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A Collection Of 8-bit Defeats
Plenty of classic video games have been slammed into this kind message from Dash Coleman. See if you can identify all of the memorable death scenes. Related Rampage: Pac-Man Ghosts Game Over, Loser. by Ryan Coleman (Flickr) (Facebook) (Twitter) Via: it8bit Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: Space Ace, Alien Breed & Xenogears Are Here
This week’s North American PlayStation Store update comes with plenty of games you may have already played. Laser disc games like Space Ace, PlayStation games like Xenogears and remakes of Ys I & II are new for PlayStation 3 and PSP owners. If you want to buy stuff for games that you already own, new…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Red Faction Armageddon Gets Its Ass To Retail On May 31
THQ’s next big Martian adventure, Red Faction: Armageddon comes to the PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360 on May 31 in North America, June 3 worldwide. The SyFy TV movie also airs in May, if you’re that interested.
By Michael McWhertor Published February 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Fully Playable Angry Birds Birthday Cake Is Amazing
We’ve posted a few zillion video game themed cakes on Kotaku, but rarely do they impress as much as this Angry Birds-inspired creation. It’s one of the rare birthday cakes that’s actually playable. Mike Cooper from Electricpig is responsible for this interactive confection which he made for his Angry Birds-lovin’ 6-year-old son. Cooper writes on…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedPlaying The Dragon Age II Demo Like A Girl
Dragon Age II’s Hawke might be a male for official marketing purposes, but on my Xbox 360 he’s a saucy female rogue with a fiery temper. Check out some highlights of playing the demo as a lady Hawke. It’s a pity the character creation was disabled for demo purposes. Otherwise my Hawke would have been…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mario Kart Games, Ranked In Order Of Difficulty
Game designer Eitan Glinert (Slam Bolt Scrappers) told me over dinner last week that he’s really good at Mario Kart games, good enough that, a year ago believed he and his colleagues at Fire Hose Games could gold-medal all the races in all the console Mario Karts for charity in a 36-hour stretch. Unfortunately, Glinert…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Geeks Get Their Own Collectible Trading Cards
Last year, illustrator Len Peralta crafted a set of 52 collectible trading cards based on the geek elite, from music, television, video games and beyond. Now, those “Geek A Week” cards are made real, thanks to ThinkGeek. Peralta’s cards cover gaming luminaries like Epic Mickey and Deus Ex creator Warren Spector and Atari founder Nolan…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 22, 2011 -
Uncategorized24 Hours In White Gold
White Gold: War In Paradise, aka Xenus 2, aka Boiling Point 2 is the free-roaming FPS-RPG we’ve been meaning to take a closer look at for ages. A sequel to the famously mad, broken and ambitious Boiling Point (of which even the patch notes are comedy gold) from original Kiev-based developers Deep Shadows! What could…
Quintin Smith, Rock Paper Shotgun Published February 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Feminists, Duke Nukem Is Here For You Too
Does Duke Nukem Forever, with its strippers and schoolgirl threesomes, rub your feminist agenda the wrong way? “Awesome,” says the man now in charge of the Duke Nukem series. Duke is yours for the exploiting. Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox Software, the home of Duke, tells Eurogamer that for all of Duke Nukem Forever’s machismo…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Is Not Minecraft For The Xbox 360, But It’s Pretty Close
It looks like Minecraft and plays like Minecraft, but this is definitely not Minecraft. This is FortressCraft, a cooperative block-building title coming next month to Xbox Live Indie Games. See? No relation whatsoever. Okay, so there are a few similar themes. FortressCraft is, for all intents and purposes, a Minecraft-type game for Xbox Live Indie…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
For The First Time, The Mario Bros. Will Miss A New Nintendo’s Birth
Forget its glasses-free 3D, the Nintendo 3DS is unlike any Nintendo video game before it because it will debut without Mario or Luigi. The previous nine major gaming machines from Nintendo — all of the big ones, from NES to Wii — had these guys. The Mario-shaped hole emerged today when Nintendo released its 3DS…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
How One Coin Saved Arcades In Japan and Another Killed Them in the U.S.
Arcades aren’t just dead, they’re not coming back. There are hold outs, new arcades that want to offer new ways to game in public, or arcades that cling to tradition in places like L.A. and New York. But a return to the days of of shoulder-to-shoulder, quarter-slapped-on-glass gaming just isn’t in the cards. So says…
By Brian Crecente Published February 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Monkeys Express Self-Doubt Through Computer Gaming
Are self-doubt and uncertainty purely human traits, or do other members of the animal kingdom experience these feelings? A team of scientists made monkeys play video games because it’s awesome. Oh, and to address the whole self-doubt thing. It’s too late for me, but some of you are still young enough to switch your focus…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedCanabalt: 2 Player and Other Amazing Indie Games Get Amazing Arcade Cabinet
I don’t know what to be more excited about: That indie darling Canabalt is getting a two-player version or that I’ll be able to play it on an arcade cabinet next week. The Winnitron 1000 is going to next week’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The Winnitron 1000 is a free-to-play video game arcade…
By Brian Crecente Published February 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Celebrating Five Years Of Dungeons & Dragons Online With Pirates
It’s been five years since Turbine opened the port of Smuggler’s Rest to adventurers heeding the call of Dungeons & Dragons Online, and to Smuggler’s Rest they’ll return for the new quests and special gifts of a special anniversary event. If you’ve been playing Dungeons & Dragons Online for five years, you’ve been through quite…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedPetroglyph Enters The Online Arena With Rise Of The Immortals
The strategy masters at Petroglyph Games take a stab at online action with Rise of the Immortals, a free-to-play Multiplayer Online Battle Arena game aimed at both casual and competitive MOBA players. Much like Riot Games’ League of Legends or Stunlock Studios’ Bloodline Champions, Rise of the Immortals will put players in control of a…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Let’s Just Say White Mage’s Dad Is ‘Old-Fashioned’
White Mage, Red Mage, Black Mage, what’s the difference? In Dorkly’s latest video we discover that not every White Mage is as enlightened as the next. Yes, ‘old-fashioned’ is indeed a polite way of saying ‘racist’. As time progresses we’ll have to eventually replace ‘old-fashioned’ with ‘archaic’ or ‘anachronistic’, though the latter would surely upset…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Internet Gaming Obsession Claims Another Life In China
The dangers of internet addiction in China were demonstrated yesterday, when an unidentified 30-year-old man collapsed in an internet cafe outside of Beijing following three days of nonstop online gaming. According to witnesses the man had been playing an online game at the internet cafe for three days, taking in little food or drink and…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedAnd Now A Little Princess Saving Music
It’s a musical edition of the daily Speak-Up on Kotaku today, as commenter Harrier entertains us with more than 25 minutes of Mario piano music, played nonstop and without the aid of sheet music. My 25-minute-long medley of songs from various games featuring Super Mario! It isn’t perfect, but it’s kind of tough to go…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2011