Great Court Cases in Video Game History
Thursday, 04/29/10

While most gamers are all too familiar with the Super Mario Bros., few remember the enigmatic Fantastic Steve Cousins. Accompanied by his cousin, Ralph, Fantastic Steve led players on a magical journey through the Sausage Fiefdom. When the Mario Bros. soared to fame a few years later, Fantastic Steve sued the plumber for stealing his act. Unfortunately, Fantastic Steve was found dead before the trial began, leading to further speculation on Mario’s involvement with La Cosa Nostra.

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Country Girl Moves to Big City, Plays Farmville All Day
Wednesday, 01/13/10 – 12:36 am
Country Girl Moves to Big City, Plays Farmville All Day

When Janna moved here six months ago with big dreams of becoming a professional journalist, there was no way she could have predicted that she’d spend seven hours a day behind her desk, answering the phone every twenty minutes or so, living the life she used to live back home….on a farm that exists only on Facebook.

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Man Mistakenly Puts on 4D Glasses, Sees Apocalypse of Peter
Tuesday, 01/12/10 – 12:34 am
Man Mistakenly Puts on 4D Glasses, Sees Apocalypse of Peter

Shaun stands amongst a field of ash tress from which thousands of men are hung by their tongues. They scream for relief from an eternity of pain in a synchronous, harmonic and lispy groan: HELLLLLFFFFFF UTTTHHHHHHHHH!

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Nintendo DSi Camera Used
Monday, 01/11/10 – 2:49 am
Nintendo DSi Camera Used

A representative for Nintendo told us, “The Nintendo DSi’s camera serves many purposes – a way to show that we’ve slightly improved the product, a feature we can add to press releases, a theoretically useful piece of technology. We never thought that it could actually be used to take photographs, but it just goes to show the ingenuity and resourcefulness of Nintendo’s fans.”

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“I Don’t Care What a Kotaku Is, Stop Patting My Ass,” by Lindsay, Your Cocktail Waitress
Friday, 01/8/10 – 12:05 am
“I Don’t Care What a Kotaku Is, Stop Patting My Ass,” by Lindsay, Your Cocktail Waitress

“Sure hon, I’ll get you a drink. Huh? Oh, no, you don’t need to show me your press badge. You’re at the bar not the conference hall. No, really, please stop waving it in my face.”

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Dante’s Inferno to Offer Millions of Sinners a Sneak Preview of Their Eternal Damnation
Thursday, 01/7/10 – 12:24 am
Dante’s Inferno to Offer Millions of Sinners a Sneak Preview of Their Eternal Damnation

For Lilliana Hanes, who controls Dante from her couch, there will be no “escaping” the fourth level of hell. There will be no “minibosses”, no “secret passageways” with “helpful powerups”. Instead, she will spend an eternity forced to lie in a vile slush made of freezing rain, black snow, and hail. No one will come to claim her, because no one will care. That’s what she gets for being fat.

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Fuck It, Here’s a Gallery of Sexy Chicks in Random Costumes
Wednesday, 01/6/10 – 12:52 am
Fuck It, Here’s a Gallery of Sexy Chicks in Random Costumes

It’s exactly what it sounds like.

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“I Could Go to Work, but It’s Awfully Cold and Doodle Jump Is Right Here” by Lindsay Price, Jr. Copy Editor
Tuesday, 01/5/10 – 12:05 am
“I Could Go to Work, but It’s Awfully Cold and Doodle Jump Is Right Here” by Lindsay Price, Jr. Copy Editor

I could go to work. It’s just, the commute is a real hike. Especially in the cold. No way is it more than 15 degres out and the office is all the way across town. By cab or subway that wouldn’t be so bad, but by foot across town might as well be across the Mississippi.

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Man Spends $3 On Imaginary Shirt
Monday, 01/4/10 – 1:00 am
Man Spends $3 On Imaginary Shirt

When he first heard about the Avatar Marketplace on Xbox Live, Larry laughed it off. “What kind of loser would spend money on virtual clothes for their stupid avatars? I mean, come on. This is ridiculous.” But then the peer pressure set in. “I mean, I was playing 1 vs. 100, and everyone else had all these awesome outfits. And there I was, in a stupid blue sweater. The guy next to me had a wizard hat and a Beatles shirt. I mean, how cool is that?! What if I had gotten up there on that stage? Everyone would have thought I was totally lame!”

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