In Real Life

Nathan Drake’s Notebook Is For Sale On eBay

A timely auction taking place now on eBay has a hand-made replica of Nathan Drake’s notebook from Uncharted 2 on sale for £230 ($354). A UK art student recreated it, page-for-page, from the virtual one players may peruse in the game.


November 5, 2011
PC

Leaked Copy Of Modern Warfare 3 Sells For $1725 On eBay

There’s only four days until you’re officially allowed to buy Activision’s latest blockbuster FPS. That’s 96 hours. Yes, K-Mart in the US stuffed up and let some units slip out into the wild, where they’ve been spotted on eBay. But, you’d be playing such a copy at your own risk, at least if you don’t want severe Xbox Live repercussions.


October 14, 2011
News

Blizzard Auctions Off Entire Worlds Of Warcraft For Charity

Own a piece of World of Warcraft history and help a good cause, as Blizzard prepares to auction off more than 2000 original server blades for St Jude’s Childrens’ Research Hospital.


July 19, 2011
News

You Could Own This Copy Of Tetris For Only $US1 Million

Did you know that the Sega Genesis (nee Mega Drive) version of Alexey Pajitnov’s Tetris is exceedingly rare? That there are reportedly only about 10 copies of this cartridge in the wild? Then you’re probably not in the market for a million dollar copy of Tetris.


August 17, 2010
News

This Man Will Be In Saints Row 3

Earlier this month, Saints Row 3 writer Steve Jaros contacted Kotaku about a Saints Row 3 auction for a good cause. And US$1,700 later, a winner has been decided.


August 9, 2010
In Real Life

I Am Totally A Phony Copy

You’ve probably seen this before. This painting (above) is not a copy. This is the real deal. This is “The M.K.”, which appeared at the very first I Am 8-Bit art show in 2005.


August 2, 2010
In Real Life

What Would You Pay To Look This Awesome?

Kotaku AU

Playing Guitar Hero with a plastic guitar is fun. But it doesn’t make you look awesome. Playing Guitar Hero with this air guitar, however… now that is awesome.


June 22, 2010
In Real Life

MC Hammer Xbox 360 Auction Contains Obvious Pun

Kotaku AU

Kotaku reader Aaron won an Xbox 360 case signed by MC Hammer when the rapper-turned-social media guru toured Australia late last year. Now he’s selling it on eBay.


May 9, 2010

Is The PSP Go Dead Yet?

This is the last picture I took of my PSP Go before selling it on eBay for $US200. Is anyone still holding onto theirs?


May 2, 2010
In Real Life

Crappy Demo No One Wanted May Be Worth A Ton Now

At the 1998 NBA All-Star Game, fans received discs with the demo for a PlayStation game called NBA 2-Ball. The game was pretty bad – possibly defective – but it’s extremely rare. So a surviving copy may be extremely valuable.