Nintendo

Great Moments In Gaming Humour: A Squirrel In A World Of S**t

The funniest thing about Conker’s Bad Fur Day isn’t the boozing, sexual situations, drug use or foul language. It’s not even the boss fight against a living mound of feces with teeth made of corn kernels. It’s the fact that this Nintendo 64 classic started out a kid’s game.


March 21, 2012
In Real Life

Mass Effect’s Epilogue Reveals Forbidden Love, Softball Scholarships

SPOILERS AHEAD. Since Mass Effect 3′s ending doesn’t really do the greatest job of telling you what happens next, fans are filling in the gaps. Some are doing the wrong thing and being totally serious about it.


February 29, 2012
In Real Life

A Video Game Comedy Series That Actually Looks Funny? Surely Not.

You wouldn’t believe the number of comedy series and shorts that get crammed in our collective inboxes on a weekly basis. You may believe, however, that the majority of them are pretty awful.


February 10, 2012
In Real Life

Depressing Heavy Rain Makes For Good Comedy

Yes, the jokes about the weird deconstructed gameplay in Heavy Rain get laughs, even from people in the audience who may not have played it. But the best thing about Kumail Nanjiani’s stand-up bit on the PS3 psychological thriller is how he notes the changes in the gaming medium and the difference in the kinds of experience that are available now. He’s acknowledging maturation while getting some yuks in.


January 9, 2012
Xbox

Two Call Of Duty Gamers Ponder The Easiest Kill They’ll Ever Get

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December 9, 2011
Nintendo

There Are No Brunettes In ‘Miyamoto’s Angels’

This four-star send-up by The Game Station is clever any day of the week, and especially timely given whatever the hell it was that just took place in the past 24 hours.


November 17, 2011
In Real Life

Review Scores Are Broken — Here Are Some Sensible Solutions

Kotaku AU

Reviews score eh? First there was the outcry over Eurogamer’s 8/10 Uncharted 3 review (a review that I personally really enjoyed reading) and then Gamespot’s 7.5/10 for Skyward Sword. Bloody review scores — everyone knows they’re broken. Kotaku reader and GameTaco stalwart Smoolander has some top notch ideas about how we change them!


August 7, 2011
In Real Life

Mega64 Reminds You—Painfully—That Catherine Is Not A Dating Sim

The premise to Mega64′s latest knee-slapper is rather obvious: Neckbeard beats Catherine-wait, that doesn’t sound right. Neckbeard finishes Catherine? Whatever. And he figures that his prowess in that game has some real world application.


June 21, 2011
In Real Life

Can Two Dudes Really Survive Against A Horde Of Zombies?

The latest in Rooster Teeth’s Immersion series of web videos is here, this time seeing if two dudes in a video game could really survive against a horde of 400 zombies.


May 29, 2011
In Real Life

L.A. Noire, In Five Seconds

This is true. Another way to handle it is the roommate going apeshit at an innocent response to a procedural question. [5 Second Films, thanks Carlos L.]