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The Next Xbox Could Transform Your Living Room Into One Massive 3D Display

It’s not quite holodeck technology, but it’s not far off. A patent filed back in March by Microsoft describes advanced display technology that extends the gaming environment from the television to all four walls of a room. Imagine playing Call of Duty or Gears of War and being able to see an enemy approaching from…

Some Guy Remade Final Fantasy VII in LittleBigPlanet 2

Gamer Jamie Colliver poured six months of his life into recreating classic role-playing game Final Fantasy VII in LittleBigPlanet 2—including all the conversations, characters, enemies, bosses, and music. To complete the effect, Colliver used LBP2‘s Final Fantasy VII costumes, which have been available for a while You can see the entire FFVII story retold in…

Game Developers Arrested for “Spying” [Update]

According to reports out of Greece, two Czech citizens have been arrested for “spying”. They were caught with photos and video of a military installation and arrested in the Greek island of Lemnos and are claiming to be video game developers for Bohemia Interactive. Reports state that Greek authorities took the two into custody for…

Oh God Dinosaur Pokémon Here Come The Nightmares Again

Artist RJ Palmer certainly isn’t the first person to try their hand at drawing “realistic” Pokémon, and he won’t be the last. But for now, just now, he’s my favourite. You can see more RJ’s art at his personal site. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to wash the taste of terror out of…

Would You Pay For An In-Game Item You Lose When You Die?

Upcoming zombie survival MMO The War Z doesn’t want to hold your hand. It wants to grab it and try and bite it off. Preferably after you’ve spent some money on it first. The game, like many others, will allow players to purchase items using real money from an in-game store. But if you’re playing…

This Bizarre Video Game Takes Place Inside Someone Else’s Head

Since late last year, Hong Kong artist Alan Kwan has walked around with a small camera attached to his glasses, recording almost everything he does. Every night, when he gets home, he uploads the footage and transfers it into small “cubes”, which are dropped into Bad Trip, a “video game” he’s working on which allows…

Dungeons & Dragons Didn’t Just Change Video Games, It Changed The World

Even if you’ve never actually played it, Dungeons & Dragons will have played some role in your gaming life. As is said in the clip above, if you’ve played Skyrim, or World of Warcraft, or any other RPG (or even game with RPG tendencies), you’re simply playing a modern interpretation of a basic set of…

When You Play Ocarina of Time, You Either Win or You Die

I can think of a lot worse things for two bored British kids to be doing than reciting the intro theme to Game of Thrones using ocarina music from the N64 Zelda games. A lot worse. Ocarina of Thrones [YouTube]

Cosplaying As Shepard Is Easy. Try EDI Instead.

It was only yesterday we featured the Iron Woman cosplay of PaleFunnyGhost, but that was nothing compared to this. She’s also recently done some Mass Effect cosplay, and while everyone else is busy dressing up as Commander Shepard, she went for the less obvious (and difficult) route and dressed up as EDI. The costume is…

Wing Commander’s Creator is Getting Back Into Video Games

Chris Roberts is one of my gaming heroes. I grew up on games like Wing Commander, Strike Commander and Pacific Strike, hooked on Roberts’ insistence that PC games could make story and dialogue as important as visuals and mechanics. Sadly, he’s been away from video games for around a decade now, pursuing a career in…

Hulu on the PlayStation 3 just got a rather fancy new upgrade

Sure, But How Do You Right-Click On An iPhone?

Yes, the whole “Shit [people] Say” thing died a long time ago. And yet it’s been reborn again, if only for an instant, so that we can celebrate the upcoming (likely) announcement of the next iPhone. Hey man, I have been using a Droid for the past couple of years after an ill-advised early switch…

See Steam’s Big Picture Mode In Action (It’s Awesome)

Valve’s new Big Picture mode for Steam sure looks nice in pictures, but how does look, and more importantly work, in action? The official trailer was too busy moving the camera around to let you get a good look, so I figured I’d show you. I recorded this on my PC, but to best simulate…

Slender: The Eight Pages: Short, Crude, And One Of The Scariest Games Of The Year

It’s been two months since the internet first laid eyes on Parsec Productions’ splendidly scary free horror game Slender. In that time, we’ve seen all manner of Slender-related internet fallout. There are tons of videos of people playing the game (and freaking out), and there’s even another version of it in the works using Valve’s…

Why I Buy Weird Games

I really like weird games. Cubivore. Katamari Damacy. Gitaroo Man. As a gamer, some of my favorite experiences are the weirdest ones out there. When I go to the store or preorder games, I preferentially choose the weird ones; the runts of the litter, the ones that people don’t play that often. In the video…

This Artist Makes Even The Horrors of Silent Hill Look Surprisingly Cute

Gorgeous prints of Okami, The Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy, while always welcomed, are not a rarity. Charming impressions of Pyramid Head, on the other hand, are a lot more rare. And, admittedly, with good reason. Artist Robin E. Kaplan, in her Etsy alias The Gorgonist, is a children’s book illustrator. She also has…

You’ll Have To Pay To Comment On This Handsome New Indie Game Website

Do you like commenting? Do you like it enough… to pay for the privilege? Let’s find out! [Insert Kinja complaint here.] At long last, Brandon Boyer’s Venus Patrol has launched. The website is intended to be a new portal into the world of indie games. It’s headed up by Boyer himself, chair of the Independent…

Woman Uses Kinect To Send Email For The First Time Since Her Stroke Twelve Years Ago

Here’s a heartwarming story: a man named Chad Ruble hacked a Kinect to allow his mom, a stroke victim, to send e-mail for the first time in 12 years. Watch and enjoy. (via Make)

Let’s Lose Weight While Playing Video Games

In today’s fashionably late episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter God Hand BrynnFlynn talks about that old video game weight loss standard, the exercise bike. HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT PLAYING VIDEO GAMES: 1. Buy this bike 2. Buy a hack ‘n slash, action, button masher, or other game that doesn’t require accuracy in aiming…

Steam Users Can Now Buy To The Moon, A Game About Marriage, Memories, And So Much More

To The Moon is now available on Steam, and for its launch week it’ll only run you $7.99 instead of its normal $9.99. $10 gets you the version that also includes the soundtrack. That’s why To The Moon is in the news this week. But that’s not why people keep talking about it. I put…