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A Hurricane Warning from 1996, Still Unheeded
“Here. Right here,” he said, almost triumphantly. “He said it would be right fucking here.” I was a reporter for The Daily News of Jacksonville, N.C. He was the science writer for The Charlotte Observer, back when a newspaper that size could staff such a position. It was Sept. 6, 1996, the morning after Hurricane…
By Owen Good Published October 31, 2012 -
Damn, Guys… You Are Sporting Some Impressive Halloween Costumes
Click to view When Evan asked you all to share your Halloween costumes with us, you did not mess around. I’m blown away by the originality of some of these, and the extensive detail on a lot of these. You should all be very proud, and excited to show them off this Halloween night.
By Tina Amini Published October 31, 2012 -
Bash Zombie Heads in with a Wrench in The Dead Linger
One of the cool things about PC gaming is the opportunity to get in on interesting games before they’re even finished and try them out. Many of us started playing Minecraft back when it was far from the polished experience it is today-there’s just something cool about poking around in an unfinished game. But even…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 31, 2012 -
Seven Reviewers Love Zooming Around In Circles In Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Do you have a strong desire to go fast? A veritable need for speed, perhaps? Reviewers worldwide have raced madly through a Fairhaven mainly devoid of normality, but chock-full of cars, cops, and crashes. Even the single-player in Need for Speed: Most Wanted is an asynchronous multiplayer and the rules of both is “go fast”…
By Kate Cox Published October 31, 2012 -
I Just Got the Hurricane Sandy Edition of a PS3 Game
I’ll be honest: I never really dug Guerilla Games’ Killzone titles. They never really lived up to the Halo-killer hype that accompanied them and never stood out from the FPS landscape in a way that, say, Insomniac’s Resistance games did. Killzone 3 didn’t get very high marks from me. But this waterlogged Killzone Trilogy will…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 31, 2012 -
Create and Share Your Own 3D Browser-Based Games with Gameglobe
Gameglobe is a place where everyday folks like you and me can play, create and share unique 3D games (like that one up top) with people all over the world. Square Enix and Bigpoint have just launched the site’s open beta, so it’s game on for everybody. Just head over to Gameglobe.com, sign up for…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2012 -
Assassin’s Creed III’s Multiplayer Isn’t Evil. It’s Just Pretending.
As good as the the single player portion of Assassin’s Creed III is, the designers of the game’s multiplayer deserve credit for crafting one of the year’s best gaming jokes-and for maybe getting the last laugh. They’ve taken some of the most obnoxious things about modern gaming, and they’ve twisted them. In fact, they’ve damn…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 31, 2012 -
Jalopnik Updates
jalopnikupdates: This Amazing Time Lapse Video Shows Sandy’s Assault On New York And The Moment The Lights Went Out A camera on top of 2 Northside Piers shows New York before Sandy rolled in, its destructive approach, and the sudden loss of power as the storm surge flooded lower Manhattan. This is the best angle…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 31, 2012 -
Link’s Not the Only One Who Plays the Ocarina
Sure, Link was okay at ocarina, but he was just a little kid. It’s pretty fun to watch someone who can really play the thing. Here’s ocarina diva Cris Gale playing the Koume and Kotake/Twinrova Theme from Ocarina of Time. You can find about more about Gale at her website, and get her album on…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 31, 2012 -
Epic Kids Are a Paragon of Mass Effect Cosplay
These three kids are Preston Thorne’s, technical support manager for Epic Games, and they showed up at Dad’s office costume party in full Mass Effect regalia. Cliff Bleszinski, formerly of Epic, retweeted this out earlier with a “WOW,” and I concur. The stroller outfitted as the Normandy probably qualifies as a fifth cosplayer, but little…
By Owen Good Published October 31, 2012 -
This Halo iPhone Game Feels Like A Parody Of Itself
There are tacky advertisements. And then there’s Halo 4: King of the Hill Fueled by Mountain Dew (actual name), a new promotional iOS game that asks you to go to the store and scan in bags of Doritos and bottles of Mountain Dew in order to play. Let me repeat that. You have to scan…
By Jason Schreier Published October 31, 2012 -
How Do You Spell Addiction? L-E-T-T-E-R-P-R-E-S-S.
Word games? I love ‘em. Give me a jumble of letters and a grid and I’ll go to town. One great thing about the advent of smartphones is how they’ve ushered in a major re-think of the word game DNA. So, last week, when a neighbor mentioned that a new iOS word game was spreading…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 31, 2012 -
King.com’s Saga Continues with Pet Rescue
Engorged with the heady success of Bubble Witch Saga and Candy Crush Saga, King.com adds another epic tale of level-arranged puzzles to Facebook with Pet Rescue Saga, a game that’s vaguely about rescuing pets. Mostly it’s about matching colored blocks, but there’s a twist-some of these colored blocks have pets on top of them. You…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2012 -
I’m Getting Nervous Just Watching This A Machine For Pigs Halloween Trailer
In the Halloween trailer above released today by Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs developers Frictional Games, you’ll see the protagonist’s panting, nervous crawls through the indirect sequel to The Dark Descent. Oh, and our own Kirk Hamilton will be happy to see that you can lean around corners to scope out dangers. Of which you…
By Tina Amini Published October 31, 2012 -
Show Us Your Video Game Halloween Costumes
You’ve spent all year figuring out a great get-up for All Hallow’s Eve and now the day is finally here. We want you to show us your Duke Nukems and your Altairs, Ezios and Connors. Head over to Kotaku’s official Facebook page and post your ensembles. We’ll be rounding up the best for a showcase…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 31, 2012 -
A White Mage Pumpkin Casting ‘Blind’
Carved and sent in by Kotaku reader Cletus, who lost power last night and needed something to do with all of his knives. From Cletus: Probably should have done a black mage casting fire, but, i had this white mage casting blind as I carved a pumpkin in the dark (to be fair: by faint…
By Jason Schreier Published October 31, 2012 -
If Only Real Steering Wheels Held iPads
I suppose having an iPad mounted to the steering wheel of my 95 Nissan Pathfinder would probably be some sort of distraction or something. I guess I’ll have to settle for the Kolos iPad Racing Wheel The Kolos iPad Racing Wheel is effectively a traditional racing wheel controller with a place to slot your iPad.…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2012
