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She’s Not Hiding From The Hate She’s Getting For Examining Video Games. She’s Exposing It.
Anita Sarkeesian wanted to make a web series about how women are portrayed in video games. She asked the world for $6,000. Some of the people who thought that was interesting and worth doing have given her just shy of $159,000. Some of the people who thought it was not worth doing, have defaced her…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 3, 2012 -
Microsoft Snags Domain Name For ‘Xbox 8’ [UPDATE]
Microsoft has secured the web domain for “xbox8.us” and “xbox8.org,” according to a new report. The Internet sleuths at Fusible uncovered that Microsoft won the domains back from a Chinese citizen in a case filed with the National Arbitration Forum. Other domains won in the dispute include XboxPhone.com, XboxTablet.com, XboxLiveTV.com, XboxCompanion.com. Interestingly enough, the Xbox…
By Jason Schreier Published July 3, 2012 -
A Fifteen-Foot-Long Scarf for All Your Journeys
Journey is, in many ways, the story of a scarf. Or at least, the scarf represents the breadth and depth of the story Journey has to offer. It lists your avatar’s story and encounters; it follows you from scorching desert sands to frozen snowbound wastelands. It flutters in the breeze behind you as you fly,…
By Kate Cox Published July 3, 2012 -
Kotaku Water Cooler
Welcome to Kotaku Water Cooler, the official spot for miscellaneous conversations. Today’s random posts that you’ll see below in the new discussion system are brought to you by me. So if you see random, cute animal pictures, you’ll know why. Enjoy! Photo: Shutterstock
By Tina Amini Published July 3, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
You want to talk about the games you’re playing, loving and hating, don’t you? Then, head over to Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Go to the TAY forum at this link and do what you’ve always done: share your thoughts…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 3, 2012 -
The Secret World Begins to Share its Mysteries in This Launch Trailer
Funcom’s new MMORPG The Secret World officially launches today and with it, this new trailer for the game. The game is in some ways a departure from most traditional MMOs. The biggest difference is that it’s set in our real Earth, in the 21st century. Characters wear jeans and business suits and carry smartphones and…
By Kate Cox Published July 3, 2012 -
Halo 4‘s Multiplayer Requires At Least 8 GBs of Space
Halo 4 is going to be huge. I’m not talking about critical success or sales or anything like that. No, I’m talking about memory storage. In order to play the online multiplayer portion of Master Chief’s next outing, players will have to free up at least 8 GB of space. There are whole games taht…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 3, 2012 -
Please Gordon Freeman, Do Not Cut Off Your Ear
Artist Drew Northcott brings us “Vincent Van Gordon”, a Van Gogh inspired portrait of everyone’s favorite headcrab killing physicist. According to Northcott, there might be character similarity between Freeman and Van Gogh. He adds, “There’s certainly a physical resemblance anyhow.” That’s certainly better than Freeman mailing his ear to a prostitute. Vincent Van Gordon –…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 3, 2012 -
Even Baby Cloud Strife Has Big Hair and a Deadly Cute Sword
D’wah. Now this is adowable. Baby Cloud Strife—hair, sword, and all. This photo was snapped by Jeriska at the recent Anime Expo 2012. Check out more of Jeriaska’s pics here as well as in the link below. Cloud Strife – Anime Expo 2012 [Flickr]
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 3, 2012 -
It’s a Pirate’s Life For Me (And You, And That Other Guy)
Snowbird have unveiled a new project based on the Mount & Blade engine that’s hopefully just as ambitious (and hopefully nowhere near as janky). It’s called Carribbean, and is a pirate-themed RPG that looks to copy the core concepts of Mount & Blade (manage a crew then join them in large-scale battles), only to then…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2012 -
Magic Mike Action Figure: Finally, a GI Joe For Grown Women
Custom toy builder GDX is to thank for this masterpiece: what was formerly a GI Joe has now been reimagined as Magic Mike, star of the current film about male strippers. Coming with leather pants and a healthy likeness for star Channing Tatum, he comes with alternate costumes (“tie” or “vest”), along with every stripper’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2012 -
Minecraft Creeper Hoodie About as Terrifying As An Actual Creeper
There’s only one way a hoodie based on Minecraft can be genuinely terrifying. And that’s this way. With the hood down, it’s a pixellated hoodie. A little garish, perhaps, but nothing too extreme. Pop the head up, though, and it’s nightmare fuel. … If you feel a convenience store employee near you needs to be…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2012 -
The “British STALKER” Continues to Look Fabulous in Tweed
In case you’re just joining us, Sir, You Are Being Hunted is an upcoming indie game that promises to be “a procedurally-generated first-person, open world game, with some sneaking, some shooting, some tweedpunk adversaries, and plenty of fleeing in terror.” It’s coming along very nicely, so nicely in fact that there’s a whole new bunch…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2012 -
Tiny LEGO Models of Giant Moments in Cinema
LEGO site The Living Brick recently held a contest asking readers to submit famous moments from movie history as microscale LEGO models. While they only had a limited amount of space and a limited amount of pieces to work with, what they could accomplish is extraordinary. You can recognise each movie from just a thumbnail…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2012 -
Report: Blizzard Banning Diablo III Players For Using Linux [UPDATE]
A number of Diablo III users have complained in the last few days that they’ve been banned from playing the game for doing nothing more than using WINE, a means of playing Windows games in the Linux operating system. It’s a tricky situation. On the one hand, Blizzard appears to be banning the accounts because…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2012 -
Well, These Dantes Certainly Don’t Like Devil May Cry’s Redesign
Reader Eric, a mean Devil May Cry cosplayer (centre, standing), was at the recent ACEN 2012 in Chicago, where he joined some friends in visually expressing their feelings towards Dante’s redesign in the upcoming DMC.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 3, 2012 -
5 Ways The Legend of Korra Went Wrong
Last Friday, I wrote a short post about how I was disappointed with the first season of The Legend of Korra. I kept it pretty short and sweet, but enough people seemed interested in the subject that I thought I’d expand on why I felt the show’s first season fell short. As I mentioned last…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 2, 2012