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It’s A Zombie Apocalypse… Wedding?!
What could be more romantic than being on the run with the love of your life as you’re chased down by flesh-ripping zombie hordes? That’s the concept behind this “Left 4 Dead inspired” wedding photo shoot. Manila-based photographer Jervy Santiago tells Kotaku that the subjects of his Left 4 Dead-inspired session, Ingle and Aimee, love…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 18, 2011 -
The Day Guitar Hero Died
I’ll never forget where I was when I heard that a plane had crashed in an Iowa cornfield, with Izzy Sparks, Johnny Napalm, and Lars Ümlaüt aboard. Here’s “The Day Guitar Hero Died,” by The Warp Zone, a tribute to the one-time phenomenon killed last week by Activision. Not to damn it with faint praise,…
By Owen Good Published February 18, 2011 -
This Is What Virtua Fighter 5 Looks Like Now, With Liquid Metal
Sega keeps Virtua Fighter alive (in Japan at least) with yet another update to the seminal 3D fighting game. What does Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Version A bring to the beat ’em up? Dural, maybe? The series’ shiny boss makes a brief appearance at the end of this new trailer for Sega’s latest update…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 18, 2011 -
Play “Human Tetris” with This Kinect Mod
Here’s another Kinect mod from the “Why haven’t they thought of that already?” file. This is a take on “human tetris,” one of the premises of Fuji TV game show Tonneruzu, albeit without boat horns, chortling audience, and a Japanese Chuck Barris as the host. Simple concept: The screen sends a virtual wall at you,…
By Owen Good Published February 18, 2011 -
Duke Nukem Says Hello
John St. John is SO going to be my new ringtone. “Kotako Kotako Kotako” Excellent. North Korean cryptogram in comments. Or soon will be, as promised. Angry Birds, Cut The Rope and Now… Bugs Wars? Shooters struggle to work on the iPhone and iPad because the people who play these sorts of games most, people…
By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2011 -
King’s Quest Finds A New Life
The long dormant King’s Quest series will soon get a new lease on life, thanks to Telltale Games. Add that classic Sierra franchise to Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, The Walking Dead and Fables on the long list of Telltale projects. And add a few more to that too. Telltale Games will also be…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 18, 2011 -
A Vegas Club Offers a ‘Wine List’ of Vintage Games
The idea, says Christopher LaPorte, is you’ll come into his club, sit on a large, luxurious couch, and examine a list handed to you by an attractive cocktail waitress. You’ll then say something like, “I’ll have the Mega Man 3, 1990. Please bring two controllers.” “I really want it to be like a wine list,”…
By Owen Good Published February 18, 2011 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I’ve dusted off the old PSP—and I gotta tell ya, it was disgustingly dusty—to play some Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together this weekend. Anybody else up for some turn-based strategy? That’s a genre I rarely find myself with the time and patience to play anymore, as I tend to do most of my gaming…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 18, 2011 -
The Bloodiest Football Game You’ll Play Today
While it’s not the most accurate representation of American football, Milkstone Studios’ Zombie Football Carnage still has all the right moves – just a little bloodier. Zombie Football Carnage hit the Xbox Live Indie Games store today, and its colorful Castle Crashers-style graphics caught my eye immediately. The you play a little football helmet wearing…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2011 -
At Last, You Too Can Understand The Confusing, Bewildering Slam Bolt Scrappers
I’ve written about Slam Bolt Scrappers before. It’s got a weird name, but it has merited my attention — and yours. I picked it as one of my two favorite unreleased games from last year’s PAX Eat gaming convention (the other was Monday Night Combat). I’ve tried hard to explain it. But the game is…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 18, 2011 -
Now You Can Play Gran Turismo 5 On Five HDTVs
The makers of Gran Turismo updated their real driving simulator for the PlayStation 3 earlier today, bringing with it a ton of fixes and features. It also included something for Gran Turismo 5‘s most serious players, multi-monitor support. Yes, you can now play Gran Turismo 5 on up to five monitors at once, provided you…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 18, 2011 -
Five Upcoming iPhone And iPad Games Worth Looking Forward To
We do our best to tell you about wonderful iPhone and iPad games that have just been released, but we don’t often get a chance to play a batch of good ones early. At an event in New York City I got to try a lot of February and March iOS games from EA and…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 18, 2011 -
You’ve Been Awarded A Medal of Honor Sequel
“Yes, Danger Close is currently working on the next Medal of Honor,” writes the capably bearded exec producer of the modern day reboot of EA’s shooter series. Danger Close’s Greg Goodrich has confirmed that Medal of Honor will be coming back. Again. Goodrich says last year’s Medal of Honor has moved “over 5 million copies”…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 18, 2011 -
Are Video Games Turning Liberals Into Virtual Conservatives?
Monica Potts a feminist graduate of an all-girls college that would never take her husband’s name or dream of ending her career to raise children. In the Sims 3 she’s a married mother that stays home with the kids. In a fascinating article on The American Prospect, Potts explores the phenomenon of players like herself…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2011 -
Fancy Pants Adventures Is Making The Computer To Console Leap Quite Nicely
I’ve got to play more Flash games, because, earlier this week, I was that guy who’d never heard of Internet phenomenon Fancy Pants Adventures and thought I was seeing a brand-new Xbox Live Arcade game. Nope, Brad Borne, developer of the Flash hit Fancy Pants Adventures told me as he was handing me an Xbox…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 18, 2011 -
Kick to the Balls, Jelly Cars and a StarCraft Clone
Topping my list of gaming apps I need to check out this week is the StarCraft clone McWhertor wrote up yesterday. Much to my own surprise, Flick Kick Football is somehow number two. Here’s your look at this week’s Gaming Apps of the Day. Starfront: Collision Does A Great StarCraft II Impression On iPhone A…
By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2011 -
Light-Absorbing Anti-Lasers Could One Day Rule Your Computer
Scientists at Yale University have created the world’s first anti-laser, a device in which two beams of light clash together, ultimately cancelling each other out. How could such a device change the way we do our computing? A laser is a device that emits a focused beam of light using a process of optical amplification.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2011 -
Will Wright: YouTube is the Collective Dreams of a World
Will Wright: Game designer, Montessori adherent, Robot Wars Champion… YouTube Curator? Earlier this week Wright announced that he has been asked to start curating YouTube, something he says is a little odd because he thinks it defeats the purpose of the video viewing service. “YouTube in a sense to me represents the collective dreams of…
By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2011 -
How Samurai Warriors 3DS Plays While You’re Not Playing
With the Nintendo 3DS’s innovative new Street Pass feature, developers now have to figure out how their games will play when the players aren’t playing. In Samurai Warriors Chronicles, your 3DS will fight your battles for you. Street Pass is the Nintendo 3DS feature that allows your 3DS to communicate with other players’ systems while…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2011