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UncategorizedBulletstorm Gives Us One Epic Shower Scene
I don’t know how you should feel about seeing Epic Games president Mike Capps in the shower. I’m still trying to figure out how I should feel about a game that urges me to preorder by calling me “dick tits.” This is the first in a series of promotional videos for Bulletstorm known as “Bulletpoints,”…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Excellent iPhone Game I Bought Because Of A Misunderstanding
I ask my friend to recommend me an iPhone game. He tells me that Colorbind is interesting, maybe excellent. I nod. I go to iTunes. I download Colorblind. I think it’s great. I compliment my friend’s good taste. Wait. Colorbind? Today I’m showing you the best gaming mistake I made in 2010. This is Colorblind,…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Don’t Skip Your First Shower Of 2011
Since the mid 1820’s stargazers have been watching the skies in early January to catch a glimpse of the annual Quadrantids meteor shower. Are you going to miss out on witnessing a potential 65 to 160 meteors per hour? I know night time is generally gaming time, but you’ll be missing out on a great…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
iTunes Chart Toppers: New Year, Old Birds
Angry Birds is still the hottest game on the iPhone and iPad, at least when you look at our weekly ranking of top-grossing games on the platforms. What can knock off these birds? Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: iPhone Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Angry Birds (Clickgamer.com) $0.99 32…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedThere’s A Trick To Playing R.U.S.E. With Kinect
You won’t be able to play Ubisoft’s strategy game R.U.S.E. using Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect anytime soon, but the PC version is another matter entirely. Here we see multitouch and gesture computing company Evoluce boss Wolfgang Herfurtner navigating the opening battle from Eugen System’s R.U.S.E. using a combination of his company’s software and Microsoft’s motion-sensing…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
In Search Of Serious Science Fiction Gaming Epics
In the first installment of the daily Speak-Up on Kotaku for the year 2011, commenter Murkurial wonders why game developers aren’t spending more time exploring the deeply detailed worlds created by science fiction’s greatest authors. What has anyone heard (or what are your thoughts) about a company like Bethesda making a game in the mold…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Most Disgusting Version Of Doom You’ll Ever See
This stop-motion video starts off innocently enough, but soon the cute Street Fighter homage and sneaker-based racing give way to a version of id Software’s classic Doom made entirely out of raw meat. Warning: Not safe for stomach. I just saved a whole lot of money on lunch by watching this video. It’s the creation…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
What If Fallout 3 Was A Japanese RPG From 1987?
Bethesda beats any potential fan-made Fallout 3demakes to the punch by creating its own for the Japanese Fallout website. It’s all in Japanese, but old school role-playing is the universal language. Or not. I can’t understand a thing that’s going on over at the Japanese game site. I can make out a couple of yes…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
I Finished These 52 Video Games In 2010
I finished more than 50 video games in 2010. I did not plan to. But here’s the list. As I’ve done for each of the past four years, I’ve assembled the list of games I started playing for fun during the preceding year — some 195 of them — and then bolded the ones I…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Minecraft And Amnesia Vie For Top Honors At The 2011 IGF Awards
The Independent Games Festival has released its list of finalists for its 2011 awards, with Mojang’s world-building Minecraft and Frictional’s Amnesia: The Dark Descent duking it out with three other competitors for the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize. It’s a testament to the growing power and prestige of the independent development scene that this year’s…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Colorful Puzzles And Indie Cred
It’s the first Monday of 2011 and Nintendo is ready to take on the new year with five new downloadable games, including Chillingo’s colorful Sneezies for WiiWare and a little indie cred on the DSi. The brightest on WiiWare this week looks to be Sneezies, a Chillingo title that sees players dropping sneezing powder on…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedTimelapse Video Of A New Year’s Spent Gaming Wildly
This video by Vimeo user David Ghent shows what it looks like when New Year’s (Eve?) is mixed with alcohol, Xbox 360 Kinect motion gaming and some PlayStation Move — all in a room that’s not that big. And here I was expecting an injury or two. New Years time lapse [Vimeo]
By Stephen Totilo Published January 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
In 2011 One Video Game Will Add More Heroic Drunken Shooting To Our Culture
In the video game war against video game cannibals, as depicted in next month’s Bulletstorm, extreme measures are required — or at least rewarded. The straight-faced official U.S. video game ratings board describes a bunch of them. This is the description on the Entertainment Software Ratings Board’s website for the M-rated (meaning for players 17…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Download Gallery
Sneezies Publisher: Chillingo Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Wii Points Description: Sneezies is an overload of cuteness! Grab a cup of coffee, sit back in your favorite plush chair and enjoy soothing, relaxed game play featuring fantastic graphics and sweet melodies. Use your Wii Remote™ controller to drop a burst of sneezing…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Happy new year. You are reading the second sentence of Kotaku’s official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves. Now you’re reading sentence no. 3. Join in the conversation in the comments section. Talk about anything related to video games right here. And, as always, you can be responsible for the image up top. Each day, Talk Amongst…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedKissy Kissy Kiss
To: Brian From: Luke I left my iPhone at a friend’s place earlier today, so there will sadly be no video night note. In its stead, here is 1986’s Bikini Shop. etc etc etc Here’s what you missed: Hacker Claims To Have The PS3’s Front Door Keys Microsoft Researchers Made An Xbox Game Little Girls…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Please Insert Coin
By Berk Ozturk, as seen on it 8-bit
By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedRose Parade Suddenly Hungers For Ghosts, Fruit
The annual New Year’s Day Rose Parade is supposed to be about football. There are flowers in there somewhere, too. But we don’t care about that stuff. We just care about a giant Pac-Man and his Pac-Man marching band. Sure, it’s a marketing stunt pulled by Namco Bandai and not a spontaneous outpouring of love…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2011 - Uncategorized
Angry Birds Turns Its Fury On PS3, PSP
As promised, mobile sensation Angry Birds has landed on the PlayStation 3 (and PSP), due to be released as part of this week’s PlayStation Store update. The game, which has moved well over 20 million copies across various mobile phone platforms, will be released as a PlayStation mini title, meaning it can be played on…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2011 -
UncategorizedRumor: 3DS Stolen From Chinese Factory
A worker at a Chinese manufacturing facility claims to have smuggled out a production model of Nintendo’s latest handheld. As proof, he offers these lovely photos. There are no blurry, rushed shots here; instead, the guy has sat down with the console, switched it on, taken his time and given us a good look at…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2011