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Genius Turns Job Application Into Lucasarts Adventure Game
German Marius Fietzek wants a job at Tim Schafer’s Double Fine, who are getting to work on a brand new graphic adventure game. To apply, he didn’t just send in a letter. He made a video game. Fietzek’s effort, done almost perfectly in the style of an old Lucasarts adventure game (ie where Schafer and…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2012 -
Total Recall Starts Now!
For the next hour, we’re looking at the history of video games.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2012 -
Beware The Thumb-Devouring Frog of Doom!
Hi there, Kotaku friends. Welcome to the hump-day open thread. I hope your respective days have been productive and enjoyable. If you’re wondering what that image is from, you’ll have to check out the links we’ve gathered for you here tonight… A story about the intense segregation of St. Louis – This is definitely a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 14, 2012 -
Fez Really Looks Like It’s Going to be Worth the Fuss
I’ve bagged on Polytron and Phil Fish and the development hell in which they’ve been stuck for four years. And Fish recently said some intemperate things about Japanese games development, and gamers. Standing apart from all of that is Fez, which just looks sensational in this six-minute video of gameplay from its trial version. And…
By Owen Good Published March 14, 2012 -
We’ll Never Have To Endure a Photo-Realisitic Sonic The Hedgehog
In an interview with Eurogamer, Sega’s Takashi Iizuka talked about his plans for the company’s long-running (but seemingly constantly creatively ailing) Sonic The Hedgehog franchise. Among other kernels of knowledge (Sonic is “the right fit” for Wii U, whatever that means), we learned that despite his daliances kissing human girls, he will never become photo-realistic.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 14, 2012 -
Peter Molydeux Game-Jam Gathers Steam, Participants and… Maybe Even Peter Molyneux Himself [Update]
Yesterday, there arose a game jam that will turn Peter Molydeux‘s wacky game ideas into real, playable games. Since then, things have… escalated. The whole thing started yesterday when Double Fine programmer Anna Kipnis tweeted that someone should really get on organizing a game jam centered around the crazy ideas espoused by famed game programmer…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 14, 2012 -
Dying Boy Gets His Own Personal Virtual Wonderland Built by a Game Community in Just Four Days
Long-time Everquest II player Carri Hoover has a son not quite as old as the game is. Sadly, however, six-year-old John Hoover is terminally ill, with doctors estimating he has only weeks left to live. Last Tuesday, March 6, she posted a request to the “Norrathian Homeshow” board on the official forums, a place where…
By Kate Cox Published March 14, 2012 -
Rumor: Obsidian’s Cancelled Project Was For The Next Xbox, Published By Microsoft
Obsidian’s ill-fated ‘North Carolina‘ game was slated for the next Xbox and published by Microsoft, according to sources familiar with the project who spoke to Kotaku today. Yesterday, after almost seven months of development, Microsoft cancelled the project, our sources said. Obsidian consequently had to let go of 30 people, as reported by several outlets…
By Jason Schreier Published March 14, 2012 -
Battlefield 3‘s Biggest Map Is Guaranteed, A Great Multiplayer Tutorial Is Not
On an evening in San Francisco when the people behind Battlefield 3 showed off the June expansion to their big war shooter, I asked them about the future beyond that future.. and about a missing element from their past. After June’s Close Quarters indoor-infantry-combat-centric pack comes the fall’s Armored Kill expansion. The latter is all…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 14, 2012 -
Baldur’s Gate Teaser Website Conjures a Countdown
It will be less than 24 hours before we hear more about the mysterious Baldur’s Gate project from developer / digital distribution platform Beamdog. You can stare the timer down to eerie music here at the teaser website
By Pierre Bienaimé Published March 14, 2012 -
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Resurrects Shaq (Doing Kung) Fu
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Golf is probably the one thing people wouldn’t look silly playing when they play Kinect. Well, EA Sports will fix that, bringing back Shaq Fu (no, really) in this humorous YouTube promotion for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 featuring Woods and Shaquille O’Neal.…
By Owen Good Published March 14, 2012 -
Is It a Dead Ball Situation When MLB 2K12‘s ‘Zombie Player’ Walks on the Field?
If this is the end of MLB 2K12, I suppose we couldn’t say goodbye to the series without one final, terribly embarrassing glitch. Everyone, say hello to the zombie player, thanks to this video by YouTube user bobtrain. Zombie player walks to his position in the middle of play when you pull a double switch,…
By Owen Good Published March 14, 2012 -
Biff Tannen Gives You All of March Madness’ Winners—and Biggest Losers
What’s up buttheads. Need some help picking your bracket? Stop agonizing over useless statistics and half-assed talking head analysis. I have every single winner in the NCAA Tournament right here, so just do what I say and you can start spending that money right now. Note: Information presented for entertainment purposes only. If you consult…
By Owen Good Published March 14, 2012 -
Video Game Box Typos Are Now Officially a Fad
This is the back of the box for Konami’s latest survival horror game, Silent Hill: Downpour, which came out yesterday for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Spanish translation reads: “¿quien puede parar la luvia?” This means: “Who can stop the rain?” Except it’s not “luvia.” It’s lluvia. Two Ls. Like Capcom before it, Konami…
By Jason Schreier Published March 14, 2012 -
Notch Says He Doesn’t Just Change Minecraft Because He Feels Like It
Markus Persson thinks of himself as more of a programmer than a game designer. “I don’t spend a lot of time on mechanics,” the creator of the hit sandbox/adventure hybrid says. ” I play [Minecraft] more than I write it, because I want to make sure the things you can do in the game can…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 14, 2012 -
Mass Effect Portrait Art Is As Menacing As It Is Beautiful
Website Unreality Magazine has uncovered some beautiful portrait drawings of some of our favorite Mass Effect characters. The artist behind the series of portrait drawings—deviantART user Arkis—appears to have a strong taste for the popular BioWare sci-fi franchise, as one look at the gallery will tell you. I’m not saying that these portraits are perfect…
By Tina Amini Published March 14, 2012 -
Christian Allen Wants Your Money To Make A Great, Old-School Shooter That Publishers Don’t Think You Want
Christian Allen has a video game Kickstarter, too. And he hopes he isn’t doing it wrong. Tim Schafer did it right. That guy just raised a few million for an old-school adventure game on Kickstarter. But Christian Allen knows he is no Tim Schafer, no big-name game developer with legions of fans who love him.…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 14, 2012 -
The Hip Hop Gamer Raps About Prototype 2 For Prototype 2 [UPDATE]
If you were a video game reporter in New York, you’d know who the Hip Hop Gamer is. He’s the guy who walks around with a WWE Championship belt—except, he makes his interviewees wear the belt while he’s talking to them. (Hey, I’ve done it! I’ve just declined his offers to rap with him!) The…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 14, 2012 -
Show Me Your Gaming Rig and I’ll Show You Mine
Every week Kotaku‘s PC Gaming Lives block shows off some of the finest custom-made enclosures in our Case Mod of the Week segment. But not all computers are pretty. There’s mine, for instance. Now show us yours. Don’t let the small size fool you, my Maingear X-Cube is a powerful little machine for what little…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2012