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Kotaku's 2009 Summer Reading List
Summertime is here, and it's time to hit the beach, splash in the waves, and bask in the sun with a little ultra-portable gaming, courtesy of Kotaku's 2009 Summer Reading List. More »
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By Mike Fahey
Comment by WoundedBum: Will anyone else kick out in their garden and read a book? Or will you stay inside and play games? 16 Responses | Other threads
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In Defense Of The Classic Controller
By Leigh Alexander.
At the E3 debut of Project Natal, Microsoft's Don Mattrick called the controllers we've known and loved "a barrier separating video game players from everyone else." Wait. Isn't that the point? Should video game controllers really disappear? More »
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Comment by King_Faisal_94: ah nothing will ever beat the good old dualshock it will always be iconic i mean sure every now and... 80 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by Pudgie'sSmokerGivesAGoodTongueing: So who do you reckon is the best looking amongst them faces? 15 Responses | Other threads
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Bethesda's Big Move
When Oblivion and Doom meet, the Fallout is bound to yield surprises; and perhaps offer some insight into the future of the video game industry. Â More »
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Comment by Ueziel: I really doubt that Valve needs anyone else to stay profitable. They do plenty good on their own. 17 Responses | Other threads
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When Robot Chicken Meets Video Games
Robot Chicken is pretty damn popular. And it got that way by poking fun at popular culture. Movies, books, comics, TV shows, even action figures. But what happens when Robot Chicken crosses paths with video games? More » -
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Kotaku Bureau of Weights & Measures Studies Fallout, Physics, Also Beer
About a year ago, you may recall, my brother and I attempted to derive the product of Pac-Man's metabolic functions. In that spirit, Kotaku has now created its own Bureau of Weights & Measures. More »
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By Owen Good
Comment by KillerBee: Assassin's Creed would have been SO much better with realistic levels of hay strewn about. 9 Responses | Other threads
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Father Knows Best: The Best and Worst Fathers in Video Games
Fathers are easy to find in video games. When they're not antagonizing their offspring or killed off in the first level, they often serve as our main characters' major motivation. More »
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By AJ Glasser
Comment by Mucudadada: Ending of HL2 :Ep 2 was so :( Speaking of which, "Hey Valve! You know what I would like better... 18 Responses | Other threads
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iPhone: The Great White Hype?
The iPhone has been heralded as the second coming of mobile games. But just how important a piece of the more than $5 billion dollar mobile game industry is it? More »
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Comment by cipotefello: No offense, but you seem to have a fetish with the thing. 63 Responses | Other threads
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ThatGameCompany And The Beauty Of Taking Risks
"Everything is intense the first time you experience it," says Jenova Chen, the 27-year-old creative director at Santa Monica-based studio ThatGameCompany.
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Comment by All the ladies love Mister Jack!: You know, I still haven't played Flower. It looks pretty from what I can tell, but what exactly makes... 24 Responses | Other threads
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Kotaku's Best of E3 Awards: Hair Dragons, CatBats and Light Graffiti
This year's annual E3 Expo gathering of video game developers, publishers and players brought with it an unprecedented look at the games we'll be playing over this year and next as well as the technology that will shape the games to come. More »
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Comment by Kenny: Wii Sports Resort is runner up for best sequel? Over Uncharted 2? Sorry, but that just boggles my fuckin' mind. 23 Responses | Other threads
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The Great Experiment
In a week full of startling gaming news, from Microsoft's virtual controller to Nintendo's biometric add-on, Sony's launch of a digital-download only gaming system has the greatest potential to be a game changer for the industry. More »
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Comment by litrock: I'm not going to buy a PSP Go, but I'm definitely going to get a bigger memory stick so I... 34 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by uchennaokafor: I dont know something just seems empty about your front covers, awards for effort though! 12 Responses | Other threads
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Sony Prepares An Army of Playstation Evangelists
Earlier this year Sony began quietly readying an army of evangelists to take to the front lines of the escalating console wars. More »
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Comment by Kermad: What console war? Wii: 50m 360: 30m PS3: 22m If Sony plan on overtaking Microsoft in the next 4 years, then how are they... 35 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by IanC: What is this obsession with making the "Citizen Kane" of games? Never thought much of the film! 31 Responses | Other threads
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The Chiptunes Band That Just Might Break Through
by Leigh Alexander The notoriously insular and fickle Brooklyn music scene has had its doors blown off, and the culprit is – NES sound chip music? More » -
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The Untold Story Of The Xbox 360 Avatars
When it launched in 2005, the Xbox 360 was, certain issues aside, a successful product. But it was also drab. Lifeless. Until, in 2008, along came the avatars. More »
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Comment by Knaaks: The Untold Story of the Xbox 360 Avatars: Copy Miis. The end! 30 Responses | Other threads
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Indie Devs Turn To In-Game Ads After Piracy Strike
Nearly 24 hours after it went out in mid-April, John Warner checked on the numbers for Raycatcher - a game he and a partner designed and distributed over Steam. The first day, it sold 1,000 copies for $5. But pirates had also made 35,000 copies for free. More »
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By Owen Good
Comment by Cloral: Anyone who says piracy is ok is a total jackass. See what it does to the people who make the... 87 Responses | Other threads
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Making A Game Out Of Today's War
The video game industry was about to get its first major game based on a current military action, only to have publisher Konami pull the plug. What's wrong with releasing a realistic war video game? More »
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By Mike Fahey
Comment by Combichristoffersen: It's obviously better for the kids to shoot aliens in the face than to learn about the horrors of real... 19 Responses | Other threads
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The Last of The Great Arcade Fighters
Online. Kicking and punching cold, invisible opponents you'll never see, you'll never meet. Alex Valle is a Street Fighter II player living in a Street Fighter IV world. And he's ready to kick your ass. More »
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Comment by Bubbleman!: I've said it before and I'll say it again. Online gaming has pretty much ruined this industry. Sure, gaming might... 41 Responses | Other threads
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The $80 Million Inspiration For Disney's Latest Wii Game
Movies, books, comics, even a 14th century poem have inspired video games, but Toy Story Mania! is the first game designed to recreate a Disney ride experience. More »
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Comment by FigNewton: "Toy Story Mania! the ride opened in Disney's California Adventure and Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2008." The ride is Toy Story... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
Mothers have it tough in video games – they get killed off, turned evil, or their children leave the nest to save the world. And their kids probably don't call home often enough. More »
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By AJ Glasser
Comment by akumaserge: What the hell AJ, you write an article about mothers in video games and YOU FORGOT TO MENTION NESS' MOTHER... 25 Responses | Other threads
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Capcom Goes West
There was a time when the heart of video game design was inarguably in Japan. But increasingly game developers from around the world, including Japan, see that seat of power moving west. More »
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Comment by CyrilFisher: Japanese style games are garbage, so it's good people are concentrating on the best style of games in the world. 49 Responses | Other threads
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Wolverine 101
His movie opens tomorrow, but how much do you really know about the X-Man known as Wolverine? Do you know about his powers? His deaths? His kids? We tell you everything you need to know. [io9]
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Comment by Grey_Area: So if chunks of Logan's flesh were torn off and each piece was taken to a different location to regenerate... 17 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by Fallible.: The moral of the story, if you are a game developer, is not to listen to your demographic. What they... 13 Responses | Other threads
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How Not To Address Homosexuality In Gaming
BioWare's censoring of homosexual terms on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums was not a wise move, but they certainly weren't the first video game company to struggle with the issue of homosexuality. More »
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By Mike Fahey
Comment by Boom-Chicka-Ah: ok. homosexuality really needs to find its place am i right? hypothetically you are not going to put homosexuality in... 47 Responses | Other threads
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Nintenducation – A New Take On Edutainment
It's a great time to be in grade school, if you live in Japan or Great Britain. Several dozen schools in both countries are putting Nintendo DSs in K-12 classes. More »
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By AJ Glasser
Comment by MaWeiTao: What a complete and utter waste of money. There are far more productive, and less distracting ways to teach. Certainly... 16 Responses | Other threads
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Going Indie: Fez Creator Phil Fish's Moment Of Clarity
It could've gone another way. Everything depends on perspective. There are different angles and other choice. Life could be very different right now, but Phil Fish knows the exact moment he went indie. More »
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Comment by WEGGLES90: ...darn it. Still nothing about what platform it will release on. 11 Responses | Other threads
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Virtual Reality: The Year Twenty-O-Nine In Video Game History
It is the year 2009. Killer robots rampage through the streets, aliens rain down destruction from the sky, and a two-millennium old prophecy which could determine the fate of the world is coming to fruition. More »
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By Mike Fahey
Comment by luxfluxio: That was cool to read.. but my eyes were basicly only on a certain image of a certain game on... 20 Responses | Other threads
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Can Games Handle History?
Human history is the greatest story ever told. It's also, courtesy of the attached social, political and religious significance, the most dangerous. So what happens when games try and tell it? More »
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Comment by NeVeRMoRe666: "Human history is the greatest story ever told." I perfer ones with Dinosaurs... 8 Responses | Other threads
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A Claim to Fame, in the Dodge City of Video Games
These days, a big weekend in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 26,000 or so, is defined by the line out the door at its Applebee's. On its chamber of commerce's list of 101 things to do there, you'll see attractions like genealogy research, pumpkin picking, and a tour of the John Deere factory. The same as most towns spread out on the frying-pan flat Midwest of the United States, Ottumwa is the kind of place whose charm you'd come to understand not if you bothered to visit, but if you cared to stay. More » -
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All That Jazz: Video Game Musicals
Last month, Phoenix Wright came to life on stage in Japan courtesy of the all-female musical theater group, Takarazuka Revue. It was bright, it was catchy, it sold like hotcakes — and it was downright uncanny. More »
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By AJ Glasser
Comment by Grisaille: Flip it, Ninja!: In the U.S.? Doesn't sound like such a bad idea. Mario, Metroid and what have you are fine and dandy,... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by JahB: "Montessori does not encourage competition in the traditional sense," Goodwin said. "The idea with Montessori is that children strive to... 40 Responses | Other threads
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The Cut Scene: Inside The Video Game Weapon Replica Business
Down the street from a Kroger shopping center and a Wal-Mart in Marietta, Georgia lies an arsenal. The Empire Swords shop looks unassuming enough from the outside, but once you step through the doors... More »
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By Mike Fahey
Comment by LicouriceXLazarus: I have never been more ashamed of playing videogames until now. i can't believe i am a part of a... 23 Responses | Other threads
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Apple's Portable Game
After years of being a punch line among hardcore gamers, Apple has gotten serious about gaming, they just happened to use a cell phone and not a computer to do it.
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Comment by Deus-Ex: Serious about gaming! With phone games! What a joke! 27 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by RawSteelUT: Outstandingly pretentious is this article. If you look at the sex scene in Mass Effect, it wasn't a random... 33 Responses | Other threads
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Zombie!!! Games of the Living Dead
Zombies are suddenly hot again. Recent films, books and comic series have reignited the worlds love of the flesh-eating undead, and video games are, as always, right in on the action. More »
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Comment by Boudabras: Love The Walking Dead series. We need more good zombie movies/games! 15 Responses | Other threads
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What Guitar Hero and Rock Band Can Teach Us
Contrary to your assumptions, Guitar Hero and Rock Band are not sneered at by all serious musicians. More »
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By Owen Good
Comment by lucasreis - I want a twitter-less world...: I´ve been playing guitar for 18 years. Most guitarrists are elitists when it comes to judging games like Guitar Hero... 11 Responses | Other threads
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Clash of the Gaming Titans
Nintendo's popular DS handheld hit a milestone earlier this month, topping 100 million of the portables shipped worldwide. But a much more important milestone looms.
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Comment by BubbleF**kingBuddy: I'd say a good deal of those sales can be attributed to PS2/DS replacements. They aren't very sturdy. 20 Responses | Other threads
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