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Pinball Game Made Out Of All The Internet Memes
Liberty Games, a British pinball company, has made Internet Meme Pinball (a real machine, mind you, not an online game). It is everything you are probably imagining. They took an old existing game and modified it, replacing most of the casing and art with meme fodder like “not sure if”, grumpy cat and “winter is…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 21, 2014 -
The Evolution Of Nintendo’s Control Pads, Illustrated
While changes to the Xbox and PlayStation pads have been relatively minorover the years (though that doesn’t mean changes haven’t been interesting), Nintendo’s controllers have been to hell and back over the last 30 years. As this hypnotic gif illustrates. While the gif above is at a fixed speed, you can adjust things to suit…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 21, 2014 -
The Best Cosplay Of 2014
As cosplay continues to explode in popularity, I feel like rounding up the “best” cosplay in the world for the year is a task that’s almost impossible. But whatever, that’s not going to stop me from trying 2014 was a big year for cosplay, at least in terms of this site. We opened up our…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 21, 2014 -
Humanoid Raccoons, Supermutant Invasions And Other Cut Fallout Content
I would have loved the original Fallout so much more had the planned mutant raccoon faction made it into the game. VG Facts’ “Leftovers” series looks at the S’lanter faction, extra maps, the planned Supermutant invasion and other bits left out of the post-apocalyptic classic. Fallout spent three years in development as a game based…
By Mike Fahey Published December 21, 2014 -
The PlayStation Vita Makes A Lovely Little VR Headset
Ukrainian developerBeatshapershas access to Sony’s Project Morpheus PlayStation 4 VR headset and various incarnations of the Oculus Rift, but those weren’t enough to sate their virtual reality madness, so they strapped a PlayStation Vita to their heads. Speaking to the lovely folks over at Push Square, Beatshapers founder Alexey Menshikov explains how the PlayStation Vita…
By Mike Fahey Published December 21, 2014 -
FFXIV Community Holds Massive Vigil For A Dying Player
As a Final Fantasy XIV player reportedly lay dying in the hospital, friends and strangers within the game gathered to pay their respects as he passed. According to a real-life friend of Codex Vahlda, a level 50 bard on Final Fantasy XIV‘s Gilgamesh server, the 29-year-old player behind the character had been brain dead in…
By Mike Fahey Published December 21, 2014 -
The Majora’s Mask Version Of The “12 Days Of Xmas” Ends As Expected
Those of you familiar with The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask will immediately see the problem with Really Freakin’ Clever‘s “Twelve Days At Snowhead.” At least they saved a lot of money on gifts, and those that did purchase them will never have to worry about paying their credit card bills. Look on the bright…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2014 -
Fahey’s Top Ten Games Of 2014
According to the Bureau of Completely Made-Up Statistics, nearly a bajillion games were released in 2014. Of those bajillion, only ten were good enough to make it onto this list. In order for me to ascertain the contents of this comprehensive list, I had to take that erroneous bajillion and trim away the games I…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2014 -
John Malkovich, Rose McGowan And Bill Paxton Star In Call Of Duty DLC
Sorry Jon Bernthal of The Walking Dead, your name didn’t fit in the headline, but you’ll surely be there beside Cyrus “The Virus” Grissom, Chet and Paige Matthews battling a new breed of undead in Advanced Warfare‘s Exo-Zombies downloadable content. How does Activision keep getting these big stars to do dirty work in what are…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2014 -
The Saga Of Garry Viking, Mount & Blade: Warband’s Great-ish Hero
The Viking Conquest DLC adds everybody’s favourite Nordic seafarers to Mount & Blade: Warband. But with it brings something I wasn’t expecting: demonic man-children. Seriously, the in-game children are just scaled down adults. Something about that scares me to my very core. It doesn’t stop my character Garry Viking though. Despite Garry having the Viking-iest…
By Leo Wichtowski Published December 20, 2014 -
Let’s Play Skylanders: Trap Team‘s New Light And Dark Levels (Done!)
Tomorrow Skylanders: Trap Team introduces two completely new elements to Activision’s wildly successful toy-meets-game series. We’re going to play with them today, and you can watch. We got our hands on the Light and Dark starter packsa little early, so I figured we could hook up a webcam and do all sorts of fancy streaming…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2014 -
12/15/2014: And That’s How Kirby Became A Christmas Tree
Alex‘s Christmas gift to everyone is this adorable transformation Kirby undergoes for the holidays. Well, gift to everyone but that tree—just look at how horrified it looks the whole time. While you’re undoubtedly gathering with friends and family, be sure to look back over our best stuff from this week at Kotaku Selects. And then…
By Tina Amini Published December 20, 2014 -
GTA Online’s Gingerbread Mask Makes Everything Better
This week, Rockstar released a holiday update with all sorts of seasonal goodies. One of those things included a gingerbread mask—and players are using it to great effect. Turns out, the happy-go-lucky face looks amazing in just about any context you can think of. Parties and get togethers? You bet. (Click on the thumbnails or…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 20, 2014 -
Microsoft Sorry For Broken Halo Games, Giving Away Free Stuff
In an effort to make good on the troubled launch of the Xbox One’s Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Microsoft announced today that they’re giving anyone who played the game some free stuff, including a copy of an upcoming remastered version of Halo 3: ODST. In a letter posted to the Xbox website, 343 Industries…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 19, 2014 -
How To Easily Get Destiny‘s Weird ‘Husk of the Pit’ Gun
Among the new pieces of gear in Destiny‘s The Dark Below expansion, one stands out: a gun called “Husk of the Pit.” It’s kind of a piece of crap… but it also isn’t. See, the Husk starts out as a common assault rifle that pretty much completely sucks. However, if you follow its upgrade path…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 19, 2014 -
The New Naruto Movie Is Coming West
Good news for Naruto fans: the latest movie is hitting many major cities in the U.S. on Feburary 20th, 2015. The Last: Naruto The Movie will see a limited theater release in 20 cities, including New York, Boston, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle. Here’s part of the press release by…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 19, 2014 -
Of Course Someone Made Notch’s $70 Million Mansion In Minecraft
Minecraft creator and ex-Mojang head Markus “Notch” Persson has a new house. He spent upwards of $70 million on it, and there is a candy room. Of course there is a candy room. You will probably never have anything that nice, nor will I. But hey, we can still stroll through it in—yep—Minecraft Dan Bovey…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 19, 2014 -
It Ain’t Easy To Recreate The Star Wars Trailer In GTA V
Star Wars features things like the Millennium Falcon, lightsabers and droids. Grand Theft Auto does not. You’d think this would make recreating the new Star Wars trailer impossible in GTA V, especially without the use of mods, but no. People just had to get creative! Props to Powerlight-13 for finding a way to remake the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 19, 2014 -
A Look Back At The Year In First-Person Video Games
Remember that horrible-looking Rambo FPS? Seems like so long ago, right? But it came out this year. A shaky start, but things got better from there. Thank God. This retrospective by YouTuber Gggmanlives isn’t all-encompassing but manages to hit most of the highlights and regrettable lows of the past year’s hands-centric releases. Sure, you may…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 19, 2014 -
The Video Game Loading Screens Of 2014
In a perfect world, we’d spend all of our time actually playing video games. But if 2014 has taught us anything, it’s that our world is not perfect. And so, among other things, we must spend a percentage of our time watching loading screens. Slowly but surely, video game developers are getting better at loading…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 19, 2014