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The Games that Inspired Porn
Ah, Feb. 15. It’s the day for porn, shame and regret. So is Feb. 14 if you don’t have a girlfriend. (I do. It’s a picture of Olivia Munn). The -Minus World was feeling romantic and, noting porn’s long history of cribbing off of others’ IP (Field of Reams, Driving Miss Daisy Crazy) they found…
By Owen Good Published February 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
MLB 2K9 Ads Pushing Toward Obnoxious
In-game advertisements in sports titles aren’t that conspicuous because, hell, real-life playing fields are littered with them. But screens in MLB 2K9 show publishers are comfortable with alterations of reality, if they turn a buck. PastaPadre, a dedicated sports video game blogger, took a look at 2K9’s screens of every stadium and noticed several inconsistencies.…
By Owen Good Published February 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
Couple Plans In-Game LittleBigPlanet Wedding
Remember the guy who proposed to his girlfriend with a LittleBigPlanet level? They are in fact getting hitched – and are planning to do so in the game itself. Dimmujed, the groom-elect, uploaded that video yesterday, then went into the LittleBigWorkshop forums this morning to announce the happy news that he and his betrothed, Andrea,…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
10 Video Game Athletes Who Probably Roided
This past week, Alex Rodriguez copped to taking steroids and everyone went on TV and radio to bitch about it, including me. But is the world of video game sports any more pure? Pwn or Die compiled a list of 10 characters whose connections to performance-enhancing drugs go well beyond bloated physiques or cartooned numbers.…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
MadWorld Serves Up Blood and Cussin’
For your debauched, desensitized and depraved viewing pleasure, here’s uncut gameplay footage from Madworld. The stylized gorefest is entertaining – so is hearing John DiMaggio – more Bender than Fenix – say “Fuckin’ A!” DiMaggio is one of the announcers providing commentary during your black-and-white-and-red-all-over tour de brutality. In between F-bombs you can hear him…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
The PlayStation Store is Closing
After 10 years, Sony’s PlayStation Store in San Francisco’s Metreon shopping center – the only store of its kind – will close sometime this summer. The lease on the PlayStation store, home to many a launch-night lineup (the PlayStation 2, PS3, PSP, and pretty much any major title all had events there) runs out this…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Here’s Your Resident Evil 5 Pre-Order Gift
Multiple anonymous tipsters have sent us word, and picture, of Game Crazy’s Resident Evil 5 preorder gift, which is to be announced by Capcom on Tuesday. It’s a snow sand globe of Chris and Sheva. That’s the best pic we got of the globe. Below is a cell pic of a screen showing it was…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Syphon Filter 5 in Development?
Alert reader ____ (yes, that’s really his handle) put two and two together, and the answer sounds like Sony Bend is cooking up a Syphon Filter 5. Here’s the reasoning. On Feb. 4, Sony’s Bend, Ore. studio posted this job, seeking a game tools programmer. They’re looking for someone with experience on the PS3 and…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
World of Goo Arrives on Linux
Linux gamers do in fact exist and, as promised by 2D Boy, they can now start playing acclaimed indie puzzler World of Goo. The developers have also talked about the challenge of Linux porting. The game is $20, DRM-free and supports 64-bit systems. A demo version featuring the game’s first chapter is available if you…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Collection of Killer Gaming Wallpapers
Yesterday our sister site Lifehacker posted a collection of eye-popping desktop wallpapers they found, and it is too good not to share over here. I’ve had the same picture of the Pyramid Peaks in Colorado on my desktop since 2003. If your background’s getting a little stale, too, certainly one of these will do the…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
DW-PSP Not (Yet) Outlawed in Honolulu
Remember the PSP-playing bus driver in Honolulu? The one who wasn’t fired? Now six months later, the mayor has vetoed a city bill that would have outlawed playing games while driving. Saying it is too specific and almost impossible to enforce, Mayor Mufi Hannemann struck down the measure that made it illegal to send text…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 -
UncategorizedVideo Games’ Five Most Romantic Couples
It’s Valentine’s Day, the one day in the western world U.S. (sorry, forgot about you, Amsterdam) where it’s legal to pay for sex. So here’s a very NSFW video of gaming’s top five couples. Naturally, Mario and Peach (despite that affair with Sonic) are No. 1 – even if CitizenGame completely blew it by confusing…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Guild Wars 2 Coming in 2010-2011
NCsoft saw increased sales but a 40 percent drop in profit this past year. Fallout from that includes the company’s announcement that Guild Wars 2 won’t arrive until 2010-2011. Gamasutra reported that while NCsoft’s sales were up 5 percent year-over-year, including a strong December quarter-over-quarter profit increase of 60 percent. But overall, the delayed launch…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Originals: You Take That Back Brian Crecente
The boss-mans learned a important lesson about other people’s feelings when he called Wii Fit a wee fad. Indignant Wii Fitters ultrabombed his inbox to say not everyone who “plays” it looks like this. That’s right, many of them were in much worse shape when they first stepped on the balance board. But now they’re…
By Owen Good Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Ric Flair Wishes You A Happy, Strangely Violent Valentines Day
And again, the Red Alert 3 marketing team outdo themselves, somehow taking Ric Flair and his figure-four leglock and turning it into a heart-warming Command & Conquer-related Valentines Day message. It’s just one in a series of videos EA threw together for the day, some featuring British working class vixen Gemma Atkinson, others the slightly…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pads or Sticks?
Friday, Friday, Friday. It’s Friday. Time for TELL US DAMMIT. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know fucktons about us –…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
Halo Wars Figures Receive Reinforcements
Kicking the pre-release marketing for Halo Wars into top gear, a second series of Halo Wars action figures have today been announced by McFarlane and Microsoft. Unlike the first series, these figures look a little more relevant to the units and events of the game, with one series featuring the UNSC FLame-Thrower Marine and another…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Week In Comments
NSFW: The Joydick Lets Players Play With Themselves To Play Comment by: ShaggE Nominated by: MrBionic We would like to wank you for purchasing the Joydick. We don’t mean to cum off as cocky, but we guarantee this product will rub you the right way. If it doesn’t, well, different strokes for different folks. You…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2009 - Uncategorized
This Is Why Midway Is Totally Screwed
Midway filed for bankruptcy yesterday. Grim news, but it’s also a bit…vague. It’s hard to tell from mere words just how badly the house of Mortal Kombat is faring. So let’s use numbers instead. Short on alternate bedtime reading, GamePolitics have combed through the court records surrounding yesterday’s move and found the the list of…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2009 - Uncategorized
Bikini Samurai Minus Bikini
When Playboy reviewed Wii title Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad, it asked publisher D3 for this: Exclusive naked pics. And exclusive naked pics it got. Above and below are images directly from D3 of the game’s heroine Aya wearing her cowboy and boots, but not much else. At least she’s got her swords. Very important! You…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 13, 2009