-
One Way To Make Boring Work Meetings Awesome
Ever sketched on a scrap of paper during a boring work meeting? Meeting Drawings is a site cataloguing these kinds of doodles, only they’re from a pair of pro artists. Marvel artists Marko Djurdjevic and Gerald Parel are putting a lot of people’s finished work to shame here, with the kind of nutty scribblings that…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2014 -
The Adventure Game Of The Future Uses Virtual Reality
Loading Human is an adventure game, but not as you know it. Gone is the traditional 2D interface and reliance on commands. In its place: the Oculus Rift. You play a man suffering from Alzheimer’s, who is dropped into a Total Recall-like virtual reality device not only to preserve his relationship with his wife, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2014 -
Middle Earth Is Being Recreated On A 1:1 Scale
We’ve talked about the Outerra engine a few times here on Kotaku, and every time we do, someone invariably asks “but what is this actually for“? Well, here’s one application: it’s great for making a 1:1 recreation of Middle Earth. The Middle-Earth Project is looking to rebuild all of Middle Earth in the virtual space.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2014 -
Dungeons & Dragons Yoga. Yup.
Well I guess it was bound to happen eventually. Enter D&D Yoga, an experimental fusion of two disparate but equally nerdy pursuits by artist Scott Wayne Indiana. For the campaign, he invented new poses like “Flipping a Switch”, “Opening Door” and even the graceful “Dice Rolling Pose”. The goal? To take a “package to the…
By Chris Person Published January 28, 2014 -
Taylor Swift Is A Terrible Street Fighter Character
If you were silly enough to be watching the Grammys the other night, you’d have seen Taylor Swift give a bizarre “head-banging” performance. It looked weird, but there may be a perfectly logical explanation behind it, one that went unseen on the original TV broadcast. Taylor Swift Attacked at Grammys [YouTube, via Gamefreaks]
By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2014 -
Dark Souls’ PC Version, Fixed Up And Looking Fine
Dark Souls is a beautiful game in more ways than one. It’s a terrific feat of design, for starters. But it’s also just lovely to look at, if you can relax for five seconds and take in the view. From Software’s masterpiece is the latest project of Duncan Harris, Dead End Thrills maestro and noted…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 28, 2014 -
Here’s to the video games that give you things for your birthday. Gran Turismo 6 is joining that too-short list with its latest digital title update, according to the PlayStation blog. What else is there? Animal Crossing? And? This is how the PlayStation blog describes GT6‘s new feature: Birthday Login Bonus An in-game car from…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 28, 2014 -
If This Passes As A Werewolf Simulator, I Don’t Want Any Part Of It
It sounded so promising, a game where you get to be a werewolf. How could anyone pass up a chance like that? So I took to the wonky, not quite cell-shaded world of Guise of the Wolf with enthusiasm, but being a werewolf just isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The beginning of the…
By Leo Wichtowski Published January 28, 2014 -
The sub-boss battle music from Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is some of the most hilariously over-the-top JRPG battle music I’ve ever heard. From 1:50 to the loop-around, it’s… it’s like composer Revo built a giant robot out of DragonForce members, gave it a Red Bull and told it to perform three lead guitar parts at…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 28, 2014 -
Could the PS4 emulate PS1/PS2 games? Eurogamer‘s Digital Foundry reports today that Sony is planning on it—and that they might add visual enhancements to those old games. No word on whether we’ll have to re-buy the ones we already own on PSN, if the rumor is true. (We’ve reached out to Sony for comment.)
By Jason Schreier Published January 28, 2014 -
See How Powerful Your Pokémon Are In X & Y
Not all Pokémon are made equal—one Magikarp may kick way more butt than other Magikarp, even if they’re the exact same level. That’s because every Pokémon has hidden stats called “IVs” attached to things like their “attack” and “speed”—and there’s a way to tell what these values are in-game. Pokémon X & Y have been…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 28, 2014 -
Proof (As If You Needed It) That Real-Life Batarangs Would Be Awesome
Batarang. It’s a funny word. And, until Frank Miller turned them into nasty little shuriken, it’s kind of an odd weapon for a grim nocturnal avenger, at first blush. But watch this video and you will never laugh a Batarang again. The homage to the Dark Knight’s ranged weapon of choice comes from Victor Poulin,…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 28, 2014 -
EA Sports and the NFL “still have a number of years left on our agreements” to exclusively develop and publish video games, EA CEO Andrew Wilson told investors. “We have a number of games in development with the NFL” license, he added. Reports had suggested EA’s license to make NFL games would expire this year.
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2014 -
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is out today for Xbox One and PS4. It’s the best-looking version of the game, particularly on PS4. It’s also pretty much the same (good) game that came out last year—the included DLC doesn’t really add much and the non-cosmetic next-gen features are mostly gimmicky and/or annoying. That said, if you…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 28, 2014 -
Angry Birds Maker: We Do Not Collaborate With Spies
The maker of Angry Birds, one of the world’s most popular video games of any type, today said it “does not share data, collaborate or collude with any government spy agencies.” The statement follows a report yesterday that said American and British spies have harvested data collected by the game. “Our fans’ trust is the…
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2014 -
It’s The Perfect Weather For LEGO Calvin And Hobbes Snowmen
It’s snowing in Atlanta, and I’d like nothing more than to go outside and create armies of snowmen doing horrible, horrible things. Alas, LEGO artist Tyler Sky’s Calvin and Hobbes tribute shall have to suffice. We are not used to snow in Atlanta, to the point where we hardly ever look out our windows, even…
By Mike Fahey Published January 28, 2014 -
World of Warcraft‘s Impressive First Decade, By the Numbers
The numbers may be shrinking a bit in recent years but, when you look at it, the sheer aggregate of people who’ve made a toon, joined a raid or bought a pet in World of Warcraft is still mind-boggling. A lot of people have touched Blizzard’s hit online game in the decade since World of…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 28, 2014 -
About Jewish Stereotypes And Video Games…
There aren’t a lot of Jews in video games. This is something I’ve always found interesting—considering the disproportionate number of Jews in the world of film and television—but not particularly unusual. Jews make up less than 0.2% of the world’s population, so it only makes sense that we’d be in less than 0.2% of the…
By Jason Schreier Published January 28, 2014 -
Massive EVE Online Battle Destroys Nearly $300,000 Worth of Spaceships
Yesterday’s humongous space battle in EVE Online—by far the largest in the 10-year history of the spacefaring MMO—is estimated to have destroyed roughly $284,000 worth of war materiel. That is a real-world value, too. The fighting got so big that the Associated Press sent a war correspondent.
By Owen Good Published January 28, 2014
