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This Sure Looks Like A Real Life Version of Skyrim
This Skyrim-themed music video is shot in what appears to be a real-world version of Bethesda’s open-world role-playing game. Where instead of fighting with swords, they fight with rock. Epic harmonies brought to you by the Brigham Young University’s Men’s Chorus
By Jason Schreier Published February 24, 2012 -
Puzzling Choices—Both Good and Bad—Define Furmins
Having seen enough of physics puzzles scored on one-to-three star scales, Furmins was going to have to show me something enjoyably different to get a nod in my App of the Day writeup. It did, but this game, by Housemarque, brings another unnecessary problem on itself in how it gets you to pay for it…
By Owen Good Published February 24, 2012 -
Princess Peach Does One Amazing Lana Del Rey Impression
With retooled lyrics, some sweet costumes, and a heavy application of lip makeup, the magical Jenny Bede transforms Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games” into a tale of video gaming’s most heartbreaking love triangle. Sorry, Miss Del Rey, but if you’re going to name a song “Video Games” this sort of thing is bound to happen.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2012 -
Watch This, Play This Begins Now
Stuff to play, stuff to see, here comes Watch This, Play This. Confused? Read this
By Tina Amini Published February 24, 2012 -
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Will Let You Kick Zombies in Their Undead Junk
The next spinoff of Capcom’s survival horror series puts players in a three-sided warzone with two human factions gunning for each other and zombie-fied humans and beasts out to chomp whoever they can. It’s going to be an ultraviolent affair. Watch and see for yourselves, kids.
By Evan Narcisse Published February 24, 2012 -
Killzone 3 Multiplayer Coming Free to a PlayStation Near You
This week, Sony announced a new experiment in free-to-play gaming coming to the Playstation Network, in their most recent Blogcast podcast Killzone 3 Multiplayer will be available on PSN next week. This edition of the shooter spins off the multiplayer part of the game as a separate entity from the single-player campaign, bringing all of…
By Kate Cox Published February 24, 2012 -
Next Week’s Rock Band Wonders: Do You Like Huey Lewis and the News?
Do you like Huey Lewis and The News? Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in ’83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2012 -
Why Do Text-Heavy Games Make Reading So Painful?
In today’s short-but-sweet installment of Read Up on Kotaku, commenter RevRain wonders why developers spend days filling their games with tomes of ancient lore without putting nearly as much effort into delivering a pleasant reading experience. A lot of games require you to read lots of text be it in a form of a mystic…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
And, lo, there came a day when Kotaku‘s official forum descended upon the world of Man. Its name came to be known as Talk Amongst Yourselves and it was found to be as lively a place for talk and sharing of video game insight as any throughout the land. Speak to us of your video…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 24, 2012 -
Star Wars: The Old Republic Players Average At Least Four Hours Per Session, Love Sundays
The average player of the massively multiplayer game Star Wars: The Old Republic plays the game between four and six hours per session, according to one of the chief architects of the game. “When they play, their sessions are absurd,” Greg Zeschuk, head of BioWare Austin, the studio leading continued development of the game told…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 24, 2012 -
This Is the Last Vita Game I Expected to Enjoy
When the shipment of Ubisoft’s Vita launch day games arrived, Michael Jackson: The Experience was set aside, along with Asphalt: Injection and Dungeon Hunter Alliance, three unfortunate side-effects of getting my hands on Rayman and Lumines Indeed I might not have ever gotten around to playing it if not for a random bout of OCD…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2012 -
Peter Parker Fights Marvel Comics’ Horniest Super-Villain in This Amazing Spider-Man Trailer
Superhero movies flirt with distaster when they try to throw more than one antagonist at the main character. But, superhero video games? They thrive on that formula. So, in the first of what we have to assume will be many unveilings, Activision’s rolling out a look at how old-school bad guy the Rhino will look…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 24, 2012 -
There Are 100 Keys to This Weekend’s Tera Beta Test Hidden in This Post
Who wants to see if Tera‘s promise of action-driven massively multiplayer online role-playing combat rings true this weekend? I’ve got the beta keys, but you’re going to have to work for them. Might want to stretch first. Tera‘s closed beta test two runs from Friday, February 24 at 3PM Eastern to Monday, February 27 2:59AM…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2012 -
When Gal Gun Is Maid to Order
Gal | TOKYO, JAPAN: Gal Gun gets an Akihabara maid cafe promotion (Photo: Mantan Web) A Beautiful Collection of Awesome Nintendo Logos I like the games and the hardware, of course, but one of my favourite things about Japanese video games from the 1980s were the logos. And some of the best ones came out…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2012 -
Let This Street Fighter II Song be Your Gateway to Shirtless Keyboard Fun
As Sonaje starts playing the Street Fighter II intro on guitar, you might think this is just another boring video of some guy playing the Zelda theme on violin, or the Mario theme on a tamborine, or whatever. It’s not. Stick with it. There are keyboards. Sonaje is a delight. And watching this video let…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2012 -
The Death Star Arrives in Earth Orbit, They’re Here for our Toys
In this neat ad for Toys ‘R Us in Denmark, the Death Star pops into Earth orbit and Imperial shuttles start landing. In Denmark. Which seems pretty believable. That’s where all the LEGO is. If I came from outer space for something, it’d probably be LEGO.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2012 -
Heavy Rain’s Most Screwed up Scene, Recreated in Living Color
If you haven’t yet played PS3 adventure Heavy Rain, and want to, don’t watch this. It contains a pretty big spoiler. If you have, though, or haven’t and don’t care, or haven’t and want to see drama, take a look at what reader David came up with for his media arts interview at Sheridan College.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2012 -
The Smithsonian’s Video Games Exhibit is Nearly Ready, Let’s See how it’s Coming Along
The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s “The Art of Video Games” exhibition opens next month. Which is exciting! While the doors aren’t quite open yet, here’s a look at how the exhibition are shaping up as the team puts it all together, and some of the cool/interesting things you’ll see if you manage to make it…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2012 -
This Modern Shooter Can’t Come Soon Enough
Earlier today, I made a little fun of an upcoming modern military shooter. I am now going to gush over a modern military shooter. The distinction? The first Medal of Honor (well, the latest one) pitched itself as a “real” military tale. Free of a World War 3 soap opera, it was about some guys…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2012
