Kotaku: Fatal1ty

Molyneux, Wright, Garriott Talk About The Year in Gaming

Brian Crecente — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:00:00 EST

The BBC lined up a panel of gaming dignitaries to mull over the best of 2008 and expectations for 2009, they tapped into gaming culture with the help of Peter Molyneux, Will Wright, and... Fatal1ty? More »

The League of Legendary Gamers Fight Hunger At E For All

Mike Fahey — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDT

By their powers combined, they are Captain Sitting Around In A Chair! Five of the country's "legendary" names in gaming are converging on the E for All Expo in the name of ending hunger, once and for a little while! Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel, Billy Mitchell, Justin Wong, Todd Rogers and TriForce will be taking on all comers at E for All next weekend, with the price of admission being one perishable food item to be donated to the Los Angeles Food Bank for the upcoming holiday season. Each gamer is playing a specific game - FatalONEty has Doom 4, Billy "Hot Sauce" Mitchell on Donkey Kong, Justin Wong is rocking Marvel VS. Capcom 2, Todd Rogers will be on Gorf (hell yeah), and finally TriForce takes it tiny with Tetris DS. More »

E For All Sees Fatal1ty Is A Selling Point

Mike Fahey — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:40:00 EDT

The E for All Expo folks have just announced that professional E-sportsman Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel will be returning to their 2nd Annual shindig as "the face" of the show. He'll be on hand during the show to sign autographs, conduct demonstrations, take on challengers, and maybe - just maybe - deliver one of his trademark sly smiles.

"There is no one else in the video game industry quite like Fatal1ty and we're thrilled he's returning to E for All," said Mary Dolaher, Chief Executive Officer of IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows and events around the globe. "He'll bring much excitement and attention to the show and we're eager to see him interact with the fans, which is what he does best."

I had always assumed gaming was what he did best, but there you go. Are there actually people out there who would go to E for All specifically to meet this guy? I can understand going for the games, the camaraderie, the excitement, and perhaps the games again, but just to meet a guy with a number in his name that doesn't rap? I just don't see it. More »

E For All Ends Early With Blackout

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:00:00 EDT

At approximatley 7:10 PM on Friday evening, the E For All expo came to a close, abruptly and unintentionally. While the gathered masses, quite thin at this late hour, were still busying themselves watching Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel play Quake IV, enjoying The Orange Box and Super Mario Galaxy, they were surprised to see... blackness. A power outage on the right half of South Hall, encompassing the Nintendo and EA booths—arguably two-thirds of the show—made the last hour of the show a dark affair. Staff escorted gamers out for their own safety, largely wrapping up the show for the night. More »

Fatal1ty Teams With E for All

Mike Fahey — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:40:37 EDT

Sure PAX might have all the fans, the pedigree, and just about every gaming company in existence behind it, but the E for All Expo has a secret weapon. A guy with a number in his name. Competitive gaming legend and mousey marketeer Fatal1ty has signed on with IDG World Expo's fledgling gaming community expo to spread the word across the land as he travels from mall to mall this summer like a slightly less-attractive male version of Tiffany. Aside from bringing the word to the people, Fatal1ty's other duties will include giving a keynote at the event entitled "Competitive Gaming - From Basement to Big Time," performing in exhibitions, and just hanging out at his booth, chillin'. More »

Fatal1ty In Time On Miyamoto

Brian Crecente — Thu, 03 May 2007 21:00:42 EDT

I don't know which is more surprising; that Time only listed Shigeru Miyamoto as number 92 in the Time 100 or that they got Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel to write the short piece for the magazine about the Nintendo dev. More »

Professional Gaming Hits Network TV

Mike Fahey — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:40:58 EST

Professional gaming is set to take television by storm, as the World Series of Video Games announces deals with CBS, CSTV, and Gameplay HD to broadcast coverage of the first annual competition. College Sports Television will actually be airing coverage as five weekly 1 hour episodes in January. Gameplay HD, VOOM's video gaming channel, will be providing continuing coverage throughout the month of December, with more in February. More »

A New Era of Game Broadcasting

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:25:14 EST

With Fatal1ty's recent 60 Minutes interview, cyber athletes are starting to hit the mainstream. Tournaments keep getting more popular, so it makes sense to televise them. That's where Gamecaster steps in. More »

Gaming Is "A Waste of Time" Says Radio Personality

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:25:52 EST

Say hello to Pia Shandel. She hates video games. Jesse from I'm a Human Inbox caught her radio program in Vancouver right after Fatal1ty graced 60 Minutes in which she said gaming was "a waste of time for boys." Continuing, she likened it to "40 year-old men wearing green golfing pants." According to Jesse, the announcer was generally uninformed about gaming, but very opinionated about it. More »

Is the Cyberathlete an Athlete?

lsmith — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:40:08 EST

It's not a debate that will ever be as hotly contested as kids, video games and violence, but the recent appearance on 60 Minutes by Pro Gamer Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel at least started some more discussion over at GameDaily on whether or not the term 'athlete' includes 'cyberathletes.' More »

In Case You Missed It... Here's Fatal1ty

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:20:51 EST

I live in a foreign country, and the only American TV shows I get are reruns of Full House. So, how am I supposed to check out Fatal1ty's big, fat 60 Minutes interview with Steve Kroft? Swing by CBS's GameCore, where they've got a clip and summary up for all to hold me over until Uncle Joey starts imitating Bullwinkle. More »

What it's Like to Play Fatal1ty

Brian Crecente — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:00:52 EST

A writer over on Bona Fide Reviews walks readers through the dangers of making idle claims when you are about to take Fatal1ty head-on in a little Quake 4. John was the first guy picked in a raffle to play against the gamer at CES. Unfortunately, John made the mistake of saying that Fatal1ty wouldn t score a single point against him. More »

South Korea's Huge Pro Gaming Market

lsmith — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:41:44 EST

Bloomberg has an article up that makes Fatal1ty's upcoming 60 Minutes appearance seem like little more than a visit from the ice cream man. How? By pointing out that South Korea's StarCraft tournaments net between 600,000 to 700,000 attendees each year. And now, the nation's second largest bank, Shinhan bank, is sponsoring the "Star League" — a weekly competition that airs for three months, much like a sports season over here. Funny enough, when South Korean baseball held their All Star game in Busan in 2004, 15,000 fans made their way into the stadium to watch the festivities. That very same day 100,000 game fans were at a different outdoor stadium watching a video game competition on seven jumbo screens. Is this how it's gonna be in America? More »

Fatal1ty Heading to Primetime via 60 Minutes

lsmith — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:40:34 EST

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William from GameCore rang the Kotaku red phone this afternoon alerting us to Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell's Sunday night appearance on 60 Minutes. GameCore has a preview of the episode up where Wendell attributes part of his training for cyberathleticism to good ol' fashioned physical fitness. Check your local listings to see when 60 Minutes airs on Sunday and set your TiVo. More »

Review of Fatal1ty's New Mouse

Brian Crecente — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:00:09 EST

Hexus Gaming has a review up of Fatal1ty's new gaming mouse. The thing that sorta separates this one from the pack is that it features four buttons. It also has a max DPI of 1600 and a weighted core that you can switch out to suit your gaming needs. Four buttons? What the hell am I supposed to do with my pinkie? I need five buttons man, five! More »

Fatal1ty Loses Challenge at CES

Brian Crecente — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:30:27 EST

NinEyez emailed to tell us about an amazing first-person shooter duel he witnessed at CES. Over at the Creative Booth the marketers had set up a Try to Beat Fatal1ty event that was set to run throughout the day. NinEyez hung around for awhile to watch the pro-gamer hand the masses their asses in lopsided fragfests. More »

Fatal1ty Wins CPL Championship and Biggest Purse Ever

lsmith — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:00:31 EST

Ugh. Yesterday, I said I probably wouldn't watch the CPL finals because it would make me rethink my career choice. I'm glad I didn't. Fatal1ty, the closest thing to a star the "pro gaming" world has (Is it a world of pro gaming, yet? Is it close?) whooped up on some dude and took home close to $250k in prizes and cash. Grats. More »