Buy this:

Indie Air Pack on Steam. $5 for 5 awesome games. I'm particulary interested in getting some 'Plain Sight' multiplayer going on. Actually there's been heaps of goodness on Steam this week, I picked up L4D2 for $5 and a bunch of awesome indie games.

Also, my self imposed November ban on gamage is about to expire. Are people playing the shit out of Call of Duty? If not, why not? I want to multiplayer my way through December and require all of your assistance.

Oh, WTF Really?!

America's Army Mod

Inception meets MC Escher... absolutely head-fuckery awesomeness.

The first section of the level is a 720 degree circle. It's basically a long hallway curled up into a double-circle-type shape, with the ends connected. Sorta like if you take a rubber band and double it up, except the whole band/hallway takes up the same small area.

The second area is the impossibly long hallway. At first glance it appears that it's just a small room with column in the center. Upon further examination, however, the "hallway" connecting the back of the room is many times longer than could ACTUALLY fit there. Imagine it as "squishing" a hundred feet of hallway into a one-foot space.

The third area is the room in a closet. The closet only appears to be a couple feet deep and wide, however the room inside it is about a hundred feet both ways. Now step into the closet. The room you just walked out of is now contained neatly in the same small area the closet originally occupied.

The fourth area is a long hallway with a small closet at each end. Walking into one closet causes you to walk out of the opposite one. Think of it as a little shortcut.

B-YEOOUUUUUU

Predator-dog waits for you.

Epicly great Black Ops ad

Girls with guns + Rolling Stones = Awesome. You know it's true.



Watch Video

You won't have Nixon to kick around any more.

I'm just going to leave this here...

"This time around, instead of fighting off Nazi zombies as some nameless soldiers, you can take on the roles of John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Robert McNamara or Fidel Castro as they fight to hold off the hordes in the Pentagon."

Willem. Defoe. And some COD MP news. Like split-screen multiplayer.

New info on COD multiplayer modes:

“From variables as simple as Time Limit and Score Limit, or as deep as which weapons, Perks, and gear are available. You want a Pistols Only match? Make one!"

Excellent.

Also, some Willem Defoe.



So are we doing a launch LAN?

Icelandic Ultra Blue

WATCH THIS VIDEO, YOU HAVE TO.

Anyway Ben, for reference the Gulf War kicked arse, music-of-the-era wise. They Might Be Giants, Midnight Oil, Warrant, Roxette, Sonic Youth, I could go on.





...and I will: Pixies, NWA, Jane's Addiction, Jimmy Barnes, Superchunk, Pet shop boys, Traveling wilburys, Happy Mondays, Buffalo Tom. Anyway, there's heaps.

Bad Company DLC - Vietnam

Has any war had a better soundtrack. Methinks no.

Zombies Ate My Neighbours

ZOMG. Want.

Red Dead Zombies

ZOMG. Want.

What I want to yell every time I go to work

Knowledge is the key

A lesson in Hellfire delivery

Having spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out why the Hellfire missles were so shit, I've now discovered that in fact, I am shit, and the Hellfire missles are awesome.



Best things about this? The chopper gunner can shoot tracer darts if they select the Alt weapon option in the Kit Selection screen, and the tracer darts have no bullet drop. Ridiculous.

And one more...

This is why I watch football

Hip hop dog

Hiphop dog says "Salsa is for pussies"

All I'm Asking Is Why The Fuck Can't MY Dog Salsa?!

GTA FPS! OMG BBQ!

Moar chinookery

"Chinook Pinnacle Landing
CH-47D Chinook Helicopter doing an Aft Wheel Pinnacle Landing in the mountains of Afghanistan to pick up some Special Forces Operators."

Ridiculous skill. You get an amazing view of how close the rotors are at about 2minutes.

Chinookery

Yeah, these guys are more hardcore than you.

The sheriff of Armadillo

As in a sheriff made of Armadillo... or something like that.

Paddle faster, I hear banjo (singular).

I have a reason to buy a Wii now.

Lester, Your Dreams Have Come True

This here is the "Land Shark Gun" from Armed and Dangerous...

Take a long walk off a short poll.

Via io9.com - Take the original Manhattan Project ethics poll.

24 Hour Marston

Comic of Red Dead life. LINK!

What the fuck is my social media "strategy"?

http://whatthefuckismysocialmediastrategy.com/

'Oldschool' games

Digital artist junkboy has made a bunch of 'screenshots' of modern games as if they were made back in the day. I absolutely love this SCUMM version of Brutal Legend.

link!

MOARRRRRTAL KOMBAT!

Red Dead Redemption Rank 50

You know that final unlockable Mount in Red Dead that looks mysteriously like a donkey?

One can only hope...

And the winner is...

You Better Make Damn Sure The Bad Guy Isn't You

and the slicker version!...

Red Dead Inception

Dream within the dream, gringo.

Lester, Leigh, you have my eternal gratitude.

Hey Mike, have you got any Italian in you?

Would you like some?

This is for Age:



Full story here and here. Basically, you get to try and recreate Jordan's greatest moments. This might be the first bball game I actually get into...

But birds scare him.

Sharktopus.

A follow up to this. A single manly tear rolled down my cheek as I watched this.

Read Dead Time Lapse.

Some dudes took screen shots of a 24 hour cycle of the game's screensaver. Apparently if you leave red dead long enough it goes into scenery mode.

Blood In West Elizabeth

So I got into a bit of a spat in Blackwater the other night. Was minding my own business searching for Prairie Poppies (no homo) and this gringo Jarrad decided to start blazing away. We went back and forth a few times using the houses for cover. I lucked out and found a Rolling Block sniper rifle on a porch and then high-tailed it up the mountain into tree cover. It looked like Jarrad was holed up on a porch on the other side of town. At this point we commenced to have a sniper war that would last for a good 30 minutes or so. As you all know, I am a champion camper. Shiiieeeeeeeet, I have NO shame and a fuck load of patience. Poor Jarrad would soon learn about this the hard way... repeatedly.

After being maximum owned to breaking point, he quit the game. I later got sent this. Delicious validation of ownage...

Marmot eating a biscuit.

That is all

Mexican Ragee Pincushion.

Sent via BlackBerry®

Alligator, know your place.

Dutch Rage Foot

Lobster Rage Fist

Here are your winged sandles.

Just jump.

Pulp Fiction in motion graphics

Marvel Vs Capcom 3

I lost so many dollars in Box Hill to Marvel Vs Capsom 2 while I sipped my bubble tea back in the day. Awesome trailer.

Lego Sniper Rifle

I hate it when get a lego piece in the head from no where.

Cantina 2010

Little Dog

This thing is freaking amazing. I imagine that these would be released from the Big Dog's undercarridge as some sort of recon drone seeking for human resistance settlements.

Another Big Dog update: DARPA has asked for a bigger Big Dog. This artist's impression looks like its about the size of a building (or several buildings). Also this is meant to be finished in 2012, which is when either a New World Order begins and the universe collapses.

Megasnake.

Equation for awesome: The word MEGA + predatory animal = Cinematic masterpiece

Red Dead Redemption

Its out this Friday and I'm actually pretty excited about this one.
Watch this gameplay vid, probably with the sound off cos the guys in it sound like douches. There's something about the shakey cam that makes it feel all the more seedy.

The Vader Project

This reminds me of Lester's skull project, only it involves Darth Vader, and is therefore superior.

Onslaught mode - BF:BC2 gets some co-op action on.

It sounds awesome.

Screenshot is semi-related. There might even be some lame jokes about "hanging around" or "winging it" to be had there, but I won't touch it.

The bit you should not miss is below - click on the links above to get a slightly more wordy PR-treated set of info.

"Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Onslaught mode can be played with up to four players across four multiplayer maps – Valparaiso, Atacama Desert, Isla Inocentes, and Nelson Bay – redesigned with new lighting, time of day, added vehicles and other effects. Each map has a dedicated gameplay focus, requiring different levels of teamwork in order to complete the objectives against an onslaught of enemy AI. Vehicle warfare comes to the forefront in Atacama Desert while Nelson Bay focuses squarely on infantry assault. Players can compete in squads and check individual progress via the dedicated Onslaught leaderboards."

Free portal!

Yep, free until may 24th.

So if you don't already have it, get downloadin' already.

(link to download Portal on PC or MAC)

Time 100

I'm sure we all read Penny Arcade time to time and some of your already probably know this, but the Penny Arcade dudes made it into the Time 100 most influential peoples list. I think this is fuckin awesome.

Video from Penny Arcade guys

Time 100

"Freeballin' in the hot spring"

Sent via BlackBerry® from Vodafone

MACHETE!

Gentlemen, we must see this.

It's *sniff* beautiful.

It brings a tear to my eye to see these robots working so hard to bring us well organised salami. Though I'm guessing it's only a matter of time until those little salami's are human children being fed into a furnace to power the Killbot 3000 - who's sole purpose destroy all humans and is powered by human corpses.

"Said retard is now under your custody."

Rabies union Rabies = Rabies

Four dead on the left.

No wait... I fucked that up.

Pre-owned copies of Left 4 Dead are $33 at EB

Here is where you can get it.

You should probably call and make sure they have a copy before you wander in there. But in there you should indeed wander, and purchase. For this is an excellent game.

You'll need this for protection.

I want the blood.

Little Boy Heroically Shoots, Mutilates Burglar

Abed from Community

You should be watching this show.

Puny human

Stephen Hawking reckons that we're not being pessimistic to think aliens will come and fuck us up. In fact, perhaps we should prepare for our new Morbo Overlords. (Via www.io9.com)

BF:BC2 videos

First up, a montage of some guy absolutely smashing people. Any video that combines smashing people with A-Punk's Vampire Weekend deserves some credit.



The next 2 are a bit different. I can't decide if the music is meant to be ironic or not, and the photo of the horse at the end of each confuses me even further. Great tactics though - very CaptainCasbah.





Magnificent.

I see your WTF, and I raise you OMFG.

No hang on, what the fuck is going on here?

Wider!

The site is now wider for your youtube viewing pleasure.

don't be a fucking n00b

Excellent advice here:



Watch on youtube

Also, 12 x C4 + MCOM station = win. Less C4 required if you've got damage perk things going on. I'm enthused by this concept.

PROTIP: get everyone to throw a shittonne of C4 on the recon chopper then fly it into the mcom for max hilarity.

BF:BC 2 - the things I have learned.

• Dr Meatworth is the only player who ever gets to use the remote controlled UAV/helicopter.

• Crashing a Blackhawk directly onto Hutch will not kill him.

• You can kill an enemy by using the Engineer drill on their head - The Dentist Achievement. As much as I want this, it's really quite creepy.

• You can kill an enemy with the Medic's defibrillator kit. Normally directly after you have revived Hutch again and haven't had time to get your gun out.

• Dog Tags are collected by knifing enemies:
  Bronze: Knife kill a player with a ranking from 1-21.
  Silver: Knife kill a player with a ranking from 22-45.
  Gold: Knife kill a player with a ranking from 46-50.

• You cannot collect the ears of dead enemies (is this a bug?)
  
  
• HorsePuncher is going to lose his shit when he realises we can ride into battle, in tandem, on a Jet Ski.
  
  
• The game is not fun without friends in your squad, or a half decent squad.
  
  
• The game is unbelievably awesome and covered in molten fucking win if you are playing with friends.
  
  
• Everyone is shit with the minigun on the Blackhawk.
  
  
• As an engineer you can sit in the passenger seat of the Blackhawk and repair whilst in mid-flight. It's not easy, but it is doable. Considering that you can't fucking use the minigun, the least you could do is fix my chopper while I fly around like a legend giving you firing solutions we all know you won't take.
  
  
• CaptainCasbah will be promoted faster because of his name. It's the Major Major Effect.
  
  
• Rabies should never have told RageeAgee that he would not like this game. Rabies is sorry. Rabies was wrong. RageeAgee will love this game. It's the first person shooter he has been dreaming of. Sit on a hill a mile away sniping enemies while dressed in a Ghillie suit you say? Oh look, you've unlocked a fucking mortar strike. Hide in the bush - kill from afar. No Thin Red Line moment for you.

Two blurs, both awesome.

So have any of you dang fools played the Blur beta yet?



Because you should totally download it, its very very good, and I want to drive and shoot you people. The description I keep seeing of "Mario Kart for adults" certainly seems apt, I'm just not convinced Mario Kart isn't for adults...

In other news, NEW BLUR SONG.



Yes.

Interested anyone?

New Battlefield, $55, EB Games. 4 days only.

Cat.

Red Dead Gang Bidnez

I know most of you probably check out Kotaku on a regular basis (and if you don't- you should), but still gonna share this Red Dead Redemption vid. So much excited for this game and looking forward to some GTA style gang bidznez minus bikes and plus horses, which can only be a good thing. Also, they better have an unlockable unicorn or something.


RAH CLICK!

Awesome bin

Via FFFOUND

Man up and buy it you softcocks

It's fucking crazy cheap. Sighted at EB on Swanston st.

Mutherfudgers!

I haven't seen Scarface yet, but I don't know its got alot to live up to after watching this.

Yes, yes it does.

Mitchell

Yes.

Bulk Buy - Bad Company 2

So, who is keen to do a bulk buy for Bad Company 2. As in, we all commit to purchasing the game, then one of us goes and talks to retailers/distributors/whoever will talk to us and say "Oh hi, I want x copies of this game and will buy it from whoever is gonna sell it cheapest"

Then we maybe save a bit of money, and we all end up shooting each other from helicopters for great justice.

So, who's in?

(I'm gonna guess and say: Me, Meatworth, Rabies, Age, Mantooth, Horse Puncher, and maybe Teh Hutch)

(btw, this is the way we should be procuring all our games...)

Taking it to the streets

Should this thing become public? Its not like there's any private info being thrown around on it.

Means I'd be able to grab the RSS feed easier.

Also, we definitely need to set up a few extra users on here (the likes of SirMagnumPI, bookiegnu etc.)

ALSO: goddamn I wish the comments were displayed better.

Holy crap! Cheap shit at JB!

Guitar hero games for $45, goddamn, looks like I might have to pony up some cash.

So... trade in time?

I must have missed this the other week.

1400 points for the MW2 map pack?

That's like $23 bucks. For some maps. Only 3 of them are new.

...and there's no zombies.



Ha Ha, fuck that shit.

Who's coming with me to trade in and pick up Bad Company 2?

Zombie Flowchart

Phew... I'm Marty McFly



http://media1.gameinformer.com/images/news/flowchart.jpg

I'm the goddamn Catman.

"I'm No Mere Mortal, I'm Wearing My Winged Sandles So Just Jump!"

Fkn hilarious!

Breaking and Entering 2.0

Lucky I never leave my house... or Twittererer

http://pleaserobme.com/

Sharktopus

Deadliest creature ever. Incredible. If only it had some trex in it too.


http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2010/02/syfy_channel_invents_new_best.php

Metameme'd

Red Dead Redemption

If you haven't already been keeping track of this, you should be:

http://www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption/

Also, who else is getting Red Faction for $24 delievered to your door with a blowjob?

"...ignoring all the pricks milling around behind me."

This is a RECORD COVER.

And this is the text under the record cover...

Just A Dog Making A Phone Call

That is all.

Don't Fight It

See Spot Run!

Hand Ninja Kicks Ass!

This girl does the entire Tae Kwon Do White Belt test plus a professional wrestling match…with her hand. There are also some push-ups and sit-ups in there, just to show off. WIN.

Smily dog.

He smiles! He must be eyebrow dogs friend.

I'd rather buy the Scotch Tape then..

Hehehe.

Home of the Gods / Mana Bar

Read this:

The Home Of The Gods Part 1

Then read this:

The Home Of The Gods Part 2

Now go here:

Mana Bar

When are we going to Brisneyland?

Arachnocuteia

Ok, We Can Start Over Now