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The Video Game Posters For That Tiny Cinema You Never Go To
Get a load of these posters. They’re game posters done up to look like movie posters, but not the boring kind, the kind you see for a quaint little art house cinema that only shows a movie once. So they’re not cold, stark images. They’re a little kooky, a little old-fashioned, full of quirks and…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sony Can’t Quit You, Plastic Discs
Sony did win that HD format war, you know. While pundits predict that the next generation of consoles will be digital download only, Sony continues to be bullish on disc-based media. “The reason retail has been around for thousands of years is because it works really well at showing you a range of content, having…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Oh, Snap. Kevin Durant Just Threw Down
Checked your Twitter feed recently? Because Oklahoma City Thunder star forward Kevin Durant just called you a punk. Well, not exactly, but he did just challenge fans to a two-on-two boomshakalakalicious bout of NBA JAM against him and his sidekick Mathias Murphy. In case you aren’t following him, Kevin Durant just tweeted the following: And…
By Gawkercreative Published December 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
The 20 Most-Loved Wii Games, For The Last Time
After more than three years of tracking Nintendo stats, I’m done. Monster Hunter wins. Smash Bros. comes in second. Mario squeaks in at the last minute. You are reading the final installment of a series I’ve been running monthly in various ways for a few years. Since joining Kotaku in the spring of 2009, I’ve…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedMicrosoft Imagines a World Without iPhones, PS3s, Wii
The Microsoft Store is like a Bizarro World version of an Apple Store. Where Apple is stark, a single room of chrome and white, Microsoft is meant to be warm, a single room of earth tones and wood. Where Apple has more than 300 locations world wide, Microsoft has just seven. During a recent visit…
By Brian Crecente Published December 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Might Look Like Vomit, But It Tastes Like Heaven
What you missed last night North Korean Dictator’s Real Son Ready To Spawn Homefront Attack The Embarrassing Things This Man Did For Mario Hope Crytek’s Korean Shooter Plays As Good As It Looks First Uncharted 3 Gameplay Footage Sets A House On Fire There’s A PC Remake Of GoldenEye Out Too, You Know
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gamers, Be Proud Of Your Pre-Historic Heritage
I’m a gamer. And if you’re reading this site, you’re probably one, too. Gamers like, well, games, and our games of choice now are video games. But gamers, as a breed, are nothing new. Recent archaeological findings continue to support just that. National Geographic reports that preliminary research has turned up prehistoric dice boards in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedNorth Korean Dictator’s Real Son Ready To Spawn Homefront Attack [Update]
First-person shooter is a fabricated account of what would happen if North Korean leader Kim Jung-il died and his son took over. The game’s latest trailer is hardly fiction. With the Dear Leader’s health failing, his son Kim Jung-un is being groomed as the replacement. The latest trailer shows actual footage of Kim Jung-un attending…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedThese Zombies May Be Shambling, But They Are Also Adorable
Yeah, we know. More zombies. Blergh. But wait! This is a zombie-killing game with a difference: it’s big on charm. Bitejacker is an upcoming indie game for the PC that’s not only inspired by the zombie apocalypse tales of yore, but also Bytejacker, an indie gaming show. Double inspiration! It looks cute! Like the Super…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
War Has Changed, But His Secret Recipe Has Not
By Emilio Lopez, via Gamefreaks
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Embarrassing Things This Man Did For Mario
Shigeru Miyamoto might have created Mario, but he didn’t just draw the character. No, his work on Mario runs much deeper. As the years worn on, Miyamoto wasn’t directing the Mario games any more, but returned to the director’s chair for Super Mario 64, the first game to render Mario in 3D polygons. And he…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedJust Cause 2 Might As Well Jump
This base-jump in Just Cause 2 certainly gives new meaning to the term “leap of faith”. Press play, then wait for the parachute to open. You’ll, uh, be waiting a while. Just Cause 2 was a sandbox adventure game released earlier this year on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. We never got around to reviewing…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Don’t Get Mad At This Retro Angry Birds Art
iPhone smash hit Angry Birds was not released in the 1990s. I’m sure of it. I was there in the 1990s, and I didn’t see it. But what if it was? What would it look like? Probably something like this. The pixels really complement the art style. These screens were whipped up by Penney Design.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Super Smash Bros. Action Figure Brawl
Taking a bunch of tiny, adorable Marvel Super Hero Squad figures as a template, Rust This World has created a line of tiny action figures based on the characters appearing in Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. series of fighting games. While not every character is there, plenty of the main ones are, like Pikachu, Mario, Bowser,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Robot Pilots Were Ejected From Vanquish
Sci-fi game Vanquish was originally inspired by a 1970s Japanese anime. It was also supposed to star a remote controlled robot. According to the game’s designer Shinji Mikami, originally there wasn’t anyone in the suit. “Instead,” he explains, “it was a remotely operated robot with three different pilots who would take turns controlling the unit…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Biggest Game Of The Year May Well Be…
It took over 200 years for the population of Australia to reach 22 million. It’s taken CityVille, the latest game from Farmville creators Zynga, just eleven days That’s right. Twenty-two million in eleven days. While detractors of this type of casual Facebook gaming can point to the fact most of those players haven’t paid a…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gotta Cup ‘Em All
Someone made a Pokémon bra — a Pokébra? As seen on szmoon
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedHope Crytek’s Korean Shooter Plays As Good As It Looks
Warface, the online shooter destined for Asian markets and published by Crysis creators Crytek, may not have sounded like much at first, but take a look at it in action. Yeah, it’s another team-based online shooter set in a war-torn, near-future landscape, but doesn’t it look nice! Of course, only in a place like Korea…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2010