Kotaku: Easy

What Difficulty Setting Do You Play On, or How Hard Do You Like It?

Mike Fahey — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:00:00 EST

With today's news that BioShock Infinite will include a special old school difficulty mode, commenter Blessrok is curious about what difficulty setting you play on by default? Are you an easy-going gamer, or do you like to be punished? Tell us in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »

Battlefield Play 4 Free Angers Its Paying Customers

Kirk Hamilton — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:00:00 EST

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Last month, EA's "EAsy" division, which runs the free-to-play Battlefield Play 4 Free, elected to lower the damage of paid-for in-game weapon add-ons in the interest of balancing the game. Users were justifiably angry that the in-game items they had bought had been taken away, particularly as they were offered no refund. More »

Do Video Games Need an Incredibly Easy Button?

Mike Fahey — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:00:00 EDT

Sometimes Easy Mode just isn't enough. In today's Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Sullyville begs game developers for an option to skip the harder sections of games altogether. More »

Is Video Game Difficulty Ass-Backwards?

Mike Fahey — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:20:00 EST

Kotaku commenter SuicidalEarthworm (don't do it!) feels that video games are handling difficulty wrong, getting progressively easier instead of more difficult. Add your two cents in today's Speak-Up on Kotaku. More »

Kotaku Talk Radio: QuakeCon

Brian Crecente — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:40:00 EDT

During this week's Kotaku Talk Radio we had on MTV's Russ Frushstick to talk about QuakeCon, cheating in Madden 10, playing easy and other spicy topics. More »

Hudson Going After the Casual Gamers

Brian Ashcraft — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:00:14 EDT

Takahashi Meijin taps the table. We're backstage at the Hudson booth. He's been on stage all afternoon, doing calestenics for upcoming Wii fitness game DECASPORTA. He taps the table as if pressing a button. Tap, tap, tap. Takahashi Meijin is Hudson's quick button pushing human mascot and has been since the Sapporo-based company entered the gaming industry when it began writing code for the Famicom back in the early 1980's. More »

Molyneux Wants People Beating Fable 2...With One Button

Mark Wilson — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:20:51 EDT

Peter Molyneux has simplified combat to just one button in Fable 2, hopefully enticing casual gamers to play while still rewarding hardcore gamers with upgrades based upon the use of advanced maneuvers in the system. But either way, Molyneux wants players beating the game.

I hate that we spend millions of dollars designing our games and only 1 percent of people finish them...If they don't finish the game, it's like leaving the movie halfway through, so it's a rubbish movie to some extent, and that responsibility is on our shoulders.

There is nothing worse than developers masturbating to their own narrative genius over a game that's not worth the commitment of finishing. It's heartening that some designers have maintained perspective. We just hope the whole one button thing works out. More »

Wii: So Easy A Baby Can Use It

fdemarco — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EST

Kotakuite John C. sends in this picture of his 14 month old daughter playing the Wii. His email was short leaving me with many questions... More »