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Making A Medieval Video Game Looks Really Fun
Developer diaries are normally my enemy, but Kingdom Come: Deliverance gets a pass today, as dudes with medieval swords (and crossbows!) strap cameras to themselves and just go at it, all in the name of making better video game combat. Will it actually contribute to a realistic, enjoyable combat system? Who knows, that’s the –…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2014 -
Starbound Bans “Sexual Predator”
The developers of indie PC hit Starbound have had to call the authorities after it was discovered a sexual predator was using the game to “target children”. “Delaying development to deal with a sexual predator targeting children”, developer Tiyuri wrote on Twitteryesterday. “Just in case anyone is wondering”. Starbound’s Molly Carroll provdied a little more…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2014 -
Solving One Rubik’s Cube In Record Time Is Impressive. Six Is Magical.
Watch as Rubik’s master Kevin Haystakes on six increasingly larger jumbled cubes — from 2×2 to 7×7 — to set the world record for making sides look the same. I was one of those kids who resorted to breaking his cube apart and putting it together again so the sides all matched. I am not…
By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2014 -
Final Fantasy VII’s Boss Music, Played By Floppy Drives
Anything can be an instrument, people—including a whole bunch of floppy drives! Sixteen, in this case, to be exact. (You remember floppy drives, right?) You might recognize this tune as “Those Who Fight Further,” which is the boss theme in Final Fantasy VII. Here’s the original, for comparison’s sake. Pretty close, right? Kudos to MrSolidSnake745…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 10, 2014 -
What It Feels Like When You Play: Threes
Threes has become a problem for me. Last night, I was seriously torn between making sure my three-year-old ate her dinner and getting a few more rounds of the new iOS puzzle game in before bedtime. I fed her and then I went back to obsessively doing math. ‘Til 2 a.m. Here’s how I feel…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 10, 2014 -
If TV Channels Were Video Games…
TV channels and video game franchises might seem like a weird thing to compare, but the unlikely pairs are exactly what make these wise cracks by Dorkly so clever. It’s the sort of thing where you don’t need to watch anything on the channel referenced to know just what Dorkly is talking about—but its better…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 10, 2014 -
The Universe Will End Before This Minecraft Clock Finishes Counting
“Even the most ridiculous design has a purpose” says the creator of this virtual countdown timer in the building game Minecraft. Well, the purpose of this design is to remind us of our place in the universe with a clock that will run for longer than there will be computers to simulate it. YouTuber spumwack…
By Steve Marinconz Published February 10, 2014 -
$200 Borderlands Vita Bundle Comes To The U.S. This Spring
The new, slimmer version of the PlayStation Vita is coming to North America as part of a $200 Borderlands 2 bundle, Sony just announced. It’ll be out this spring. The bundle will come with the new model of Sony’s handheld, the upcoming port of Borderlands 2 (“and add-on content”), and an 8GB memory card. The…
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2014 -
Easy Cosplay Ideas Using Everyday Stuff
Dressing up like characters from pop culture, while cool, looks like a ton of work. Cosplay doesn’t have to be hard, though. If you’re willing to have fun with it, you can make all sorts of costumes with stuff you have lying around the house. Such is the idea behind the My Half Assed Cosplay…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 10, 2014 -
As Close To A New Game Boy Game As We’re Going To Get
I miss the days of dash attacks, the platformers of yesteryear. I miss Rocket Knight Adventure, and Mischief Makers. Lucky for me, The Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight scratches that itch. In the video above, I play the “shareware” demo of The Joylancer, a retro-platformer that harkens back to the days of Gameboy and the 16-bit…
By Chris Person Published February 10, 2014 -
TV Guy Gets His Black Men Mixed Up, and Samuel L. Jackson Roasts Him
Didn’t we just go through this with Morgan Freeman? Look, this is even worse. If there is one black guy you do not want to confuse for another black guy, it is Samuel L. Jackson, because he will not let your ass off the hook. KTLA-TV’s Sam Rubin learned this the hard way this morning…
By Owen Good Published February 10, 2014 -
He Made Halo‘s Energy Sword, and It Looks Really Awkward to Use
Master Chief makes it look easy, doesn’t he? But, it turns out that wielding the famous bladed Covenant weapon from the Xbox sci-fi FPS isn’t all that graceful. Watch yourself, dude. You ain’t no Spartan! In the latest segment of the Man At Arms webseries, Tony Swatton and crew craft one of a video game…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 10, 2014 -
A Japanese Adventure Game Inspired By Snatcher
Here’s a new Kickstarter game that might be worth some attention: Blackmore, an adventure game by some of the folks behind the old Konami adventure game, Snatcher. David Hayter’s in there, too. The game is called Blackmore, and they want $200,000 to bring it to life. The summary, via Kickstarter: Blackmore is a Japanese adventure…
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2014 -
Adam Orth Is Turning His Personal Disaster Into A Beautiful Game
Adam Orth, one of last year’s most notorious people on the Internet, was nervous last week as he was showing me his new creation: a beautiful, unusual game that he says was borne from his 2013 travails. “This is how I chose to, in the words of a famous philosopher, ‘deal with it,’” he self-consciously…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2014 -
Everything Wrong With The Terminator, In Seven Minutes
The first Terminator movie was pretty good, I think—but if you pay close attention while you watch it, you’ll find lots of silly and ridiculous details in the movie. Maybe its better not to nitpick….or maybe its funnier if we do. Whatever you prefer, the folks over at CinemaSins caught a ton of amusing and…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 10, 2014 -
The Last of Us for $30, 2DS Pokémon Bundle, 4K AV Receiver [Deals]
In case you haven’t heard, The Last of Us is really, really good. If you still haven’t played the game that went all Meryl Streep on the DICE Awards (after picking up Kotaku game of the year honors, no less), you can pick it up on Amazon today for just $30. I might have to…
By Shep McAllister Published February 10, 2014 -
Final Fantasy Tactics Wasn’t Supposed To Have Casting Times
You know how in Final Fantasy Tactics—the wonderful strategy-RPG released for the PlayStation in 1998—your wizards and summoners all had to deal with charging times? And how if you wanted to cast a spell, you’d have to wait X number of turns before it went through? Here’s a bombshell for you: creator Yasumi Matsuno says…
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2014 -
Watch Dogs Delayed On Wii U
Following rumors, the Wii U version of Watch Dogs has been delayed, Ubisoft announced during their earnings call today. Watch Dogs will be out for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC this spring—between April and June, Ubisoft says. The Wii U version will come “at a later date.” A few weeks ago, the…
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2014 -
The Flappy Bird Fiasco
“People prefer imperfect things,” the creator of the incredibly popular, loved, hated and now-notorious Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen, mused over Twitter last March, long before most anyone had ever heard of him or played his game. He was stating why he thought he’d be okay launching a video game that included some bugs. “They need…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2014