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Rockstar Found a Novel Way to Mix Max Payne‘s Bullet Time with Online Multiplayer

One of the main challenges in creating a compelling online experience for Max Payne 3 was figuring out a way to keep the series’ signature time-slowing mechanic in the mix. How does line-of sight Bullet Time sound? It actually sounds like ridiculous amounts of fun. When you activate Bullet Time, one of several special “Burst”…

Minecraft Spawns Viral Videos Now

People have made lots and lot of things in Minecraft. They’ve recreated levels in games, made a working scientific calculator, and even constructed church memorials. So why not recreate some of the Internet’s most viral videos using Minecraft? YouTube user minecrafta2z felt the same way, and did just that. From keyboard cat to the trippy…

Wednesday Watch This, Play This

Watch! Your favorite viral videos are now being recreated in Minecraft. Watch! Latest Max Payne 3 video shows off multiplayer. Play! Kirk enjoys the hack n’ slash, Swordigo, on his iPad. Watch! Nothing is worse than a 3-year old girl calling you a “n00b.”

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Stuff to play, stuff to see, here comes Watch This, Play This. Confused? Read this

ABC Local News Has Learned That People Use Curse Words On Xbox Live

ABC Local is on top of its game this week, warning the world that, according to experts, there is cursing on Xbox Live. And racial slurs! And cyber-bullying! The news outlet writes: Imagine exposing your child to racial slurs and X-rated content on a daily basis without realizing it. Experts warn that’s exactly what could…

Call of Duty Cited As Possible Factor in Fatal Shooting of 10-Year-Old Boy

A preteen who killed a friend inside a Georgia home was playing Activision’s popular first-person-shooter before the fatal shots were fired. According to ABC affiliate WJBF, three young boys were playing Call of Duty: Black Ops on the night of March 26th, when the eldest of them picked up a semi-automatic that belonged to his…

The Next PlayStation is Called Orbis, Sources Say. Here are the Details.

While the official reveal of Sony’s next home console could still be months away, if not longer, Kotaku has today learned some important details concerning the PlayStation 3’s successor. For one, the console’s name—or at least its codename/working title—is apparently Orbis. And it’s being planned for release in time for the 2013 holiday season. The…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Snake? Snnaaaake?! Hello, dear readers, you’ve managed to sneak into Talk Amongst Yourselves, Kotaku’s official forum where you can assemble on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, game where you draw things? Knock yourselves out! Apparently the setting of Vasily Perov’s painting…

Persona 3 Portable And Other Atlus Games Are Now Much Cheaper

You can get the third Persona game for $20 on the PlayStation Network for your PSP. Other discounted games include the first and second Personas, Knights in the Nightmare, and Crimson Gem Saga. [PlayStation Blog]

Milla Jovovich’s New Hairstyle is Video Game Inspired, But Not the Game You’re Thinking

Known for her starring role as Alice in her husband’s Resident Evil films, actress Milla Jovovich is sporting a new look these days, torn from the graphics of one of her favorite games. Which game inspired that asymmetrical undercut? Proving that she’s not a one-game girl, Milla admitted her “strange addiction” to The Sims to…

Wasteland 2 Creator Calls the Publisher/Developer Dynamic “Awful”

With the Kickstarter campaign for his old-school role-playing title already surpassing its goal, Brian Fargo has managed to find a path out of needing a publisher to continue making video games. And that’s good, because, according to an interview Fargo did with Ripten, publishers treat developers like crap. While developers spend the man-hours and energy…

Why Steal Game Consoles When You Can Get a Six-Year-Old Girl to Do It For You?

On Monday employees at a Super CD in Johannesburg, South Africa realized two PlayStation Vita systems were missing from the store’s inventory. That was shocking, but not nearly as shocking as what they saw when they reviewed the closed-circuit television footage and discovered the culprit was a five or six-year-old girl. What happened is pretty…

SimCity Is More Expansive and Detailed Than Ever, Yet Remarkably True to Its Roots

SimCity has always been a game that is viewed from two distances—up close and far away. You would start with the camera zoomed out, able to see the entirety of your creation; a city or cities on a grid, little smokestacks pouring out smoke, tiny airplanes droning over the hills. Zoom in, and you were…

When Did Little King’s Story Get so, Ahem, Sexy?

Last I checked, Little King’s Story was not a sexy game. It was a cute game. Now that Konami is handling the game, it seems different. Have a look at these latest screens! The game, dubbed New Little King’s Story, will be released on the PS Vita tomorrow and has touch-based controls. And ladies in…

Man, This Indie Game Action Movie Looks Badass!

Indie Game: The Movie, a documentary following the careers of a few of the more notable indie devs going around, moves men to tears. It’s also, by all accounts, rather good. But I never knew it was this good. Seriously, the early trailers have been awful. If it takes you this long to get to…

Stunning Tech Demo Made Using Single Texture

Artist Tor Frick is the sole man responsible for the Unreal Engine tech demo you see above. If you just watch it, it looks lovely, but also looks like nothing out of the ordinary. It’s only when you find out he made it using a single 256×512 texture that you go “wow”. For reference, in…

Get a Real Good Look at the New Portal Gun Toy in Action

Limited to just 5000 pieces and priced at $150, most of you will never get your hands on one of NECA’s replica Portal guns. Ah well. You may as well do the next best thing and check out this video of one of the beasts in action. It certainly looks the part, and the flashing…

Battlefield 3 Looks Wonderful as a Strategy Game

With a little camera trickery and some added effects, Battlefield 3 – which is very much a first-person shooter – suddenly becomes a real-time strategy game. If you’re wondering why you’re enjoying this so much, the Red Alert theme song might have something to do with it.

The Most Realistic Link You Ever Did See

Plenty of people cosplay as Link, star of the Legend of Zelda. Some people do it really well. Few, however, can ever seem to really match the appearance of the little guy. Probably because he’s a small, cartoon-like boy with giant ears and huge feet. Cosplayer Amouranth has given it a damn good shake, though,…