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Oh My Goodness, Quest For Glory’s Creators Are Making New Games
It may not be my favourite game of all time, but Sierra’s classic Quest For Glory II certainly comes close. It’s not the funniest game, or the most enjoyable, but it’s part of a series in which the player’s sense of place in a living world was almost absolute A lot of the things people…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 18, 2012 -
Meet The Very Colorful Cast of Borderlands 2
Video contains some spoilers If you’re up for getting a sneak peek at some of the first few NPCs and low-level bosses you’ll meet in Borderlands 2, hit the video above. The game is now officially available on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, so you may want to save every morsel of surprise and gorgeous…
By Tina Amini Published September 18, 2012 -
Why Bowser is in Disney’s New Movie, But Mario Isn’t
Disney’s upcoming animated movie Wreck-It Ralph features cameos from all sorts of existing video game characters, from M. Bison to Altered Beast’s Neff. Yet there’s one character conspicuous by his absence. Mario. The biggest video game character on the planet will not be in the flick, and before you go thinking that’s just a licensing…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2012 -
Grand Theft Auto’s Greatest Danger is a Giraffe Driving a Sports Car
You’d think I would be sick of all these weird GTAIV mod videos, but nope. Not when they’ve got giraffes in them. Where the rest of the internet is fascinated by either tits or cats, it’s the noble giraffe that’s closest to our hearts. So videos of giraffes tearing up Liberty City in stolen cars?…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2012 -
Oh Hi There, New RoboCop Suit. You Look Sort Of Mass Effect-y.
This new image of the new RoboCop comes via ComingSoon.net—looks pretty cool, and actually kind of like a suit of armor from Mass Effect It’s worth taking into account that this suit could just be a placeholder for some special effects, since it wouldn’t be a remake of a beloved 80’s Sci-Fi movie without a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 17, 2012 -
The World’s Saddest Cosplay is a Real Downer
If you’ve ever been to Hollywood, you’ve seen them: the low-rent “cosplayers” wandering around the Walk of Fame, stopping constantly for photos with those not put off by their often shabby outfits. These types are the focus of a collection by LA photographer Nicholas Silberfaden, who wanted to use them as a way to highlight…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2012 -
Giant LEGO Ball Machine is an Exercise in Eyeball Intimidation
Japanese LEGO builder Akiyuki makes complex machines out of plastic bricks and pieces. Which kind of doesn’t prepare you for what you’re about to see. He’s combined all sorts of arms, swingy-things and other devices into this enormous Great Ball Contraption, a sort of Rube Goldberg machine for robots. And balls. There are 17 individual…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2012 -
iTunes Users Are Upset About This Blatant Mario Clone
Another day, another beloved video game gets cloned by an iOS developer out to make a quick buck. The current victim is Nintendo, a company that is seeing their lovely 3DS game Super Mario 3D Land pilfered by the creators of 3D Cartoon Land Safari Naturally, the everyday Joes and Janes who review games in…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 17, 2012 -
The Studio Behind WipEout Is Gone, But The Game May Still Be Alive And Well
When Sony Liverpool (once Psygnosis) was shut down earlier this year, it looked like the end for the WipEout series. However, earlier today it seemed that rumors of WipEout‘s demise were greatly exaggerated. Earlier today on the game’s Twitter and Facebook accounts, a piece of art appeared with the clear but ambiguous message, “WE. ARE.…
By Kate Cox Published September 17, 2012 -
You Can Definitely Have Sex To These Video Game Slow Jams
Video game soundtracks are amazing. But as lovely as they may be, most video game music doesn’t exactly put people in the mood for sweet, sweet lovemaking. Well, most. There are a handful of video game slow jams that could double as high-octane panty- (or boxer-) droppers. This list over at Topless Robot catalogues the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 17, 2012 -
Torchlight II Vs. Diablo III: The Comparison We Had To Make
I’ve spent the weekend mainlining Runic’s Torchlight II. As of this writing, my level 39 engineer has killed 8,800 monsters, collected 161,207 gold, imbibed 535 potions, broken 771 crates and urns, and caught 9 fish. This game is much more of a beast than its predecessor; in terms of scale and ambition, it’s right up…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 17, 2012 -
That One Kid’s Adorable Cardboard Arcade Has Inspired A Global Cardboard Arcade Nonprofit
Nine-year-old Caine Monroy became an internet sensation earlier this year, when filmmaker Nirvan Mullick captured his painstakingly made cardboard arcade and posted it online for the world to see. The film went viral, and donations to Caine’s college fund skyrocketed. Many months later, young Caine has apparently provided inspiration world wide. The team behind the…
By Kate Cox Published September 17, 2012 -
What We Do And Don’t Know About Dragon Age III: Inquisition
Today’s announcement from BioWare, confirming and naming Dragon Age III: Inquisition, came with startlingly little other news about the game. We’ve known—or at least suspected—for many months now that it was in production, but so far we’ve seen almost nothing official about it. And yet what we have seen, from the story as it’s evolved…
By Kate Cox Published September 17, 2012 -
What’s a Warp Whistle Worth in the Real World? Only One Man Can Tell You
Sometimes, rare precious items from the far-off lands of video games show up in everyday life. Who knows how? But they must be worth something right? If only there were some kind of Antiques Roadshow for video games to help people find out… The Gameological Society has whipped up something that sort of fits the…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 17, 2012 -
Take a Look at Shin Megami Tensei IV‘s Trailer Again for the First Time
A month back, the trailer leaked for the next, 3DS-bound installment of Atlus’ beloved RPG series. Then it went away. But it’s back now, shinier and more full of the sweeping mythological feel that the SMT series—which spawned the wildly popular Persona offshoot—is known for. Expect to hear more about Shin Megami Tensei IV at…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 17, 2012 -
Tweets from the Nintendo 64 Launch
Twitter was invented 9 1/2 years after the first Nintendo 64 washed up for sale on American shores. That was fortunate for the N64, because, as we re-learned last week, Twitter exists to vivisect any and all video game news—and to make it all seem rather crappy. But what if people could Tweet about the…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 17, 2012 -
Separated at Birth: NBA Coach Avery Johnson, and the Hovitos Fertility Idol from Raiders of the Lost Ark?
A figurehead atop a slowly sinking team, and a figurehead atop a slowly sinking stone. Separated at Birth is pure conjecture. It is not even half-assed genealogical research. Any resemblances are purely coincidental, no matter how hilarious.
By Owen Good Published September 17, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: So That’s How Paperboy Got All Those Front Page Stories
What, the fact that a low-level newspaper employee constantly made it onto the front page never bothered you? Who is writing this newspaper? We have conversations like this one at Kotaku every single day. For more sick and twisted video game comedy, follow the link to Dorkly.com
By Mike Fahey Published September 17, 2012 -
Zynga Buys Company That Made a Facebook Game I Really Liked
Last year, I praised the Facebook game Lucky Space, a space-mining strategy game, for being a) more complex than the average Facebook game and b) fun. Then I forgot to keep playing it, and at some point, perhaps recently, the game was yanked from Facebook? Why? (And isn’t that weird?) The answer may well be…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 17, 2012