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Time to Shoot Stick People with Various Rifles
There are many things the iPhone does well. Add shooting stick figures in their stick heads to them. In Clear Vision, you are a down on your luck stick figure that becomes a hitman after failing to get other jobs. You spend your time in your dingy little apartment, getting contracts to ice targets. Then…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2012 -
Community Star Kicks Guy In Nuts For Nintendo
Proving that he doesn’t need Community to be meta as hell, actor Joel McHale dissects the anatomy of a viral video in this new commercial for Nintendo’s 3DS handheld gaming system. Really, who wouldn’t want Mario and Luigi on their writing team? Joel McHale Goes Viral for Nintendo [YouTube]
By Jason Schreier Published April 9, 2012 -
Monday Watch This, Play This
Watch! That moment when you find out she plays World of Warcraft, too. Watch! Apparently, Angry Birds celebrate Easter. Play! Ashcraft likes Clear Vision for the iPhone. A lot. Watch! Nintendo pulls out all the stops for a new commercial.
By Tina Amini Published April 9, 2012 -
Studies Linking Game Violence with Real-World Aggression May All Be Wrong
Studies in the past have found that winning competitions can make you mean, and we’ve all seen the stereotype of the angry gamer yelling at his console. But the latest research on the psychological effects of video games finds that, contrary to popular opinion, what really makes gamers tick is their ability to cooperate and…
By Kate Cox Published April 9, 2012 -
Hell Yeah Is a Gory, Comedy ‘Metroidvania’ Set In Hell
Ash is a rabbit and the prince of Hell. His questionable interactions with a rubber ducky have been photographed by the paparazzi. As a result, embarrassing images have spread across Hell’s version of the Internet—the Hellternet—which is full of porn, gossip, ads and nice commenters. That’s where the story of Hell Yeah begins, though story…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 9, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Happy Monday! Several Kotaku staffers are recovering from serious overloads of awesome after being at PAX East. You can discuss PAX East and more here in Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 9, 2012 -
All The Awesome Stuff We Saw At PAX East This Weekend
PAX East 2012 is no more. Legions of gamers have returned to their nests. Boston is finally at peace. But for three days, the East Coast morphed into a cosplay-stuffed playground for all things gaming, a wonderful wonderland of Mass Effect characters and developers who look like cats. We had a great time out at…
By Jason Schreier Published April 9, 2012 -
I Can’t Read Stories About Gaming Parents Shaking Their Children to Death Anymore
Chicago. Arizona. Tennesee. New Zealand. England. Now a man in Polk County, Florida is accused of murdering his three-month-old son after admittedly shaking the infant for interrupting his Xbox session. I can’t read this crap anymore. 20-year-old Jacob David Hartley, a stock boy at Sam’s Club, was playing on his Xbox on Thursday morning last…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2012 -
Here’s a First Look at Massive Online Shooter Defiance in Action
Trion’s Defiance, the platform-agnostic shooter-MMO that Stephen Totilo saw at E3, promises to deliver open-world action with thousands of simulataneous players. It’s also supposed to sync with an in-development SyFy TV series, so that developments in the game affect the show. That’s a tall order, right? We’ve seen nothing of the TV show yet but…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 9, 2012 -
Skullgirls Saved the Creepiest Combatant for Last
There are fighting games that seek to capitalize on the sexier aspects of girl-on-girl fighting, and then there’s Skullgirls, where characters like Double trade sexy for scary with a twist of Gradius Reverge Labs and Autumn Games’ Skullgirls is not your ordinary 2D fighter. Crafted by fighting game professionals and rendered in a visual style…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2012 -
The Soundtrack to (Some of) the Peter Molydeux Game Jam
Artist Bill Kiley, who we last saw putting Robocop in charge of a bunch of kittens, was recently up to his elbows in music, crafting soundtracks for games in the 2012 Molyjam Over the 48 hours the event was held, he ended up writing the music for nine games; six in San Francisco, one in…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 -
It’s OK, Electronic Arts, Stephen Fry Thinks You’re Doing OK
In a rare and recent piece of good news for the company, publisher Electronic Arts today received a vote of confidence from none other than the single nicest man on the internet, British comedian Stephen Fry. The TV, film and documentary legend has thrown his significant online clout (the man has over 4 million Twitter…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 -
Rancor vs AT-ST Walker: Who Would Win?
Well, according to the brushwork of artist Benjamin Carre, it’s the Rancor with a KO. Oh, don’t look so shocked. If you can bring an AT-ST down with logs and rope-swinging wookies, you can certainly bring one down with a beast that exists only to eat and destroy things. Monsters [DeviantArt, via Super Punch]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 -
Some Guy Built a 1:1 Replica Halo Shotgun (Out of LEGO)
Last year, Nick Jensen built a 1:1 Halo sniper rifle out of LEGO that was so incredible the mind still boggles as to how he got the job done. It didn’t just look like the game’s gun, it worked like one too, with bolts, ejecting magazines, the works. Nick is now back with another weapon…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 -
The Very Best In Cosplay: Anna Fischer
Well, cosplay fans, this is it. The end of a months-long look at the very best cosplay artists on planet. In that time we’ve looked at men and women, photographers and models, props builders and those who can combine the lot. All good things must come to an end, though, and next week Fancy Pants…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 -
This Game Looks Like Awesome 80s Sci-Fi Come to Life
One of the best things about 80’s sci-fi were the vector graphics and user interfaces so many film and TV artists thought we’d be using in the future Seen all over the place (here’s Running Man’s intro as an example, or Escape From New York’s), they’ve sadly faded into obscurity as the world (and movies)…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 -
Master Chief’s Uncomfortable Day on a High Fashion Photo Shoot
The March 2012 issue of Hong Kong’s Baccarat Magazine features a fashion spread by photographer Olaf Mueller that features a pretty young model, a giant inflatable version of the girl robot from Wall-E and Master Chief, star of the Halo series. It is not cosplay, and it is not a joke. It is fashion, people.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2012 -
Man Booted Out of PAX For Dropping His Pants
It’s not just young ladies in revealing outfits who were being asked to leave PAX over the weekend. Grown men in their underpants were being shown the door as well. According to a video posted on Destructoid, and supported by subsequent interviews, comedian Keith Apicary – aka Nathan Barnatt, aka the world’s greatest Nintendo dancer…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2012 -
Would You Prefer Fan-Made DLC Instead?
While official DLC is growing increasingly ridiculous in the way it fragments a video game, it would be wrong to write off the entire concept just because some publishers want to fuck you over for money. Take fan-made content, for example! A group of European fans of adorable football sim Inazuma Eleven 2 have put…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2012