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Why do human children learn to walk so much easier than robots do? Because babies learn to crawl before they walk. University of Vermont robotics expert Josh Bongard demonstrates how robots develop faster when their bodies change with their brains. More »
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There's fun to be had and lessons to be learned about cellular biology in CellCraft, as long as you can weather the argument over whether or not it's a creationist take on the subject. More »
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Evolution Studios is leaving the vistas of Monument Valley and the lush jungles of the Pacific for an experience more deadly and destructive with MotorStorm: Apocalypse, it's latest combative racer for the PlayStation 3. Oh, it's in 3D! More »
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Sony is giving Motorstorm: Pacific Rift vehicles a brand new look, kicking off eight weeks of free downloadable content with tomorrow's PlayStation Store update. More »
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Well, maybe we won't have to change the filters on our office Bullshit-o-meter after all. As we kinda-sorta-maybe suspected, the cleverly named Anti-Spore website Antispore.com was not all that it seemed. Rather than a blistering attack on Spore's neo-Darwinist pro-evolution agenda and pollution of our children's precious bodily fluids — a post to the site today revealed it was in fact an incredibly elaborate Rickroll. In a post entitled "Understand my beliefs please" the creator of the site laid out a scripture-heavy exegesis culminating in the following nugget of pure genius. More »
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Sooo.. The Kotaku bullshit alarm has been flashing a code amber since we got a tip about Antispore.com, but.. well, we just don't know. The site purports to be a protest against Spore and its 'attack on Christian values' and consists of several Creature Creator movies of Penis Monsters and other Spore grotesques, alongside posts about what the author claims is the game's pro-evolutionary agenda and corrupting influence on children. Oh, and the fact that Will Wright is Evil. More »
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MotorStorm dev Evolution was acquired by Sony. Have things changed after going from indie to corporate monolith? Says Evolution's Paul Hollywood: More »
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To acquire Motorstorm developer Evolution and their Pursuit Force subsidiary BigBig, Sony forked over £16 million, which translates to a little over $32 million. So is that a lot of money? Considering the importance of Motorstorm in the first year of the PS3 platform and the dollars Sony has sunk into the game's marketing and combo distribution, it makes little sense not to buy the studio before the Motorstorm 2 media frenzy begins and keep the expenses and profits a little more in-house. More »
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GamesRadar has highlighted eight franchises that haven't changed in ten years. The list includes biggies like Pokemon, Virtua Fighter and even The Legend of Zelda. They applaud the titles for staying entertaining, while simultaneously stabbing them in the back for not evolving like Mario or Prince of Persia. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=289298&view=rss&microfeed=true Despite using the new fangled technique of morphing, this little video is actually kind of interesting. It starts off with talk about how games have progressed over the years starting with things like marbles and ping-pong. Then it takes a turn into a techno-infused morph fest showing exactly how many of our favorite game genres have changed over the years. It covers a wide variety including fighting, driving and FPSs. If you don't like techno, turn the volume down and throw on your favorite Carpenters CD. I'm sure it will have the same impact. More »
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For your Thursday lunchtime perusal, Next Generation's Eric-Jon Rossel Waugh has posted a decent read for whilst you're otherwise employeed stuffing a sandwich into your craw: "How the Console 'Losers' Really Won." More »
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Over at 1Up, they've got a wonderful Friday afternoon time killer in 'Playing With Power: Great Ideas That Have Changed Gaming Forever'. They look at a couple dozen gameplay conventions and trace them from modern usage down to their 8-bit progenitors. More »
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The design of the Wiimote has continued to subtly change through the prototype and Kotakuite Randy was classy enough to send us a link to this image, comparing the earliest prototype with the latest. it's like one of those before-and-after ads for Hoodia, with a fatty on one side who, across the black dividing line, becomes a supermodel on the other. More »
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