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Everyone Needs Companion Cube Women’s Briefs. Everyone.

The fine folks at Jinx have rolled out a fresh batch of Valve products, featuring some amazing Portal 2 shirts and a pair of underwear that you’ll need to incinerate to earn your freedom.


When I See The Blitz Coming, I Audible To A Dragon Shout

Review copies of Madden NFL 13 arrived today. EA Sports usually sends out funny premiums with its review guides, like it did with a yardage book for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13. This year, they included a quarterback wristband — the kind you see Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers flipping up and staring at during a two-minute drill — to highlight the new audible commands for the Kinect-enabled version of the game.


If THQ Gets Its Way I’ll Be Dead In Five Days

THQ’s media relations folks sent me a furry hat that’s too small for my head. Now they’ve signed my death warrant.


This Child Is An Unfortunate Casualty Of Company Of Heroes 2′s PR War

They thought they were doing the right thing. They figured at least one adult in my household would have a normal-sized head. They thought wrong, and a child suffered.


Comic-Con 2012: The Swag So Far

The 2012 San Diego Comic-Con officially starts today, following a preview night filled with the sweating of backs and the exchanging of cash for pretty things. Let’s see what I’ve picked up so far.


Just When You Thought Yo Gabba Gabba! Couldn’t Get Any Cooler

My first purchase at San Diego Comic-Con 2012 was not an expensive action figure, a sexy statue or a pretty pony. It was a simple set of six buttons based on a children’s television show. And they are so cool.


Portal 2 Replica Turret Will Silently Protect Your Loved Ones For $300

Gaming Heads, the creators of fine Team Fortress 2 statuary, opens the valve on its new Portal 2 line with this gorgeous 16-inch turret replica, ready to fill speaking and non-speaking roles in your home security regime, depending on how much you’re willing to invest.


The Least Useless Crap I Got At E3

I travel light when I travel to E3, and I travel light when I return home. People are under the impression that it’s one ginormous swagfest for anyone fortunate enough to attend, and I do see a fair amount of those ridiculous bags you see at cons, the ones that stretch armpit to calf, stuffed with posters and freebies. But very little of what’s handed out has much value beyond a t-shirt to wear to the gym or a thumb drive to carry porn important documents when you’re working remotely.


This Is Not A My Little Pony T-Shirt, It’s A Final Fantasy T-Shirt

Look, I know there’s a very vocal segment of our readership that doesn’t appreciate the warmth and humour of My Little Pony. What if we changed them to something else? Something a bit more… Final Fantastic?


Life-Size Portal 2 Sentry Turret Now Available

Damn society, always trying to put the safety of the many above the enjoyment of a few. That’s why we can’t have real Portal 2 turrets scattered about our homes, monitoring and usually protecting our valuables and loved ones. Thanks the amazing things retailer ThinkGeek we can now at least own an inflatable facsimile.


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