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"What would it look like if Nintendo built Google Earth?" That's the question used to describe Crackdown and APB developer Realtime World's new project, a mix of social gaming, social networking, and traditional gaming known as MyWorld. More »
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Google Earth has already been used for a few games, like cheap flight simulators. Know what it hasn't been used for? A giant map to let you drive the A-Team's black van across. More »
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Google Earth is pretty great as it stands, but I like where it's going even better. And that place is Simsville, with a stop-off at Liberty City along the way. More »
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Reader Sun Scramble was checking out Google Earth the other day and - on a whim, we're sure - punched in 40°42'49.23"N, 73°59'51.44"W. Lo and behold, what did he see? A giant GTAIV ad. More »
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The newest version of Google's 3D Earth mapping tool not only includes Google Sky, sure to be a hit with astronomy dorks, but it also contains a hidden flight simulator. Only two aircraft are currently available in Google Earth 4.2's flight sim (an F-16 jet fighter and the Cirrus SR22 prop plane) but there are plenty of airports and real world locations for one to fly around. More »
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Here at Kotaku I usually am the one who pounces on these independent game posts, probably because everyone else here is jaded, and covered in an oatmeal-like crust that issues from their sinuses when the term "indie game" is brought up. Especially Bash, who had to be chipped out of his desk chair with an afro pick after I brought Re:Mission into the office. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=193565&view=rss&microfeed=true I will always suck at RTS games until someone figures out a way not only for me to play them psychically, but invents a drug that will cause extra brain hemispheres to spore, mycelium-like, within my largely fluid filled skull. Who the hell can control a million units in unison? What the crap do I look like, RTS designers? Cylon Briareus? More »
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