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A Blog For The Ladies... Who Date Gamers

AJ Glasser — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:20:00 EDT

A former co-worker of mine started a blog for girlfriends of gamers. I'm hoping she'll expand the scope — but for now, I get to be both her target audience and her audience's target. More »

inFamous Engineer Talks Trophies And Stunts

Mike Fahey — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:20:00 EDT

Sucker Punch software engineer Chris Heidorn stopped by the PlayStation Blog today to discuss the trophies to unlock and stunts to perform in their upcoming superhero game inFamous. More »

Why Meet The Sandwich Failed - The Predator Factor

Mike Fahey — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:00:00 EDT

In an epic-sized post over at the Team Fortress 2 blog, the Valve writing staff goes into great detail on how exactly their original vision for Meet The Sandwich morphed from a four-hour epic film into a minute-long short. It all comes down to the original script, which the executives trashed at the last minute. More »

Adventure Icon Jane Jensen Launches Gray Matter Blog

Mike Fahey — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:40:00 EDT

Good news and bad news for fans of the good old adventure game genre. Gray Matter, the next adventure game by Gabriel Knight creator Jane Jensen, is being reworked by it's new developer Wizarbox and had to be pushed back as they reworked the infrastructure established by the previous one. The good news is, Jane herself is now keeping us updated on the game's progress via her very own blog. Simply called Jane's Blog, Jensen will use the blog to track the development status of Gray Matter and give fans a sneak peek at the game, such as this lovely piece of concept art, part of a batch posted on the blog today to commemorate the first post. More »

Jaffe Introduces Twisted Metal Blog

fdemarco — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:00:00 EST

God of War and Twisted Metal designer David Jaffe has posted a video on the Playstation.Blog site announcing the launch of the official Twisted Metal Blog. According to Jaffe, this the first time the game has had any kind of official blog covering its development and launch. To kick things off he has posted four gameplay videos with some short explanations to go along with. TM fans will be glad to know that Twisted Metal: Head On comes out on Tuesday for the PS2 at the low, low bargain price of $19.99. More »

Sprite Stitch

fdemarco — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:00:00 EST

I can always count on Alice over at Wonderland (and occasionally here at Kotaku) to dig up the best of the best of gaming crafts and this one is no different. We've featured a number of gaming cross stitch pieces here but now someone has gone so far as to create a blog dedicated to the subject called Sprite Stitch. And not only do they post the cross stitch creations themselves, but you can even download the patterns so you can sit on your lazy butt and make them yourself! They don't have too much there now, but definitely worth a look see and clicks in the future. More »

David Jaffe: GOW3 Promises To Be Best In Series

geoff — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST

David Jaffe was stuck in the San Francisco Airport yesterday so what did he do? Read Kotaku of course. And even better, he took a photo of Kotaku on his MacBook. (But one of my posts isn't featured in the photo....it's ok Jaffe, I get the hint). But he does say Kotaku "never lets [him] down with the goods." Well Jaffe you never let us down either. Yesterday he also posted an entry about the departure of Cory Barlog from the God of War team. His take? It's a good move for Cory and he thinks God of War 3 "promises to be the best game in the series." Read more over at Jaffe's blog. More »

Space Giraffe Gets Launch Blog

Maggie Greene — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:00:18 EDT

Having listened to the howls of disappointment from my boyfriend every time some news is released about Jeff Minter's psychedelic shooter Space Giraffe (usually that the release isn't here yet. And still isn't here. And still isn't here ...), I'm glad that those will soon be coming to an end. Or we hope, at least - the Llamasoft website has a blog up about the release and assorted game details which means launch should be imminent. More »

Bethesda's Blog

Brian Crecente — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:00:42 EDT

Just in time to leech it for information about Fallout 3, Bethesda has launched a company blog. The Beth Blog has been quietly in the works by the Maryland crew for quite awhile, Pete Hines, tells me. But apparently there was some sort of hang-up with permission slips. The currently the blog is a little sparse, with absolutely no revelations about Fallout 3, not even a nice crisp high-res screen shot. Get on that guys, will ya? More »

Sony Launches Official Blog

Brian Crecente — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:00:33 EDT

I've been beating the "Sony needs a blog" drum for longer than I can remember. I even told Dave Karraker on several occasions that he should be their blogger. It looks like he didn't take me up on my suggestion, but SCEA did launch an official blog today, which is fantastic news. More »

Lippy Microsoft Blogger Reviews PS3

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:20:08 EST

Microsoft's mouthiest blogger Ozymandias clacks out his his PS3 hands-on impressions. No real shockers, and surprisingly, he's actually easier on the console than some mainstream reviewers. We've gone through, selected the meaty bits for y'all to sink your teeth into after the j-u-m-p: More »

Clips: Kotaku Makes Japanese TV

Brian Crecente — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:30:41 EST

A reader send in word that Kotaku wasn on BlogTV, a Japanese show that seems to follow the happenings of blogs on... um... TV. We're at the 6:30 mark. The two presenters, a woman in a scarf and a guy in a cowboy hat, start talking about the Playstation 3 in hushed and amused tones. There's lots of gesticulation and laughing and then there's Kotaku, on that big-ass screen over their shoulders. More »

Yea Verily, He Pwneth Noobes

egauger — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:40:38 EDT

Those of you that had trouble reading pirate patois (ha ha ha, losers) are going to tear your scalps off and eat them in chunks after I launch this one at your faces: More »

Microsoft Squeezes Out XNA Blog

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:22:15 EDT

Microsoft's XNA Game Studio Express got its own blog. It's called XNA Team Blog (clever!), helmed by XNA manager dude Boyd Multerer and looks pretty Spartan compared to Major Nelson's page or even the Gamerscore Blog. Microsoft's favorite thingy is to set its employees loose in the Blogosphere to communicate with folks, address pressing issues and troll Sony. Brian Ashcraft More »

Microsoft's Sony Hater Blog

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:22:05 EDT

Contrary to popular belief, we do not loathe Sony. Actually, we quite enjoy their products and are very much looking forward to the free PS3 consoles the company is going to send all of us. Microsoft, on the other hand, hates Sony with the scorn of a thousands years in hell. And that's when Msoft is being nice. More »

Third God of War Almost-Sorta Confirmed

egauger — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:59:54 EDT

GameDaily is reporting on the blog of David Jaffe, creative director of Sony Santa Monica and head man on God of War: More »

Drunken French Blogger Confirms Wii Release Late October/Early November

brownlee — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:00:15 EDT

Stop me if you've heard this one: A video games journalist and a Nintendo executive walk into a pub. The Nintendo executive slaps a poodle onto the bar, exposes himself, then blurts out the release date for the Wii. More »

Crecente Does Penny Arcade Expo Panel

Brian Crecente — Wed, 31 May 2006 21:00:22 EDT

The Penny-Arcade folks were kind enough to think of me when they were putting together a panel on blogging for the Penny Arcade Expo. More »

Give Your Xbox 360 Its Own Blog

Brian Crecente — Mon, 01 May 2006 07:00:54 EDT

As if Xbox 360 achievements weren't bad enough, now you can give your 360 a voice. 360voice.com creates an automatic blog for your console, allowing it to celebreate your gaming accomplishments and whine, whine, whine when you don't play with it for awhile. More »

Read Game Set Watch

Brian Crecente — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:00:31 EST

Gamasutra has started its own blog. GameSetWatch is edited by Simon Carless and written by a laundry list of some of my favorite bloggers: GeenOnStun's Michael McWhertor, Wonderland's Alice Taylor, Edge Magazine's Brandon Boyer, LostLevel's Frank Cifaldi and Insert Credit's Brandon Sheffield. More »

Wired's New Game Blog

lsmith — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:40:41 EST

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Chris Kohler already writes game reviews for Wired, now he'll be blogging too. Titled Game|Life, Kohler's blog updates multiple times a day and should receive an immediate bookmark from you on your daily blogroll. Kohler's interview with Hideki Konno (a producer with Nintendo EAD) is a good place to start. More »

Maddening: EA Settles Labor Lawsuit

lsmith — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 18:42:18 EDT

See, the Internet can change lives. The blog of EA_spouse, which first appeared in November of 2004, sparked interest from numerous media outlets regarding EA's business practices and treatment of employees. The lawsuit was filed in July of 2004, several months before EA_spouse took to the plight to the Internet. Plaintiffs Jamie Kirshenbaum, Mark West, Eric Kearns and Gianni Aliotti will divvy up the $15.6 million settlement and anything unclaimed will go to the Jackie Robinson Foundation. Noble, right? More »

Metal Gear Maker Begins Blogging

lsmith — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:35:32 EDT

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Eccentric game director Hideo Kojima launched his own blog this week. The catch? It's in Japanese. 1up.com doesn't care. They have a guy translating it when he updates. Kojima talks about more than just the Metal Gear series on his blog, so it doesn't feel like a marketing tool. However, I'm not really sure if I want to read about his adventures trying to track down the new Franz Ferdinand CD. That does seem a little Live Journal-y. More »

Game Sex Blog Launches

Brian Crecente — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:28:06 EDT

The International Game Developers Association has formed a sex special interest group to promote responsible development, labeling and age-appropriate content. The group embraces sex and sexuality as a natural, healthy and positive force in our lives and in the games we make. More »

SOCOM BLOG is Live

Brian Crecente — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 16:51:13 EDT

Following a growing trend of developer blogs, Zipper Interactive has entered the blogosphere with their own offering about the making of SOCOM 3. The site is a mix of interesting insight into the creation of the game, the beta and the fanbase. More »

Madden Blog Launches

Brian Crecente — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:00:29 EDT

Electronic Arts has launched a Madden blog. The Madden NFL 06 Blog is going to be updated by Marcus Stephenson of MaddenMania.com. NOthing against Marcus, but it's too bad they didn't get a developer or even The Madden himself to update the blog, that would have been pretty damn cool. More »