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Diggin’ Out
How’s everybody holding up under the weight of all that snow? We’re talking to you, northeastern Kotaku readers and everyone else who wants to join in on some off-topic conversation. Things are cool and comfortable here in Florida, where blizzards tend not to happen. It’s a little frosty, but nothing tough video games media types…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 27, 2010 -
Super Meat Boy Hacked Into Super Smash Bros.
The Wii release of Super Meat Boy is looking grim, but resourceful Super Smash Bros. Brawl hackers find a way to get the blocky man of meat into Nintendo’s beat ’em up. There’s not much meat to this clip showing off the Brawl hack, via Destructoid, but it goes to show you that Kirby is…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 27, 2010 -
Holiday Wishes From Double Fine Have Two Games Under Wraps
Brutal Legend makers Double Fine wish you a happy holiday, with visions of Stacking and Costume Quest under the tree, plus possible hints about the next two downloadable games coming from the developer’s “Amnesia Fortnight” project. Any guesses?
By Michael McWhertor Published December 27, 2010 -
More Games Hack, Slash & Jiggle Their Way Into Early 2011
The first three months of 2011 are full of Musou flavor, courtesy of Dead or Alive and Dynasty Warriors publisher Tecmo Koei. It might also squeeze in a pair of Nintendo 3DS games, right around the 3D handheld’s launch. Tecmo Koei has at least three games arriving in North America by the end of March,…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 27, 2010 -
The Last Monday of 2010!
To: Ashcraft From: Crecente Tristan left cookies for Santa too…. and an iPhone set up to record video of anyone who ate them. 😀 What you missed last night The CityVille How To: A Guide to Building the City of Your Dreams The Year In Motion Control Video Games: The Hype, The Horror, The Happiness…
By Brian Crecente Published December 27, 2010 -
A Rare Look At What The Legend of Zelda Used To Be
A prototype version of The Legend of Zelda—or Zelda no Densetsu, if you’re a Famicom owner—has been released by the folks at The Lost Levels forums, a Nintendo curiosity that offers an early look at the NES classic. This version of the original 8-bit Legend of Zelda was for the Famicom Disk System, the add-on…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 27, 2010 -
Awesome Duke Nukem Fan Film Has The Right Amount Of Smoking, Strippers
What would be the necessary ingredients for a Duke Nukem movie? Alien invasions, scantily clad women, cigar smoking and action hero swagger, all of which are on display in fan film The Duke: Fate of Humanity. Directed by Finnish filmmaker Paul J. Helin, The Duke: Fate of Humanity is a “nod towards the toughest bad-ass…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 27, 2010 -
If an alien invasion really happened, we’d be dead instantly
In movies humans fight off alien occupation forces, explode alien ships, and mind-control aliens with the power of love. How on earth can we think that would happen? In Falling Skies, Noah Wyle is all set to fight off an alien invasion with the power of being a gosh darn nuisance. It’s actually one of…
By Esther Inglis-Arkell Published December 27, 2010 -
Kmart Rings In The New Year With Gaming Deals
Kmart has discounted games like Goldeneye, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Epic Mickey as part of a sale lasting from now until the end of the year. For those of you not counting, that’s five days from now. If you got a Visa gift card for Christmas and find yourself on the wrong side…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 -
The One-Man Super Mario Galaxy Orchestra
Super Mario Galaxy has a rather impressive orchestral soundtrack. Composer, violinist, and cosplayer Diwa de Leon makes it even more impressive by performing it all by himself. I haven’t been this impressed by one man performing video game music since Danny Fong’s amazing rendition of the Pokemon theme song. Danny only used his voice, however,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 -
The Golden Sun Family Tree May Come In Handy
If you found Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for the Nintendo DS under the Christmas tree this weekend and found your familiarity of the previous two Game Boy Advance games and their characters a bit rusty, this family tree may help. Nintendo breaks down the relationships between Golden Sun, Golden Sun: The Lost Age and the…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 27, 2010 -
High Praise For The Fiction Of Assassin’s Creed
In our first post-Christmas Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter TheolaRegulus keeps the mood festive by giving thanks to Ubisoft for keeping the plot of the Assassin’s Creed series together across many mediums. I gotta hand it to Ubisoft with the Assassin’s Creed series. For years I’ve been following games that are supposed to have a big,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 -
Important Twisted Metal Questions Answered
While you were busy opening presents, David Jaffe and the crew at Eat Sleep Play were crunching like mad on the new Twisted Metal, yet he still had time to answer fans’ pressing questions about the next generation of vehicular combat. The outspoken creator plumbed the minds of IGN and GameSpot readers, NeoGAF posters, and…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 -
Tekken Trivia Can Come In Handy When Being Tortured
Turns out the story of a fighting game can be worth something, as illustrated by Israeli television series “Hasamba 3 G.” In this snippet from the show, spotted by SDTekken, the Mishima clan from Tekken get name-dropped for laughs. Remember kids, when you need to bluff your way out of electroshock torture, knowledge of a…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 27, 2010 -
Local News Scares Parents With Kinect Sex Game
Microsoft has already taken action to block developer ThriXXX’s adults-only girl-groping Kinect game from PC release, but that hasn’t stopped the El Paso, Texas Fox affiliate from terrifying parents with the thought of their young children touching virtual breasts. ThriXXX began showing off technical demos for a Kinect-enabled girl fondling simulator earlier this month, with…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 -
An Interactive Interpretation of WikiLeaks’ Theory of Conspiracy by Governance
Leaky World attempts to turn Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange’s essay on conspiracy into a computer game. Assange’s wacky essay “Conspiracy as Governance” seems to argue for complete transparency as a way to construct a new social order and achieve truth, love and self-realization. When these theories make the leap to interactive computer game, they become…
By Brian Crecente Published December 27, 2010 -
Bring A Motion Sickness Bag To The 3D Revolution
Motion picture companies want you to watch movies in 3D. Sony wants you to play games in 3D. Soon 3D entertainment will be everywhere, and so will the vomit. Are you susceptible to cybersickness? Between five and ten percent of people cannot see 3D properly, and they may be the lucky ones. According to Marc…
By Mike Fahey Published December 27, 2010 -
Charity Computer Game Pack Rakes in $1.8 Million
Despite tough times and a nasty U.S. recession gamers continue to come through, this time for a collection of games discounted in the name of charity. The second Humble Indie Bundle managed to pull in $1,823,301.66, topping the first Humble Indie Bundle which brought in about $1.2 million. That works out to 232,849 purchases of…
By Brian Crecente Published December 27, 2010