Auburn Shocking Alabama is Awesome in Tecmo Bowl, Too

And now we have the proper memorial for the spine-tingling finish to No. 4 Auburn versus No. 1 Alabama yesterday—on the home turf of Auburn’s greatest player ever, and that’s not Jordan-Hare Stadium. It’s Tecmo Super Bowl Bo Jackson, the greatest video game athlete of all time, celebrated his 51st birthday yesterday. He was present…

The Week in Games: Gran Finale

We’re settling in for a long winter’s nap after Friday’s release of the PlayStation’s signature driving sim Gran Turismo 6. After that, well, there’ll be news this weekend from the Video Game Awards, but it’ll concern stuff well down the road. Not much cooking until February, so here is your week—or month—in games. Friday, Dec.…

Studio Ghibli Gold Box On Amazon Today

It’s not the first time Amazon has run a gold box on Studio Ghibli’s amazing catalog, but this is the best, most complete one so far, and features the option of saving on Blu-ray/DVD combos if that’s your style. Classics like My Neighbor Totoro and Howl’s Moving Castle are marked down to $20/each, along with…

Yes, you can also win Mario Party: Island Tour by doing nothing. Like Mario Party 9 and Super Smash Bros. Melee—and Global Thermonuclear War in Wargames—the only winning move is not to play. [Video by StreetPass Princeton, N.J.]

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: I Love a Parade

Despite high winds, on Thursday Macy’s managed to fly balloons in its annual Thanksgiving Day Parade without anyone being injured (or cops stabbing and stomping Barney the Dinosaur to death) That gives me an idea for this week’s ‘Shop Contest. Two years ago, Sonic the Hedgehog’s reintroduction to the parade was the subject of this…

GTA V Cop Has a Nervous Breakdown, Goes Walkabout

There’s something Falling Down-esque about this cop’s nervous breakdown in Grand Theft Auto V. He almost gets the squad car out of the driveway with a multi-point back-and-fill move—but then … he just loses it. Tim Burke over at Deadspin captured this; it happened in the open world after finishing the heist mission Blitz Play.…

Sunday Comics: You Can’t Do That on TV

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Nov. 27. Read more of Penny Arcade Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Nov. 25. Read more of Awkward Zombie Brawl In The…

Here’s How To Redeem Your PSN Codes Right Now And Save Your Weekend

To redeem your PSN codes now, simply redeem under the Account Management tab of the XMB, instead of from inside the Playstation Store. Kotaku recently let you know that Sony has disabled certain Playstation Network features, among them PSN code redemption, in an effort to stabilize everything in the wake of Black Friday purchases and…

Robbers Settle for PS4 When GameStop is All Out of the Xbox One

In the new console generation, the PlayStation 4 appears to be the second best choice—for robbers in Indianapolis that is. Tuesday evening, two suspsects stormed a GameStop on the south side of the city and demanded—by name—all of the Xbox Ones in stock. The GameStop employees replied, more or less, “Uh, we don’t got any.”…

Modder Shows Xbox One Can Boot From a Bigger, Faster Hard Drive

Despite the lack of support to swap in different hard drives (especially ones of a larger capacity) in the Xbox One, this guy says he’s gotten the two pieces of hardware to cooperate. Not only that, the console runs faster with a non-stock hard drive installed. Booting to the main screen goes about 10 percent…

Get over here! Dwight Howard of the NBA’s Houston Rockets is apparently a Mortal Kombat enthusiast. Here he is re-enacting Scorpion’s signature move during pre-game introductions against Brooklyn on Friday. [NBA on YouTube]

The Sun‘s Page 3 Girl was The Playstation 4

Friday saw the launch of the PlayStation 4 in the U.K., and The Sun’s notorious Page 3 treated blokes there to a new model—one much less curvy than usual. Sony took over Page Three (and two) for a day, apologizing (sigh, apologising) to “Rosie, 22, from Middlesex,” for displacing her. That couldn’t have been a…

This Week in the Business: The Cost of an Xbox One

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … STAT | $471—Amount it costs Microsoft to manufacture each Xbox One, according to research firm IHS; this compares to a manufacturing cost of $381 for the PS4, which means neither device makes a profit at retail considering discounts and marketing costs. QUOTE |…

3DS XL For $145

Hurry over to Toys R Us’ eBay storefront to grab a 3DS XL for $145. No Zelda, but it’s ridiculously cheap nonetheless. [eBay]

Welcome To The X-Men, Nightcrawler. Now You Can Go Home.

Come on Professor X! While I completely agree on firing Angel or Jubilee, there’s just no reason to kick Nightcrawler out! At least he humiliates Xavier and teleports away with class. Pick Kitty Pryde or Dazzler next time. Ex-Men: Nightcrawler [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]