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Brazilian Kratos Has Magnificently Painted Man Boobs
To mark the official launch of God of War III, Brazil did it in style — complete with Kratos cosplay. What sells this dress-up of the God of War III protagonist isn’t just the bald head or the muscles, but the fantastic make-up job. Bravo! Midnight Kratos @ SP: Eu fui! [Hadouken]
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Swiss Government Cracking Down On Violent Game Sales
According to a report on Gamesmarkt, Switzerland’s National Council has just passed a pair of bills that seek to restrict the sale of violent video games within the country. The first, put forward by Evi Allemann, of the Socialist Party, wants to stop the manufacture, advertisement, importation and sale of any game that promotes as…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 22, 2010 -
UncategorizedNo More Neon Genesis Evangelion News Reading
Launched in June 2009, The Misato Katsuragi News Project had Neon Gensis Evangelion character Misato read the news. As Kotaku posted previously, the news program runs on software that collects news from real-life news (politics, the economy, sports and, yes, the anime industry). A Cellius voice synthesis engine is used to have Misato read said…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get Inside The Real-Life Yakuza
With the release of Sega’s Yakuza 3 going down well with many, let’s take a look at the actual Yakuza, Japan’s “mafia”, and see just how powerful – and accepted – they are in contemporary society. American author and journalist Jake Adelstein knows more about the Yakuza than most Westerners, having studied them closely for…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mario Creator Has Never Called Video Games “Art”
Are video games art? Or are they entertainment? Let’s see what Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. Last week, Miyamoto was in London to receive a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Fellowship at the GAME British Academy Video Games Award, reports the Associated Press. “It’s a great…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Mario Papercraft? More Like Paper Mario
Here we were, getting a little over the practice of folding pieces of paper into figures resembling video game characters, when Ignatius’ Mario piece blows our socks into the 22nd century. Depicting Mario’s trademark pose from Wii fighting game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it looks like something that the average person just wouldn’t have the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Five Health Care Games to Make You Healthy (Or Get You Sick)
In the United States, health care has passed. Some people are pleased, some are not and others are even indifferent. So let’s talk about video games! To mark the occasion, here are five doctor-type games. SimHealth From the folks who gave us SimCity and The Sims, SimHealth: The National Health Care Simulation was released in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360 Console Spammed With Child Pornography
A couple from Dublin, Ireland had to call the cops last week when their Xbox 360 console was spammed with images of child pornography. With their real names withheld due to the nature of the case, “Amy” said her boyfriend had been playing a game when a message from another user popped up. Upon opening…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 22, 2010 -
UncategorizedAwkward: Zelda Music On Reality TV Show
There’s a big TV show called America’s Got Talent. Britain’s Got Talent, too. Even Norway has it, and we like Norway’s the best, as it’s the only one with uncomfortable live renditions of a song from Ocarina of Time. The real action begins at 2:20 in the clip above, but if you’d like to sit…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 22, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku: Census 2010 Closes Tonight
Just a reminder that if you’d like to take part in our Census 2010, which is polling users about their video gaming likes, dislikes and secret feelings, you’ve only got a few hours left. The polls should be closing at around midnight Sunday, MT. We’d have loved to leave them open for a bit longer,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Not Owen
To: Luke From: Not-Owen Luke, I am not Owen, though I do sometimes watch sports. Not much sports, but I do like boxing. I caught the replay of the last Pacquiao fight this morning, and boy was it dull. My wife has been trying to watch some NCAA men’s basketball tournament this weekend, but I’ve…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
People Watching Me Discuss Video Game Journalism
“Members of the gaming press are always working. For instance, that picture I took at the beginning of the panel? I’ve already uploaded it and posted it on Kotaku.” The audience at my MomoCon panel on game journalism. Nice-looking bunch!
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2010 - CultureSplitscreen
ModNation Racers Has Four-Player Splitscreen Possibly Thanks To You
post What’s the point of a beta test for a video game these days, other than to drum up publicity? The makers of upcoming PlayStation 3 game ModNation Racers say it got them to add a feature. During the Game Developers Conference earlier this month, game producer Dan Sochan told Kotaku that the public beta…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Week In Games: Just Caves
If you have any funds left over from the previous weeks’ blockbuster video game releases, perhaps you’ll be interested in what this week has to offer, namely another use for your Wii MotionPlus and Just Cause 2. For the more discriminating video game enthusiast, the long in the waiting release of Cave Story on WiiWare…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 21, 2010 -
UncategorizedCheating At Pokémon And Walking At The Same Time
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver both come packed with the Pokéwalker, a nifty little device that promotes good health through Pokémon mastery. Then this lazy yet inventive individual comes along… I know I shouldn’t call the creator of the Pokéwalker cheat device lazy. For all I know he or she can’t walk, and this is a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
MomoCon Cosplay Gallery: Atlanta Gets All Dressed Up
MomoCon has filled the campus of Georgia Tech in downtown Atlanta with cosplayers, and video game fans are there in force. Check out characters from Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Miles Edgeworth, BioShock, Brutal Legend, and more! It was nice to see a couple of games represented that you don’t normally see that often being cosplayed.…
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2010 - Uncategorized
Passage Creator’s Next Game Hits Next Month
Next month, Jason Rohrer, innovative developer of Passage, is releasing Sleep Is Death. The multiplayer video game combines adventure gaming with a second player’s need to craft new, reactive scenes in mere 30 seconds intervals. Caught Sleeping [Boing Boing]
By Stephen Totilo Published March 21, 2010 - Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published March 19 PvPOnline published March 16 ActionTrip published March 16 GU Comics published March 18 Ctrl-Alt-Del published March 15 Dueling Analogs published March 15 Nerf NOW published March 16 Rooster Teeth published March 20 Monday Night Crew published March 19 Virtual Shackles published March 19 Dotgif published March 19
By Mike Fahey Published March 21, 2010