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The NES Fighting Game That Featured Sonic, Mario, Ryu and Goku

I’ve talked about classic fighting game World Heroes here on Total Recall before because it’s amazing. But this, this is something else entirely. It’s called World Heroes 2, but it’s not the official sequel to SNK’s game. It is instead a 1994 pirate Famicom game, one which throws together the biggest video game stars of…

Someone is Making a Cyberpunk Text Adventure Game. In 2012.

Text adventures have a long, proud history, one that dates back to the very beginning of PC gaming, before computers could really even do graphics It’s a history that hasn’t had many new entries in the past 30 years, though, as advances in horsepower and the advent of first visuals then colour visuals rendered the…

Why Tanks Are Best in Battlefield 3

Battlefield 3’s new Armored Kill expansion, out later this month, reminds me why I only play maps that have tanks in them, and why I only drive tanks when I’m on them. I mean, um, sure, you could be that tiny little man running around an enormous map with your skin just sitting there all…

Resident Evil & Silent Hill Fight, Quite Literally, to the Death

YouTube series Video Game Death Match does, well, pretty much what it says it does. It pits characters from different series against one another. But not as some sort of opinion poll of fanfiction contest. As an actual live-action fight, with costumes, effects, the works. This instalment sees Resident Evil killer Hunk face off against…

Girls’ Tongues Smell Bad, And Other Hilarious Bad Lip-Readings Of Twilight

This guy, I swear. I don’t know how he does it. Get a load of the latest “Bad Lip-Reading” from the genius who brought you Mitt Romney saying “Cray Cray” and Michael Bublé singing about shooting a Russian Unicorn. Yes, it’s Twilight . But even if you’ve never read a book or seen a movie,…

PAX’s Misfiring Romances Are Equal Parts Adorable, Unlikely

Throw thousands of people who share common interests together for a weekend and love is bound to blossom. PAX is no exception, and amidst all the games, booze and costumes the annual gaming celebration in Seattle brought a lot of like-minded kids together Not everyone managed to seal the deal, though. Some people had to…

My Gamer Friends Need To Have More Kids So I Have Someone To Buy These For

Sadly, most of my friends who do currently have infants are not of any particular nerdly persuasion, and I do not yet have children. Clearly, the only solution is to badger my gamer friends into having babies. The same seller also has a superhero set, although those shamelessly mix DC and Marvel logos together. Surely…

In This Cool Free Game, You’ll Hunt A Deadly Beast In The Black Of Night

No, that’s not just a screenshot of a black screen. That’s Nyctohylophobia, a new free indie game by Sarper Sohelr, Onur Samli, Oguzhan Kukuil. (Nyctohylophobia, apparently, is the fear of being in a dark forest at night. Better known as fear of slenderman.) In the game, it’s dark. And why wouldn’t it be? It’s nighttime,…

Homestuck Kickstarter Raises Over $275,000 In Hours To Make Game Of Comic That Makes Fun of Games

Homestuck is a webcomic that takes full advantage of tools the internet can offer. Or perhaps it is a piece of internet that takes full advantage of what comics have to offer. Either way, it’s an epic project that’s got more than a few fans. Homestuck has been running since 2009, and over the past…

Steam Now Charging $100 For Indie Games to Appear on Greenlight

With over 700 games already submitted to Steam’s new Greenlight service, it’s getting hard keeping track of things. It’s also getting tough having to sift through the joke submissions to find the actual games. In an effort to cut down on this, Valve today announced it will be introducing a $100 fee for developers to…

Sounds like Tera isn’t doing so well. The MMO will be merging servers on September 18

Warren Spector Explains How Epic Mickey Is Like Deus Ex

A cybernetically enhanced secret agent with a sniper rifle. A mouse with a paintbrush. You’d think those two things couldn’t have less in common. But Warren Spector, who has now created games starring both of those characters, would tell you that they’re more similar than you may realize. This past weekend at PAX, I sat…

One Of The Wii’s Best Downloadable Games Gets A 3DS Sequel

Seen in a backroom at PAX Prime last weekend, here’s Fluidity: Spin Cycle, a sequel to 2010’s solid WiiWare game Fluidity. It’s out later this year as a 3DS eShop exclusive. You won’t want to play it on the subway. People will look at you funny.

An Erotic Wrestling Game That You Play With Two Trampolines. Yep.

You ever get that feeling that you’ve seen everything? I’ve learned by now what to do when I get that feeling: laugh, and pat it on the head, tell it it’s cute, and send it off to get us all some coffee. Because shortly afterwards, someone always sends a video of something like Get On…

Ace Attorney 5, announced earlier this year, is for 3DS, according to this week’s Famitsu. Phoenix Wright will star.

Want To Bring Your Indie Game To PAX? It Could Cost $11,758.70.

Got a hot new game? Want to bring it to PAX? Hope you’ve got a trust fund. The people at BitFlip Games have written an entertaining (and eye-opening) blog post that breaks down how they managed to spend close to $12,000 just to get their game Minion Master out on the show floor. Here’s their…

Save Harry From Mortal Embarrassment In This Very Silly Flash Stealth Game

Call it a new kind of stealth game, or perhaps just a riff on a very old one. Based on Prince Harry’s recent attention-grabbing Las Vegas escapades, an enterprising Dutch team has created Save Harry. It’s a flash (ha) game in which players take on the role of the titular, nude prince and attempt to…

What Do You Know, Kingdom Hearts Was Pretty Good

In today’s keybladed episode of the TAY-powered Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter FrogFro, who finally played Kingdom Hearts and has some thoughts on the game. All right, since I’ve gotten my ps2 to work and not burn down my house I’ve been able to get into some of those games everyone is always talking about.…

Dead Island: Riptide‘s Zombies Will Pull You Off Of Your Boat

Dead Island was a great game. It had its problems, sure, but there was something particularly wonderful about Techland’s open-world, survival horror, melee-focused game. It might’ve been how particularly brutal the zombies grew to be. The Butcher is maybe one of the most terrifying enemies I’ve come across in a video game. He’s gross-looking, super…

536 People Set The World Record For Blowing Gum Bubbles

Every once in a while Nintendo does something insane. Like the Wii. Or getting 536 people together to break the Guinness World Record for most people simultaneously blowing chewing gum bubbles. To celebrate Kirby’s anniversary. Because he is a bubble. But hey, they set the record at PAX this past weekend, and these spectacular pictures…