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How Sony Made a Truly Amazing Ad
Sony recently released a handful of jaw-dropping commercials that looked straight out of sci-fi. In the commercials, Sony created a real holodeck—like out of Star Trek. Today, Sony revealed how it did this. As previously posted, there was no post-production work done on the footage. All the effects were done in the room, using 3D…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2011 -
Westerners Almost Made Metal Gear Rising
As revealed over the weekend, Konami roped in Bayonetta developers Platinum Games to make Metal Gear Rising, because it couldn’t. Originally, Kojima considered bringing in a Western developer after first planning on cancelling the game in late 2010. But, since this is a ninja game, he ultimately decided a Japanese developer would be the best…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2011 -
Japanese Lady Explains The Empire Strikes Back
Mika is studying English, and in her pursuit of the English language, she’s been appearing in videos, explaining movies. Here, she explains The Empire Strikes Back. And she does a wonderful job. Previously, Mika explained Star Wars. Also, delightful. Mika-san Explains The Empire Strikes Back [Kirai]
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2011 -
The Link Statue of One Man’s Dreams
In 2006, what were you doing? I was working at Kotaku. Derek was thinking about how he could get the greatest Link statue to ever grace this spinning blue ball we call Earth. If you ask me, he did just that. Derek commissioned artisan Emily Fiegenschuh to sculpt Link, a process that took from 2006…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2011 -
Tony Hawk’s HD “Probably” Won’t Have the Original Soundtracks
The best thing about the first two Tony Hawk games, better than the games themselves, were their soundtracks. They were amazing. If you were hoping some of those standout tracks would be in the upcoming HD re-release, though, don’t get your hopes up. Activision community man Dan Amrich has posted a lengthy primer on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2011 -
Homefront PR Stunt Backfires, Ends In Fine
Back in March, PR firm TrashTalkFCM thought it’d be a good idea to promote upcoming shooter Homefront by releasing a ton of balloons. It wasn’t. Not only did the game stink, but when most of the balloons ended up in San Francisco Bay, it attracted the attention of Bay Area water control officials, who have…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2011 -
High On Fire: Devilution
Welcome to Soundtrack, where we take a break from news and not-news to relax with some tunes and…you know what, fuck it. We’re not relaxing tonight. Not one bit We’re gonna listen to some High on Fire instead. I am not a religious man. Were I a religious man, though, I would worship the Dark…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2011 -
Proposing in Left 4 Dead, Gnome in Hand
Left 4 Dead isn’t exactly the most romantic game. It’s not romantic at all. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t a wonderful place to ask for a lady’s hand in marriage. That’s exactly what one gamer did. In the above video, things start out normal enough, then the level is ripped apart, and then things…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2011 -
The Biggest News From 2011…In LEGO Form
Celebrating the year that was a little early (a lot can happen in two weeks!), Britain’s The Guardian newspaper has compiled a gallery of images showing the biggest news from 2011. Recreated as LEGO dioramas. It’s a cute, if slightly desensitising way to depict the assassination of Bin Laden, the toppling of Gaddafi and global…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2011 -
Zelda Players Get Long Overdue Bling
Nintendo released a golden Wii Remote for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Yet, Skyward Sword isn’t only played with a Wii Remote. It’s played with a Nunchuk. And now, Japanese Club Nintendo members can finally own one to go with their matching Wii Remote and gold Wii classic controller Earlier this year, Nintendo nixed…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2011 -
Square Enix Hacked
Publisher Square Enix has announced that, following the discovery that somebody “may have gained unauthorized access to a particular Square Enix server”, the company’s members service has been brought offline in both Japan and the United States. Thankfully, for those with Square Enix members accounts, Square said, “There is no possibility of any credit card…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2011 -
This Wii Remote Exploded. Why?
A family from Belleville, Michigan came home the other night to find their living room full of smoke. The culprit? One of their Wii Remotes had quite literally exploded It’s lucky nobody had been home when it blew, because when it did pieces of the Remote flew across the room and tore holes in stuff…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2011 -
Five Things Japanese Women Don’t Want To Find in Your Room
Only five! There are probably many, many more, but let’s start with with five. Web research site My Navi News polled nearly seven hundred of its online readers, asking them to list the things they did not want to find in a guy’s room. Some of the results might surprise you. Some might not. Number…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2011 -
The Full Game Boy Advance Ambassador List for the 3DS
Nintendo’s Amabassador Program is its way of rewarding Nintendo 3DS owners who purchased the device before its pricecut. There have already been a whole host of Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) games released free of charge. Up next, Game Boy Advance games. But which ones? According to these photos, the following games will available for download…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2011 -
Guy Plays Tetris So Fast It Makes My Eyes Bleed
The Tetris community at Hard Drop is, as you’d expect from people joining up to a community based around the game, pretty damn good at Tetris How good? Intimidatingly good. This here is a world record run in the “40 line” category from user LapSiLap, who cleared the required lines in just 21.90 seconds For…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2011 -
Skyrim‘s Infamous Bucket Exploit. In Real Life.
There’s an exploit in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that allows players to put a bucket on characters’ heads and take their stuff. This video not only asks what that would be like in real life, but also, what would it be like doing that to a man in a flannel shirt? Something like this,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2011 -
New Batman: Arkham City Figures Include Catwoman and The Riddler
Not to be confused with Square Enix’s bigger, more expensive pieces, these Arkham City figures from DC may be smaller, but they also feature a lot more characters. There are five in the series, including a Detective Mode-themed Batman, Catwoman, Mad Hatter, Hush and the Riddler. Who you will not have to collect trophies to…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2011