Kotaku: Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails Adds Background Noise to The Darkness II Launch Trailer

Mike Fahey — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:30:00 EST

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Remember back in 1996 when Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame did the music for Quake? His music in the launch trailer for The Darkness II sounds pretty much just like that. More »

Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor Had Game Design Dreams Once Upon A Time

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:40:19 EDT

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor doesn't have much of a video game pedigree—he contributed to id Software's Quake and Doom 3—but the man is no stranger to games. He even pitched one, long ago. More »

Tapulous Gets NIN In Your Tap Tap Revenge

Stuart Houghton — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Tap Tap Revenge is a fun little rhythm game for the iPhone in the spirit of Guitar Hero/DDR, with a nice line in slightly obscure/cool tracks. More »

Next Week On Rock Band: A Very Special NIN Pack

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:20:59 EDT

Fans of Nine Inch Nails and the fan of Shinedown will be thrilled to learn that tracks from both artists will be coming to a Rock Band near you next week. While the Shinedown tracks may not be headline news, the update on the matter indicates that one of the band's tracks is "exclusive to Rock Band." We expect to hear more of those types of announcements throughout the year. Your weekly Rock Band update, which hits starting Tuesday, is after the jump. More »

Nine Inch Nails DLC Penetrates Rock Band

Mike Fahey — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:00:29 EST

Well it's not Still Alive time yet, but next week's Rock Band DLC is pretty damn sweet, especially for anyone who really enjoys alternating between singing and screaming. It's Nine Inch Nails week! The following tracks will be available for purchase next week: More »

Building Another World - The Year Zero ARG

Mike Fahey — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:00:09 EST

Wired's Frank Rose takes an interesting look at the world of alternate reality games, tracking Trent Reznor's Year Zero ARG, in which he creates a future world ruled by Christian dictatorship, besieged by terrorists and wracked by climate change. The article explores the work that goes into creating a successful ARG and tracks the Nine Inch Nails game from start to finish. He speaks to 42 Entertainment's Jordan Weisman, who neatly sums up the appeal of games that go beyond the consoles and computers into the real world.

"Games are about engaging with the most entertaining thing on the planet," he says, sipping coffee in his guesthouse, "which is other people."

How much fun is it to pull off a good April Fools prank? Now imagine doing that to thousands of people at once. Seems pretty damn entertaining to me. More »

Romero Gives Another Nostalgic Quake Interview

brownlee — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:40:31 EDT

Outside of which Ukrainian child bride he's married this week and updates to his blog detailing the best method of applying egg whites to a lionesque mane, it seems the only publicity John Romero gets these days is giving interviews about his halcyon days with Quake and Doom. More »