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RIP Greg Martin, A Guy Who Drew Awesome Box Art
The Nintendo Age Forums bring us the sad news that artist Greg Martin, responsible for some of the most iconic box art in video game history, has passed away. A former animator at Hanna-Barbera, where he worked on series like The Jetsons and The Flintstones, he also contributed to later animated series like Teenage Mutant…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2014 -
In 2015, We Might Finally Get Next-Gen Visuals
Polish company Better Reality, who do effects work for advertisers and Hollywood, have developed a piece of technology called Thorskan. It’s designed to scan real environments then recreate them in 3D. And the effects are impressive. While the tech has been built for – and is being used by – studios like 20th Century Fox,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2014 -
NES Remix, a medley of bite-sized challenges based on familiar NES favorites, ended a time challenge after an exploit was discovered. The game’s director said yesterday on Miiverse that the “Collect all the coins!” challenge is done after finding out some were able to goose their times by repeatedly pausing the level.
By Owen Good Published January 5, 2014 -
Street Fighter Themes Go Great With Hockey [Update: Punch-Out!! Too]
Montréal and Dallas hooked up on Jan. 2 and at 4:56 in the second period, the Habs’ winger Travis Moen decided he’d had enough of counterpart Antoine Roussel’s shit. Hockeyfights.com Metacritic’d this spectacle at 84, with Moen clearly winning the fight. Our ears perked up because … wait … is that Guile’s theme? Yes it…
By Owen Good Published January 5, 2014 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: High-Class Hookah
The slow holiday week means we’ve got to reach back into 2013 for our first ‘Shop Contest of 2014. It’s the Good Ole VapeCube. More concretely, I need you guys to develop me some more bongs out of well known video-gaming paraphernalia. And put your weed in there! So while I’m not going totally open-ended…
By Owen Good Published January 5, 2014 -
Morrowind-in-Skyrim Video Shows Modders’ Impressive Progress
The team of Elder Scrolls fans working on Skywind—the project bringing Morrowind into the series’ most modern engine—released their first development video yesterday. It’s five breathtaking minutes of the massive effort needed to properly bring a beloved 12-year-old game into present day. Skywind‘s development team, which began with about 8 modders two years ago, now…
By Owen Good Published January 5, 2014 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Year-End All-Star Extravaganza: The Winners
We wrapped up 2013 with an encore comprising the the 10 best exploitables for the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. Including Docherty’s training montage (which we already featured), there is a full complement of 20 finalists bringing paying tribute to 2013’s best jokes, including overall No. 1 Ginger Snap! For those who missed it the first time,…
By Owen Good Published January 4, 2014 -
A Father Says His Baby Daughter Was Named For a Mass Effect Character
“Tomorrow my daughter is scheduled to be born,” wrote a soon-to-be-dad named Adam last night. “Since day 1 her first name was always going to be Tali’Zorah. … My wife fell in love with the name during our first playthrough of [Mass Effect] many years ago.” “Confused friends and relatives are told ‘we wanted a…
By Owen Good Published January 4, 2014 -
Once again, 2K Sports says it knows what the problem is with NBA 2K14. Ronnie Singh said yesterday developers are fixing crashes in the MyCareer/MyGM modes and the online “ThePark” mode. “We’re getting back to normal everywhere else.” Singh said. He’s indicated he’ll do a Reddit AMA“after a couple more things stabilize.”
By Owen Good Published January 4, 2014 -
You Can Buy Farmville Stuff With Bitcoin Now
Bitcoin, the “currency of the Internet,” is now accepted by Zynga, whose FarmVille franchise also celebrates the economic ideal of paying real cash to acquire completely abstract commodities. Zynga said very early this morning it was beginning a Bitcoin test using BitPay, a “leading Bitcoin service provider,” to pay for virtual crap in FarmVille 2,…
By Owen Good Published January 4, 2014 -
Ten Years Later, Fans Bring Resident Evil Outbreak Back Online
Fans of Resident Evil Outbreak, a spinoff series for PlayStation 2 released about 10 years ago, have managed to restore online play for the game on a private server, though only for its Japanese versions. Outbreak Server came online recently for both Resident Evil Outbreak and Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2. The project reverse-engineered the…
By Owen Good Published January 4, 2014 -
The Best of Kotaku, The Week of December 30th
Welp, folks, no more 2013. But you can browse a few 2013 (and some 2014) articles over at Kotaku Selects This image by Lily’s Factory, and found by Assorted Goodness, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Have a good weekend, everyone! To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find…
By Tina Amini Published January 4, 2014 -
What It Looks Like To Smoke Out Of A GameCube
We’ve been covering the GameCube-meets-e-Hookah ‘Vape Cube‘ for a while now, but in case you’re wondering what it actually looks like to use one of these puppies, welp. Here ya go. The Vape Cube used in the video above by Nebula Vaping is a wireless one—there’s also a wired version. Both are out-of-commission GameCubes, though—so…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 3, 2014 -
Happiness Is A Dog In Batman Pajamas, Frolicking In The Snow
Many of you might be trapped indoors tonight. You may be huddled up for warmth, trying to beat the cold weather with friends and board games. Well worry not, because this dog will keep you company. In this video posted by Scott Merrihew, a dog named Mosley frolics his dog butt off in what are…
By Chris Person Published January 3, 2014 -
Video Game Controller Buttons, Ranked
27) R3 26) D-Pad Right 25) Share (PS4) 24) R Trigger (GameCube) 23) A (Xbox 360) 22) C (Wii Nunchuck) 21) 7 (Intellivision) 20) Mouse Wheel 19) Trigger (GunCon) 18) -/Select (Wii U) 17) D-Pad Up 16) “Xbox, Go Home” (Xbox One) 15) C Down (N64) 14) D-Pad Down 13) LB 12) R2 (PS4) 11)…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 3, 2014 -
Check out this interview with Gabe Newell by the Washington Post—its all about the fascinating work culture at Valve, and it gives some insight as to how things function at the company. As always, Valve sounds like an amazing if not slightly bizarre place to work at.
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 3, 2014 -
Why Wouldn’t You Use A Jeep To Capture A Skyscraper?
Stun_Gravy and the Action Bastards aren’t content to just launch jeeps onto the skyscraper in Battlefield 4, they have to do it during a match and capture the flag with it. As if that wasn’t enough, toward the middle of the video, the squad snipes the pilot of a chopper while simultaneously hitting it with…
By Steve Marinconz Published January 3, 2014 -
The Friendliest DayZ Robbery I’ve Ever Seen
Getting robbed by another player in the online survival game DayZ usually means being kidnapped, likely humiliated and possiblyforced into a cage match against a fellow prisoner, all before being killed and having your corpse looted. But must it be that way? In the video up top, Joab Gilroy attempts to set a new sort…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 3, 2014 -
It’s Okay, They Aren’t Ponies — They’re Raptors.
People keep telling me it’s wrong for a grown man to enjoy a cartoon about colorful pony friendship. Fine. How about colorful velociraptor friendship? The incredibly talented Brianna “Cherry” Garcia offers this splendid compromise. Somewhere between My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and conforming to whatever society thinks a normal guy should like, there is…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2014 -
A Computer Program Made A Game By Itself. Well, That’s Unsettling.
“This is a game about a disgruntled child.” Okay computer, I’ll just start working on my underground bunker now, don’t mind me. ANGELINA is a computer program that designs games. It (she?) was designed by Mike Cook, as part of his research into destroying humanity how computers can design games that humans wouldn’t think of…
By Steve Marinconz Published January 3, 2014