It’s Kotaku After Dark, which means its time for your regular dose of adult (though nothing NAUGHTY) Silent Hill fan art by a super-talented Russian guy. His name’s Mikhail Gluhov, and while his portfolio’s worth checking out just for his angry little rabbits, we’re here for the aforementioned Silent Hill stuff. Like proactive Pyramid Girl here. Or, after the jump, lesbian nurses.
Ahoy! Pull up a chair, grab a coffee, let’s talk. That’s right, it’s Monday, time for around round of TELL US DAMMIT. How it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interesting in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know fucktons about us — more than you even want to, we’re sure. But, hey, we’d like to know about you. That way you won’t be some faceless blob — and we might feel a tinge of guilt when we ban your arse. Or not, because really we’re incapable of human emotion. Whichever!
Question: Do you having any game purchase regrets?
Lazy sods! Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo have announced that, starting May 26, their customers will be able to buy Microsoft Points over their mobile phone. You know how it is. It’s late, you’ve had a few, you feel like playing Rez, then remember you don’t have Rez. And credit card numbers are long, and entering them on a control pad is hard. This would help. It even supports the renewal/payment of your Gold subscription.
Buy Xbox Live Points Through Japanese Cell Phones [Game|Life]
You sitting down, sci-fi nerds? Halcyon – who now own the rights to the whole Terminator franchise – have secured the option to develop a number of films and games based on the works of Philip K Dick. At this stage, two games are planned. There’s no word on just which of Dick’s 44 novels and 120 short stories yet to be adapted (obviously people already own the rights to Total Recall, Minority Report, etc) will be picked up, so fans can go right ahead and start pencilling in their own personal top-fives while we wait for a fleshier announcement.
He’ll be back, several times – possibly [The Guardian]
Chatting with Shacknews, Valve’s Doug Lombardi has given a release date/timeframe for upcoming co-op zombie shooter, Left 4 Dead. Stating the need to give the game the highest level of polish they can reasonably manage – much like they did with Half-Life 2, which was fine-tuned over a 6-7 month period after it was “done” – Lombardi says Left 4 Dead will be out sometime in November.
Valve Interview Part 2: Left 4 Dead Demo Potential, the Evolution of Steam, and More [Shacknews]
Team Ninja’s top ninja Tomonobu Itagaki sure has opinions! Lots of them. Previously, he praised Rockstar’s work on GTA IV and then crapped on his company’s Ninja Gaiden Sigma. And now? Now, he offers his opinion on Devil May Cry and the franchise’s creator Hideki Kamiya:
Pissing contest time! The chaps at Electronic Entertainment Design and Research have compiled some lovely graphs highlighting not only the average review score for each major publisher, but one showcasing the range of scores they’ve received as well. Note that scores only apply to current-gen console titles, so no handheld, PC or PS2 scores count. As you can see, there’s a sizeable gap between the top 5 and the chasing pack, and a sizeable gap between the chasing pack and Atari, who don’t even make the list. Above are the average scores, click through for the score range, which proves to be a little more interesting.
The official Capcom blog confirms what we posted yesterday, that filthy faced Kristin Kreuk is indeed doing her best Chun-Li impersonation in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. They’ve killed us in the resolution department though, offering up a massive 4368 x 2912 pic of Kreuk in scowl mode. As the official blog writes, it’s “perfect for printing and smooching”, as well as determining whether one would “hit it” if given the opportunity. Unfortunately, we have yet to see how sharp her knees are, a very important consideration.
What we did find more interesting than the deep insight into Chun-Li’s pores was the (potentially spoiler-ish) jewellery she’s rocking.
To: Ash, Owen From: McWhertor Re: Shin-chan Explains Proper Poop Etiquette
Sometimes it’s fun to play a few rounds of Who’s Not Crediting Us Now, don’t you think? Sure, I spend a good portion of my day filtering other people’s work, in addition to hunting down original stories, but there’s always an attempt to give credit where credit is due when someone from 1UP or NeoGAF or Variety or wherever breaks some news. Sometimes there’s a slip up and we’re sent a polite, occasionally terse reminder that we goofed, but it tends to be remedied quickly. It’s curious how often we have to remind our British friends that they accidentally neglected to link back to us on a piece of news, whether it’s the odd factoid, white hot Tifa hentai or data-rich quotes from Nintendo execs. Shan’t lose any sleep over it, as I’m going into extended weekend mode and can’t be concerned with such things, despite it being so common over the past fortnight.
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A Week In Comments
2:00PM May 24, 2008 | Brian Ashcraft
Does Brain Age Actually Work? No, Apparently. Comment by Kuraudo Nominated by geekgrrl
This is why there’s no class division in high school between the intelligent and the sporty.
The Cake Goes to Portal’s Commentary Comment by BolognaFire Nominated by sethmad
Imagine: BABIES – Commentary
“A big issue we had with starting off development was deciding who our target audience would be.”