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What If Metroid Was Really Sad? And Had Hints Of Portal?

You’d have K.O.L.M., a Flash-based, Metroid-style adventure about piecing together a sad little platforming robot. And while K.O.L.M. may feel heavily inspired by some great games, its audio-visual style helps to set this game apart. There’s traditional “Metroidvania” item collecting, shooting, and puzzle-solving, but the tilting camera, the somber soundtrack and a few neat audio…

The Making of Tron Legacy Goes Beneath The Skin

Disney’s Tron: Legacy may have been about as good as the original—which is to say that it’s exceedingly average—but the 2010 follow-up to the ’80s video game adventure was certainly visually dazzling. Thank Digital Domain for that. “The Making of Tron: Legacy” gorgeously shows how some of that movie magic was achieved, like the virtual…

Viva Prey Tree

To: Ash From: Crecente I’m hanging out at Denver airport right now, waiting to catch a flight to Vegas and CES. The art installation in the video above always reminds me of Prey… Denver has such a great airport. What you missed Stunning Pictures Only a Gamer’s Eye Could Have Captured At Long Last, The…

No More Heroes For PS3 Boasts Big Beam Katanas

No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise is coming to North America only on the PlayStation 3 and bringing PlayStation Move controls right along with it. Here’s a new look at Travis Touchdown and Bad Girl of the hi-def No More Heroes. Publisher Konami hasn’t locked down a release date beyond 2011, but we hope they find…

Why Mega Man Doesn’t Use The Toilet

I realize that Mega Man technically doesn’t have to use the bathroom, but if he did he’d likely run into problems like this. Click to view I’m just glad there were no saw blades or air cannons involved.

Two Ryus Ready To Square Off On The Grid

Two more challengers emerge from Kode Logic‘s excellent TRON / Street Fighter collection. RyuTRON takes on his devilish counterpart Evil RyuTRON Related Rampages: Street Fighter TRON | BisonTRON RyuTRON | Evil RyuTRON by Bosslogic (deviantART) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get…

This Is The Killzone Card Game

The Killzone card game is not official. A fan made it, and now you can play it. The game was created by a person who goes by the name pineapple1. He/she writes to Kotaku that “I’m a big Killzone fan. And I also was a big fan of Eye of Judgment. After Sony pulled the…

Chiptunes Artist Dr. Octoroc Doubles Down On 80s Nostalgia

The man behind chippy video game crossover greats like the Jersey Shore RPG, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Game and the best console war fight ever is assaulting your nostalgia with a new project, chiptunes remakes of 80s themes and jingles. Doctor Octoroc’s “After These Messages” was released last month, containing dangerously retro 8-bit remakes of themes…

An Iconic Tournament Finds Its True Voice In A Video Game

You can’t bring The Masters to a video game without CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz, who will be the lead announcer for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters. Nantz vouches for the authenticity of the virtual course, playable for the first time in high definition. EA Sports has used a laser scanning technology, taking three…

The Rift Opens In March

Trion World’s fantasy-flavored massively multiplayer online role-playing game Rift now has a release date of March 1, which sounds like a lovely day for PC gamers to get their Rift on or whatever the kids are calling it these days.

More Spy Shots Of Rumored ‘PlayStation Phone’ Sneak Out

Seemingly more evidence that Sony Ericsson’s long-rumored PlayStation Phone (aka the Xperia Play?) has emerged today in the form of a handful of new shots of the still unannounced device. What’s new? Xperia and PlayStation branding have found their way onto the PlayStation Phone, for one. The device’s menu system also seems to indicate that…

Are You A Video Game Hoarder?

Today in Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Floppy McWiggle wonders if keeping large amounts of video games around the house is hoarding or just love. I spent the weekend building a custom entertainment center for my TV and consoles. I swear it took all weekend, but it was very worth it. This brings me to my…

Some People Would Rather Not Call Video Games ‘Video Games’

Susan Orlean has written wonderfully about an orchid thief and sundry other topics, but she’s avoided video games. Hadn’t played one since Pac-Man. Somehow, she got a Kinect. She likes it for what it’s not. (Hint: What it actually is.) In a December piece for the New Yorker, she describes her brave dip into video…

What Good Is A Computer Processor That Does Bad Math?

One of the core functions of a computer processor is to perform the basic arithmetical functions of the system. Why would we want a processor that gets those basic calculations wrong? Carnegie Mellon’s Joseph Bates has the answer. Your standard computer processor is on the larger side and consumes a fair amount of power, but…

The Illustrated Guide To MineCraft

In the spirit of the new year and all things gaming, I bring to you the Illustrated Guide to MineCraft. This is an instruction booklet meant to capture the spirit of the gaming manuals of old. The intent here is more artistic and for storytelling purposes, as opposed to a technical manual. As such, much…

How About A TV With Built-In Tetris?

With today’s smart television sets capable of packing multiple internet applications directly on the hardware, why not just install games directly on the TV? That’s what Oberon Media is doing with Tetris. Casual gaming company Oberon Media is teaming up with The Tetris Company, LLC to install the world’s most highly-recognized puzzle game on connected…

The Wii Is Also For Burlesque Dancers

The Wii is for your grandma and my nephew. It’s for rugby players and talk show hosts. It’s also for burlesque dancers, according to this Wii commercial. Nothing wrong with that. Just… an unexpected angle, Nintendo. Nintendo Real Stories – Wii – Burlesque [Vimeo]

Were Vector Graphics Ever This Exciting?

Oh for the days when video game advertising consisted of nothing more than people looking so excited their faces were about to explode. Check out the full Vectrex ad at Josborn’s Flickr page Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

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OnLive Gets Built Into Cheap Electronics

Why spend $99 on OnLive’s Microconsole TV adapter when you can buy an inexpensive Blu-ray player with the streaming game service built right in? OnLive teams up with bargain electronics manufacturer VIZIO to bring streaming games to the masses. Today’s televisions and Blu-ray players are shipping with a ton of internet services built into their…