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Ready for Some Mario Pole Dancing?
In Super Mario Bros., Mario and Luigi slide down poles. In the UK Amateur Pole Performer competition, they climbed up them and swung around. If these dancers look familiar (their names are Bex and Emy), it’s because you probably saw them pole dancing as Tomb Raider‘s Lara Croft. The duo were competing in a UK…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2011 -
You’ll Probably Want to Update Your Drivers Before you Play Battlefield 3
If you’re planning on playing Battlefield 3 on the PC, you might just want to update your graphics card drivers before you play. Doesn’t matter whether you’ve got Nvidia or AMD, they’re both getting updates just for the year’s biggest PC shooter. Nvidia’s beta drivers, minted for the Battlefield 3 beta kicking off this week,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2011 -
Deus Ex’s New Content Has Boss Battles (but They Might be Better)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution was a masterpiece which was only sullied by a number of poorly-designed, ill-fitting boss battles. The bad news is that the game’s upcoming DLC will also include a boss battle. The good news? Deus Ex developers Eidos Montreal will actually be developing them. A big problem with those found in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2011 -
Will There Ever Be a New Dragon Quest Anime?
Dragon Quest, one of Japan’s most beloved role-playing games, spawned more than sequel after sequel. A manga version ran for around seven years, and there was an anime in the early 1990s. That doesn’t necessarily mean there’s going to be a Dragon Quest anime in the future. It also doesn’t necessarily mean there won’t. “The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2011 -
Uncharted, Wii Sports and a Wet Kitty
If you play Uncharted multiplayer at al, you’ll probably have heard at some stage Drake utter the strange line “Kitty got wet”. Ever wonder where it came from? Watch this video, which is actually from Comic-Con 2009, but as with many things buried in these kinds of panels contained something awesome that’s only being noticed…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2011 -
The Wii Balance Board Is Back in Black
I have a Wii Balance Board. I have not used it for years. Maybe things would be different if there were more games for it. Maybe things would be different if it came in a different color—like black. According to website Eurogamer, Europe is getting a black Balance Board bundle that comes with Wii Fit…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2011 -
This Aliens Game lets you Perform Bishop’s Badass Knife Trick
Aliens Infestation, for the Nintendo DS, was already looking like one of the last interesting games for the handheld, since it brings back fond memories of Konami’s excellent side-scrolling Aliens arcade game of 1990. Now, though, after seeing this mini-game, it may be one of the last must-have games for the DS. Infestation ships with…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2011 -
Last Week, I Killed the Red Baron In my Living Room
What a coincidence. No sooner does Crecente spend the weekend playing tabletop games than I go and do something similar. Only instead of fighting a messy, dirty ground war, I took to the skies with Fantasy Flight Games’ Wings of War Why? Well, I had a taste for biplane combat, and since nobody has made…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2011 -
Kotobukiya and the Art of Kick-Ass Figure Making
Lots of countries make statues and figurines. Lots of countries make excellent ones, too. Yet, there is something about Japanese sculpted figures of game and anime characters that’s so damn good. In particular, Kotobukiya’s figures are top notch. But why? Previously, Kotaku touched on Japan’s fascination with sculpted characters and the influence of traditional Japanese…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2011 -
Get Ready for Skyrim With the Game’s Perks, Racial Traits
While the next game in the Elder Scrolls series won’t be out until November, you can start preparing for your adventures now with this list of the game’s perk trees and specific racial abilities. Collated by fan site theelderscrollsskyrim, it’s not complete, but it’s close enough to get you started. Looks like i’ll be playing…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2011 -
Battlefield 3’s PC and, Ahem, PS3 Versions Compared
It’s OK to laugh, you know. Battlefield 3: Caspian Border Playstation 3 Trailer [AnonymousHikki] Battlefield 3 PC vs. PS3 Comparison of the Day [TDW] You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2011 -
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Puts the “Fun” in “Funicular”
I learned a lot of things while playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I learned that it is always better to stun than to kill (unless I’m fighting a boss battle), I learned that the easiest way to get from a rooftop to street-level anywhere in China is to jump, and I learned that if I…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 26, 2011 -
Cardboard Warfare II
Greetings, Kotaku. If you’re sick of reading about or talking about video games, this is the post for you. Everything’s open for discussion here, regardless if it falls outside the video game, sci-fi, comic book and snack circles. For instance, I’d really like to show you Cardboard Warfare II, which you can see in the…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 26, 2011 -
The Week In Dangerous Games: Skyrim Binge Drinking, Kirby Rump Shaking and Diablo III‘s ‘Flesh-Impact Sounds’
How are new and upcoming video games potentially offending us now? In mostly the same old ways: with excessive violence and gore, earfuls of foul language, smoking, drinking and “suggestive themes,” sometimes known as sex Thankfully, the people of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board often provide us with clear, concise and colorful descriptions of the…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 26, 2011 -
In Moneyball, Activision’s Bobby Kotick Plays a Familiar Role
To call Bobby Kotick’s appearance in Moneyball a cameo is a bit of a misnomer. The Activision boss has two significant scenes in the sports flick and plenty of lines as Stephen Schott, the former co-owner of the Oakland Athletics. It’s not to say Kotick plays much of a character, but he doesn’t have to.…
By Owen Good Published September 26, 2011 -
Order Renegade Ops on PC, Get Gordon Freeman’s Half-Life 2 Buggy
It’s a far cry from a Half-Life 3 announcement, but PC gamers around the world will get a free bonus in their Steam version of Avalanche’s downloadable blast-em-up Renegade Ops: Gordon Freeman’s iconic buggy. The buggy is cool-looking, but its best feature is surely its ability to summon Ant-Lions and sic ’em on enemies. Don’t…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 26, 2011 -
What Is PlayStation’s Mysterious ‘Long Live Play’ Teaser All About?
The PlayStation folks are promising we’ll “See beyond the doors”—the doors at the tail end of the above teaser clip—on October 5, 2011. What brand of video game hype is this? And should we be expecting something amazing next week? Well, let’s see what’s in the above mystery clip. There’s Sweet Tooth’s van from Twisted…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 26, 2011 -
In Game Design, Sometimes You Have To Fake It ’till You Make… The Gunstringer
Some of the best ideas are born of strange, stressful circumstances. Case in point: Twisted Pixel’s inspired and highly enjoyable new Kinect game The Gunstringer. To hear Twisted Pixel CEO Mike Wilford and chief creative officer Josh Bear tell it, the two of them came up with the idea for the game… during their pitch…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 26, 2011 -
(Teeny Tiny) War!
Warhammer –This weekend marked my return to table top miniature gaming. I starting to dig into Flames of War, but I suspect a return to Warhammer is inevitable. Taking the Taboo Out of Mature Gaming It’s like clockwork; Moments after popping open any game that has a mature rating, my 10-year-old son seems to appear…
By Brian Crecente Published September 26, 2011 -
Turn Those Empty Calories Into Double XP with Modern Warfare 3 Mountain Dew & Doritos
Snack enthusiasts will have a powerful advantage over their non-snacking multiplayer rivals in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, thanks to Doritos and Mountain Dew’s “Rank Up Your Game” scheme. It turns the consumption of nacho cheese flavored chips and carbonated beverages into cold, hard experience points—twice as many, 15 minutes at a time. The…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 26, 2011