. Sure, there’s narrative satisfaction to be gained from seeing your character and another knock boots, but that…

Fastball 2 Hopes You Like Rolling Balls

Fastball 2 is a game for people who love Canabalt but can’t handle all that death and destruction. The game was actually first released last year, but a recent update has seen it catapult itself back near the top of the “free” section of the App Store’s “Games” chart. It’s as simple as games come:…

What Are You Listening To?

It’s been too long since we checked in with the Kotaku readership and asked, “Hey, what are you listening to?” Tonight’s open thread, a Themed Tuesday, will let us ask again. These days, I seem to listen to nothing but podcasts: This American Life, Freakonomics Radio, the Giant Bombcast, New York Times front page… and…

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Gets Augmented With Fancy Extras (And A Release Date)

North American gamers will get their hands on Deus Ex: Human Revolution on August 23—earlier than our Australian counterparts. We’ll also get a reasonably priced “Augmented Edition” for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC when the third Deus Ex game arrives. What’s in that $69.99 USD “Augmented Edition”? The following digital goods: a new…

Pokémon Black and White Has A Presidential Theme Song

If you were in attendance at this weekend’s launch fiesta for Nintendo DS game Pokémon Black and White, you might have seen ’90s musical sensation The Presidents of the United States of America belting out their newest jam “Can’t Stop (Catchin’ ‘Em All).” If you weren’t fortunate enough to bask in that pop pap, please…

Going Crazy For Alice: Madness Returns

A decade on from American McGee’s Alice, a stylishly gothic and twisted interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland, gamers are given the opportunity to return to this twisted world with Alice: Madness Returns. It’s not crazy to delight in that not much has changed over the past decade for Alice, is it? For those unfamiliar with…

A Mega Man That’s More Than Meets The Eye

Mega Man and the gang play a little game of King of the Hill in this killer entry for UDON’s Mega Man Tribute Contest created by Joe Ng and GENZOMAN More great Mega Man Tribute entries can be found HERE! Mega Man Tribute – Lines by Joe Ng (Twitter) | Colors by GENZOMAN Need your…