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Catherine‘s Special Edition Stuffs Your Underwear in a Pizza Box
A game as sexy and strange as Catherine deserves a special edition that accurately reflects the game’s exploration of the pleasures and horrors of love. So Atlus is stuffing underwear into a pizza box and delivering it to your local game store on July 26. Giving Aksys’ Really Naughty Limited Edition of Record of Agarest…
By Mike Fahey Published May 2, 2011 -
Video Games Let You Kill, Abuse Osama
Sunday night a team of two dozen Navy SEALs killed Osama Bin Laden. If all goes as planned, you will soon be able to reenact that head shot in a video game this weekend. KumaWar Episode #107: The Death of Osama Bin Laden is planned for a Saturday release, Keith Halper, the CEO of Kuma…
By Brian Crecente Published May 2, 2011 -
Nintendo Concedes the Wii Struggled with Online, Promises to Improve
Last week, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said he regretted going it alone with the Wii, which was an odd regret given the machine’s massive success. Was something lost in translation? Today, we get a look at how Nintendo itself translated Iwata’s remarks. Suddenly the regret is more clear… and more understandable. The specific problem, Iwata…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 2, 2011 -
Hairdressing, Rival Turf, and the Excitement of Bingo
Style your hair on your DSi, clean up the streets in the Virtual Console, or gather your crew for a non-stop Bingo Party, all in this week’s Nintendo Download. How many times has one of your parties been ruined by the lack of a circular metal cage filled with numbered balls? The sport of depressingly…
By Mike Fahey Published May 2, 2011 -
Jesus Cares Not For Your Console Exclusive Arguments
Today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku comes courtesy of revered commenter JesusChrist, who believes the “more upcoming exclusives” argument to determine which is the superior console is not a valid one . Let us pray. Why do people need to use the “more upcoming exclusives” argument when debating why their console is better? Have we forgotten that…
By Mike Fahey Published May 2, 2011 -
New Osama Bin Laden Game Tops The Charts
The chart-topping game on popular Flash gaming site Newgrounds this morning was, not surprisingly, a video game involving Osama Bin Laden. The user-submitted game, called Mujahedin (play it here), lets players control a suicide bomber, recruited by the now-deceased founder of terrorist group Al Qaeda to attack a U.S. Army base. The player can “praise…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 2, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome to May and a brand new season of Talk Amongst Yourselves. You can talk about video games all you’d like, but please also admire our new artwork. This month’s painting is Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête by William Hogarth. Thanks to reader Mythos for the suggestion. Now, as we do every month,…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 2, 2011 -
Gears is a Study of Mechanic Art
Rolling-ball games, with their single control and simple purpose are another genre perfect for mobile platforms, though it can be hard to stand out with much distinction. That is not a problem faced by Gears an iOS game that marries Marble Madness and H.G. Wells. A gorgeous, easily understandable game, Gears ladles on the visual…
By Owen Good Published May 2, 2011 -
A Striking Contrast
NEWS OF THE DAY | AMERICA: The week’s biggest tech news contrasted with the week’s biggest political news. (Photo by Michael Alipio) Sony Shows That Saying “I’m Sorry” Isn’t Enough in Japan This Sunday, as the Golden Week holidays began in Japan, Sony execs Kazuo Hirai, Shinji Hasejima and Shiro Kambe answered reporters’ questions about…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 2, 2011 -
Sony’s Online Portal Goes Down
Sony Online Entertainment’s PC portal Station.com, home to games like EverQuest and DC Universe Online, is offline. Station.com’s homepage currently reads: We have had to take the SOE service down temporarily. In the course of our investigation into the intrusion into our systems we have discovered an issue that warrants enough concern for us to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 2, 2011 -
All the Creepy Picture Taking You Could Ever Want
In PSP title Photo Kano, you are a high school student who recently got a camera. By building relationships with girls, you can take photos of them in a variety of different situation, including inevitable skimpy pics. Photo Kano is kind of like Pokémon Snap, but not as cute and with bigger tits. So I…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 2, 2011 -
Dragon Quest X Going to Role-Play Next Year?
That’s what Dragon Quest Koichi Sugiyama is shooting for. At a recent Dragon Quest III concert in Japan, Sugiyama said, “I’m aiming for next year and am in the middle of composing music for Dragon Quest.” Sugiyama said he is working hard to get it finished by next year—and it sounds more like he was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 2, 2011 -
Master Chief is Back from Deep Space, and He Looks Great
In this week’s round-up of the best in costume play, we’ve got the star of the Halo series on the loose, a Queen (not a Princess!) from The Legend of Zelda and everyone’s favourite transgender fighting game character. There’s also someone dressed up as Lara Croft (do we go a week without someone paying tribute…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2011 -
When Mario Meets The…Figure Skating World Championships
This is Russian pair Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, competing at the World Figure Skating Championships 2011 held in Moscow. They didn’t just break out the Mario Bros. theme: they won the silver medal to boot.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2011 -
Who Is Team Fortress 2’s Judas?
Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is a work of art. So too is Team Fortress 2. In a way. So it’s only natural to see the two come together like this. Especially when the combatants are wearing their best hats. “The Last Sandwich” by EvGen1us
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2011 -
Which Country Dominates the PSN?
The PlayStation Network is Sony’s global online gaming service. Countries from around the world can access the PSN and game. But which country has the most accounts? Is it Japan? Nope! In light of the recent PSN breach, here is a breakdown of the number of PSN accounts per country: – USA: 31,140,307 – UK:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 2, 2011 -
Classy Documentary Charts the Early History of Video Games
Playing the Revolution is an upcoming documentary series by Italian outfit Junk Food, which chronicles “the Spacewar! milestone to the rise of the 16-bit era”. It’s not some cheap retrospective. This is an in-depth series, each episode an hour long, and is full of interviews with some of the most important founding fathers of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2011 -
Cosplayers Know How to Party, Dream Party
Dream Party, the bi-annual event devoted to beautiful girl games, was held in Tokyo over the weekend. Cosplayers were in attendance, too. According to website Heisei Democracy, the point of Dream Party is for bishoujo companies to raise money through schwag for sale or to build hype for their games. 【コスプレ速報】魔法少女まどか☆マギカ多し！「DreamParty東京2011春」コスプレ ダイジェスト [moeyo.com]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 2, 2011 -
Star Wars & Sworcery Is Something That Would Be Welcome Around Here
Artist Slaterman23 has taken an everlasting love (Star Wars) and a love that’s very much of this moment (Sword & Sworcery) and combined the two. Thanks, Slaterman23! His series of works called Star Wars Pixel Posters reimagine some characters from the classic trilogy as characters drawn in the style of the brilliant iPad/iPhone game, complete…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 2, 2011