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Now you can cruise the seedy streets of Grand Theft Auto IV's take on Liberty City from the comfort and safety of your web browser, thanks to the efforts of GTA's most dedicated fans and some 80,000 screen shots. More »
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Google recently updated Google Maps with a full screen street view. They also took the time to update the street view of their own building. Guess which game character someone found lurking outside Google HQ? More »
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Capital Wasteland/A survivalist nightmare/Google Maps can help. More »
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Want to go to Akihabara and bask in the glory of millions of tons of video games, capsule toys, manga and electronics? Probably not if you're paying for the plane ticket over there. Fortunately, with the awesome power of Google Maps and Street View, you can scoot around Akiba virtually, checking out all the good game shops — their facades anyway. More »
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Expect to see the above shot appear soon on a Google Maps zoom-in starting this February. Some O'Reilly FOO Camp attendees took advantage of an announced Google fly-over to make their mark on Google Maps and Google Earth with some Space Invaders inspired artwork. More »
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The intrepid adventurers over at PS3 Seeker have used some Google Maps tools to throw together this nifty Google map showing all the locations selling PS3's at launch. You can see which stores will be opening and selling at midnight on the 17th or you can search by location. You can even see if there are any PS3 auctions available in your location. PS3 Seeker is on the job for you, adding addresses as they find them. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=212482&view=rss&microfeed=true If you're wondering whether or not you live within driving distance of one of the unscrupulous merchants who broke the DS Lite release date almost two weeks early, you should check out this Google Maps based tool for finding the closest on sale DS Lite near you. More »
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Yet another shiny Google Maps idea: find a games company near you, see where your favourite RPG was created (that's the only genre example they give so far)... More »
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