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The CityVille How To: A Guide to Building the City of Your Dreams
With about 68 million players worldwide, Cityville blends the best of Sim City and FarmVille into a Zynga Facebook game that actually plays like a game. Kotaku went straight to Zynga’s CityVille team for some tips and tricks on how to turn your one-horse town into a bustling metropolis. I spent a few days tinkering…
By Brian Crecente Published December 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedWhy So Sad, Santa Claus?
To: Crecente From: Ashcraft Hope you had a nice holiday weekend! What you missed last night The Next Pokémon Invasion Begins In March 2010: The Year In Good (Video Game) News PSN Shakes No Money Maker NSFW: Too Bad Zombie Michael Jackson Wasn’t In Resident Evil 5 The Nintendo Role-Playing Game You Can Play In…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Role-Playing Game You Can Play In Your Underwear
Well, not you, but your character. Upcoming Nintendo published role-playing game The Last Story allows avatars to get down to their skivvies. Last Story designer and Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi said at a Tokyo press conference that this addition was something he definitely wanted to do. By stripping down Last Story hero Elza to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Next Pokémon Invasion Begins In March
The Japanese have been raving over Pokémon Black and Pokémon White since their release back in September. When will North American fans be playing the latest Pocket Monster sensation? Nintendo nails down a March release date. Were you so excited over the release of an updated pair of Pokémon games that you’ve already imported them…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Wii Game Scares A Bikini Model To Tears
Usually Saya Hikita is smiling. Not today. Today, she is crying. The 21-year-old pin-up appears as a “spiritual idol” in viral-type videos for upcoming horror game Night of Sacrifice. The game’s developers promise more Hikita videos. They seem designed to show how scary the game is, but come off as incredibly annoying. As previously posted,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2010 -
Uncategorized2010: The Year In Good (Video Game) News
The negative video game news stories are always the easy ones to remember. But this past year was not a cesspool of negativity. There was good, too. Lots of it. It is true that the human brain is able to remember negativity better — hence the reason why politicians run negative ad campaigns. Even going…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ascension Of The Crazy Jean Prices
In action game El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, hero Enoch and guardian angel Lucifel don some heavenly denim. You can buy those same jeans — well, you could before the internet went bananas. Jean maker Edwin, perhaps best known in the West as the Japanese jean company Brad Pitt endorses, teamed up with the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
PSN Shakes No Money Maker
Right now, at least. But are things looking up for 2011? According to Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai (via Reuters), the PS3’s online service, the PlayStation Network, is losing money. Next year, however, Sony is looking to finally turn the PSN into a cash cow. “We’re shooting to get the PSN in the black…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
NSFW: Too Bad Zombie Michael Jackson Wasn’t In Resident Evil 5
Know what was missing from survival horror game Resident Evil 5? Zombie Michael Jackson. At the recent Hot Toys ten year anniversary exhibition in Tokyo, a what-if style diorama was on display that combined Michael Jackson Thriller with a two-story Resident Evil, or Biohazard in Japan, playset and figures. On the second floor, Resident Evil’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
Call Of Duty Is Nothing Like The Real Thing Comment by: Setzer IIDX “Camping” is probably the only real life tactic I’ve seen used in video games. And people get upset because it works. Twas The TAY Before Christmas…. Comment by: Ken Nominated by: ChiltonGaines: Wealthy Gadabout I wrote this and posted it in the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
2010, The Year Korean Pop Burst Japan
Korean pop isn’t new to the Japanese music scene. It’s been around for years now, but in 2010, it hit big in Japan in a major way. But what does that say about video games? In the early part of the last decade, Korean popstar BoA made a big splash in Japan with her poppy…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedAll We Need Now Are The Budweiser Clydesdales
To: Luke From: Owen Re: TK We don’t have clydesdales but, honest, we do drag-race AT-ATs down here. What you missed while you were out: Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Make a Move Winners iPhone’s Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Is a Spectacular Action Shooter Marty McFly’s Actor Infuses His Voice With ‘Artificial Nervousness’ The…
By Owen Good Published December 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mega Man Christmas Carol Beats The Dickens Out Of Holiday Boredom
Why didn’t anyone think of this sooner? Mega Man Christmas Carol replaces the robot masters with the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, plus that poor old bastard Marley. Dr. Light co-stars as an insane Santa Claus running the conspiracy. Mega Man Christmas Carol features no levels, just the boss battles. One question –…
By Owen Good Published December 26, 2010 -
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Dating Sim Will Prevent Your Friends From Stealing Your Virtual Love
Project LovePlus, an upcoming Japanese dating simulation from Konami, will use the Nintendo 3DS’ camera to recognize its main user’s face and make sure the virtual girlfriend in the game doesn’t stray to any of his backstabbin’ friends. Famitsu says that, should someone else pick up Project LovePlus, they’ll encounter the “Boyfriend Lock,” which will…
By Owen Good Published December 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Week In Games: Boxless Day
We close out 2010 with four releases on download services, headlined by the first extension for Dead Rising 2 – or second, if you count Case Zero, which preceded the game. Monday (Dec. 27) Dead Rising 2: Case West (XBLA) – Frank West returns to the Dead Rising story to battle the shambling hordes with…
By Owen Good Published December 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The 25 Best Co-Op Games [UGO] Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, World of Warcraft, Double Dragon, Rock Band 3 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii…
By Owen Good Published December 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Make a Move Winners
Sometimes the easiest contest concepts deliver the most complex entries. Such was the case with our Make a Move challenge. Sure, ‘Shopping a controller into someone’s hand is easy, but the base image is where the real genius is found. We narrow the roundup to 20 but when I looked through my candidate pool I…
By Owen Good Published December 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
Activision CEO Sees Call of Duty as a Form of Social Media
Speaking to CNN earlier this week, Activision’s CEO noted that more people play Black Ops, daily, than watch the late night hosts Leno, Letterman and Fallon, combined. No offense, but that would seem to be an easy goal to beat. No, network television isn’t the yardstick Bobby Kotick uses to measure Call of Duty as…
By Owen Good Published December 26, 2010 - Culture
Sunday Comics
Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Dec. 23 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Dec. 20 – Read more of Penny Arcade Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull published Dec. 20 – Read more of Manly Guys Doing Manly Things Rooster Teeth by Griffon…
By Owen Good Published December 26, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Moneysaver: You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out
Scut Farkus! What a rotten name! We were trapped. There he stood, between us and the alley. Scut Farkus staring out at us with his yellow eyes. He had yellow eyes! So, help me, God! Yellow eyes! Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense. Lord help me that’s my favorite line…
By Owen Good Published December 26, 2010