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Registration Opens For PAX East 2011
With the Penny Arcade Expo’s habit of selling out far in advance, fans eager to attend next year’s PAX East should probably register as soon as humanly possible. PAX East moves into its new digs at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center this March, which means more room for fans to hobnob with games and…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedDead Rising 2 High Stakes Edition Unboxing
The Dead Rising 2 High Stakes Edition showed up on the doorstep of Kotaku tower last night, like some unwanted waif. Of course our first thought was to tear apart the $90 bundle for Capcom’s zombie game and show everyone what was inside. Here’s hoping no children in baskets ever show up on our doorstep.…
By Brian Crecente Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves, Minecraft Edition
This here is our Rubens painting that you’ve all been Photoshopping this month, but it’s been re-done in Minecraft. Take a bow, reader KindaGamey! The rest of you, please discuss video games. Oh, for reference, this is the original Rubens. Submit your image riffs to #TAYpics. Only two days left before we change images. But,…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
MAG, Demon’s Souls and Others Get PS3 Price Cuts
Well, well, well, what do we have here? Some price drops on a few of our favorite PS3 games is what. Sony Computer Entertainment America added seven more games to their price-reduced Greatest Hits library today. And among the list is one of last year’s best games: Demon’s Souls. Not surprising news, but still fantastic.…
By Brian Crecente Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fall’s Here, Summer’s Dead
The corn mazes are open, the pumpkins on sale, the leaves are turning brown and, if Mother Nature didn’t hate us, it would be getting cooler here in the Northern Hemisphere. That’s right it’s fall, time not only to prepare for the coming of winter, but also the spending of money. While the glory days…
By Brian Crecente Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
I Think The Child Has Become Attached
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Funny Story Tomorrow, Mrs. Bashcraft is going to have lunch with her mother. I am going to watch Micro-Bash. Recently, the moment he becomes separated from her, the kid, who is one, kinda freaks out! He starts saying “No Mommy, no Mommy” and then begins crying. This is, like I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
At Least One Japanese Game Developer Is Doing Great
Level-5, the Fukuoka-based developer behind Professor Layton and White Knight Chronicles, is loving the Japanese game industry. Why? Because it has made the company lots of money and funded some swanky corporate digs. The studio has posted pictures that mostly depict the company’s Fukuoka headquarters. There are lots of meeting rooms, a rec room, libraries…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
Europe Getting Gran Turismo 5 Bundle [Update]
In Europe, racing simulator Gran Turismo 5 is getting a 320GB PlayStation 3. Amazon UK is pricing it at £284.99 (US$452). There seems to be a difference between it and the Japanese bundle. The major difference is that the bundle does not appear to contain the special titanium blue PS3 that Japan is getting in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedSome Lady In A Bikini Playing Dead Rising 2
As part of a promotion for Dead Rising 2, Capcom had pin-up model Izumi Hinata play through the game in a bikini. She sits on a blue inflatable ball. She bounces on it. Up and down, up and down. The clip is on Capcom’s official YouTube channel — complete with zooms and uncomfortable close-ups. It’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
So, Who Is The Most Popular Character From Street Fighter IV?
When Street Fighter IV was first released, you couldn’t throw a fireball without tripping over somebody playing as Ken. Over a year on from its release, though, and it’s time to find out who’s really the most popular fighter. Fighting game mecca Shoryuken polled over 5000 of its users on which character they used as…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedRadical Fishing Looks As Advertised
Man, fishing games (that aren’t on the Dreamcast and come with a plastic peripheral) are boooooooring. Know what’d make ’em more exciting? Blowing up the fish you catch. This is Radical Fishing. It looks pretty radical. You fish, you catch fish, you throw the fish in the air, and you make those fish explode. The…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
In Which Samus Aran Jumps On Stage And Takes Her Clothes Off
Sorry if that sounds a little crass, but recently Metroid star Samus Aran took to the stage during a burlesque show in LA, and that’s exactly what she did. The lady under the armour is performer Courtney Cruz, who is part of Devil’s Playground, the same group behind other evenings of male nerd wish fulfillment…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Do A Tokyo Cop And A Lawyer Think Of Yakuza 3?
Real honest-to-goodness yakuza have already made their thoughts known on Sega’s crime opus Yakuza 3. Now a Tokyo police officer and a yakuza lawyer weigh in on the game and suss out what’s realistic and what’s not. Jake Adelstein, author of the non-fiction Tokyo Vice, interviewed a handful of Japanese gangster about Yakuza 3 and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedAn Awesome Trailer For Awesome Solitaire
Awesome Solitaire has an…awesome trailer. No, really. This trailer is amazingly awesome. Promise! Awesome Solitaire was released earlier this month in the iTunes App Store. Never forget this trailer. Never.
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
BioWare Guy Begins Campaign For Wing Commander Re-Release
BioWare’s Paul Barnett, a man with a keen sense of history, realised this week that Wing Commander is now 20 years old. So he, like the rest of us, wants a re-release. So he’s kicked off a campaign to have the game ported over to DOSBox, a means of running old PC games on new…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010 - Uncategorized
How Would Deus Ex’s Creator Make A Zelda Game?
Here’s something interesting: how would Warren Spector, of Deus Ex and Epic Mickey fame, go about making a Legend of Zelda title? Spector himself explains. Asked by NGamer what changes he’d make to Nintendo’s successful formula if given the chance, Spector quickly gets the “oh, they’ll never let me do that” talk out of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010 -
UncategorizedIf Girls’ Generation Was 8-Bit
This is South Korean pop outfit Girls’ Generation. The ladies are not 8-bit. But what if they were? Here is the group’s number one single smash hit “Gee” done up in chiptune stylings. In 2009, the song became nothing short of a national phenomenon. “Gee” also pops up in South Korean StarCraft slang and takes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010