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Parent: Nintendo DS Would Have Distracted Newton From Discovering Gravity
I just discovered a hullabaloo over at the Orange County Register's Mom Blog that began when blogger/mom Marla Jo Fisher explained why she keeps her household gaming free. More »Nintendo Had A Very Happy Holiday
In advance of next week's December NPD results, Nintendo is calling the holiday season a huge success, with U.S. huge Wii sales numbers in December and the DS lineup setting a record for most consoles sold during a calendar year. More »Japanese Hardware Sales Tally
Tally ho! So to speak. Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has released hardware sales figures for Japan. More »Man Finished 48 Games In 2009 (And That Man Was Me)
I finished more video games in 2009 than in any other year of my life, according to a big list I've been keeping since 2006. Dare I write this in public: I played too much. More »The 2009 eBay Holiday Video Game Grey Market Report
While game publishers look to retail sales figures to gauge the success of the holiday season, let's take a look at how our favorite games and consoles performed in the shady back-alleys of eBay's 2009 holiday grey market. More »Burglary Delayed By Mystery Game
Picross 3D Finally Dated! For Europe!
Good news! While the Japanese have been enjoying three-dimensional nonogram bliss for the better part of the year with Rittai Picross, the localized, announced, but not dated Picross 3D has been pegged for a February 2010 release date! In Europe! More »Finally, Slime Curling Comes To Dragon Quest
Someone at Square Enix must have been hit hard by an early infection of (Winter) Olympic Fever, as clearly evidence by the addition of Slime Curling mini-gaming to the Dragon Quest VI remake for the Nintendo DS. More »In-Flight Electronics Rules Eased After Two-Day Crackdown
The Associated Press is reporting that increased security measures on international flights inbound to the United States have been eased. The government has not publicly announced any changes, but the AP's report cites unnamed airline officials "familiar with the matter." More »How Will New Rules Affect In-Flight Gaming?
It's not a petty concern. Since Friday's incident en route to Detroit, airlines are ramping up security procedures at the behest of the government, and "approved portable electronic devices" have long been a whipping boy for this sort of thing. More »3D Realms CEO Vows Duke Nukem 'Resurgence' in 'Next Few Years'
Scott Miller, the 3D Realms cofounder who came out looking somewhat better than eternally dithering partner George Broussard in Wired's recent profile of Duke Nukem Forever, claims that "numerous other Duke games" are in development, some meant for casual gaming. More »Style Savvy Review: Dressing Miss Michael
Join Kotaku's tallest, broadest, and hairiest regular contributor as I explore the world of retail fashion design with Nintendo's Style Savvy for the Nintendo DS. More »Love Plus Cake Draws Long Lines
It's a Christmas tradition in Japan to eat cake with your loved ones. So here's where Konami's DS love simulator Love Plus comes in. More »2010: Looking Back on Kotaku's Look Ahead
We're 10 days from New Year's but tomorrow is the winter solstice, starting us on another trip around the sun. And a new year that will be full of its own controversies, challenges, triumphs, disappointments and delights in video gaming. More »A Surprise Education
Dementium II Preview: A Metroid With Dread
They're mixing Metroid with Resident Evil again, and gamers who want to play an M-rated game like that on the DS just might have to give the makers of Dementium II some thanks. More »Nintendo Raises The Bar For Game Kiosks
For the past few decades, Nintendo has pushed video games forward. Now, it's doing the same with retail kiosks. More »2010: The Year of Better Nintendo DS Games?
As the Nintendo DS enters its sixth year on the market, introducing its fourth major iteration, the Nintendo DS XL, the software line-up is looking good, especially if you're a fan of portable role-playing games. More »Latest Transformers Title Officially Rolling Out for Wii, DS Too
We've known about it for a week, but today Activision officially announced Transformers: War for Cybertron (planet pictured above) and confirmed that versions for Wii and the Nintendo DS are in development as well. More »Ace Attorney Investigations Preview: More Of A Game
Out in Japan this year and coming to America in 2010, Ace Attorney is a return to crime-fighting and lawyering on the Nintendo DS, with maybe the best mechanics in the series... if that's what series fans are looking for. More »A Million Copies of Inazuma Eleven 2 Shipped
Level-5, the Fukuoka-based developer behind the Professor Layton games, also has a highly successful series with soccer RPG Inazuma Eleven. More »