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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Another day, another round of Talk Amongst Yourselves. Lets talk about videogames! Prof.Gast is on a roll this week! Thanks for a really neat image. Wanna get your TAYpic on Kotaku? Submit your pic to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
By Mike Epstein Published May 18, 2011 -
1,000 Gears of War 3 Beta Bullets Fired For Every Chainsaw Kill
Microsoft is crowing this morning about Gears of War 3 becoming the fastest pre-ordered video game in history, which is one of the silliest-sounding records any marketing team has ever claimed for a game, up there with whenever some suit decides to wrap a game in tin foil and declare it the shiniest game ever.…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 18, 2011 -
An iPhone Game You Can Win, Even If You Can’t See
Close your eyes and play an iPhone game. With Stem Stumper, a game made for both blind and sighted gamers, you can do that. Play it by sound, and you can win. Stem Stumper is a puzzle game made by Ananse Productions, a small game-making outfit in Massachusetts driving toward the goal of making video…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 18, 2011 -
Whenever New Hardware Launches, People Get Excited
All Systems Go | MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: The PlayStation 2 launched Down Under on November 29, 2000. (Photo: Robert Cianflone | Getty) Shoot Targets to Get Duke Nukem Girls Topless Putting new meaning in “flash game”, Duke Nudem is a browser title in which players shoot targets in a game of strip shooting. Winning peels clothes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2011 -
Super Robot Wars OG Ready to Destroy the PS3
There’s a yet another new Super Robot Wars OG game, and this one is heading to the PS3. Battle scenes will feature 2D characters against 3D backgrounds, that aim to improve the visual experience, making it not only look better, but smoother. Super Robot Wars: Original Generation was, ahem, originally released in Japan in 2002.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2011 -
Some Person’s 3DS Has Wrinkled Buttons (Does Yours?)
The 3DS is an expensive, beautiful piece of gaming hardware. Because it’s so expensive, owners might be prone to notice the smallest things. One gamer in Japan apparently has a paint issues with the Dpad and a button on the Nintendo 3DS. The paint on the Dpad looks warped; a line of some sort appeared…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2011 -
Ten Years of Crappy Tasting Pokémon Bread
Back in 1999, Japanese bread maker First Baking launched Pokémon bread. Here is a collection of commercials from 1999 to 2009. While the ads got better (they really did!), the bread didn’t. Kids buy the bread for the stickers, not the taste. If the Japanese word for bread (“pan”) sounds vaguely familiar to Portuguese speakers,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2011 -
Shoot Targets to Get Duke Nukem Girls Topless
Putting new meaning in “flash game”, Duke Nudem is a browser title in which players shoot targets in a game of strip shooting. Winning peels clothes off your female rival. Losing, theoretically, gets you naked. There’s AK-47 totting Stacy, shotgun Jo, Vicky with her MP5 and the unlockable Rose and her M-16. As prizes, players…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2011 -
Your Guide to the Fancy Hats of LA Noire
The real stars of LA Noire aren’t the cops, or the cars, or the bloody deceased. They’re the fancy hats, of which there are surely more in this single game than there are in every other ever made. Put together. Being so critical to both your enjoyment and understanding of the game, then, we figured…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2011 -
The PSN Is in Maintenance Mode
Just a heads up, the website log-in for PlayStation Network is throwing up a notice that the server is currently down for maintenance. According to Sony, “Fortunately we have got ISPs to release outstanding emails; unfortunately, a small amount of maintenance is required to improve this process.” Sony will let players know when the PSN…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2011 -
A Map of Half-Life 2‘s City 17 (and Beyond!)
Between all the running and riding in little boats and more running you end up covering quite a lot of ground in Half-Life 2! What makes this somewhat unique, though, is that you do it all in immediate succession. There’s no cutscenes where you jump in a helicopter and reappear 1,000 miles away, or hitch…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2011 -
Soulcalibur V Is Getting How Many Fighters?
According to the latest Famitsu, the development team want at least 26 characters, including unconfirmed guest characters. The game will have unspecified gameplay changes, too. It’s due for 2012 and currently only 10 percent completed. [Siliconera]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2011 -
Your Eyes May Not Survive These Uncharted Figures
If you had to ask people which game series they’d most want action figures based on, your top answer would be Half-Life. Your number two, though, would be Uncharted, so it’s a shame to see these are the first plastic representations of the game’s characters. They’re part of the Minimates line of Minifig-like toys, designed…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2011 -
Nintendo Fakers, You Got to Do Better Than This
For those who checked the internet when the Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii launched, you’ll remember the fake “secret presentation” photos. They were typically either bad photoshops or bad photos showing new hardware presentations. That was over five years ago, before the proliferation of high quality camera phones. It’s 2011, new hardware is incoming, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2011 -
Mass Effect 2’s “Interactive Comic” is Now On The Xbox 360
Because the PS3 will most likely never see the first Mass Effect, when Mass Effect 2 hit Sony’s console developers BioWare had to include an interactive comic to help players make the choices that defined their character’s actions. Xbox 360 and PC players made those choices while actually playing the first Mass Effect, but since…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2011 -
Let’s Check Out the Resident Evil Restaurant
To mark Resident Evil‘s 15th anniversary, Capcom turned Tokyo airsoft gun shooting bar EA into a S.T.A.R.S.. It’s kind of pricey! The bar is decked out in elaborate Resident Evil style. The guns are cool, the crows a nice touch, but those zombie wall stickers are mood killers. Ditto for the expensive eats. Besides the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2011 -
Fable’s Creators Reckon Pre-Owned Sales are Worse Than Piracy
With experience on both the PC and Xbox 360, Fable studio Lionhead is well aware of the pitfalls of both platforms. And feels one pitfall is deeper than the other. “Piracy these days on PC is probably less problematic than second-hand sales on the Xbox,” Lionhead’s Mike West told Eurogamer. “I’ve been working on PC…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2011 -
Chinese Toymaker Forced to Apologize for Gundam Ripoffs
China loves Gundam. But China doesn’t always love copyright law. That can be a problem! Bandai Namco, owner of the Gundam toy license, took China’s Hongli All Toys to court in 2009 for knocking off the famed Japanese mechs. Even before the lawsuit’s final ruling, Gundam clones continued to pop up in the Mainland. Copyright…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2011