Adventure Game Somehow Does The Sensible Thing On Kickstarter

Lioness is an indie adventure game that, I guess because its trailer makes it look pretty great, has easily blown past its Kickstarter goal. Instead of going bananas and promising MORE LEVELS and MORE PLATFORMS, though, the three guys behind it are keeping it cool. And the game should benefit as a result. “We disagree…

For One Day, Watch Dogs Looks Terrible

This isn’t a machinima video from 2008. It’s actually a trailer for Watch Dogs that Ubisoft released today. In 2013. The game’s looked great on PC and next-gen hardware, but this clip – showing what’s surely current-gen footage – suggests that more than a few concessions have had to be made to squeeze the game…

Please, Nintendo, Make A 3DS That Looks Like This

Nintendo’s made some killer hardware over the years, but my favourite of the lot is probably the Game Boy Micro they released done up in a Famicom colour scheme. It’s just…ungh. So gorgeous. This is something similar for the 3DS. It’s sadly just an external case, though, one made by Datel, and while it’s got…

Check out this cool article at Mental Floss about humble origins of Oregon Trail, which would go on to become the greatest dysentery and river-fording simulator of all time.

Somehow, This Fantastic The Last of Us Film Isn’t Official

Two days of shooting footage. One week of editing. It’s hard to believe that this small team was able to get The Last of Us so right as a film despite lacking the game’s huge budget, but they did. It’s curious, too, watching IRON HORSE CINEMA PRODUCTIONS‘s fan film. One of the biggest criticisms of…

Being An Adult Pokemon Trainer Must Suck

Imagine you’re an adult in the Pokemon world. You have a family, you have bills to pay, and you have a love for Pokemon. So you battle, even though it might not be the most “responsible” thing to do. You can swing it, right? Not when there’s a bunch of young punks going around who…

Iron Man 3 As A 16-Bit Game Looks Totally Rad

Unfortunately, this montage of scenes from what appears to be a retro Iron Man game aren’t real. They’re just a thing that started out as an art project by movieclipsTRAILERS, meant to showcase their appreaciation of Iron Man, retro games and the 1990s. Alas. I would have played that rad-looking game. At least now I…

Don’t Ask Why Sonic Is In Ocarina of Time. Just Go With It.

Today’s glitched-out delight from Vinesauce isn’t a nightmare, like it tends to be.Having Sonic star in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time instead of Link—and making sure the character model goes fast—is more of an absurd hilarity. But that’s okay. We already got an unsettling corruption ofOcarina of Time. Besides, would nightmare glitches give…

Book Review: To Understand Next-Gen Consoles, Look To The Dreamcast

As E3 made abundantly clear, we are on the cusp of the transition to a new console generation. What consoles can do, how they are made, and what they are used for are topics of constant discussion. But the machinations of how a console is put together are unclear to the public. People often conflate…

Super Meat Boy Would Be a Bad Movie, but Its Pitch Meeting is Gold

When the creators of Super Meat Boy were approached by a Hollywood guy who said their game would make for a great movie, they thought they smelled a scam. Who knows what the script-shopper really had in mind, but being clowned for nearly an hour in a Skype conference (audio above) probably wasn’t a goal.…

Watch Us Play Brothers, A Game Where You Try To Save Your Father

So far, Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons isn’t a particularly challenging game, yet it demands more of my attention than most games by asking me to control two characters at the same time. The presentation is excellent, and I love watching all the different animations when the two brothers interact with people in the…

Cool It With The Dumb Video-Game Graffiti

You’re in the midst of a bloody uprising, fighting not just for your freedom but for your life. The air is rank with the stench of battle. At every turn, people are dying. There’s a brief respite from the fighting, and you take the opportunity to grab your spray-paint can and leave a message on…

This video breaks down how classes will work in the upcoming Payday 2. This game was totally off my radar until I read Stephen’s E3 preview, and now I’m really looking forward to checking it out.

Dark Souls Looks Even More Terrifying In First-Person

Dark Souls, a game infamous for its grueling difficulty, is even scarier when you make it first-person. This isn’t exactly playable, according to YouTuber SOULSLASHA, but it sure is terrifying nonetheless. Enjoy!

When Microsoft and Sony Battle, eSports Wins

In this two-part interview I sit down with CEO of Major League Gaming Sundance DiGiovanni and we talk about next-gen consoles, the future of Call of Duty in the eSports scene, and much more. If you rather jump around in each video in accordance to what topics interest you most, I’ve listed them out here…

Behold, Ridiculous Penis Physics

There’s been a lot of talk recently about the (unfortunate) boob jiggling in Lightning Returns Meanwhile, games like Mount Your Friends quietly launch onto Xbox Live Indie Games, initially passing under the radar here at Kotaku. If you haven’t seen this game before, going by the description alone, it doesn’t sound so ridiculous. The Steam…

It’s Important to Feel Like Batman When You Play A Game As Batman

“What would Batman do?” That’s a driving principle behind the upcoming game Batman: Arkham Origins. And, sure, that’s what the people making any game about a famous character are going to say. Still, how do they do that? Part of it is having you control a guy that looks like Batman. Part of it is…

Adorable Last of Us Plushies Will Infect You With Cuteness

Aw, look at Ellie’s little comic book! Look at Joel’s little bricks! These adorable Last of Us plushies are by deviantARTist viciouspretty, who says she bought a PS3 just to play the game. Here they are in greater detail: Double-aww. (Source: ALBOTAS via Technabob)

Black Nerd Subconscious, or What Went Into My Dream Last Night

This morning, I woke up from a dream to answer nature’s call. My first waking thought was, “Whoa, I need to get back to that dream.” Because, in that dream, I was going to deliver an impromptu lecture to a packed loft-style apartment—with Joe Kelly, Gail Simone and, Jesus H. Christ, one of my all-time…

A Dark, ‘Next-Gen’ Mario Could Look Like This

Created by the people at creative agency 8-Bit Ego, this is what they call a “next-gen” take on Super Mario. In other words, it’s a darker, grittier version of the plumber’s surreal world. The video is fun to watch, and this is an interesting look at something that Nintendo will never, ever make. (For the…