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Sometimes Buses Just Want To Geek Out, Too
Ninety-nine percent of buses are boring. But there’s always one one percent of them too cool for school. This bus is one of those. Wrapped in Fate/zero, this Tokushima City bus is for upcoming nerd event Asobi Machi. Fate/zero is a light novel that’s the result of a collaboration between Type Moon and game developer…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 30, 2011 -
A History of Nintendo Handhelds On Beautiful Little Posters
Club Nintendo goodies, rewards offered by the company for serious and long-serving fans, aren’t usually that great (outside Japan, at least). But these Nintendo handheld cards, celebrating 31 years of portable goodness, they’re great Available for 300 coins, there are 12 in the set, each individual piece measuring around 6×4 inches. They even come with…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 30, 2011 -
Busy Next Month? Spend Time with Nightmare-Inducing Anime Chicks.
Maid cafes are a dime a dozen in Tokyo geek mecca Akihabara. They’re totally normal. Cafe t.t.t. might be in Akihabara, but it’s zip codes are way from normal. Cafe t.t.t. is a kigurumi cafe. Literally, “Kigurumi” is a mash of the Japanese word “kiru” (“to wear”) and “nuigurumi” (“plush toy”). In kigurumi cosplay, people—often…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 30, 2011 -
This LEGO Gears of War Gun Actually Shoots. And Chainsaws.
LEGO builder extraordinare PLUM B has built this life-sized replica of a Gears of War Lancer rifle that doesn’t just look the part, it shoots the part as well. In the video above, you can see that you can slide magazines in. Then cock the rifle. Then actually shoot at stuff. And when the Locusts…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 30, 2011 -
Gabe Newell Likes Origin More Than I do
Valve boss Gabe Newell has, like many of us these past few months, taken EA’s new Origin service for a spin. Hearing his thoughts on the thing are interesting, though, because he runs the company that runs Origin’s dominant competitor. “I think it does some things well” Newell told PC Gamer. “I think there are…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 30, 2011 -
Here’s DotA 2’s Juggernaut
Freshly added to the game (well, its beta), here’s the Juggernaut from Valve’s upcoming DotA 2 He looks like one of the guys outta From Dust. If they grew a pair instead of just standing around begging for help all the time. What, you need me to do everything? Make a sword and do it…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 30, 2011 -
The Applications of Assassin’s Creed‘s Hook Blade Seem Familiar
A means of aerial transport jutting from your right hand, capable of launching you on shoulder-dislocating rides above a city in turmoil? Why, where have we heard that one before? Unlike BioShock: Infinite‘s skyline wheels, though, the hook-blade itself has an offensive purpose which, more or less, means you can counter-kill with it. Yes, you…
By Owen Good Published September 29, 2011 -
I Could Never Stay Mad at You, NBA 2K12
NBA 2K12 has had a rough couple of weeks. A lot of the goodwill built up in August for the game’s nostalgic “NBA’s Greatest” mode was washed out by news of lockout-frozen rosters and repackaged premium DLC. And then Kurtis Blow comes up over the speakers, and Dikembe wags his finger at you, and you…
By Owen Good Published September 29, 2011 -
BioWare’s Cruel, Accidental Tease For Star Wars Fans [Update]
A ton of people on the mailing list for BioWare’s Old Republic MMO received an email earlier today that basically said “hey, how’s that beta treating you?”. Even though they weren’t in the beta. Cue an instantaneous freak-out as millions of voices (well, thousands) cried out in terror (well, excitement) and were suddenly silenced, users…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2011 -
Full House Poker Isn’t Getting a New Fall Season, but Isn’t Going Away Either
The leaves have turned and still Full House Poker‘s online “Texas Heat” tournament is in day 119 (and counting) of its summer season on Xbox Live, stoking fears that the game will head the way of spiritual predecessor 1 vs. 100 Microsoft, according to XBLA Fans, seems content to just let the summer Texas Heat…
By Owen Good Published September 29, 2011 -
Pinball FX2 Gets Another Table: ‘Sorcerer’s Lair’
Diehard pinballers looking for another couple thou or so on their Wizard Score in Pinball FX2 can pick up another table on Oct. 12, developer Zen Studios just announced. “Sorcerer’s Lair,” an all-original table, will release then, promising “a gothic world of mystery, ghosts and ginormous spiders!” The table offers six missions. Pricing was not…
By Owen Good Published September 29, 2011 -
Put Some Wakka-wakka On Your Walls With Pac-Man Blik Decals
Blik, maker of fine stickables, and Namco Bandai, the people who own Pac-Man, are combining their respective powers to bring Inky, Pinky, Blinky, Clyde and other memorable 8-bit sprites to your wall. Starting today, you can put only the finest of Pac-Man decals on your walls, safely and stylishly. Blik is offering Pac-Man wall decals…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 29, 2011 -
Oh, by the Way, Fez is Delayed. Again.
Earlier this week, Polytron released another “long screenshot” for Fez the perspective-rotating indie platformer stuck in development hell for more than three years now. Promised for release on Xbox Live Arcade this year, Phil Fish just tweeted that his game has been delayed, yet again, until 2012. “(and fez is delayed until early 2012),” Fish…
By Owen Good Published September 29, 2011 -
Is This The Worst iPhone Game Developer in the World?
What is that… thing? It may look like the NES version of side-scrolling shoot ’em up Contra—horribly smudged—but it’s actually the game (or “game”) Ninja Turtles from Vietnamese developer Namphuong Star. You may know them better as the worst iPhone game developer in the world. Namphuong Star’s Ninja Turtles, which appears on Apple’s iTunes App…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 29, 2011 -
NBA 2K12 Debuts on iPhone Next Week
2K Sports’ award-winning NBA 2K series will debut on iOS mobile devices next week with NBA 2K12 the same day the title releases on consoles and PC. The game will include the popular “Jordan Challenge” that made last year’s NBA 2K11 such a hit. CNET reported the story first, with gameplay impressions (and a gameplay…
By Owen Good Published September 29, 2011 -
Surround Gaming
3Monitors –Joel Johnson plays a round of Battlefield 3 Beta on the Kotaku office gaming rig…. making me almost instantly motion sick. The First Two Dreamlike Hours of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword At times, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword feels a bit like a dream, one of those vivid ones that’s all…
By Brian Crecente Published September 29, 2011 -
OK, SSX, Grinding On the Underside of a Helicopter is Kind of Cool
If you were worried that the new SSX isn’t totally wacko enough, as far as snowboarding video games go, maybe watch the 2012’s game’s latest trailer. It ticks all the correct crazy extreme sports action boxes, including a very nice flip under a helicopter. Wing suits and chopper lifts don’t seem like such bad additions…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 29, 2011 -
The Lap Dance Is Always Better When the Stripper Is Decaying
The strippers in Bayou City’s famous Pink Pussycat club are so good at their jobs that they don’t stop at taking off their clothes. And House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut successfully obliterates any desire I might have had to visit a strip club ever again. Thanks, Sega! You can contact Michael Fahey, the…
By Mike Fahey Published September 29, 2011 -
Assassin’s Creed Revelations Delayed to December for PC
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations was supposed to be the first time in the series that a game released for all platforms on the same day. Well, it won’t. Ubisoft confirmed to Kotaku that the PC version of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations has been delayed until December. No specific December date was given, nor a reason, but we’re…
By Owen Good Published September 29, 2011 -
There Are Only Five of These Dark Souls Statues (and You Could Win One)
Man, they’ve even made getting your hands on these collectible Dark Souls statues incredibly difficult. Publisher Namco Bandai have five—count’ em, five!—one-of-a-kind creations immortalizing the cast and creatures of Dark Souls to give away. They could be yours. Those sculpts, created by Dark Souls fan Peter Nordstrom, are an impressive 12″ tall in actual size,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 29, 2011