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This Could Be the Greatest Halloween Costume of 2012
It’ll be tough to top this! Reddit user rdt156 posted this photo of his friend and his friend’s daughter, dressed for Halloween. Dad is a Work Loader from Aliens, and I’m assuming the daughter is baby Ripley? According to rdt156, the baby “was super content. Loved all the attention and didn’t make a peep. When…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2012 -
If Only I’d Enjoyed Old Republic As Much As I Enjoyed This Book
Despite still, somehow, being a big Star Wars fan, and also one who appreciates the work that goes into the lore behind a BioWare game, you’d think I’d have been first in line playing Old Republic. But nope. Couldn’t stand it. Which was a shame, because the game’s official encyclopaedia, which I was sent last…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2012 -
Minecraft Takes The Red Pill
When I think “Minecraft“, I don’t immediately think “The Matrix“, but I guess hbrunav, or he wouldn’t have made this impressive animated short combining the two. It really is impressive. I wish more people went to the trouble of actually animating something like this instead of just using machinima to get things done. I know,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2012 -
Portal 2’s Unofficial Expansion Introduces Eight New Levels
Designed For Danger is a Portal 2 mini-campaign created by Patrick Murphy, which adds eight new levels and around 1-2 hours of gameplay to Valve’s first-person puzzler. These aren’t just random levels, Murphy has actually carved a little alternate reality storyline out here, which, considering the pack is free, should make it worth a look…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2012 -
Wait a Minute, There Isn’t a Diablo III Movie
Reader Oliver spotted this DVD case staring out at him from the Hispanic section of his local Walmart. I’ve seen movies try and cash in on current trends or blockbusters before, but never one this blatantly, or in such a bizarre fashion. El Diablo de Culiacan, released last year, isn’t a fantasy movie at all.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2012 -
The Joker Will Not Abide a Zelda Gangnam Style parody
Seven days down. Eleven of the best pieces of cosplay in the world. One terrific Master Chief. One amazing Wonder Woman. One regrettable popular culture parody. Hats off to the lady in the Monster Hunter 3 outfit, too, for cosplaying as, well, someone from Monster Hunter 3. It’s always nice to see people skip the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2012 -
This is an Ada Wong Action Figure, Not a Doll, OK?
Next year, Hot Toys will be releasing a Resident Evil figure based on the assassin Ada Wong. Like other pieces from the company, when there’s that much skin on display the figures tend to look more like a little kid’s doll than a grown person’s expensive collectible, but also like other pieces from Hot Toys,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2012 -
Battlefield 3’s Best “Moments”, Captured on Film
Battlefield 3, unlike pretty much any other big multiplayer shooter on the market, is all about the moments when the scale of its maps and the variety of its killling machines come together to make something crazy happen. Or brutal. Or hilarious. Or all three at once. This machinima video, titled “Moments”, is all about…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2012 -
Joss Whedon ‘Endorses’ Mitt Romney, Harbinger Of The Zombie Apocalypse
Leave it to Avengers director/Buffy-creator Joss Whedon to surprise us all with his presidential endorsement. You’d think, given his liberal leanings, that he’d be all about Barack, but no; he’s a Romney man. Though, not for the reasons you might think.
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 28, 2012 -
The Mystery of XCOM’s Random Shooting Percentages Explained
Even though the game is nice enough to tell you the odds every time you squeeze the trigger in XCOM, there’s still an underlying feeling of “how the hell does this work”, or sometimes “WHY THE HELL DID THAT JUST MISS”. The answer lies in numbers, and those numbers were last week very helpfully explained…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2012 -
XCOM is Secretly One of the Year’s Best Sports Games
He renamed all his teammates for his friends, he put himself on the roster and took all of the best equipment. He rebounded from painful defeats—or, eh, restarted a few here and there—and scored fist-pumping victories in all the others. He felt all the vicarious thrills that every sports video game offers. But when Garth…
By Owen Good Published October 28, 2012 -
Stop “Zombie Mouth.” Give Free Plants vs. Zombies to Trick-or-Treaters (Or Yourself)
The maker of Plants vs. Zombies is teaming up with the American Dental Association to offer free copies of the game as Halloween treats, balancing out the usual bagful of teeth-rotting sugar and plastic every kid scarfs down on Nov. 1. This site “StopZombieMouth.com” offers the printable coupons in .pdf form. (Dentists also are giving…
By Owen Good Published October 28, 2012 -
Minecraft Dethrones Call of Duty as the Xbox 360’s Most-Played Game
Death, taxes and a shooter atop the chart of Xbox Live’s top activity. Since Major Nelson has publicized the numbers, the most popular game on Xbox Live—this is according to unique users playing the game while logging into the service, not just those playing multiplayer—has always been a shooter. Gears of War. Halo. And, for…
By Owen Good Published October 28, 2012 -
Close Out the PlayStation All-Stars Beta With This Guide to the Basics
With two days to go in the PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale beta the game’s developer, SuperBot Entertainment, has released this video covering the basics of the game. It’s an attempt to answer a lot of the questions the studio has been fielding since the beta opened Oct. 16, but it also functions as a video…
By Owen Good Published October 28, 2012 -
Hurricane Sandy Forces Triforce Johnson Out of the Line for the Wii U
With Hurricane Sandy bearing down on New York City, Isaiah-Triforce Johnson (real name: Isaiah-Triforce Johnson) has been told to vacate his position as first in line to purchase a Wii U at Nintendo World in Manhattan. The console releases in 21 days. Johnson had begun the vigil on Oct. 22. Johnson was told by Rockefeller…
By Owen Good Published October 28, 2012 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Hipster Sixty-Fourrr
On NeoGAF late last night, someone discovered that the awful warehouse of pretension Urban Outfitters was selling cloned Nintendo 64 controllers. This can only mean one thing: Hipsters have discovered that console generation and will now commence to telling everyone they enjoyed it before you did, but now they don’t anymore because everyone notices that…
By Owen Good Published October 28, 2012 -
Supposed GTA V Posters Promise Spring 2013 Release Date
A Polish website has posted images of what they say are real promotional posters for Grand Theft Auto V. The posters peg the game for a spring 2013 release date for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. We can’t verify their authenticity but have asked a Rockstar rep if he will. This post will be updated…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 27, 2012 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Sexy Video Game Halloween 2.0: The Winners
What the hell do you do when Halloween’s on a Wednesday? Do you have your costume party that night? Hell no, people gotta work the next day. Do you have it the following weekend? Hell no, it’s November! We’re going to have our sexy costume party now, with our Kotaku ‘Shop Contest finalists, and overall…
By Owen Good Published October 27, 2012 -
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Must Scrub a Mention of Allah from the Floor of Its ‘Saudi Arabia’ Stage
The “Saudi Arabia” stage of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 features some Arabic script on the floor. The Arabic script is the name of Allah. This is an incredibly bad thing, because just showing someone the soles of your feet in Middle Eastern culture is considered rude. Walking all over a representation of something communicates severe…
By Owen Good Published October 27, 2012