Kotaku: Tech

Does Digital Distribution Do More Harm Than Good?

Mike Fahey — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:40:00 EST

Isn't moving from disc-based software to downloadable digital products a step in the right direction? Commenter Paradox Me isn't so sure, and explains why in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »

id Explains How to Tweak the Most Out of PC Rage, More Official Settings Coming Soon

Brian Crecente — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:40:00 EDT

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The PC version of Rage will soon have a bevy of new ways for gamers to tweak the way the game behaves and looks on their system, id Software tells Kotaku. More »

Why Japanese Developers Should Have Played More PC Games

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:30:00 EDT

Gaming's reached a turning point. Western games have more realistic graphics and physics than Japanese games. This isn't good or bad. It's true. More »

The Coolest, Tiniest New Gaming Platform Hits Next Month

Brian Crecente — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:40:00 EDT

Sifteo, those tiny motion-aware game playing blocks we first spotted at CES, hit this September for $150 a pack, the company said today. More »

Let's Share Gaming Video Capture Tips

Mike Fahey — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:20:00 EDT

Commenter BrawlKarter is looking for a way to record his video game footage. Hell, a lot of people are looking to record their video game footage. Let's tell 'em how in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »

We Got Microsoft to Promote The Red Ring of Death and Our Other Xbox Live Indie Favorites

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 24 May 2011 20:00:00 EDT

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Every couple of weeks we deliver a list of our favorite (mostly) new Xbox Live Indie games to officials involved with the Xbox 360. We pick our favorite indie games; they list them in a corner of the Xbox Live Games Marketplace called Kotaku's Favorites (it's in the Indie channel). More »

MIT Just Built a Better Nintendo 3DS Screen

Mike Epstein — Thu, 05 May 2011 13:20:00 EDT

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A group of researchers from MIT have developed a new version of the parallax barrier technology used by Nintendo to give the 3DS its signature 3D visuals. The new version of the screen, called HR3D ("High Rank 3D"), can produce the same glasses-free 3D images as the 3DS, but does so while generating a brighter image and using less battery power. HR3D uses two layered screens to produce 3D, just like the 3DS. More »

But Which HDMI Cable To Buy For My Console?

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:30:00 EST

If you're serious about gaming in high definition on a console that's attached to a TV set, then you've probably heard that you need to have a HDMI connection. But just how big a difference does this fancy cable make? More »

Spartans Are Not Born, They Are Made

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:30:00 EDT

The Spartans of the Halo universe are capable of some pretty incredible stuff, but so they should: they're soldiers in fancy robot suits from the 26th century. In the 21st century, it's all about the baby steps. More »

Super Mario Bros. In 64 Pixels

Mike Fahey — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:20:00 EDT

Here's what happens when you take a relatively primitive game and downgrade it to an extremely primitive game, courtesy of Carnegie Mellon student Chloe Fan. More »

How 3D Actually Works

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:30:00 EST

3D is, if the television, film and game industries are to be believed, the future. Whether they're right or not is still up for discussion, but just in case they are, you may as well know how it all works. More »

Gaming's Slingbox Backed By $1M Funding

Brian Crecente — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Announced earlier this week, Spawn Labs version of the Slingbox for gamers is backed by $1 million in Series A round funding, according to the Austin Business Journal. More »

Augmented Reality Game Fights Zombies With Skittles

Mike Fahey — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:40:00 EDT

The Georgia Tech Augmented Environments Lab has come up with a game that combines the joy of shooting zombies with the deliciousness of Skittles. More »

Yahoo! Names Rock Band 2 One of the Best Tech of 2008, Blu-Ray One of the Worst

Brian Crecente — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:40:00 EST

Yahoo! Tech writer Christopher Null listed Rock Band 2 among his personal eight best tech products of 2008. More »

Gamer Builds Extremely Ugly Gameboy-Sized NES Portable

Mike Fahey — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST

While I've long been a supporter of the custom console movement, sometimes I see a project that really makes me wonder what the point is. Take this portable, Gameboy-sized NES, based off of a Super Joy III Nintendo clone. Sure, it's slightly smaller than the original Gameboy and contains 72 built-in games, but oh my god is it hideous to look at. "But it's all about the convenience!" you say? I have at least five devices within my reach that are smaller, prettier, and more than capable of tackling an 8-bit Nintendo title should I deem it necessary. More »

Get Portal's GLaDOS On Your GPS

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:40:53 EDT

If you're gettin' around town via GPS but find you just don't have enough maniacal supercomputer guidance? Should you be technologically slightly ahead of the curve and in ownership of a Garmin Nuvi (or possibly StreetPilot) GPS device, you can now receive your driving directions courtesy of the GLaGPS — Genetic Lifeform and Global Positioning System — a 'bot that does a near pitch perfect impression of Portal's GLaDOS. More »

Unreal Engine Invades Kids' Summer Camp

Brian Crecente — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:00:02 EST

iD Tech Camps, a sort of summer camp for children interesting in game development and computers, announced today that they will be offering classes on using the Unreal Engine 3 tools to make games to six or seven students this year. The instruction sounds like it will be heavy on the modding, but there will also be instruction on creating original games and environments. More »

Laser Dance Matrix - Don't Call It A Pad

Maggie Greene — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:30:02 EDT

I had to play DDR with a boring, run of the mill pad that slipped all over the place on my hardwood floors - irritating and perhaps dangerous. But someone has a solution for that problem with the "laser dance matrix" - not a pad - that functions with (duh) lasers. It's designed to work with any game that will support a USB input, and the designers want to know if people would be interested in purchasing a matrix or a kit to you get to assemble yourself, for you DIY types. More »

RSS Feed Back Up

Brian Crecente — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:48:54 EST

Just a quick note, our tech team has captured the squirrels and shoved them back into the RSS treadmill. In theory any problems you've been having receiving our feed should be fixed now. If not let me know and until then, come hang out at mother Kotaku. More »

Kotaku Comments May Actually Be Working

Brian Crecente — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:00:16 EDT

If you tried commenting today you may have noticed that our hamster has finally given up the ghost and been replaced with that gerbil I've been eyeing for the past few months. The commenting improvement is actually part of a much larger back-end upgrade that should make our posts go live much faster and fix some of the lag and image issues we've been having. Of course with every "improvement" comes a slew of lesser issues. So if you notice anything hinky going on, please drop tips@kotaku.com a line. Make sure to include your OS, what program you were using to view the site and, if possible, a screen shot. Much love. Thanks. Brian Crecente More »