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Video game social network and stat tracking service Raptr has announced the winners of its 2011 Most Played Games awards, and while overall gamers spent more time playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 than any other 2011 title, it's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that walked home with the Most Played Game of 2011 award. How's that work? More »
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Why do we burn through our video games so fast? Because we play them too fast. Commenter Urfe suggests the key to enjoying video games more is pacing your play in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. Let's prolong some magic! More »
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Commenter Supra5mge spends a great many hours squeezing ever ounce of enjoyment out of his role-playing games. How do your numbers compare to his? Show him up in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »
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Time is one of the most storied magazines the world has ever seen, and while its relevance may have dipped somewhat during the internet era, it's still seen as a respectable publication. So its first ever video game tie-in is a bit of a disappointment. More »
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What do Neil Gaiman, Lady Gaga, Xeni Jardin and Felicia Day have in common? They all made Time's list for best Twitter feeds. More »
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Blood spattered across his pants and canary-yellow racing jacket, Chuck Greene stands uncomfortably in front of the bathroom stall. More »
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I play a lot of video games. But someday, will I be just like Andrew Leonard, a man whose life no longer has room for the leading medium of 30-hour masterpieces? That is what I fear. More »
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One perk that an old Ratchet game unlocks in the forthcoming Ratchet sequel is useful. The other perk, is not. More »
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Time magazine weighs in on Tetris' birthday, implying that it is by far the most lasting success of the Soviet Union. More »
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Time's latest issue is its "Time 100" in which they name the most influential people in the world, for this year anyway. Rockstar rockstars Dan and Sam Houser are in the "artists and entertainers" category. More »
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The results of Time's online poll to determine the "World's Most Influential People in 2009," as decided by the mouth-breathing internet, has ranked Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto as the world's 42nd most influential person. More »
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While Time Magazine did a fine job of picking out the 10 top games of 2008, they might have been a bit premature with their gadget list, with PlayStation Home securing the 10 spot. More »
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It's the end of the year. Know what that means? Time for lists! End of year lists! And know who loves lists more than anyone else? TIME magazine. Those guys are crazy for lists. More »
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Time magazine, masters of the high-brow "top XX" list, are back this week with their take on the top 50 inventions of 2008. The vast majority of them don't apply. To us, at any rate. We don't really cover the retail DNA testing industry, or the daily comings and goings surrounding the (awesome) global seed vault. No, we do games, so we're interested in the one, single video game that managed to make the list. And that game was...wait for it...yes, Spore, which came in at #20. Dubbed "the everything game" by the magazine, calling it "blasphemy, brilliance or both". More »
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Forget the list Miyamoto made. That one was an internet popularity contest, and considering the mobilisation powers of Nintendo fanboys, his prominence should surprise nobody. What is a pleasant surprise, however, is the presence of some gaming luminaries on the real Time 100, the list put together by the magazine themselves. They've honoured Harmonix's Alex Rigopolous and Eran Egozy, both for their innovation with Guitar Hero & Rock Band, as well as the knock-on effect of saving "classic rock for generations to come". Rock Band: not just a game, an instrument of history. More »
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Poor old BioShock didn't get GOTY love from those who call Kotaku Tower their home, but the game's disembodied presence Andrew Ryan was Time's Person of the Year in 1969. That is, according to Something Awful's recent Photoshop Phriday that called for a suitable replacement following Vladimir Putin taking the 2007 "honor." The real winner of Time's POTY were "Middle Americans." A handful of other video game characters also "won" in the contest's other entries, the kind of folks who are generally associated with this year's "best of" awards—Kratos, Mario, Master Chief and Command & Conquer's Kane. The water damage on the cover is a nice touch, but an era appropriate Time cover would have been even better. Yes, I'm nitpicking. More »
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TIME has posted their top ten video games of 2007 for all to see. And because they're TIME, we'll write about it. We're not sure if we agree that their #1 pick Halo 3 is "the perfect hardcore first-person combat simulator" that has been perfected like "a pebble that has been rounded over the centuries by the gentle splashing of the ocean waves," but we certainly appreciate the poetic diction. The list has all your expected big players. Here it is in full: More »
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A friendly reminder from your Kotaku Weekend Team that in the U.S., Daylight Savings Time ends today and that you should be setting your clocks back an hour. So if you're sitting here trying to get the last bit of fun that you can out of the internets before you go to work/church or what have you, surprise, you have a whole extra hour! Now, sit down and play a game or something in all that additional time you have, it's good or you! More »
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One more nail in newspapers' coffin. More »
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Big plastic Pokémon watch, I choose you! Priced at ¥3,129 (US $26), these digital numbers come in red pink and blue. There's Pikachu on the display. I would say you gotta collect 'em all, but you don't really. Brian Ashcraft More »
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It may not have the lasting appeal of Final Fantasy XII or The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, but that's precisely why Time magazine gave it the coveted number one spot in their top ten of 2006. More »
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TIME Asia has published a special anniversary issue, chronicling 60 Years of Asian Heroes. Guess who made the list? If you picked Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Bruce Lee, or the Dalai Lama, you guessed right. More »
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Time has their 2006 Tech Buyers Guide up and running, a handy shopping resource for the gadget head in your family. The video games section lists the hottest consoles of the season, though I suggest you steer clear of number three. More »
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Wired's Clive Thompson puts forth a burning question: Who are these mythical 40-hour gamers? Thompson, like most, wants to tear through an involved game title, but doesn't have the time to play for 8 or 9 hours at a stretch in order to finish it. A job, family, etc. make only short bursts possible for most, and gaming comes an hour at a time. Thus, the problem writes Thompson: More »
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The Dreamcast isn't dead. It's hibernating. One day, Sega will wake the machine from its deep, cryogenic slumber and reclaim its position as the #3 console. Count down that moment with the Dreamcast wrist watch. The timepiece is shaped like the last console Sega produced. Under the disc cover is an analog watch. Exporter Play Asia has it for pre-order for US $129.90. The watch ships September 29th, but when the Dreamcast resurrects is anybody's guess. Brian Ashcraft More »
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Know what time it is? Neither do I. That makes me in the market for a clock. Toy maker Banpresto has released three wall clocks inspired by retro Nintendo themes. There's a red Famicom console clock, a blue Famicom logo and a Donkey Kong start screen. Made of 1/16" thick PVC, each clock retails for US $20. I've got my eye on that blue Famicom one, and hopefully, it's got its eye on me. Brian Ashcraft More »
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Over at Game Set Watch, we had our attention diverted from a series of posts we were going to do on why the Playstation 3 is not going to deliver on Ken Kutaragi's recent promise to be a fully functional time machine by this crazy speed-run of Ico for the Playstation 2. We had no idea you could swat the penumbric wraiths away from swarming about an ethereal princess so damn quickly. More »
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The Nintendo press conference is tomorrow, and thousands will get their sweaty palms on Wii remotes starting Wednesday morning, but one lucky Time reporter has owned us all. The Time article isn't currently online (in an official sense), but subscribers and Lexis-Nexis searchers have access to it now. More »
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Time magazine's May 8th issue features their list of the one-hundred men and women whose "power, talent or moral example [are] transforming our world". Included on that list is Blizzard's vice president of game design, Rob Pardo. More »
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GDC doesn't officially get cracking until a bit later, so today's an odd day for us Control + C / Control + V monkeys. The air is filled with the electric thrill of anticipation, making the atmosphere here at Kotaku Towers much like that before a violent lightning storm at the chimpanzee pen at the local zoo. Come on, GDC — start going so we can start posting! More »
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