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The Vita Gets A Slick New JRPG Today

The PlayStation Vita needs more games like Ys: Memories of Celceta, a Falcom-developed action-RPG that comes out today for Sony’s portable system. Ports of games like Borderlands 2 and Spelunky are great and all, but this is the type of game that the Vita really deserves: a sharp, solid JRPG that you can only play…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: JJtheTexan has a holiday gift review, Aikage shares a touching experience with The Walking Dead, and Cimeas makes a case for why Dragon Age II is actually one of the best games of the generation Don’t forget that you can always go join the voices…

How To Talk To Your Children About The New Angry Birds Update

There’s a new update for Angry Birds available today, transforming the Bomb Bird’s explosions into highly-destructive electrical pulses. Your children will have questions about this update, and the accompanying trailer. We’ve got answers. How many updates are Rovio going to make? All of them. How does a Bomb Bird become an Electrified Bomb Bird? When…

The Best-Hidden Doctor Who Easter Eggs in Gaming

It’s not just the 50th anniversary Doctor Who special that’s packed with easter eggs and references; apparently, video game developers are also in love with Daleks and the TARDIS. The fine folks at DYKGaming collected the 11 best Doctor Who-related easter eggs and wrapped them up in the video above. My favorite ones are these…

Wii U 2013 Holiday Buyer’s Guide

It’s that time of year again, folks. The time where everyone scrambles to buy their loved ones a gift in time for the holiday season. Well, don’t be that procrastinator. We’re here to help. (At least in the games department.) Here are some DOs and DON’Ts when it comes to shopping for the Wii U.…

It’s Easy To Cross The Line With Skyrim Mods

Once you’ve installed a few, there’s no going back. Eventually, you might end up with a setup like this, breaking the game’s lore and theme as badly as possible. Even Sven, one of the NPC followers, realizes that something’s not right. Dayshot is an image-based feature, that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,…

Starbound’s beta version will be available “around the fourth of December,” according to lead developer Tiy’s recent tweet. Mark your calendars, RPG/sandbox fans.

It Takes Over Two Hours To Blow Up Minecraft’s Indestructible Blocks

Indeed. To destroy a whole room full of invincible Bedrock/Adminium blocks in Minecraft, all you need is a massive fireball and about two hours, thirty minutes, and fifty-nine seconds of calculations. And patience, obviously. In Minecraft, all blocks have a blast resistance value associated with them; Wood, for example, has a blast resistance value of…

StoryBundle, the outfit created by former Gizmodo editor Jason Chen, is back with a new bundle of video game-themed writings. Have a look!

There Are No Women In This Game, Because They Are All Dead

Lisa The Painful RPG takes place in a world where there are no women. Only men. Given the extreme subject matter its creator, Austin Jorgensen, could have gone the “funny” route or the “bleak as hell” route. He’s gone the latter. Described as a “game about survival, sacrifice, and perverts”, it’s set in a world…

What Do You Do After Helping Create Portal? Write A Book.

Realm Lovejoy used to work as an artist at Valve, where she helped define the look of everything from Portal to Left 4 Dead to DOTA 2. We’ve even featured her work previouslyhere on Kotaku. But we’re not here to talk about her art today. Nope, because between leaving Valve and taking up a job…

Killer Robot Trips On Stick, Falls Over

And to think, we were starting to get worriedabout Atlas. The humanoid robot, which in some situations has looked terrifying, in others looks…less so. In this test, designed to see if Atlas can overcome a few sticks lying on the ground, Atlas proves that it can not overcome a few lying on the ground. Sleep…

The Sad Truth Behind Classic Video Games

Peel back the story and art and most games are incredibly simple. A test of reflexes, some rudimentary mechanics. We live most of our lives oblivous to this man behind the curtain, but sometimes it pays to peel it back and remember that Sonic really is little but holding right except sometimes. While some of…

The Internet’s Best Video Game Cartoons, The 2013 Edition

The annual Saxxy awards aren’t just an excuse for Valve to show off the company’s Source Filmmaker suite; it’s a chance for us all to enjoy some of the best damn cartoons on the internet, whether you like video games or not. The 2013 Saxxys are split into four categories: short, action, comedy and drama.…

Sony Resetting Some PSN Passwords Following “Irregular Activity”

Earlier this week, Sony Europe resetsome user’s PSN passwords as a “precautionary” measure. Today, Sony America is doing the same thing. A noticeon the official PlayStation forums says that some users “may need to reset” their passwords after Sony detected “irregular activity” on their network. A Sony rep says: Note that if you have access…

All The Assassin’s Creed Naval Battles You Can Take Coming December 5

Ahoy, Android and iOS mateys! No, I can’t do that. That’s stupid. I’ll just — look, Assassin’s Creed Pirates is coming to iOS and Android on December 5. It has all the boats. Look at the goddamned boats. My brother was the biggest Assassin’s Creed fan I knew, until Assassin’s Creed III made him do…

Watch This King Wage War On The Sun

You can’t win against the sun. But that doesn’t mean you can’t try. In Oru Burus, a little clockwork king tries to fight the sun. The gorgeously animated short is like a charming mix of Media Molecule and Puppeteer. For more info on the animators, go here. While you’re here, here are some cute gifs:…

An Indie RPG That Does Not Look Like Most Indie RPGs

Behold, the recently-released Paper Sorcerer, a Kickstarted indie RPG with a look all its own. The game comes to us from Ultra Runaway Games, who last year exceeded their $5,000 Kickstarter ask for the game by quite a bit. Always nice to see a Kickstarter game finished and playable. You can see more of Paper…

Did Your Xbox One Disc Drive Break? You Get A Free Game

Good news for anyone with a broken Xbox One: Microsoft is offering free games to anyone affected by the infamous disc drive issue that caused brand new games to make a terrible grinding noise upon insertion. One affected user told me about the deal on Twitter today, and Polygon got an e-mail confirming news of…

The Video Game “Lean” Continues Its Console Invasion

Say you’re coming up on a corner in a hallway. There might be some guys on the other side who. I don’t know want to shoot you. What do you do? Put your entire body around the corner really quick just to see what’s over there? Of course you don’t. You peek your head around…