March 2, 2008 – The weekend-without-end has surprisingly come to... um, an end. As I'm somebody that sees two emails a day as "a lot to write," this weekend and the hourly posts has been somewhat of a challenge. More »
Week in Games: Army of Two, Super Smash Bros Brawl & More
March 2, 2008 – In addition to the release of Army of Two and Super Smash Bros Brawl there are two baseball game releases to remind us that Spring is just around the corner - at least it is here in Atlanta. More »
Rule the World with your Mind!
March 2, 2008 – Twirl SUVs as easily as flicking a fly and never be bullied again. But first you'll need to hone your mad brainwave skillz via Emotiv System's EPOC neuroheadset. More »
Jack Thompson Comes to EA’s Rescue
March 2, 2008 – Looks like I pegged this Thompson guy all wrong. Apparently he's willing to put his well-honed legal skills to good use in EA's efforts to acquire T2. More »
A Look at Valve’s Left4Dead
March 2, 2008 – Gametrailers TV takes a look at Valve's new zombie shooter "Left4Dead". They promise a unique premise with AI that can take on any role in the game including any of the four survivors. More »
XBL Headset: My Hate / Hate Relationship
March 2, 2008 – I never use my headset on XBL. Frankly, I have enough on my mind just trying to get my meaty hands to manipulate the controls properly let alone attempting to carry on any semblance of a conversation. More »
Hitachi and Sharp Under Investigation for DS Price Fixing
March 2, 2008 – Facing fines of up to 10% of their sales on DS displays, Hitachi Display and Sharp are to be investigated by the Fair Trade Commission, Japan's fair trade group. More »
Achievements: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
March 2, 2008 – We received a tip that the list of achievements for the new Rainbow Six game have made it into the wild. My favorite after a quick perusal of the list is "Haute Couture," given for creating your own custom camouflage. I'm ashamed to admit that the game that I've come closest to getting all... More »
Creative Video Gaming
March 2, 2008 – The Aesthetics Technologies Lab at Ohio University has created Biomodd, a great example of video-gaming-outside-the-box. As their website describes it: Biomodd is a social and interactive art project that brings together ecology, game culture and installation art. More »
Video Game Violence: Counterpoint
March 2, 2008 – Kotaku reader Arun pointed out a very apt Boondock strip that provides a nice counterpoint to yesterday's Video Game Violence post. I'd suggest going to the link below for a hella larger view of the strip unless you've got a monocle handy - and I'm guessing if you had a monocle it would always be... More »
Tattoo You
March 2, 2008 – Kotaku faithful T3CHTony loves all things Mario and doesn't care who knows it. Here's his recent tattoo that he received at Electric Tattoo in Pasadena, Maryland. It's a relief to see that it's a cool tattoo. More »
pwnage (TM)?
March 2, 2008 – In the latest salvo in the let's-claim-credit-for-a-commonly-used-term-that-we-didn't-even-create War(TM), Finnish software company Futuremark Games Studio filed papers on February 26, 2008 to protect the trademark "Pwnage" in relation to: "... More »
Halo Lego Game? Think Not!
March 1, 2008 – In what is looking like a trend today (if two posts can be considered a trend), there's another LEGO bit of news today, this time involving Halo. However since this is appearing in EGM's April edition it's likely their idea of an April Fool's joke. More »
World’s Largest Gathering of Game Characters
March 1, 2008 – I'm not entirely sure what I think of this but do find it telling with respect to the impact of Video Gaming on our society that Guinness (of the world's longest fingernails fame) is attempting to record the World's largest gathering of game characters. More »
Sega Dreamcast – NIB!
March 1, 2008 – Wow. You certainly don't run across these every day. Goodwill Industries is auctioning off a NIB Sega Dreamcast. The system comes with the system CDs and an extra controller. More »
Announcing the “Pax 10″
March 1, 2008 – Yesterday Penny Arcade announced The PAX 10, a showcase of independent games that will be displayed as part of the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) August 29-31, 2008 in cooperation with the DigiPen Institute of Technology. More »
Gamefly’s Fifth Annual Q Awards
March 1, 2008 – When I first read the words "Q Awards" I auto-magically thought of the late, great actor Desmond Llewelyn but was apparently way off track. These are Gamefly's version of the Oscars sans the cheesy dance routines. More »
"Hot girls and plenty of brew"
March 1, 2008 – As long-time listener, first-time caller Jonathan McNamara writes of the happenings in Scottsdale, Arizona, "A club called Axis Radius held a Rock Band competition last night featuring 'hot girls and plenty of brew'." Hot girls and plenty of brew? More »
Street Fighter: The Later Years
March 1, 2008 – Great production values + obscure video game references + man-boobs means that it's time for Street Fighter: The Later Years - Part 9. The final chapter has Ryu and E. More »
Video Games & Violence
March 1, 2008 – On a topic that is close to my heart, another educator is bemoaning what he sees as the ubiquity of violence in video games. "There is a tremendous lack of imagination on the part of the games industry..." For those that may not remember, my organization is sponsoring a video game contest in... More »
