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The Most Exciting (and First) Game of Snooker I’ve Ever Played

It wasn’t looking good. My erstwhile online opponent was sinking balls left and right. A red. A yellow. Some other color. After a seemingly endless run of the table he finally missed his mark, giving me the opening I needed. I lined up the green ball with the side pocket, pulled back my cue, and…

This External Hard Drive Is Wrapped in a Shiny Zelda Cartridge

Wait, external hard drive? Yes, external hard drive. Etsy hardware creator 8BitMemory has a bunch of cartridges reworked into external hard drives, this is just the prettiest. It’s also the most elusive, because it doesn’t seem to be available in the the store anymore. You can, however, enjoy an NES controller USB hub, or maybe…

Today’s Best Trailer For A Tweedpunk Video Game

Kotaku friend and Rock Paper Shotgun co-czar Jim Rossignol is moonlighting as a video game developer at a studio called Big Robot. Occasionally he updates us about the progress of his team’s PC/Mac/Linux game, Sir, You Are Being Hunted. Happily, this is never awkward, because our friend’s procedurally-generated open-world game continues to look fantastic. Sir,…

Worms Facebook Is Now In Closed Beta

Remember Worms? That great old PC action game that’s been released and remade quite a few times over the past couple of decades? It’s coming to Facebook, and you can apply for the beta right here

Uncharted 3‘s Multiplayer Will Soon Look Very Different, If You Like to Experiment

Most of the changes in the big new patch for Uncharted 3 include the things you’d expect: new items, new taunts, balance tweaks, etc. A lot of it is goofy. But this… this shot here is a look at the new “block mesh maps” that will be added, post-patch, to the game’s Lab, the experimental…

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Chell Explores The World Outside of Aperture in This Gorgeous Short

We featured a work in progress last week, the beginnings of a music video looking at Chell’s life after Aperture. Zachariah Scott has finished his work now, and sent the new link along to us. “After Aperture” is a slow, meditative, thoughtful look at Chell from outside the first person perspective. What exactly does one…

LittleBigPlanet Karting Crosses the Finish Line in November

The coolest kart racer we never knew we wanted fires the starting gun on November 6, when creative types begin flooding the PlayStation Network with crazy tracks for the crazy racers of LittleBigPlanet Karting When ModNation Racers was first announced I was certain I would never need another kart racer for my PlayStation 3, but…

What In The World Is Final Fantasy? A Beginner’s Guide To The Biggest RPG Series On The Planet

Maybe you’ve heard of Final Fantasy. Maybe you’re familiar with some of the basics: shiny crystals, giant swords, dead Aerises. Angry teens. But you might not know much more about Square Enix’s massive set of role-playing games. They can be intimidating to newcomers, chock full of strange gameplay systems and confusing nomenclature. How can you…

DayZ is Officially Being Turned Into a Standalone Game

It’s been discussed before, but now it’s official: smash hit zombie survival mod DayZ is being turned into its own game. Dean Hall, the mod’s creator, will be overseeing the game as project lead, and it’ll be published by Dean’s co-workers (and ArmA creators) Bohemia Interactive. Hall says the game will “follow the Minecraft development…

Hey, Go Check Out The New Attract Mode, OK?

Once a cute little shop with a blog, Attract Mode has been reborn (after a lengthy hiatus) as a “video game collective”, made up of “game makers, film makers, designers, artists, and journalists”. If you need more specific information, some of the people lending a hand include artists Cory Schmitz and Maré Odomo, indie developers…

This RPG Will Star History, Not Orcs and Monsters

When you think of an RPG, you think of dragons. Loot. Fireballs. Goblins. Worlds where entire ecosystems change every two miles. Basically, a whole load of stuff that’s make-believe, and despite the frequent “medieval” setting, about as far from actual history as you can get. So an in-development RPG at Czech studio Warhorse, which is…

These Guys Built a Fake Submarine to Play Submarine Games in

Let’s say you want to play a Submarine game. No harm in that, it’s a classic genre. You could just sit in front of a monitor. Maybe, if you were feeling up for it, slip on some headphones. Which is fine, but it’s a little pedestrian. Especially compared to these guys, who built a replica…

LEGO Zelda, You Look So Good, Why Can’t I Buy You?

Artist Wes Talbott combines two of his – and, well everyone’s – favourite things with this imaginary poster for imaginary Zelda LEGO. I look at this, and the more I look, the more it feels like a real thing. Then I look away, and remember it’s not, and I get upset. I should really blame…

A Game Where You Do Nothing But Design And Build Starships

Is this a dream? Am I lying in a coma somewhere imagining this is the trailer to a game I fantasised about throughout my childhood? No! It’s Starship Corporation, a game where the design of big spaceships (and “planetary installations”) isn’t just something tacked on, it’s what the entire game is about. Players are tasked…

A Diablo III Statue That’ll Probably Gross You Out

While official statues based on Diablo III restrict themselves to more presentable characters, fan-made pieces are free to go after anyone they want. Like, oh, Azmodan, the Lord of Sin. It was built by master craftsman (and Art Director for Blizzard’s Diablo III: The Book of Cain) Jason Babler, and stands 17″ tall. Oh, and…

DayZ Has Now Scared One Million People Witless

In case you needed further proof of the strength of the PC market, or the importance of allowing mods in PC games, DayZ – a zombie survival sim for hardcore military shooter ArmA II – has just recorded its millionth unique player. Not bad for something that’s really only hit the big time in the…

Amazon Leaks Wii U Box Art Designs? [Update]

Given the fact these may well be placeholder images, don’t read too much into them, but just in case they’re the real deal, what do you think of the splash? And the colour scheme? The yellow is a bit weird, but the “swoosh” design is something we’ve seen from Nintendo plenty of times before, from…

The New York Times Puts The Fastest Olympians In History Into One Massive Race

Here’s something for history nerds, Olympics nerds, and track and field nerds. The New York Times has put together a startlingly cool multimedia presentation that puts all of the past winners of the 100 meter sprint into a single virtual race together. (I’ll also take this opportunity to remind you to watch out for more…