In the latest mash-up of the Pepper Spray Cop image that came out of the Ocupy UC Davis protests, Lt. John Pike finds himself on Mars on the cover of id Software’s classic first-person shooter DOOM Clearly, this proves that pepper spray is much more than just a food product. Now, what other foods can…
In Waveform, you play as an orb of light who can manipulate the amplitude and speed of a waveform that you travel on. It looks amazing it terms of design, and as long as the controls aren’t to complicated the game could be a pretty big hit. Goal: $8,000 Notable Reward: $20 – Access to…
There are millions of people who enjoy playing Super Mario games that are three dimensional, games you play from behind Mario’s back. But there are millions more who enjoy playing 2D Super Mario games, games that show Mario from the side. Those games, like New Super Mario Bros. on the DS and New Super Mario…
The airplane tickets are booked, the lights are all up, and the fruitcake is…disgusting—but wait! The perfect presents are missing! Stop panicing. Seriously, stop it right now. While hardly the traditional offering of myrrh, a gift of gadgetry is one that’s always welcome. So straight out of Gizmodo’s BlackBerry Holiday Hall of Fame, here’s a…
Every time I tell people how much I loved Deathspank, they say the same thing: “You should play The Bard’s Tale!” And I tell them, “I know! I remember when the 2004 version came out, but I didn’t really get a chance to play it.” Great story, right? Anyway, my point is that finally, I…
I think this TAYpic proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that aliens helped build the pyramids. In the next Tomb Raider maybe Lara will find herself razzling aliens. If not, my dreams will be smashed… Feel free to Talk Amongst Yourselves! Thanks to reader pan1da7 for today’s image. Take a crack at being featured…
Last week, the People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, ticked off a lot of people who like video games. But maybe the gamers shouldn’t have been so upset about that whole “Mario Kills Tanooki” thing? On one side we had the notorious animal-rights rabble-rousers complaining that Super Mario endorses the wearing of fur…
Outside of our warm, safe video gaming bubble, there are others. Those Who Just Don’t Get It. Their eyes glaze over when you start talking about Skyrim or Sword & Sworcery And that’s on the genteel side of the spectrum. True haters will snarl at you about the evil anti-aesthetics of video games or rant…
Of all the people you might have to buy gifts for this holiday season, the Sullen Teenage Girl just might be the most challenging. For what, exactly, do sullen teenage girls like? They are so sullen! It can be hard to tell if they like anything at all. Of course, you can’t really blame them…
In the olden days, when your desktop PC got too old, it was either upgraded or cannibalised. They never really hung around. But in this era of laptop domination, when a computer outlives its usefulness, you can just palm it off! Your little brother, your college-bound sister, your grandparents who just want to talk to…
When you think back to old-school arcade games, the hazy mist of nostalgia and the technical limitations of the day tend to obscure the fact that you were laying waste to hordes of enemies. There’s a lot of retro homage in Burn and Turn and you are clearly doling out fiery death to fools but…
Bethesda’s latest RPG hit presents players with lots of things to see, hear and shout at. You can add taste to that list of action words, too, Gus Mastrapa’s already cataloged what he’s been eating in the game’s virtual world but the lads at Joystiq have brought one of Tamriel’s medieval recipes into the modern-day…
Peace | TOKYO, JAPAN: Hideo Kojima autographed things today. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) Art From the Command & Conquer Game That Never Was Totilo’s story yesterday on what might be a Command & Conquer action game got me thinking about Tiberium, the promising yet ultimately ill-fated shooter EA once had planned for the strategy universe.…
At the recent ASCII Fes hobby festival, figures weren’t the only thing on display. There were also a trio of customized iPhone cases, the likes of which you’ve never seen. The woman in the bathtub was created by pro model builder Over Dard, the robot mecha case was created by a designer named Naoki, and…
When you think of video games, you think of adrenaline-pumping first-person-shooters. You think of blazing-fast racing games. You think of hard-fisted fighting games. Chess games? You probably don’t think of them, these days. That is going to change. Meet Pure Chess. The trailer, one of the best I’ve seen in a long time, features beautiful…
It’s the game’s one true oversight: the fact you can’t pick up a lute in Skyrim and jam out a ditty to ladies in towers and monsters slain. Ah well. This’ll have to make do. Etsy craftsman TTguitars is offering Skyrim-themed mandolins (pictured), electric guitars and electric bass—the appeal coming in the base hand-carved to…
Unit 13 is the new shooter from Zipper Interactive, the studio behind most of the SOCOM games. As Kotaku previously posted, Unit 13 is a competitive and cooperative third-person shooter custom made for PS Vita. More in the trailer. If moving images are not your thing, feel free to peruse these screens PS Vita [YouTube]…
Sure, it’s natural to raise an eyebrow or two when a publication like The Sun warns of XBOX CYBER FRAUD, but in this case, the tabloid was spot-on, even if the language could have been a little less inflammatory. Responding to the story, Microsoft has confirmed that “a number of Xbox LIVE members appear to…
“Chonny” (née some dude named “Wayne”) plays through Cat Mario, a cruel, cruel game. Chonny’s delightful Australian accent and his sense of humor about the whole thing make the seven minutes fly right by, especially when things in Cat Mario help Chonny, but don’t help Chonny. 外國人玩史上最難的山寨馬利歐 第二集 [YouTube Thanks, Paul!] You can contact Brian…
The talented community at OverClocked ReMix wanted to do something special for Zelda‘s 25th birthday, so they got together and released this amazing “Indie Game Composer Tribute”. This means that the people behind the music are people you may have heard from before. Like Laura Shigihara, of Plants vs Zombies fame. And C418, the composer…
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