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This Might Be The Coolest Way To Show You The Wii U
I thought I did a good job covering the Wii U at E3, but PxDxl puts me to shame. This guy strapped a camera to his body (his head, I think), and, well… this is great stuff. Check it out. Gives new meaning to the phrase “first-person shooter.” My Trip To E3 [YouTube]
By Stephen Totilo Published June 29, 2012 -
Watch What Could Happen if Real Life had DLC
What if real life had DLC? That’s one question this video attempts to answer. But the better question, really, is: How cool would it be to go stand in a field and be able to fight like Batman? Pretty cool. This is a great recreation of the camerawork and action we all know from inside…
By Kate Cox Published June 29, 2012 -
Flinging Cute Fuzzy Things to Their Doom is Kind of More Fun than Rescuing Them
I spent a not-insignificant amount of time in middle school and early in high school playing Lemmings games with my friend who lived next door. It was, of course, satisfying to guide the mindless little morons through perils to safety. And it was more satisfying still to misplace a beam intentionally and watch them all…
By Kate Cox Published June 29, 2012 -
Kotaku Rough Draft: Day Two
Yesterday, we launched an experiment called Kotaku Rough Draft. And today we’re back. Well, I’m back, at least. The idea here is that Rough Draft—or whatever we’re going to finally call it—will be a place on the site where we drop in a lot of the material that Kotaku editors are sharing with each other…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 29, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves Is Changing
This will still be the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. But the way TAY looks will be different. Say good-bye to TAYpics, folks With the new commenting changes, there’s also going to be changes to TAY. There won’t be any fancy artwork to modify…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 29, 2012 -
Hero Academy Coming to Steam on August 8
The popular iOS game is getting a PC version with bonus Team Fortress 2-themed content included. Players of both versions will be able to compete cross-platform; owners of both versions will have unlocked content from one available on both.
By Kate Cox Published June 29, 2012 -
They Couldn’t Kill Salman Rushdie in Real Life, So They’re Making a Video Game
On February 14, 1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwā against Salman Rushdie, calling for the assassination of the British Indian author of The Satanic Verses. Seeing as Rushdie is still alive, it didn’t go so well. Now a state-sponsored Iranian student organization plans on correcting that oversight with The Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie…
By Mike Fahey Published June 29, 2012 -
The Amazing Spider-Man Marketing Team Has it So Easy
I bet the folks that do public relations and marketing for innovative and thoughtful games like From Dust and Journey spend days and days brainstorming inventive ways to communicate complex ideas in ways that appeal to the consumer. Meanwhile The Amazing Spider-Man UK marketing team nipped off early after putting in an order for footy…
By Mike Fahey Published June 29, 2012 -
This Amazing Spider-Man Figure is Pretty…Yeah
Hot Toys’ upcoming Amazing Spider-Man piece, based on the utterly needless reboot of a franchise whose last film was only released five years ago, looks great, covering the bones of a 12″ action figure in spandex/lycra/whatever this Spider-Man is wearing so that you can’t actually see it’s a figure. That’s the pro! And now the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2012 -
Don’t Be Afraid of This Video Game’s Realistic Darkness
I didn’t go to E3 this year. If I had, I’d have run straight to Bohemia Interactive and sat down with military sim ArmA 3 (this vid was part of the game’s E3 presentation). Why? Because I’m a fan of things that go bump in the night. Or, at least, the way things look when…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2012 -
The Greatest Graffiti Game That Never Was
As I’ve lamented here previously, graffiti is an artform that’s been woefully under-represented in video games. Something Diego Bergia agrees with. So over the past few years the former graf artist has been putting together animated clips imagining the great graffiti game that never was. It’s a damn shame this is only an animation series,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2012 -
Transformers Cosplay: Humans in Disguise
Wow. I mean, I should be deducting points for them cosplaying as terrible new Transformers, but I can’t. This is just too impressive. The photographer responsible is LJinto, who was featured in our “Best in Cosplay” series earlier in the year. Those Transformers? They’re from Cybertron, so they don’t have websites. (though if anyone knows…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2012 -
Six Billion Pounds of Video Games Were Sold Last Year (And Other Weird Environmental Facts)
We often think of video games and hardware in terms of units sold, or money made. We don’t usually think of them in terms of how much they weigh, or how much crap needs to be dug out of the ground to make them. Which is why this infographic is interesting reading. Sure, this is…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2012 -
Buy Your Own Version of Valve’s Latest “Hero”
You can now purchase a $30 replica of the star of Valve’s Meet the Pyro video. That’s right, not the Pyro itself: the Balloonicorn, nature’s most majestic and impractical animal. Available from Valve’s store, as you reach for your wallet, remember: you’re about to pay $30 for a 13-inch balloon. INFLATABLE BALLOONICORN [Valve]
By Luke Plunkett Published June 29, 2012 -
Best Mom Ever Steals Over 500 Video Games for Her Children
When authorities searched the home of Rebecca Margaret Johnson following her attempted theft of nearly $2,500 AUD from a Big W department store in Queensland, Australia, they discovered a treasure trove of stolen video games. Over the course of a year the 32-year-old single mother of three had swiped more than 515 video games and…
By Mike Fahey Published June 28, 2012 -
I Need a Dinosaur. Are You a Dinosaur? Dinosaur Needed.
I’m not the only one who needs a dinosaur, either. This guy/gal needs one too, or at the very least, a person to dress up in a dinosaur costume. Dinosaur needed Person with dinosaur costume needed immediately for top secret project. I cannot go into the specifics until you are fully committed, but it involves…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 28, 2012 -
The World of Goo Soundtrack Had No Business Being So Crazy Good
Think about it: World of Goo. Simple game, simple premise. Move the goo, stack the goo, get to the ending point. There was some kind of narrative, but that didn’t matter so much, did it? The game is good. Really good, really fun. But my favorite thing about it, hands down, is Kyle Gabler’s flabbergasting…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 28, 2012 -
The Time Jeff Buckley Sang in Urdu and Stole Our Hearts
Hey, you know who was amazing? Jeff Buckley. Even the uninitiated think of him as “The guy who did that incredible, heartbreaking version of “Hallelujah” that I will literally never hear enough times.” I have Grace, I love Grace, and I’ve listened to it a hundred times. But it wasn’t until a few years ago…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 28, 2012