Will The 21st Century Be Defined By Games?
On Monday, Kotaku ran Eric Zimmerman's Manifesto for a Ludic Century
I Sold My Video Games To Pay For My Wedding, And Said Goodbye To Part…
Stacks of games sit around my living room, as I organize photographs from my phone. I log onto Ebay and check prices. I list a few games. I sell one almost immediately. That one doesn't surprise me. Tales of Symphonia. It's one of the rarer in my collection, and I had expected to make quite a bit, quite quickly. Ebay…
She'd Never Played Video Games, But Wound Up Judging A Game Contest
Most video game-players have someone in their life—an uncle, a parent, a cousin, a co-worker—who just doesn't play video games. Time and again, we try to poke and prod at those people, to better understand where they're coming from and more importantly, how they view our favorite pastime/livelihood/obsession/etc.
A Whole New Way To Play Video Games: Standing Up
It's not every day you discover a whole new way to play video games. Yet over the past month, I've done just that—I've found a way to play games that makes me feel better, more alert, healthier, and more involved. How have I accomplished this? I've started playing video games while standing up.
Sometimes You Just Have To Lie To Your Kid
Before I tell you the story of how I tricked and deceived my son, an innocent 7-year-old who trusts me with his life, his happiness and his dignity, let me first explain how much I hate Plants vs. Zombies. I cringe just typing the name. A clip of the music or a piece of the art is enough to make my gut shrink. I don't…
Living in China is Life Behind the Great Firewall
Which Video Game Controller Is Best? No, Seriously. Which?
For this week's Burning Questions, Jason and Kirk talk about video game controllers. Which controller is better, Xbox or PlayStation? What do touch-screens like the Wii U and the Vita hold for the future? Is the Kinect good for anything except pausing Netflix videos (and is it even that good at that)? What is the…
Is It Possible To Play Games Without Being a Total Shut-In?
For this week's Burning Questions, Jason and Kirk look at how gaming impacts their everyday life. Why is it so hard to maintain a social life and play games? Is there something about some games that is simply incompatible with being social? What games do we like to share with people, and what games do we play alone?…
The Girl's Eyes Were Just Too Freaky
Upcoming Nintendo 3DS role-playing game for girls Girls RPG Cindere Life featured a hostess-type heroine with heroine with comically huge eyes. "Featured" because at some point, the game's developer changed them.
Why Won’t My Parents Play Video Games With Me?
Why won't my father game with me?
Playing God: On Death, Motherhood and Creating (Artificial) Life
The quotes on the box are marvelous:
On Death and Gaming
One of my earliest memories of videogames is also one of the last clear memories I have of my aunt, my father's sister, Donna. It was cold out, but not quite the holidays. We were sitting on the shag carpet in my grandparents' house, where she lived, playing Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle. The ColecoVision was…
How Video Game Deaths Help Us Live
"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result," wrote Winston Churchill, in The Story of the Malakand Field Force in 1898.
Which Video Game Character Are You?
It's commenter Aikage's turn to play Speak Up on Kotaku again, or should I say Commander Aikage? He wants to know what video game character you relate to the most, and you're going to tell him.
Do You Ever Regret the Time Spent Gaming?
Commenter Aikage returns to Speak Up on Kotaku for the second time in as many days, wondering if you every iamgine where life would have taken you if not for all of that time spent gaming.
Space Games Don't Have To Be Cold And Lifeless
Kotaku commenter Jezuz feels that games set in outer space have become too cold and sterile. He shares his idea on how to liven up the airless void in today's Speak-Up on Kotaku.
NASA Discovers Alien Life In California
Today NASA will hold a press conference
When A Man Turns 60
Chris Crawford, whose lifelong dream has been to master the creation of interactive storytelling, turned 60 in late June. He moved the final red bead, the ones marking each day of his sixth decade, to the jar on the left.
As A Gamer, This Is What I Most Fear
I play a lot
Multicellular Life: It Might Be Older Than You Think
Remember when all of those scientist people told us that multicellular life on Earth began about 1.9 billion years ago? New evidence suggests they might have been off by a few hundred million. Is it time for a Spore patch?
PlayStation Life, Now With Actual Gaming Content
PlayStation Life, the PS3's global news service, is a neat screensaver, but its gaming applications have been somewhat limited to date. Something that may change with the addition of game trailers to the service.
Mega64 Takes Elite Beat Agents To The Streets
The guys at Mega 64 are up to their old tricks again, this confusing the non-gaming public with a live-action performance of hit Nintendo DS rhythm game Elite Beat Agents.
Introducing "Life with PlayStation"
Today, Sony Computer Entertainment exec Kaz Hirai announced "Life with PlayStation" for the PS3. During the presentation, the "Life" was demoed for the audience for the first time — the service shows the Earth, and users can access current news and weather for locations around the world. It's possible to even pull up the…