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Just because we've conditioned ourselves to play PC games a certain way doesn't mean everybody else has to follow suit. In today's charming Speak Up on Kotaku commenter Confirm4Crit tells the inspiring story of what happened when he handed his non-gamer girlfriend his laptop running a copy of the original Mass Effect. More »
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Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 has an optional control scheme that might horrify hardcore fighting fans. But please, the company recently pleaded, give "simple" mode a chance. More »
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The idea of controlling your console with gestures in a neat concept, but it also comes with a slew of technical challenges. More »
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In our March podcast we play and talk with Guerrilla Games about their Playstation 3 master piece Killzone 2. More »
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Rumors have abounded regarding an upcoming motion control device for the Xbox 360, purportedly codenamed "Newton" — first, a loquacious anonymous source told MTV that such a controller is in development with support from developer Rare, and next 8bitjoystick pegged patents from Gyration, the same company responsible for Nintendo's Wii remote technology, as the likely tech behind Microsoft's top-secret project. More »
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=237323&view=rss&microfeed=true N'Gai Croal's always interesting occasional series on Wii controls, Alt-Ctrl, looks at the motion controls for The Godfather Blackhand this week. More »
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Red Steel is a game everyone was looking forward to, up until it was shown at E3, at which point everyone who played it was a bit off-put by the loosey-goosey controls and drifting auto-aim, not to mention the way the sword movement didn't seem to match what was being done with the controller. More »
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Interested in exactly how much of a wanna-Wii afterthought the PS3's gyroscopic motion sensor controls were? Incognito, the guys designing the upcoming PS3 title Warhawk, told 1UP that they only ended up having 10 days to design a motion sensor compatible control scheme for their E3 showing. More »
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