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Trials by Fire
The long-awaited return of RedLynx’s acclaimed Trials series, plus the Xbox 360 release of The Witcher 2, highlights an otherwise light week for core video game releases. Tuesday • The Witcher 2 (360) • Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention (Vita) • Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat (360, PS3) • Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (PC) Wednesday •…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Fez Devs Say They’re Working to Fix Game-Crashing Bugs
After its launch on Friday, “about TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE (!!)” supplied “more testing” than the game had received in the past five years, according to Polytron programmer Renaud Bedard. “So, as it happens, bugs popped up. Some pretty serious.” Among the glitches: complete inoperability on older Xboxes with smaller hard drives; trouble running the game…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Would You Bling Out Your Smart Phone with Retro EA Sports Cases?
Twenty years seems to be a good enough time to start selling back nostalgia to gamers. We’ve seen some old-school EA Sports 16-bit designs on T-shirts and other apparel, sold in the stores the label has opened at airports in Charlotte, N.C. and Salt Lake City. Looks like they’re interested in putting Madden, NHL and…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
PlayStation Network is Down Tomorrow; Don’t Worry, This is Intentional
As PlayStation Network outages this time of year may arouse fears and bad memories, Sony wants everyone to know a 12-hour blackout tomorrow is entirely intentional, and necessary for “routine scheduled maintenance.” The PSN outrage will last from 9 am U.S. Eastern time until about 10 p.m., spanning about 13 hours. “During much of this…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Coloring Outside the Lines of Sports Video Games’ Pretty Picture
Brent Nielsen has a corner office catching 270 degrees of Florida sunshine, and his face lights up whenever you tell him a good golf story. Especially one that happened inside the game he makes, Tiger Woods PGA Tour. “OK, so, I’m a stroke back of Tiger on No. 17 at Augusta,” I open. Nielsen has…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
PAX Ejection
This news happened a little late for it to be properly parodied last week, but there’s no way we’re going to let it pass without a fight this week. A couple of ejections at PAX East seem to be fertile grounds for a ‘shop parody, and if they aren’t, well, we’ve got a cosplaying B.A.…
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UncategorizedTwo Monkeys Play Angry Birds Space—and One of Them Gets Three Stars
These two capuchin monkeys, Sasha and Thor, are mascots for Houston’s Gallery Furniture. Here, some brave iPad owner handed them Angry Birds Space to play. Not only did they not completely break the device, Thor even three-starred a level. See for yourself in the video above. Their Angry Birds technique is remarkably similar to mine,…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Check Out What’s New On Off-Kilter, Our Very Own Comedy Section
Brought to you every Monday, from 3:30pm-5pm (EST), Kotaku ventures to lighten your spirits in Off Kilter. Helmed by Kotaku‘s own Mike Fahey, we bring you funny moments in games, silly fan fiction, and sometimes even the most ridiculous stock photos that make paltry attempts at portraying gamers. And then sometimes Fahey will eat something…
By Tina Amini - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Have you done your taxes yet? Me either. The good news is not only do we have an extra day because April 15 falls on a Sunday, we have an extra two days because tomorrow is Emancipation Day, which is an official holiday in the District of Columbia. Has been since 2005. That means for…
By Owen Good - Culture
Sunday Comics: Mass Effect Retake
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. ActionTrip by Borislav Grabovic and Ure Paul published March 19.—Read more of ActionTrip Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published March 19.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!!…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Inflata-Tank Commander: The Winners
A plushy piece of mechanized armor at PAX East rolled into the ‘Shop Contest last week, seeking orders from our talented artists. Yes, there’s a Tiananmen Square reference inside, but we also have 19 other winners, including first-timer hampstasandwich! Element (5) gets us started with the flying-tanks glitch in Battlefield. JimThePea (8) supplies the obligatory…
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UncategorizedAn Exercise Bike is the Controller for this Mario Kart Mod
Now, this is exergaming with a purpose. Modder Brent Smith of Canada rigged an old exercise bike with some sensors, switches, transistors, and the indispensable Arduino microcontroller, turning the whole thing into a Super Nintendo controller for use in Mario Kart. Pedaling at a certain rate equals holding down the A button for acceleration, and…
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UncategorizedSpace Quest Creators Reunite and Promise a New “Spaceventure”
Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy, creators of the Space Quest series of adventure games by Sierra Online, today announced they were gettin’ the band back together, under the (Two) “Guys from Andromeda” nickname they coined for themselves so long ago. There isn’t much yet to announce in the way of funding, game direction or details,…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
This Sure Does Look Like a Tease of SSX Tricky
Yesterday, the official Facebook page for SSX tossed up that splash image, and the deliberately-worded caption underneath sounds very much like SSX Tricky has a hand in the snowboarding title’s upcoming DLC release. “SSX fans have shown their love for the game’s rich history,” the game’s makers said. “We love that history as well, and…
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UncategorizedTurn a GameCube into a Handheld Thanks to the Magic of Tupperware
This Tupperware cereal container (I think that’s what it is) forms the casing for a fully-functional handheld Nintendo GameCube built by user CKmods of YouTube. You can pop the top off it to get to the guts of the machine, but I wouldn’t advise laying the thing down on its back. That’s because the disc…
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UncategorizedThe Ability to Destroy a Planet is Insignificant Next to the Power of this LEGO Star Wars Street Organ
This enormous cylinder made of LEGO may look like a Katamari wad that rolled through Hoth, Naboo and the Death Star, but it’s actually a drum driving a synthesizer, player-piano style, that plays the main Star Wars theme. As you can see, the middle section and its structures are what appear to be driving the…
By Owen Good
