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Men Massaging Each Other With Video Game Controllers

The DualShock. When you look at the original PlayStation controller, you probably see an iconic game controller. These guys see something they can press into each other’s backs. Mitsuhiro Saitou, a writer from Japanese site Daily Portal, became a pro masseur. With his newfound knowledge of pressure points, he decided to see if the original…

PlayStation Boss Trolls Nintendo In The Sweetest Way Possible

This shouldn’t come as a surprise. Folks at Sony own Nintendo game machines. They own the Xbox 360, too. And the same is true of those companies, too. So, it’s no shocker that Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment’s Worldwide Studies, just got a Wii U. It’s also no shocker that he loves…

“Hey Guys, Just Because It’s Got Tits Doesn’t Mean It Needs To Be Talked To”

It’s not exactly secret knowledge that Xbox Live, even in 2012, is home to some rather unsavoury chat. But the manner in which this salvo is delivered, and the reaction it receives, serves as a pretty tidy example of just what it’s like to actually be on the receiving end of it. RMP = Random…

In My Dreams, This Zelda Poster Is Hanging At My Local Cinema

Or at least at my local game store, perhaps to raise awareness of, oh, a HD re-release for the Wii U. Or a 3DS re-release. Or something “Windwaker” Inspired 13×19 Inch Print [DirtyGreatPixels]

A Motorised LEGO Batmobile? With Guns And Flame Effect? Yes Please.

This is Paweł “Sariel” Kmiec’s LEGO Tumbler, from Chris Nolan’s recent Batman trilogy of films. It looks brilliant in still images, but then, still images are pretty much the least impressive thing we’re going to see here. Built from LEGO Technic, the Tumbler is remote-controlled, and as you can see, can really move. There’s also…

These Bad Game Ideas Are Actually Kind of Awesome

Game designer Scott Jon Siegel is sick of trying to make good games. So he’s collecting his thoughts on bad games. Only… his bad game ideas are better than most other people’s good ideas. They’re ditching the whole “video” thing, they’re games that take part in the real world, most of them relying on injuring…

‘Til Death, Or Ganon’s Next Evil Scheme, Do They Part

This is not a Photoshop mockup, an artist’s impression. These are real wedding rings, crafted by Romanian goldsmith Zsolt Székely, a talented guy who specialises in creating custom, one-off designs for aspiring couples. Like the lucky pair who tied the knot with these amazing Zelda rings. Zsolt Székely [Official Site, via Fashionably Geek]

OK, So Peter Molyneux’s Next Game Is Looking Pretty Nice

GODUS, the next game from Peter Molyneux and his 22cans development team, is a spiritual successor to classic PC game Populous. That game had a cute visual style, one that GODUS looked to be cashing in on, but without video footage, how could we tell? Oh. With video footage. The clip above gives you an…

A Skyrim Dagger That Stabs In The Real World

Master props builder Bill Doran has truly outdone himself this time, grabbing The Elder Scrolls series’ Keening Dagger with both hands and wrenching it from the games into the real world The level of work and materials that went into building it are insane. The handle is made out of polyurethane resin. The finer details…

Beware, An Assassin’s Creed III Bug is Wiping Save Data

There’s a bug—thankfully, a relatively rare one—that’s wiping people’s save data under certain circumstances when downloading the game’s new DLC. The new Hidden Secrets pack, which basically just collects various preorder bonus gear and missions, is for most people just fine. But if you try and download it while already playing the game, you can…

The Inside of an Amazon Warehouse is a Terrifying Sight

You’ve no doubt ordered something from Amazon, once. Maybe you ordered something from the site just now. It carries all kinds of stuff for all kinds of people, but have you ever wondered where it’s all kept? Well, it’s kept in gargantuan warehouses like this one. Which is no doubt being looked after by top…

2012 Movie-Trailer Mashup Achieves Melodrama Overload

I love a good movie trailer. It’s all drama and intrigue, panning shots and portentious voice-overs, with some exciting music underneath. Who knows if the movie will be good? And in the middle of a good trailer, who cares? And so, I love this supercut by SleepySkunk, which combines a crapload of trailers from the…

This Is A Bioshock Easter Egg In Far Cry 3

Apparently, this Bioshock Easter egg is only available if you preordered or if you have a special edition of Far Cry 3—so some of you may not actually be able to see this in-person. That’s okay. Would you kindly watch this video?

The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Gamers of the Year

Kotaku, in its look back on 2012, will ultimately laud the best games of the year, the qualities that made them great, and those who made them great. But we also want to step back and recognize those who make video gaming, as a whole, great. The people dedicated to the ideals of this culture…

Donkey Kong Country 3 Gets A Mondo Remix Album, Years in The Making

The giant video game musical collective Overclocked Remix has turned their attention to Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! and released a massive, 77-song remix album. It’s their 36th remix album, and it features over 69 artists, including musical performances by DKC3 composer David Wise. (Who, incidentally, is still working, making the music…

This video about trying to understand music (and how you maybe don’t have to understand it) is pretty fantastic.

Show Us Your Picks For Best Video Game Music Of 2012

Last year, I had a ton of fun running the Best Game Music Of 2011 series. Over the course of a dozen or so posts, we looked back at all the best video game music of the year, from Portal 2 to Sworcery. This year, I’d like to do something a bit different. Since I’ve…

The New Best Way To Play Far Cry 3: HUD-Free And Loving It

Far Cry 3 is a very good game. So good that, even after beating the main story, all of the radio towers and a good percentage of the outposts, I’ve started a new game and am still playing. All these hours later, one thing still grates: No matter what you do, you can’t turn off…

Former Battlefield Dev Plans to Change the Way Mobile Shooters Play with The Drowning

As the former creative director of DICE Sweden, Ben Cousins knows console shooters. His team at Scattered (formerly Ngmoco Sweden) has collectively worked on five Battlefield games, the first three Halo titles, two Far Cry and Crysis games and the upcoming Tom Cruise film All You Need is Kill. If any development team can create…

Dance Central’s Dancers Were Saved From Looking Stupid

The Creators Project video series continues, this time looking at Harmonix and how Dance Central uses the Kinect (amongst other things.) The most interesting thing to me, though, is how during development, the team found that certain choreography looked funny. This was puzzling. At first, they thought it might be because of gender—and that this…