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If you set the in-game date of the shipping version of SimCopter to Friday the 13th, the male residents would strip down and occasionally make out. The game was patched to remove this. The programmer who added it, Jacques Servin, was actually fired by Maxis You can reach the author of this post at [email protected]…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 13, 2015 -
Binding Of Isaac DLC Adds More Everything, Including Co-Op Babies
The Binding of Isaac already received a major update with The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth last year, but designer Edmund McMillen is moving full speed ahead on a proper expansion. Today, McMillen revealed the add-on, which doesn’t yet have a release date, will be called Afterbirth McMillen is known for being exceptionally open with his…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 13, 2015 -
PSA: The Best Gun In Destiny Is On Sale Today
Do you play Destiny? Do you have 17 coins? Do you not have an Ice Breaker yet? WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Note: This post originally ran in January, but we’re bumping it up again today because the gun’s back on sale. From today until Sunday morning, the weekend vendor Xur is selling the most…
By Jason Schreier Published February 13, 2015 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Poll: The Best Anime of Winter 2015 • Re-(Re?)-Review the 3D Metroids • Game of the Week-You Are (Not) The Hero [Braid] • Summer Wars (Manga) – Quick Review • An Apology to The Orange Box • Spacemon: A Pokémon Tabletop Story – Ch. 9, Ch. 10,…
By András Neltz Published February 13, 2015 -
Realistic Minecraft Neighborhood Looks Straight out of SimCity
Playing with the camera angles and the shaders to make this Minecraft town look like something from a city-building game was the easy part. Designing and building all the unique houses must have been a lot harder. But the Esterlon Community was able to build a really cozy realistic neighborhood, with malls, a main street…
By Gergo Vas Published February 13, 2015 -
Mario Physics Can Tell Us Which Planet Is Super Mario World
By analyzing Mario’s jumping skills and measuring gravity in Super Mario World, PBS Space Time tried to find a matching planet with the same conditions in the universe where the game could take place. As you can see in the video, translating the physics of the classic SNES game is not as easy as it…
By Gergo Vas Published February 13, 2015 -
Visual Guides To All Bosses Of Warlords of Draenor‘s Second Raid
World of Warcraft‘s second level 100 raid, Blackrock Foundry, finally opened its gates on every difficulty, which means the race between top guilds is on again. The mechanics can be tough, but Line of Sight Gaming‘s two-minute guides are excellent for learning the basics so that you can jump in, too. Short, easy-to-understand clips and…
By Gergo Vas Published February 13, 2015 -
Final Fantasy Bosses Make For Great 3D Fanart
Three Eidolons from Final Fantasy XIII, Brynhildr, Bahamut and Odin, looking all amazing as custom 3D models. The 3D-rendered summon beast-slash-boss trio comes courtesy of NemoriS from model sharing site SketchFab. They’re embedded below—if you’re gonna zoom in a lot, make sure to use the more straightforward first-person viewing mode (the little eye icon) for…
By András Neltz Published February 13, 2015 -
The Beautiful Hand-Writing And Maps Of The Lord Of The Rings Movies
One of the few things that wasn’t computer-generated in the recent Hobbit movies was all the sweet Middle Earth calligraphy, which was done by the same artist responsible for the most of the books (and maps) of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. That man is artist Daniel Reeve (via Laughing Squid), who did…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2015 -
Remember, GTA V NPCs Are People Too
It can be easy to forget when you spend most of your time treating them as obstacles and target practice, but the NPCs of Grand Theft Auto V are people too. They’ve got their own lives to live, their own conversations to have, their own problems to solve. This great video by Incredible91852 and FishyDizzle…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2015 -
The Men That 4chan Pays To Argue About Games and Anime
If you like games or anime, chances are good that you’ve seen silly videos over the years where grown men enthusiastically tell you all about their favorite anime characters, and which “waifu” is the best one. There are of course anime fans who say ridiculous things like, “if you’d simply open up your mind to…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 12, 2015 -
How To Find Waldo, Every Time
Waldo (or, in other parts of the world, Wally) is a tough guy to find. Even with those glasses and that stupid hat, he’s always lurking, hiding, just out of sight. Or, he was, until science kicked his door down and found a way to find him real quick and easy. Michigan State computer science…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 12, 2015 -
Free-to-play games supported by sneaky in-app purchases reign supreme in the mobile world, but Apple has apparently started promoting games that shy away from doing so. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek
By Patrick Klepek Published February 12, 2015 -
Developers Say Apple Is Rejecting Games For Having Images Of Guns
Apple has been rejecting some mobile games from the iOS app store for displaying guns in their promotional material and app store icons. So far, the regulation hasn’t had an impact on actual in-game content. First reported by Pocket Gamer, mobile developers began receiving rejections from Apple on “iTunes Connect,” the portal through which the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published February 12, 2015 -
Ten Things People Get Wrong About Anime
Anime might be popular in nerd culture, but that doesn’t mean people always understand what anime is all about. In fact, people often get anime all wrong. Anime sometimes has a stigma for people who don’t watch it. Or, people make misconceptions about what anime can be, as well as assumptions about the type of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 12, 2015 -
New Star Wars Comic Will Remind You Why You Love (and Hate) Darth Vader
In the first three Star Wars movies, Darth Vader was a fearsome, enigmatic archvillain. The next three Star Wars movies attempted to show Anakin Skywalker as an emotionally turbulent figure of tragedy. The new Darth Vader comic gives readers both of those interpretations and more, enjoyably complicating a villain who been around for a whole…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 12, 2015 -
How To Transfer Data From A 3DS To A New 3DS
Just got a New 3DS? Want to transfer all your digital games and save-files from your Old 3DS to your new one? Well, you’re in for an adventure. Since the two 3DS systems use different methods for storing data, the process for transferring those files is rather convoluted, in true Nintendo style. In fact, Nintendo’s…
By Jason Schreier Published February 12, 2015 -
The Pizza Party Where Everyone Got Fired
Yesterday, the game development studio Daybreak went through massive layoffs, culling a large number of jobs in order to stay “profitable.” That’s just business as usual in the video game industry, where it seems like there’s a new round of layoffs every single week. For months nowwe’ve been covering the way game publishers and development…
By Jason Schreier Published February 12, 2015