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David Byrne + St. Vincent + Saxophones. Oh, Yeah.

This new video from Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and wicked good looper/singer/music-maven St. Vincent is my jam. I mean… two of my favorite singers and a whole full-on sax-section groove. It’s like they’re trying to kill me with awesomeness. Best of all, you can preview the whole album, “Love This Giant” over at NPR.…

Half-Minute Hero is coming to the PC. It’ll be out on September 27. Please watch the trailer

The Boss Will See You Now in NBA 2K13

NBA 2K13 keeps packing off-court roleplaying moments into its career mode, more than any other sports simulation it seems. The release of a couple teaser screenshots today suggests that the player you create in the game’s “My Player” singleplayer career can now ask to see your team’s general manager to discuss whatever’s on your mind.…

This Fantastic Animation Is A Violent Showdown Between Team Fortress 2‘s Scout and Left 4 Dead‘s Witch

You might have to wait for part 2 to see what this animator’s vision on who would win this fight is, but I’m leaning towards the witch. Everyone knows once the witch has you down, there’s no getting back up. You can’t even fight from under her!

This Indie Action-RPG Channels Zelda And Wild Arms

Sometimes, when you’re sleep-deprived and jetlagged and sore and overworked, you’ll go up to the game Delver’s Drop and spend an entire video calling it “Deliver’s Drop.” Oops. Sorry, guys at Pixelscopic My dumb gaffes aside, this indie looks really interesting. Don’t expect it for a while, though: the team just started development about a…

Midweek Moneysaver: Secure Borders

This Wednesday edition of Kotaku’s The Moneysaver catches all the offers, promotions and bargains that can’t wait until the weekend. The Midweek Moneysaver is brought to you by Dealzon. Software • Sep. 18 release Borderlands 2 (PC download) is $36 from Green Man Gaming. Next best is $54. Best deal on Xbox 360 is at…

Would You Kindly Let Me Play With This Awesome BioShock Nerf Gun

Dead serious: I would pay real money to own a Nerf gun that looked like this. The gun, made by DeviantARTist AjlDesign, uses a modified Nerf Maverick to channel the awesome might of a Big Daddy. As you can see in the video above, it’s a heck of a little thing. AJDesign has put up…

First Look at the 3D Graphics of Ace Attorney 5

Upcoming game Ace Attorney 5 is slated for the 3DS. Since the game is headed to Nintendo’s glasses-free 3D platform, it will take advantage of that feature. What’s more, the game’s graphics, which have always been 2D, are going to be 3D. This is a complete change for the Ace Attorney series. So the characters—even…

Here’s Another Kojima-Ordered Look at Snake, to Prove He’s Not a Geezer in Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear fans thought they were getting Old Snake a second time after viewing the 10-minute in-game demonstration of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, which series creator Hideo Kojima said was a misperception created by backlighting. Still, people continued to press the issue. So Kojima asked an artist to remove the goggles from this promotional…

Ace Attorney 5 Is Coming To The U.S. [UPDATE]

Update: Capcom has confirmed to me that Ace Attorney 5 is indeed coming to the U.S. Here’s their statement: Capcom is planning to release Gyakuten Saiban 5 (Ace Attorney 5) in the West. We’ll have more news soon. A Capcom representative also clarified that they use “West” to refer to both the U.S. and Europe.…

Zynga Thinks You’ll Like FarmVille 2. I’m Not So Sure.

“What does a re-imagination of virtual farming look like?” Something of a silly question on its face, and yet one that Zynga vice president of games Tim LeTourneau is fond of asking. Then again, what does a re-imagination of virtual farming look like? Do you farm on the moon? Must you plant crops while defending…

Minecraft Is The United Nations’ Newest Tool For Solving Real-World Problems

Minecraft has become an extraordinarily popular tool for gamers worldwide to create anything they can imagine, if in a blocky kind of way. Now, it’s going to become a tool for the United Nations. Mojang announced Block by Block today, a program they will be running in collaboration with UN Habitat. The idea is to…

Just In Time for the NFL’s Kickoff, it’s Tecmo Super Bowl 2013

New England’s Rob Gronkowski is the “cover” star for Tecmo Super Bowl 2013 a fan-made, free mod of the NES all-time classic NFL game that puts the modern game and all of its stars and uniform colors into the old Tecmo Bowl structure. The ROM is available for download now. Its rosters are current as…

EA Says They’re Not Killing Single-Player Games

Pop quiz: name the video game company leader that said the following: “I have not green lit one game to be developed as a single-player experience. Today, all of our games include online applications and digital services that make them live 24/7/365.” That’s EA Games President Frank Gibeau. His remarks—culled from promotional materials for an…

Ten Minutes Of The New Paper Mario Is Not Enough.

Few video game series are as consistently delightful as Paper Mario, Nintendo’s charming set of plumber-themed RPGs. Paper Mario: Sticker Star, out this fall for 3DS, looks to be no exception. It’s funny, weird, and quite charming. Now take my thoughts with a grain of salt, because the demo I played last weekend at PAX…

Zelda Violinist Rocks The Game of Thrones Theme

Violinist Lindsey Stirling has gained a ton of well-earned renown for (among other things) her truly epic rendition of the Legend of Zelda music, a performance immortalized when Olympic gymnast Elsa Garcia Rodriguez Blancas used it during her floor routine Now, Stirling has teamed up with vocalist Peter Hollens (with whom she recently collaborated on…

Guild Wars 2, Log Two: Five Things I Have Not Done In Tyria

My adventures in Guild Wars 2 continue. I’ve logged in nearly every day for the past few weeks, if only for a few moments. I remain enamored of the art, and in my sessions I nearly always feel like I accomplished something. I tend to like play sessions about 60 to 90 minutes long, it…

The Stalemate Against Piracy In PC Gaming Doesn’t Help Anyone. It’s Time To Let It Go.

The PC’s biggest asset, for users, is its amazing flexibility. The modern computer is both a tool and a toy, a generalist device customizable to nearly any needs. With the barest amount of prodding, comparatively speaking, it can be, and do, anything the user wants. The PC’s biggest liability, to games publishers, is its unpredictable…

This Gorgeous Wooden PC Makes Me More Jealous Than Zen Things Should

This PC case mod is a few years old, but that doesn’t make it any less gorgeous. It’s been easy for me to miss, because I speak approximately ten total words of German, and two of them are extraordinarily impolite. This PC, called Project Zen, was designed to emulate classic and subtle Japanese styles. If…

FarmVille 2 Launches Today. Here’s What’s New.

FarmVille 2 will launch today on Facebook and adds a number of new wrinkles to the tried-and-true social game’s formula. Here’s what’s new in FarmVille 2: 3D Camera – Thanks to the power of Flash 11, Farmville 2 is in 3D. It’s still an isometric game, and you can’t manipulate the camera, but it looks…