Mushihime-sama: Bug Panic Doesn’t Need Bug Spray

Because this game’s got bombs. Japanese arcade developer Cave brings its popular shoot ’em up Mushihime-sama to the iOS with Mushihime-sama: Bug Panic. Only now with a new spin. Instead of a straight-up shmup, the game adds a dash of Bomberman for a side-scrolling adventure title. Sure, the arcade original had bombs that could clear…

Grand Theft Auto Becomes Cinema In This Epic Creation

“The Trashmaster” takes the art of turning a video game into cinema and delivers an astonishing 88 minutes film. While we’ve seen similar Grand Theft Auto IV-related projects recently, we’ve never seen one run for that long, nor have one that took over two years to put together. Sadly, while it looks great, with lots…

No SNES For Miyamoto

Mario’s Creator Doesn’t Have A Super Nintendo

Shigeru Miyamoto is a very important man. He created a whole slew of iconic games like Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda and many more. He probably has better things to do than respond to fan letters. Not necessarily. Ever since he was a young boy, Kotaku reader Ariem always dreamed of…

Ocarina Of Time’s 3DS Footage Has One Goron Mighty Pleased

Screenshots are great and all, but sometimes you need to see a game moving to really get a good impression of it. Even when it’s shaky-cam footage of a remake of a game that came out in 1998. This footage was shot over the weekend at the Nintendo World event in Tokyo, and gives us…

Donkey Kong Country Returns Concept Art

After A Good Ass-Kicking, Actor Finds Solace In His Nintendo DS

In late November, kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa XI got in a scuffle that resulted in the 33-year-old being punched down a flight of stairs and getting his face smashed in. Now, he’s killing time with his Nintendo DS. After drinking with colleagues at a gay bar in Tokyo, Ichikawa went to a member’s-only karaoke club.…

The 3DS Will Not Be Banned In China

The Xbox 360 is banned in China. As is the PlayStation 3. In fact, most consoles are banned in the world’s most populous nation, with the exception of a select few. Like the Nintendo 3DS. As it has with previous pieces of hardware — like the DS — Nintendo has been able to secure a…

Arizona Shooter Pegged As ‘Big Video Gamer’ By Classmates

Here we go. Jared Lee Loughner, the Tucson man accused of attempting to kill Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, has been identified as a “big video gamer” by former classmates. Oh, and he really enjoyed reading Mein Kampf. While a YouTube account linked to Loughner doesn’t actually list video games as one of his interests—allegedly, he…

The Best Game Review You’ll See All Day

Even if you’ve never played Super PSTW Action RPG – and it’s a good bet many of you haven’t – you should still watch this review of the flash game. And yes, I said watch, not read. Newgrounds user RicePirate has compiled a typographical video – complete with astounding voice work – bringing a “review”…

From Muskets To Jokers, These Were My Favorite Gaming Moments Of 2010

I had many fond memories playing my way through 2010, but none were as fond as these. In no particular order or preference, below you’ll find my favourite gaming moments from 2010. Some make the list because of their entertainment value, others the satisfaction I derived from getting there, while others still are here because,…

Escape From Las Vegas

Boy are we glad to be back from Las Vegas, where nightly off-topic conversational posts can happen without interference. Care to celebrate with some underwater alcoholism? Or maybe just some good clean commenting fun? Some of us are still recovering from CES indulgences, which were highly caloric. My cleanse, you might call it, will be…

Beauty Is In The Ear Of The Beholder With Turtle Beach’s New Line-up

At CES 2011, Kotaku went ears on with the latest gaming headphones from Turtle Beach. From the inexpensive to the damn that’s expensive, we walked away impressed, particularly with one headset’s ability to expertly handle phone calls and shell casings. That headset would be the Ear Force PX5, a pair of headphones designed with the…

Can Your PC Play Bulletstorm?

See if your Windows machine is up for a game of Bulletstorm, the shooter from Painkiller creators People Can Fly and Epic Games. Minimum and recommended system requirements seem… fairly reasonable.

It took a team of physicists all this time to figure out how DVDs work

Though DVDs have been consumer-grade tech for years, it wasn’t until yesterday that scientists announced they were certain why they worked. Now we know that burning a DVD is really more like freezing it. DVD burning image by Filipe La Rotta It’s been well known for decades that if you train a laser onto a…

This Is How Kinect Turns Your Face Into A Talking Avatar

At CES 2011, Microsoft unveiled Avatar Kinect, a new Xbox 360 app that uses the Kinect camera to track your facial expressions for a personalized, glorified chatroom. Just what does Avatar Kinect see? More than you might think. This brief tech demo illustrates how Kinect follows the head and multiple points on a person’s face…

FireHero: Guitar Hero With Actual Giant Flames

It’s been a while since I bothered playing Guitar Hero, but you know what would change that right quick? If each button I pressed lead to a corresponding flame shooting sky-high. That’s the magic of FireHero. And it is incredible. The twisted brainchild of Chris Marion, interfaces a Guitar Hero guitar with a microcontroller, which…

Nintendo Wants To Avoid Deadly Game Drought With 3DS

Suffering Nintendo fans may not have to suffer as much with the Nintendo 3DS. The company’s president says that owners of the stereoscopic 3D handheld won’t be twiddling their thumbs waiting for new games for the device. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata tells the Nikkei Keizai Shimbun newspaper that it’s “important that you be able to…

Zombie Snow Apocalypse II

I made it back from Vegas just in time it seems. Now I await the Zombie Snow Apocalypse. What you missed Gaming Still Grabs Some Spotlight at the Consumer Electronics Show Watch The PlayStation Phone Running PSone Games Kinect Brings Broken Bones To A Whole New Audience 4 Videos Of Resident Evil Games Looking Fantastic…

Tron-ify Your Team Fortress 2 With Custom Skins, User

Kotaku reader “chandan1014” is taking his entry in last week’s Kotaku ‘Shop Contest to the next level. Now you can enjoy a Tron-ified Team Fortress 2, thanks to this Tron: Legacy-inspired skin pack. The first release of sleek black, blue and orange Team Fortress 2 skins contains “Tronified skins for all nine classes for both…