Entertainment And Fun Aren’t The Same Thing

He may switch a few words around, but what commenter DunnCarnage is basically saying in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku is that a game doesn’t have to be fun to be entertaining, and vice-versa. Something that has been bugging me recently about games is the concept that they don’t necessarily have to be “fun” to be…

Police Say Man Stole Game Boy From Teen That Died On Christmas [Update]

Seventeen-year-old Bradley David-McCombs Jr. died in a tragic car accident on Christmas Day. On Monday night his family held a viewing at the Rairigh Funeral Home in Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania. That night, someone decided to steal his Game Boy. McCombs, pictured here, died after his sport utility vehicle flipped on Route 553 in Cherryhill Township…

Head Crabbed in Indie Game: The Movie

Big money, big production video games are great, but let’s never forget about the indie games, that’s where the sexy happens. Whether it’s Minecraft or Limbo, Super Meat Boy or Briad, it’s indie games that seem most willing to test the boundaries of what can be done in video games. That’s why you’re going to…

A Closer Look at the Left 4 Dead 2 Plush Zombies

Virtual Assets Are Not Community Property

A marriage based on a shared love of online gaming is just as valid as a normal one, but as one Chinese woman found out, virtual assets accrued during marital bliss aren’t divvied up in the divorce. According to a story in the Beijing Morning Post, a judge has denied a woman’s claim that half…

The Year in Gaming With NPR’s Morning Edition and… Me!

Earlier this week I went into the local public radio station to chat with Renee Montagne of NPR’s Morning Edition about the year in gaming. That’s a lot of topic to cover in under five minutes, but we still managed to talk about Call of Duty: Black Op’s billion dollars in sales, the coming of…

CES Showing Off The Xbox 360 That Costs More Than Fahey’s Car

Origin PC is showing off their obscenely expensive liquid-cooled Xbox 360, gaming computer hybrid at CES next week. The Big O features a high performance liquid cooled overclocked gaming PC AND a liquid cooled Xbox 360 Slim inside one system. The starting configuration combines the power of an Intel Core i7 930 processor overclocked to…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

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A Seven Year-Old’s Shopping Spree Looks Like This

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Here’s Where The Instruction Manuals Have Gone Man, I cannot remember the last time I read an actual instruction manual. Shame those manuals aren’t included in retail games, because I’m sure many folks would actually read ’em. But whaddayagonnado. What you missed last night Your Uncharted Movie Nightmares Might Not…

Man Hit By SUV While Playing Real-Life Frogger

A 23-year-old man was hit by a Lexus SUV Monday while trying to play a real-life version of Frogger across a South Carolina highway, police say. The man, who’s name was not released, was listed in stable condition at an area hospital, according to WYFF 4 news. Clemson police chief Jimmy Dixon told the station…

Bananas And Sausages Weren’t Suggestive Enough

Dream Club Zero features a mini-game in which players feed bar hostesses bananas and sausages. It’s latest mini-game, however, is cold and creamy. The latest addition is a timed mini-game in which players feed bar hostesses ice cream. Players that don’t succeed in successfully feeding the girls will cause white dribbles all over their faces.…

Tron Ready To Cause An Animated Uprising In 2012

As Tron: Legacy cools off at movie theaters, the sci-fi franchise is starting to heat up for an animated version. Called Tron: Uprising, the show will be written by Tron: Legacy scribes Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis and will feature the vocal talents of Bruce Boxleitner, Mandy Moore, Lance Henriksen and Elijah Wood as the…

Two More Super-Villains For Marvel vs Capcom 3?

Marvel vs Capcom fans, you may want to make room in your hearts for two more characters, as a leaked comic looks to have accidentally outed two Marvel super-villains set to join the cast. Some work-in-progress shots of a comic, reportedly based on the upcoming fighting game sequel, turned up recently on the website of…

Mass Effect Just Got Way Too Cute

Alien vigilante Garrus is not pretty. He wasn’t pretty before his face got shot up, and now, he’s even less pretty. Lucky for the kids, then, that this plush based on the Mass Effect gunslinger is so adorable. Sadly, this isn’t an official piece of merchandise from developers BioWare. It’s instead a hand-crafted piece, so…

Your Uncharted Movie Nightmares Might Not Happen

The Uncharted movie sure sounds rotten. David O. Russell directing Mark Wahlberg and a family of archaeologists? Stupid! Good thing the game’s developer is saying the Hollywood actor’s claims just aren’t true. Well, sorta. “First of all, all that stuff was denied by David O. Russell,” Uncharted 3 director Justin Richmond tells Joystiq. “He actually…

Make Your Own Minecraft Alarm Clock

Minecraft players sick of emerging from the rocky depths into the dangerous, deadly night, you should maybe be doing a little less mining. That or build yourself what’s essentially a Minecraft alarm clock. This “timer project” servers as a real-world representation of Minecraft’s sun, allowing players to keep track of the time of day without…

A Sequel Promise Before Death

This man and his slightly awesome hair created the role-playing series Romancing SaGa. The last Romancing SaGa was originally on the Super Famicom (SNES) in 1995. Now Akitoshi Kawazu promises another one before he dies. It’s his obligation. “There are many fans who especially want Romancing SaGa 4,” the 48 year-old Kawazu tells 4Gamer.net. “Before…

This Game Looked Better On Paper

It’s a common complaint that too many games these days are brown. Or grey. Or a brownish shade of grey. So it’s nice sometimes to spend a little time with the rest of the colour wheel. Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom was a game released earlier this year. It was…forgettable, which isn’t meant as a…

2010: A Symphony Of Cosplay

With Comiket just starting (and thus, Comiket cosplay), now is as good a time as any to take stock of 2010 in well-dressed cosplay form. These photos don’t include Winter Comiket cosplay (nor do they include Western events) and come courtesy of Moeyo.com. The music? That’s Beethoven. コミケ79も始まったし2010年のコスプレイヤーさんを集めてみたよ！ [Moeyo.com]

Super Street Fighter 4’s Arcade Edition Needs A #Corrections Tag

Here’s hoping you don’t rely on the printed instructions next time you slip some Yen into the arcade edition of Super Street Fighter IV. As seen on EventHubs