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Why Video Game Movies Suck, According to Man of Steel’s Screenwriter

SPOILERS FOR THE ENDING OF MAN OF STEEL One of the men responsible for the much-talked-about ending of the latest Superman movie has commented on what happens in the film, saying, “We were pretty sure that was going to be controversial… It’s not like we were deluding ourselves, and we weren’t just doing it to…

Watch The Stupid Burn In Godus

Being a God is tough work. First you have to try your best to make sure people don’t die, then you’re clearing space for them to repopulate. It’s like being the world’s busiest omnipresent parent, and how do all your children repay you? With Atheism. Hello, I’m finally back. I’ve been pretty ill the last…

You Are The Lone Survivor: Here’s a PSA for survival horror fans: Jasper Byrne’s terrific horror game Lone Survivor is out today on PlayStation Network for PS3 and Vita. Up top, a new trailer for the extended Director’s Cut—if you haven’t played this game, do yourself a favor and check it out.

Myst Is 20 Years Old Today. Go Turn a Crank To Celebrate.

Twenty years ago, if you were getting a computer, you were getting one with a newfangled CD-ROM drive. And you were getting a game to justify it. That game was probably Myst. And if that wasn’t the case for you, it was for your mom or grandfather or cousin. Like few games before or since,…

Wheelchair-Using Man Arrested in Xbox Deal Gone Bad

Here’s one that can’t wait for the next Police Blotter roundup. Cops in the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby say a man who uses a specialized wheelchair was trying to sell an Xbox, “started talking like a gangster” and then stabbed his potential buyer five times when the man reneged on the purchase. Andrew Hinson,…

Stardock Lawsuits Dropped, Ex-Employee Apologizes

Two lawsuits involving the gaming studio Stardock have been settled, and as part of the settlement, the ex-employee participating in both suits has written a letter apologizing to the studio for her involvement. The first lawsuit, filed by Alexandra Miseta against Stardock CEO Brad Wardell in December of 2010, alleged that Wardell sexually harassed Miseta…

Moneysaver: Everything Saints Row IV, G700s, G19s, Das Keyboard, PS+

Regardless of your desired edition or choice of platform, today is the day to pick up Saints Row IV. We’ve got a great selection of input devices today including the Logitech G700s mouse and G19s keyboard, as well as the Das Keyboard, which I use myself at home. PC Saints Row IV (Commander in Chief…

If Grand Theft Auto Took Place In Breaking Bad‘s Albuquerque

I have a good time picturing a Breaking Bad video game: Basically, nothing would go according to plan and you’d keep losing more, and more, and more. So how would a GTA-style game built around Breaking Bad work? Surely we’ve all been thinking it over the last week. After all, GTA V and Breaking Bad…

The Best Part of Wind Waker HD Isn’t The Beautiful Visuals

Sure, Wind Waker HD is gorgeous—absurdly so! But if the Twitter account Linkstagram is any indication, the best part of playing Wind Waker HD actually is having the ability to take ridiculous and silly selfies (aka self-portraits). The visuals help in that regard though, sure…but the pictures don’t have to be of anything particularly amazing,…

Adam West Never Looked This Tough In His Batman Costume

We’ve known since June that PlayStation 3 owners will get the “exclusive” opportunity to play the next Dark Knight game, Batman: Arkham Origins, with a Batman wearing either his Knightfall-era costume or the old 1960s TV costume. Today, you can see those costumes in the game, in motion. Imagine if Adam West lifted weights! You…

Want to listen to the Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack when you’re not in front of a console? Rockstar’s just announced that three albums collecting tunes from the hit game are up on iTunes now. And you can listen to portions of each station on the web, too.

Here’s a Taste of PS4 Multiplayer Action with Killzone: Shadow Fall

The glimpses shown so far of Killzone: Shadow Fall have been portions of the single-player, along with very in-depth, shiny tech demos. But, if you want to know what it’s going to look like when folks start going online and blasting at each other, then this here is what you really want to see. Along…

The Relentless Improvement of Video Game Graphics

What good are realistic graphics? What good are next year’s even more realistic graphics? Cara Ellison and Elizabeth Simins return for their latest Kotaku comic strip, and they’ve brought an answer that’s five panels long. Follow Ellison’s writing on her blog Hard Consonant. She’s on Twitter, too,@carachan1. You can find more of Simins’ art, much…

Deal: Grand Theft Auto V And A PS3 For $229 [It’s Back]

Update: It’s back, and still a killer deal! Playstation 3 500GB + GTAV + 1 month of Plus | $230 It’s the best PS3 deal ever and it’s not going to last. What you see in the header is what you get, so if you have any need of a first PS3, a replacement PS3,…

It’s Just A Cool-Looking Racing Game Until Things Get…Weird

The graphical insanity in the video above isn’t part of any game that coming out soon. But it’s an example of what accomplished coders can make on hardware that’s similar to what’s inside next-gen consoles. “Apocalypse When” comes from a coder named “Smash”, aka Matt Swoboda, principal engineer at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. It’s an…

What Do You Get When You Combine a Speeder Bike and a Pinball Table? You get a rather slick sub-level in Return of the Jedi, (at 1:00 of this gameplay video) due sometime this fall in the next set of three tables for Zen Studios’ Star Wars Pinball.

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Voltaire Crescent brings you along on his latest Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn adventures, Joshua Rivera continues to report on being a newbie getting into sports games, and Etchedchamp shares some gaming traditions

Toys For A Game We’ve Not Yet Seen

Our first official look at Angry Birds Go! comes not from a trailer or in-game screenshots, but from Hasbro’s upcoming line of Telepods and Jenga toys based on the kart-based spin-off. Strange. Like Angry Birds Star Wars II, Angry Birds Go! will have the ability to scan in physical toys for use in the game,…

Despite Last Year’s Disaster, Sony Teams Up With Taco Bell Again

Remember last year, when a debacle of a partnership between Taco Bell and Sony left some PlayStation fans feeling cheated and misled? The two companies are partnering again—and the collaboration sure sounds familiar. This time around it’s a contest to win free PlayStation 4s: The “Play the Future First” promotion runs in the U.S. from…

Great Britain In Minecraft Is One Of Gaming’s Largest Worlds

86,000 square miles of blockiness, approximately 215 times the map size of Just Cause 2, or 1000 Azeroths from WoW. That’s not exactly small, yet Joseph Braybrook, using Ordnance Survey terrain data, was able to make a geographically accurate, 1:1 Minecraft map of Great Britain in just two weeks. Here’s how London and different parts…