Kotaku: chronicles of riddick

Some Guy's Mom Painted This

Owen Good — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:30:00 MDT

A Danish mother has at last paid back years of refrigerator finger-paintings of her as a stick figure with circle boobies and a triangle skirt. Nothing says motherly love like a Riddick box cover painting.

Says reader Martin R. M., who just accessioned this piece into his collection:

Just wanted to share this in reference to your Riddick review. I love that character, so I had my mom create a painting of the cover for the original game, i would like to have her paint the new one also, but my girlfriend thinks one is enough. He he...

Wonder what Martin's dad is doing for the "World's Greatest Dad" coffee mug.

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena: In Motion

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:40:59 MST

You've seen the screen shots, now see those screen shots move believably. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena is headed to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC next year. But you can see it in action right now.

New Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Screens Show Off Re-imagination

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:40:00 MST

We're going to get double the Diesel in 2009, with Vin's face gracing both Midway's Wheelman and Atari's The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. Atari released new screens of the latter today.

They show that the "re-imagining" of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher's Bay is looking pretty sharp, excessive depth of field excepted. And, sure, Riddick may look half-Rodian, half-human here, but everything else looks just swell.

Assault on Dark Athena will add online multiplayer and come bundled with a "remastered" version of Escape from Butcher's Bay when it lands on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC next year, so it will at least pack in the value.

Shocking: Good Movie-Based Games Better than Bad Ones

kourosh — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:27:56 MST

The New York Times writes a fluffy feature about video games with a shocking conclusion. You better sit down: More people are willing to play a good movie-based video game than a bad one, even if the movie was a stinker. The Times points to the success of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. It also lauds Peter Jackson's King Kong as a good game on par with the movie.

The Year that Games Discovered Their Star Power [The New York Times]