When I put Total Recall stories together, I use a ton of sources. My memory/brain, for one, but also specialised history and collector sites, weird blogs, books, all kinds of places. Wikipedia is, sometimes, one of those places. It’s also not always the most reliable. A great piece this week over on Hardcore Gaming reminds…
Zombie survival sim DayZ is awesome, but its ability to really follow through on its promise is limited somewhat by the constraints of the game it’s a mod for, ArmA II. The War Z, which has an awful name, sounds like it’s doing much the same thing, dropping people into a zombie-filled world and asking…
It’s testament to just how damn pretty Guild Wars 2 is that, despite me being someone who’d normally rather set my face on fire than play an MMO, I’m quietly excited about sitting down the game. Until that time comes, though, I’m going to have to content myself with watching these intro videos instead. Which,…
Delightful Swedish pair Rymdreglage, whose LEGO videos you may have seen here before, are making another LEGO video. This is a LEGO video about the LEGO video they’re making. In which they left a camera running while they spent 71 hours sorting 65,000 pieces from 100 boxes. Most of it is done by the one…
For a generation of gamers, the words “Metro” and “Moscow” will conjure images of an oppressive, bleak place, a last refuge for humanity against the forces of mutants, darkness and whatever the hell else had been conjured up when we blew up the planet. Which, I think, is a bit of a shame. Because in…
Just a quick public service announcement to let you know that Total Recall, Kotaku’s history feature, is changing timeslots. It’ll now appear between 1am and 2am Eastern, Tuesday through Friday.
Badass Japanese soap opera (and occasionally sublime brawler) Yakuza’s first two games are getting HD re-releases on the PS3. This trailer gives us our first look at the updated editions in action. While many “HD” ports are disappointing, that shouldn’t be a problem for the Yakuza games. After all, outside of cutscenes many parts of…
One of the Zelda series’ most dangerous (and creepy) enemies, the skulltula, is the star of this great piece of art by Asashi-Kami. Bonus: if you like it so much you’d like to wear it on your chest, you can Skulltula [DeviantArt]
What do you get when you cross Optimus Prime with Warhammer 40K’s Orks? A joke with a terrible punchline, I’d wager, but also this amazing custom piece by Singaporean madscuzzy. While it may just look like a slightly modified version of an existing Transformers toy, it’s actually the result of a ton of work on…
Curiosity is the name of the first title legendary designer Peter Molyneux has worked on since leaving Lionhead. This is not a trailer for that game. Well, it is, kind of. It’s brilliant satirist Peter Molydeux’s trailer for Curiosity, which takes Molyneux’s penchant for hype and blows it quite literally out into space.
While there’s official Lord of the Rings (and The Hobbit!) LEGO sets, to keep them affordable and able to fit on a store shelf they’re kept small and fairly basic. So the official Helm’s Deep set looks nothing like this monstrosity Built as a promo centrepiece for a store in Oslo, Norway, Daniel Z’s massive…
BioShock’s Big Daddy enforcers look great, but they’re stuck in the past. All that rust and brass, it’s so 20th century! What they need is a makeoever, bring them up to 21st century standards. Artist Sean Bigham tackled the issue a few years back, and the results are surprisingly tasteful. I especially like the little…
That’s it. No mahine guns today. No more giant robots, no post-apocalyptic landscapes, no bloodthirsty aliens. Today, we’re looking at video game concept art that’s so damn bright and cheerful it’ll put more peps in your step than you’ll know what to do with. It’s all the work of Floriane Marchix, who is currently at…
Following up creepy Christian Bale and tiny Gary Oldman, Hong Kong collectible company Hot Toys will also be releasing incredibly realistic Dark Knight Rises replicas of villain Bane and Batman’s old Tumbler. If you were hoping they’d be available in time to take with you to theatres, though, you’ll be disappointed. Bane ($195) won’t be…
Many Skyrim mods are there to enhance the game in a realistic manner. Better maps, easier menus, improved visuals, etc. This one doesn’t do any of those things. It just turns the game into the most Nordic game of Minecraft you’ve ever seen. Sure, all it really does is add some turn characters in Skyrim…
Video games used to be, quite literally for many in US politics, the devil. Or something very close. These days, though, you’re more likely to hear about developers getting tax breaks than games being banned. That kind of acceptance from a former enemy didn’t happen overnight. It took years of education and lobbying. Oh, and…
It’s easy to do something stupid. It’s harder to publicly apologise and own up to it. In the past 24 hours, nerd rap superstar MC Chris has managed to do both “I don’t have security, I don’t have a manager,” gets uttered at one point. Maybe today has changed his mind on that.
A Hong Kong-based modder known as AnoRelease is claiming to have made a pretty significant change to some PlayStation 3 code, using a highly technical routine to trick a retail console into thinking it was a “debug” unit. UPDATE – More below, but this new exploit only applies to mod-savvy users already using custom firmware,…
Back in 2009, MTV (and G4) were very serious about airing a reality TV series called Game Street, about a couple of guys who ran a video game store. That’s right. Not pregnant teenagers, not moronic party-goers, not suicidal stuntmen, just two guys, trying to make a living selling video games. The store in question…
I only just got done playing a decent 4X space strategy game on the PC, and today along rolls another one. (OK, so the game was actually unveiled last year, but I only just found out about it). That makes this a good day. This one’s called Legends of Pegasus, and it’s being developed by…
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