Now through January 27, Kemco’s line of Japanese role-playing games for Android devices are dirt cheap. Go get ’em

Watch Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett talk all about writing for games in this TED Talk.

The Horror Game Where You Play As A Toddler Still Looks Eerie Despite Some Public Outcry

Remember Among The Sleep? It’s that game by Krillbrite studio where you play as a two year old who has yet to “develop a full sense of reality, making you weak and susceptible to the horrifying creatures inhabiting your nightmares.” If you’ve forgotten, this is your reminder that This Cool Game Still Exists. There have…

Bungie Uses Halo Helmet To Cheer Up Sick Child

Two weeks ago, Redditor fiscal_ asked if anyone knew how to get in touch with Bungie, the creators of Halo. His son, a big Halo fan, had just received a liver transplant, and fiscal_ wanted to cheer him up with some sort of Halo-themed gift. It worked. Yesterday, fiscal_ came back to the Halo Reddit…

Tekken Is Getting Its Very Own Virtual (And Real-Life) Card Game

The King of Iron Fist Tournament will be raging on in 2013, this time with the fiercest weapon of them all: playing cards. Namco Bandai Games has just announced Tekken Card Tournament, a mobile/real world card game that is set to launch “in the next few weeks.” Tekken and card gaming: a match made in……

Uh oh. It seems that Jonathan Coulton is not the only one who has gotten ripped off by Glee.

Watch These Pundits and News Anchors Get All Nostalgic About the Atari

“Do you remember the Atari? Oh man, I remember the Atari!” These are words that you’ve doubtless heard from people over the age of 30. For some, Pong and Atari were their first and last brush with gaming, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find one among them that doesn’t recall those days with fond memories.…

Hidden Chronicles ‘CoasterVille‘ Quests: Everything you need to know

It’s become a tradition in Hidden Chronicles that players are introduced to a new set of themed quests when Zynga releases most new games, and CoasterVille is no exception. While you may have plenty of quests already on your plate in Hidden Chronicles, if you scroll through your list long enough, you’ll eventually find the…

Unboxing Videos Become Strange And Unsettling If You Really Think About Them

If you’ve hung around YouTube or tech-oriented sites long enough, chances are you’ve stumbled across an unboxing video. These are exactly what they sound like: videos where someone removes the packaging from a new product. Right now, if you type in ‘unboxing’ on the YouTube search bar, it autofills in iPhone, iPad, Wii U, Playstation…

You Can Pretend Dead Space 3 Is a Mass Effect Game With This Special Unlock [UPDATE]

The Dead Space sci-fi horror games have nothing to do with the Mass Effect sci-fi shooter/adventure games, other than that they’re published by the same giant corporation, EA. But now they’re ever-so-slightly crossing over. EA is letting people who have a Mass Effect 3 save file unlock special Mass Effect N7 armor in next month’s…

Science Explains Why We’ll Probably Never Be Able To Respawn in Real Life

You’re running out of ammo, the last medikit you saw was three towns behind, and that nice guy shooting at you just got a sniper to help him out. Without divine intervention and after that nice guy gets a lucky shot (and why wouldn’t he?), you (or what’s left of you) are probably headed to…

In Four Days Temple Run 2 Has Been Downloaded 20 Million Times

Last week Imangi Studios surprised everyone with the stealthy release of the Temple Run 2. Being the finely-honed sequel to one of the most popular mobile games in the world, I can’t say I’m surprised by massive reaction. Today Imangi Studios announced that in just four days—from Thursday’s release to Sunday evening—Temple Run 2 was…

That Crazy Sega/Namco/Capcom Crossover RPG Project X Zone Is Coming To America

Project X Zone, a strategy-RPG and crazy collaboration between Namco Bandai, Sega, and Capcom, is coming to North America, Europe, and Australia this summer. The 3DS game features characters and worlds from all sorts of games, from Darkstalkers to Valkyria Chronicles to Street Fighter. Other franchises making appearances in the nutty game: Tekken, Mega Man,…

NRA Boss Responds To Game About Shooting Him In The Head: ‘It’s The State Of Our Country’

Last week, a member of the Encyclopedia Dramatica forums created a game where you shoot NRA boss Wayne LaPierre in the head On Friday, LaPierre addressed the game, rambling to Sean Hannity about how it shows America’s hypocrisy and how games are evil and all that jazz. You can see the full clip above. Of…

Let’s See How Konami’s Beat Gather Handles Space Unicorns and Dinosaur Lasers

Released late last year on iTunes, Beat Gather is a rhythm game that lets players use their own music library to create finger-tapping levels and share them with the world, so I am sharing a couple with you folks. Warning: my taste in music is odd. First up we have “Space Unicorn” from Parry Gripp,…

Yes, This Is An 86-Year-Old Woman Who Plays Grand Theft Auto IV

This short clip on BBC News introduces 86-year-old Hilda Knott, who’s been playing games for 40 years to keep her mentally active. The giant 65″ screen helps with her eyesight. This shouldn’t be so shocking. Everyone has seen old people playing something on Facebook or on an iPad. But the fact that she’s playing Grand…

Here’s The Official Commercial For Fire Emblem: Awakening

It’s really, really intense. EVERY DECISION COUNTS. THIS IS LIFE. THIS IS DEATH. FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING I’ve been playing a bit of Nintendo’s strategy-RPG, which comes out for 3DS on February 4, and yeah, it’s intense, especially if you play with perma-death on. Look forward to more impressions (and a full review) closer to February.

Infinite Lives in Candy Crush Saga Isn’t Cheating, It’s Time Travel

Since King.com released the mobile version of popular Facebook puzzler Candy Crush Saga, I’ve been praising the developer’s flawless implementation on iOS and Android. While fiddling about with my iPhone’s time settings over the weekend I discovered that’s not entirely the case—the mobile versions will let players cheat. It’s not quite cheating in a traditional…

The Hierarchy of Video Game Haters

I’ve been writing for Kotaku, off and on, since 2007. I’ve been reading it longer than that. One of the accounts I follow on Twitter (follow me!) begs me to not read the comments on blogs. Of course, I don’t listen, and that is why my head is crammed with weird shards of anecdotal evidence…

The Only Thing Missing From My Mobile Arsenal is This Robotic Battle Tank

The phone-controlled robotic pet battle escalates significantly today with the launch of Desk Pets’ Battle Tank, the tiny tread-borne desktop terror, ready to roam about your work surface narrowly avoiding obstacles until it’s needed in battle. The Battle Tank might not have the sleek futuristic style of Desk Pets’ TankBot, but it makes up for…