Kotaku: Hate

Getting to the Bottom of All This Nintendo Hate

Mike Fahey — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:20:00 EST

Is there an inordinate amount of hate being projected at Nintendo lately? Commenter SageofMusic seems to think so, and he'll tell you why in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »

When You Love the Game But Not Its Creator

Mike Fahey — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:20:00 EDT

In today's spiteful edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Dracosummoner wonders if you have to love the game's creators in order to love the game. More »

Why All The Call Of Duty Hate?

Mike Fahey — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:20:00 EST

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Today in Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter WhoKnew? wants to know where all of the Call of Duty hate is coming from. Is it just because it's beautiful? More »

Just Making Sure We All Still Hate Escort Missions

Mike Fahey — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:00:00 EST

In today's extremely late edition of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Krakenstein2 rallies us around our shared hate of having to protect someone else in our video games. Screw that. More »

Hate Will Bring Us Together

Mike Fahey — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:30:00 EST

A ridiculous study conducted by a group of stupid Slovenian and British researchers has scientifically proven that the more negative a discussion thread is the more active it will be. What a load of bullshit. More »

NBA Jam Dev Just Wants Us All To Get Along

Owen Good — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:00:00 EDT

Trey Smith, the creative director for the recently released NBA Jam, would like to see a kinder, gentler gamer culture. "If the people of PAX ran the world, it would be a much better place," he told MTV Multiplayer. More »

They Are An Abomination

Owen Good — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Especially BadMutha Corrosive Skags. Parody of the sign made infamous by the hatemongering Westboro Baptist Church. Seen on Reddit via Hot Blooded Gaming More »

Austrian Anti-Muslim Game Stokes Outrage

Owen Good — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:40:00 EDT

A right-wing Austrian political party's published a flash game in which the countryside is overrun with minarets and mosques and players must stop their construction. Because nationalism and xenophobia's so much more fun when it's in the German language! More »

Righteousness

Owen Good — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:40:00 EDT

Targeted for a demonstration by the tantrum-throwing hate whores of the Westboro Baptist Church, Comic-Con's cosplayers fought fire with fire - very clever fire - in San Diego this afternoon. More »

Why The Xbox Hate?

Mike Fahey — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:20:21 EDT

GamesRadar is dedicating the entire week to the fine art of hating, with a series of features tied together as one giant Week of Hate. To this purpose, they've cobbled together a video demonstrating 100 reasons why gamers hate Xbox consoles. They make a good number of completely valid points, giving PlayStation 3 and Wii fanboys a leg up in the console war that rages across forums to this day. Don't worry though, Microsoft fans. Nintendo and Sony will be getting the same treatment as the week goes on. Until then, just kick back and wait for the next Halo to come along. 100 Reasons Fanboys Hate Xbox [GamesRadar] More »

The Littlest PS3 Hater

fdemarco — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Angry fanboys are getting younger and younger these days. Fun Tech Talk is reporting that a thirteen year old South Carolina boy was picked up by Toys R Us security after it was discovered that he had written "PS3 Sucks" on twenty three plastic PS3 game security cases with indelible marker. The boy's parents couldn't be reached so he was put in the custody of child services (scary). When asked why he did it, the boy answered, "I have an Xbox and I hate Playstation. I found the marker lying on the shelf and I guess I was bored. Sorry." More »

Itagaki Scoffs at Heavenly Sword

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:00:33 EDT

Beside booze and boob physics, Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki doesn't like much of anything! Tekken he hates so hard. And the upcoming PS3 title Heavenly Sword? Meh! The game features "Hero Sequences" in which players have to input particular commands to proceed through a Dragon's Liar-esque cinematic event. In the latest Electronic Gaming Monthly, Itagaki offers his two cents: More »

Game Design Elements Developers Hate

brownlee — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:40:53 EDT

Over at Next Generation, Colin Campbell asked three designers what their great game design evils were... which design choices, ubiquitous in games today, they would most like to pull the bowels out of through the belly button. More »

Game Developers Totally Hate Dumb Game Critics

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:22:53 EDT

Developers don't just hate game reviews, they hate game reviewers too. But hey, I hate most game reviews as well, no big whoop. While my reasons are different, here's why the developer loathe critics: More »