What If The Internet Could Fit Inside a Game Boy?

Then it would look like this, and the world would be a much cooler place. gameboy-soft-fake [3liter, via Tiny Cartridge]

These Guys Are Already Playing (Some of) Black Ops 2

While not the full game (impossible, since it’s not even done yet), some enterprising types have managed to get hold of a demo for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. And proceeded to do what you’d expect. Namely, we get a video with the worst soundtrack on Earth, obnoxious overlays of developer interviews…

I Played These Games Last Week. What Did You Play? Anything Good?

I didn’t think I’d be playing much of anything new last week, so I went and reinstalled the wonderful DarthMod for Empire Total War and imagined seven days spent conquering the world. Didn’t happen! These games happened instead. MADDEN 13 – Fun fact: despite my inherent Australianness, I’m actually a massive NFL fan. So I…

The Week In Games: … And a Fight Broke Out

Unless you’re looking to dance with a basketball, this week’s big releases involve a two-person tango with fists: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 or NHL 13, your choice. Tuesday •NHL 13 (PS3, 360) •Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3 360) •Double Dragon: Neon (PSN) •Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier – Raven Strike (XBLA, PSN) •Transformers: Fall…

Madden‘s Loss of Fantasy Exposes the Reality of Sports Video Games

No one I know seriously plays “Mascot Mashup” in NCAA Football, except for maybe the six-year-old son of a good friend from Oregon, who enjoys slamming the “GoDucks” into 11 of his dad’s Stanford Trees. About the most I ever hear about the mode each year from EA Sports is when a developer jokes that…

These are the Six Playing Pieces of Street Fighter: Monopoly

Vega’s mask, Hadouken, Chun-Li’s wrist cuff, M. Bison, Ryu, and Blanka are take the place of the steam iron, Scottish terrier, top hat, thimble et al. in the specially commissioned Street Fighter: Monopoly version of the board game. Capcom-Unity members chose the six pieces by poll, and they’re included with the game made by USAopoly.…

What to Do When Your Game Accidentally Releases Early? Call It a Beta Test.

Middle Manager of Justice, the latest zany game coming from Double Fine (previewed here by Kirk Hamilton) was one of the most downloaded titles on the iTunes App Store when it released on Tuesday. It just wasn’t supposed to release on Tuesday. While the studio has since pulled the app, it elected to make lemonade…

Madden has 38 “Clutch” Players, but What the Hell Does That Mean, Really?

The NFL is kicking off (checks watch) oh, about nowish. Time for a new season of wins and losses, touchdowns and fumbles, and nonstop clichés from analysts and commentators. One such word is “clutch,” a word that seems to define a top performer in a pinch, but has no real objective measure. It’s an attribute…

Happy 13th Anniversary (of your western release) Dreamcast. Gone, but never forgotten.

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Horsing Around

This week Konami went up-down-left-right-WTF-start when it made you a PlayStation Home offer you couldn’t refuse—horse heads. For, like, no discernible reason other than it’s some crap you can slap on your Home avatar. Lacking any good purpose, we’re going to ask you to invent one, in this week’s Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. Source Image: Konami…

EA Sports Rolls Out Red Carpet for a School Barred From the NCAA 13 Club

The mistaken exclusion of South Alabama, a newcomer to college football’s top division this year, from NCAA Football 13 left EA Sports wiping a crateful of egg from its face back in June. Both USA and the embarrassed label would have to stew for another year, until NCAA 14, before the problem could be solved.…

Sunday Comics: YODO, Too.

Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Virtual Shackles by Jeremy Vinar and Mike Fahmie published Sept. 3.—Read more of Virtual Shackles Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Sept. 3.—Read more of Awkward Zombie…

The Minnesota Vikings’ Chris Kluwe—a World of Warcraft enthusiast—has the right perspective on today’s NFL opener

Talk Amongst Yourselves is where you should go to talk about games, life, and weedeaters that start on the first pull.

Valve Is Testing Out These Crazy Gaming Goggles

The New York Times has a great feature on Valve and some of the things they’ve been up to recently, including these crazy gaming goggles. Here’s how they describe the device: Every way I look, the scene shifts, the battle unfolds. I have a crazy contraption strapped to my head: a boxy set of goggles…

Metroid Returns (Sorta) in The Wii U’s Nintendo Land

There are still no full-fledged Metroid games on the horizon, but Nintendo’s top sci-fi series will at least be featured in one the main attractions of Wii U launch game Nintendo Land. The newest issue of Game Informer reveals that the collection of HD Nintendo-themed mini-games will include Metroid Blast, a fleshed out version of…

Kotaku Shop Contest: Art Restoration—The Winners

All of the art world is abuzz over Caveman Jesus, the kindhearted but totally incompetent “restoration” of a fresco in a Spanish church. Well, if the highway to Hell is paved with good intentions, we’re the road striping crew. So come in and check out Mona Croft, Grand Theft Nighthawks, Hitman Gothic and overall winner…

Pitfall!‘s Creator Likens His Fame to Being a Child Star

There were a lot of one-hit wonders in the 1980s, but David Crane isn’t one of them. The Activision programmer was behind Decathlon for the Atari 2600, Ghostbusters, one of the first great film-to-game adaptations on PC, and later, A Boy and His Blob. But he’ll forever be known as Pitfall!‘s creator, almost typecast as…

Get Your Kicks—the Ones Your Player Wears in NBA 2K13

NBA 2K has a great track record of indulging its players’ shoe fetishes, but according to IGN, it’s going even further in NBA 2K13 NBA 2K13 will add deeper customization options for your created player’s footwear, but the big new feature is its integration with the NikeID website. This means not only can you share…

City of Heroes Takes Its Case to City Hall [Update]

The City of Heroes community has called for a massive demonstration at 5 p.m. EDT in Atlas Park to protest the MMO’s shutdown. [Update] But apparently it’s already begun. That image [h/t mrKetch] shows hundreds now jamming city hall, and reports say the gathering already is large enough to bring down servers. [Second Update] With…