Lucky Groom Gets Xbox Wedding Cake

"Oh jesus, first people get offended because Kotaku writers have opinions on videogames, and now someone is offended because one of them has an opinion on cake flavors?"

by Mirai Matt

Depressing Graphs Explain Japan's Gaming Decline

"Perhaps it's the recurring characters? I mean, you never see the same guy twice in any of the FF series, and the characters aren't as much of a focus in Resident Evil. MGS is all about the characters.

If you get attached to a character, one would be more likely to want to play more of the series to see what happens to that character.

Or it may be gameplay. If the gameplay changes too radically, you alienate the old fans. If the gameplay doesn't change enough, it gets stagnant, and you lose people looking for something new. Developers need to either walk a very fine line, deciding what to keep or change, or just accept the loss of some fans.

Or it could be that all my assessments are completely wrong."

by Ino

Grand Theft Auto: Elementary School

"I was at Target a year or so back and this grandmother was there with (I think) her granddaughter, who couldn't have been more than 6-7 years old... and she kept saying she wanted "gwad teft otto" (she couldn't even say it properly!). They looked at the glass cases for a while and couldn't find it, so the grandmother took the kid to the clerk... she repeated "gwad teft otto" 2-3 times and the clerk finally gave them GTA:Andreas. The grandmother didn't even look at it, she just confirmed with the girl it was the right game and bought it.

I almost said something like "By the way, before you buy that for your granddaughter..." but then I would've been the jerk for telling her how to (grand-)parent.

I think that goes beyond gender issues in gaming and definitely goes straight to parenting. This kid was too young to even say the game's name right, it's waaaay too early to be playing something like that. (Does that mean she should play Barbie Horse Adventure all day? No, but c'mon..)"

by Justin42

Sony's Jack Tretton Whips Out The Claws, Gets Catty

When you're backed in corner, you got to come out swinging, right? I hope Sony has the balls and brains to floor MSOFT, but I don't see it happening. Their corporate culture seems like it's a page taken from a late 80s manual of business sense and style. Bombast. Pure bombast.

by Vabor

Jon Stewart Takes on Congress' Player Haters

"I really wish Jon Stewart was the president...I think he's too smart for the job though."

by CRAW

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