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A Tale Of Two Blinkys
Pac-Man and The Simpsons make for a great combination in Aled Lewis‘ new series of mash ups. Check out his Bonnie & Clyde and Inky illustrations. Related Rampages: How They Died | Daywalker Blinky by Aled Lewis / fatheed (Flickr) (Behance) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 3, 2011 -
Kinect Offers New Ways To Torment Little Brothers
What may be most surprising about this video in which a younger brother is thoroughly griefed by his elder brothers, but that he’s such a good sport about not being able to play Kinect in peace. It may also be the first recording of a Kinect griefing via Shake Weight, pirate sword and glass of…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 3, 2011 -
CES 2011 Brings Us The First Of The Kinect Clones For PC
Computer hardware manufacturer ASUS has teamed up with the makers of Kinect‘s camera technology, PrimeSense, to bring controller-free, gesture-based gaming to your PC this year, a product it will show off at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show. It is, essentially, the Xbox 360’s Kinect controller, but with a less graceful name: the WAVI Xtion. The…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 3, 2011 -
Raise A Glass To The Father Of High Fantasy
Today we celebrate the birthday of J. R. R. Tolkien, the English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor whose contributions to English literature forever changed the way we imagine fantasy worlds. Born on January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State (now a part of South Africa), J. R. R. Tolkien took his…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 -
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Already Woefully Out Of Sync With Comic Book Reality
For a while, it seemed that Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: The Fate of Two Worlds could fit into current Marvel Comics continuity. Not that that’s important, despite comics readers (including me) caring a wee bit too much about continuity sometimes. The game and the comics seemed to be lining up okay. Captain America and Magneto,…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 3, 2011 -
Daring Escape Jumper Canabalt Goes Open Source For A Good Cause
If you’ve ever wanted to dig into the guts of Flash game and iPhone hit Canabalt, its creators are giving you that chance, making the indie game open source as part of a charity celebration. Canabalt—and Eliss and Drop 7 and Solipskier and Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor and Osmos—were just responsible for a…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 3, 2011 -
Unlock Black And White’s Star Pokémon Before The Games Come Out
The illusion fox Pokémon Zoroark, star of the Zoroark: Master of Illusions movie, won’t be available through normal gameplay in Pokémon Black and White, but you can get him two months in advance by visiting GameStop. Want to know how? Not only will Pokémon HeartGold, SoulSilver, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum players be able to score…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 -
L.A. Noire Still Has The Best Faces
Rockstar Games still takes some of the best screenshots in video games, so even if their next game L.A. Noire isn’t great — or even if it is — their shots of it will look fantastic. The faces of Detective Phelps and his on-the-beat cronies look great in this new quartet of new screens from…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 3, 2011 -
Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy Sounds Jigglier Than The Original
Did you find the first Dissidia: Final Fantasy lacking in the jiggling cleavage you demand of your fighting games? Good news: the sequel to Square Enix’s Final Fantasy all-star fighter has fleshy fan service in spades! The official ESRB rating for the PSP game, Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy, warns of more “suggestive themes” than the…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 3, 2011 -
Bulletstorm Gives Us One Epic Shower Scene
I don’t know how you should feel about seeing Epic Games president Mike Capps in the shower. I’m still trying to figure out how I should feel about a game that urges me to preorder by calling me “dick tits.” This is the first in a series of promotional videos for Bulletstorm known as “Bulletpoints,”…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 -
The Excellent iPhone Game I Bought Because Of A Misunderstanding
I ask my friend to recommend me an iPhone game. He tells me that Colorbind is interesting, maybe excellent. I nod. I go to iTunes. I download Colorblind. I think it’s great. I compliment my friend’s good taste. Wait. Colorbind? Today I’m showing you the best gaming mistake I made in 2010. This is Colorblind,…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 3, 2011 -
Don’t Skip Your First Shower Of 2011
Since the mid 1820’s stargazers have been watching the skies in early January to catch a glimpse of the annual Quadrantids meteor shower. Are you going to miss out on witnessing a potential 65 to 160 meteors per hour? I know night time is generally gaming time, but you’ll be missing out on a great…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 -
iTunes Chart Toppers: New Year, Old Birds
Angry Birds is still the hottest game on the iPhone and iPad, at least when you look at our weekly ranking of top-grossing games on the platforms. What can knock off these birds? Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: iPhone Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Angry Birds (Clickgamer.com) $0.99 32…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 3, 2011 -
There’s A Trick To Playing R.U.S.E. With Kinect
You won’t be able to play Ubisoft’s strategy game R.U.S.E. using Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect anytime soon, but the PC version is another matter entirely. Here we see multitouch and gesture computing company Evoluce boss Wolfgang Herfurtner navigating the opening battle from Eugen System’s R.U.S.E. using a combination of his company’s software and Microsoft’s motion-sensing…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 -
In Search Of Serious Science Fiction Gaming Epics
In the first installment of the daily Speak-Up on Kotaku for the year 2011, commenter Murkurial wonders why game developers aren’t spending more time exploring the deeply detailed worlds created by science fiction’s greatest authors. What has anyone heard (or what are your thoughts) about a company like Bethesda making a game in the mold…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 -
The Most Disgusting Version Of Doom You’ll Ever See
This stop-motion video starts off innocently enough, but soon the cute Street Fighter homage and sneaker-based racing give way to a version of id Software’s classic Doom made entirely out of raw meat. Warning: Not safe for stomach. I just saved a whole lot of money on lunch by watching this video. It’s the creation…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 -
What If Fallout 3 Was A Japanese RPG From 1987?
Bethesda beats any potential fan-made Fallout 3demakes to the punch by creating its own for the Japanese Fallout website. It’s all in Japanese, but old school role-playing is the universal language. Or not. I can’t understand a thing that’s going on over at the Japanese game site. I can make out a couple of yes…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 -
I Finished These 52 Video Games In 2010
I finished more than 50 video games in 2010. I did not plan to. But here’s the list. As I’ve done for each of the past four years, I’ve assembled the list of games I started playing for fun during the preceding year — some 195 of them — and then bolded the ones I…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 3, 2011 -
Minecraft And Amnesia Vie For Top Honors At The 2011 IGF Awards
The Independent Games Festival has released its list of finalists for its 2011 awards, with Mojang’s world-building Minecraft and Frictional’s Amnesia: The Dark Descent duking it out with three other competitors for the $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize. It’s a testament to the growing power and prestige of the independent development scene that this year’s…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011 -
The Nintendo Download: Colorful Puzzles And Indie Cred
It’s the first Monday of 2011 and Nintendo is ready to take on the new year with five new downloadable games, including Chillingo’s colorful Sneezies for WiiWare and a little indie cred on the DSi. The brightest on WiiWare this week looks to be Sneezies, a Chillingo title that sees players dropping sneezing powder on…
By Mike Fahey Published January 3, 2011