Tattoo spied at the Brighton Tattoo Convention in London last month. It references the lyrics of “Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start” by the Ataris. Picture by Iris James, seen via Hawty McBloggy. More »
In late 2008, a Pennsylvania teenager playing SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals got kicked out of a tournament for using a cheat mod. So he took revenge by crashing the PlayStation web site for 11 days. More »
Even though Tecmo Koei America seems happy to market the fact that Dead or Alive: Paradise is called “cheesy” and “creepy,” the game’s director says it isn’t softcore porn, but a game trying to show that women are “beautiful characters.” More »
This is where Kotaku readers go to talk about the stuff we’re not already posting about. Think of it as the official unofficial Kotaku community forum. More »
Sometimes I wonder if, in the future, a sports commissioner raised among our generation will fire up NBA 2K37 at the end of a terrible week, and let his cares melt away in a league where nothing bad ever happens. More »
The artist who drew the perk images for Fallout 2 recently revealed his deleted concept for the game’s “Childkiller” status. “Even the designer who requested it realised it was a bad idea,” he writes. More »
Plenty of Fileplanet subscribers tipped us to a solicitation that went out overnight, inviting them to “exclusive access into a highly classified Xbox 360 beta event!” beginning March 1. Those who have signed up tell us it is for Blur. More »
Last night a hunk of plastic no one ever played set a sale price record for rare video games. In 1987 it retailed for $US30. And people complain about $US60 price points and used sales today. More »