Kotaku: Community

The Cast of Community Goes All Street Fighter

Kirk Hamilton — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:15:00 EST

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It seems like the character archetypes in every successful TV ensemble show are a bit interchangable—there's the Rachel, the Ross, the Joey and the Chandler. Or the Samantha, the Carrie, and the Miranda. Or, if you watch NBC's Community, there's the Troy, the Abed, the Pierce and the Britta. More »

Going to Miss BlizzCon in 2012? Not as Much as This World of Warcraft Guild Will

Mike Fahey — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:30:00 EST

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Last month Blizzard announced that it's annual fan convention would be skipping a year, returning in 2012 so the developer can focus on things like developing games. Some fans took this well. The Elysiam World of Warcraft guild on the U.S. Shadowmoon server took to song. More »

Mapstalgia Explores the Strange and Wonderful Ways Memory Changes Video Game Maps

Mike Fahey — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:30:00 EST

What you're looking at is obviously not the official map of The Legend of Zelda; it's what The Legend of Zelda's map looks like to themadjuggler, one of the many contributors to Mapstalgia, a website dedicated to reproducing video game maps from memory. More »

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Wins the First Annual Kotaku Community Game of the Year Award

Mike Fahey — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:00:00 EST

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While Portal 2 walked away with Kotaku's official game of the year award for 2011, Kotaku commenters held their own damn awards this year and they ended with a resounding chorus of "FUS ROH DAH". More »

Why You Shouldn't Always Listen to Loud-Mouthed Assholes on the Internet

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:30:00 EDT

THIS GAME IS BROKEN. YOU NERFED IT. THE NEW SERVICE SUCKS. I HATE THIS NEW THING. Listen to "fans" of games on the internet and a lot of the time that's what you'll hear. Loud, indignant complaints. More »

It's Time to Flaunt Your Video Game Message Board Cred

Mike Fahey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:20:00 EDT

In today's historic edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Hongo details his extensive video game website message board history, and asks that you do the same. Where' have you been? More »

Simple Question...What is Sega?

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:40:00 EDT

We recently discovered that the first "frequently asked question" in the Xbox section of the website Team Xbox is "What is the Xbox?" Sometimes the most obvious questions are the best ones, so, inspired by Team Xbox, I turned to Twitter and asked: "What is Sega?" More »

Pro Gaming Fans Rush to Pro Gaming's Defense

Jen Schiller — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:00:00 EDT

Yesterday, I wrote a post tweaking 27-year-old professional gamer David "Zaccubus" Treacy for his comments in an interview with Alienware, mostly for what seemed like an attempt to blame pro gaming's lack of success in the mainstream on "cheesy" television productions. It sounded defensive, especially since, well, I don't see the appeal of eSports at all. More »

Take Pity on a Newbie Today

Joel Johnson — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT

Last night on the way back to my apartment in New York's Lower East Side, I saw a crowd of men standing around two motorcycles. I'm a fledgling rider myself, as well as newly returned to the city. I'd spoken to these guys a few times before and did what I typically do when I see a guy on a hot bike: walk up and ask him how he likes it. More »

It's Our Last Day on Earth. What are you going to play?

Joel Johnson — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:00:00 EDT

Tomorrow is the Rapture, according on one Harold Camping, a minister who sounds like Vincent Price and looks like a pickle in a deep fryer. All the Christians will be spirited to heaven, while the rest of us will be left to suffer the tribulations of the coming apocalypse. Babylon Surf City, let's go! More »

Welcome to Games Reviewing, Carolyn Petit. You're Doing Just Fine.

Joel Johnson — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:20:00 EDT

"I have no problem with the reviewer personally, but I dont want to see what is obviously a man, trying to look like a woman, its just too weird and I find it offensive, I dont want to be bombarded with gay/lesbian/transgender stuff on a gaming website, just have a regular guy or woman reviewing the games." – airwalker2000 in Gamespot comments More »

The Great Nintendo 3DS Friend Code Exchange

Mike Fahey — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:20:00 EDT

In today's 3D edition of the Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter JoetheArachnid figures we need a post where new 3DS owners can exchange their friend codes. What a lovely idea. Let's run with it. More »

Creator of NBC's "Community" Celebrated Its Renewal with ... Bulletstorm?

Owen Good — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:00:00 EDT

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The Twitterverse went off like a fireworks volley on Thursday when news passed that "Community," the critically acclaimed but low-rated NBC comedy-drama, was picked up for a third season. How did the show's creator celebrate? "I came home and I played 'Bulletstorm.'" More »

Trolling This Post Would Be In Incredibly Poor Taste

Mike Fahey — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:20:00 EST

Today's edition of Speak-Up on Kotaku features a heartfelt plea from commenter GeshGav to keep the term 'Troll' from being rendered impotent due to overuse. At least I think that's what he's saying. More »

How You Can Help Build A World-Class Video Game Museum

Mike Fahey — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:20:00 EST

The staff at the Museum of Digital Art and Entertainment have the knowledge, passion, and the gaming artifacts to create a world-class video game museum in the San Francisco Bay area. Now they just need a place to put it. More »

It's Not Easy Being Deaf In World Of Warcraft

Mike Fahey — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:00:00 EST

Earlier this year World of Warcraft player Unwelcome suffered an accident that permanently robbed him of his hearing. Feeling alienated and shunned by his real life friends, he returned to World of Warcraft for some online alienation and shunning. More »

Kotaku Stalku: How To Track, But Not Kill, Your Favorite Kotaku Writers

Brian Crecente — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:39:00 EST

The Facebook fan pages are here! The Facebook fan pages are here! Things are going to start happening to us now. And by things I mean maybe you'll be our friends... please. :D More »

Where Are You On The 2010 Map Of Online Communities?

Mike Fahey — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:20:00 EDT

Randall Monroe from the webcomic XKCD just released his massive 2010 Map of Online Communities. Can you find Kotaku? Hint: Look for the fish. More »

EVE Solicits Player Support, Players Solicit Lag Fix

Mike Fahey — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:30:00 EDT

When EVE Online developer CCP games asked players to cast a vote for the game in the European Games Award, the response was overwhelming: fix the game first. More »

Gawker Media Seeks Community Interns

Kaila Hale-Stern — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:40:00 EDT

Gawker Media seeks a few brave interns to learn about our commenting system and help us with our beloved communities. The interns will learn about behind-the-scenes administrative tasks and quality oversight under direction by our Community Manager. More »

PAX East Creates A Game Of Cold-Blooded Journalism

Mike Fahey — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:30:15 EDT

Pen and paper role-playing game designer David Hill tasked a theater packed with PAX East attendees to create an RPG in sixty minutes, resulting in a thrilling game of journalistic intrique - with talking dinosaurs. More »

Bad Company 2 Devs Have Nothing But Love For The Modding Community

Mike Fahey — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:30:58 EST

The PC version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 might not support mods, but developer DICE has nothing but love for the modding community. Producer Gordon Van Dyke talked modding and modders in yesterday's Kotaku Talk Radio podcast. More »

Fan Pleading Got NiGHTS Into Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing

Mike Fahey — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:20:00 EST

While Sega's jester wasn't slated to appear in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Sega and developer Sumo Digital took the heartfelt pleas from countless fans to heart, giving NiGHTS a very important role in the upcoming racer. More »

Xfire Teams With Livestream To Broadcast Your PC Gameplay

Mike Fahey — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:00:00 EST

Now you can let people all over the world tell you how much you suck, as gaming community Xfire teams with live video company Livestream to create a live broadcast service for gamers. More »

The BioWare Community Is Legion

Mike Fahey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:20:00 EST

BioWare breaks EA web-traffic records as the developer's community swells to more than 5 million registered users in the wake of the release of Dragon Age and the shadow of Mass Effect 2. More »

A Million Facebook Users Like Guitar Hero

Mike Fahey — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:20:00 EDT

Facebook users have been clicking on the "Become a Fan" button on Activision's Guitar Hero page like crazy, making it the first video game franchise to gather more than a million Facebook fans. More »

Nexon America Throws A BlockParty

Mike Fahey — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:40:00 EDT

Over the next several months, Nexon America is transforming into BlockParty.com, a social networking website where fans can keep track of their games and stalk their friends to their heart's content. More »

Dark Void Community Site Encourages Cult Mentality

AJ Glasser — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Capcom's new Dark Void community site works like a cult — they want you to recruit new "resistance members" for the cause... and for free stuff, too. More »

Your Comments Fuel Gay Gaming Conference

AJ Glasser — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:40:00 EDT

Physically, you may not have been at EA Redwood Shores this weekend. But if you commented on to Justin Cole's op-ed column to Kotaku, you were there in spirit. More »

Which Game Character Would Star in the Game of Your Life?

Brian Crecente — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:00:24 EDT

Stealing a page from Jezebel (and GameSpy), I'd love to hear which game character would play you in the video game of your life. More »

Guest Op/Ed: The Impact of Homophobia in Virtual Communities

justin j. cole — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EDT

A few weeks ago there was a group established on Facebook called "I hate gays" which openly advocated killing gay people. More »

27th Annual Golden Joystick Awards Voting Opens

Mike Fahey — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:20:00 EDT

Now's your chance to make sure your favorite games make it onto the short list in the 27th Annual Golden Joystick Awards. More »

The Sims 3's Online Feature Set

Mike Fahey — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:20:00 EDT

EA delivers all the details on the online and community features coming your way when The Sims 3 weasels its way onto your computers this June, with a whole new town available at launch. More »

Atlus Online Now Open For Business

Mike Fahey — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:30:00 EDT

Atlus has completed phase one in the deployment of their internet community and online gaming portal Atlus Online, with mascot Jack Frost running rampant all over the page. More »

GameFly Tests Your Game Knowledge With GameAnswers.com

Mike Fahey — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:40:00 EDT

GameFly has just launched GameAnswers.com, a website that allows gamers to share their knowledge of the industry and judge by their peers. More »

LittleBigPlanet Community Nearly 2 Million Strong

Mike Fahey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Sony dropped some impressive numbers regarding LittleBigPlanet today, the game that has "marked the coming of age of gaming as it moves into a new realm defined by creativity and community". More »

The Official Far Cry 2 Map Editing Guide, Written By Gamers

Mike Fahey — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:20:00 EST

Ubisoft and Charles River Media are keen on having gamers school each other, announcing The Official Far Cry 2 Map Editing Guide, one of the first game design books written by gamers. More »

Is My Champion Super-Heroically Hot Or Not?

Mike Fahey — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:20:00 EST

Cryptic Studios makes a game out of the vast character customization options in their upcoming superhero MMO Champions Online with the addition of a new "Rate My Champion" section on their website. More »

Microsoft Lets New Territories In To XNA Gang

Stuart Houghton — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:20:00 EST

Now that Microsoft has got the New Xbox Experience launch out of the way and we have had a few days to dig into the Community Games channel, Redmond has decided to open up the service to more developers. More »

Sony Speaks Out On LittleBigPlanet Moderation

Mike Fahey — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST

The LittleBigPlanet community is in an uproar over their favorite levels suddenly disappearing off the face of the LittleBigEarth, and while Sony appreciates the creativity, they aren't planning on cutting back on moderating them any time soon. In a statement released on their Three Speech Blog, Sony lays down the simple guidelines to follow if you'd like your levels to stay in play. More »