Kotaku: Torture

It's Not Star Wars Without Slavery, Torture, and Forced Voyeurism?

Mike Fahey — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:00:00 EST

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Meet Vette. She's the loyal Twi'lek companion character to my Star Wars: The Old Republic Sith Warrior. Or at least she'd better be, if she knows what's good for her. Beware, spoilers ahead. More »

The Toughest Game Cartridges Survive Fire, Flood, Ice, And Jell-O

Mike Fahey — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:00:00 EST

Which video game console had the most resilient cartridges, the Super Nintendo or the Sega Genesis? Blistered Thumbs' Rinry lets her sadistic side shine as she boils, burns, freezes, and drops a pair of games to determine the toughest. More »

Bayonetta's Torture Moves — Press B to Summon Guillotine

Owen Good — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:40:00 EST

Look, beheading's one thing. Getting kicked repeatedly in the ass by a woman in high heels, on the way to your own execution - that's the torture. More »

The Sims 3 World Adventures Goes Underground

Mike Fahey — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:40:00 EDT

The Sims 3 expansion pack World Adventures brings with it a basement tool, which everyone will use to build tombs, and not underground Sim torture chambers. More »

Torture In Video Games

AJ Glasser — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:40:00 EDT

At PAX, I had the good fortune to catch Bethesda's Brink demo. While there was a lot of cool stuff in the game worth blogging about, what stuck with me was the use of torture in the game. More »

WoW Torture Update - Bartle Responds To Comments, Trolls And Criticism

Stuart Houghton — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:20:00 EST

You may recall that MUD creator Richard Bartle took issue with a torture quest in WoW: Wrath Of The Lich King. He got a few responses, some rather critical and others rather trollish. More »

MUD Designer Unhappy About WoW Torture Quest

Stuart Houghton — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:30:00 EST

Richard Bartle - co-author of the original MMO game MUD, but you knew that already, right? - has been playing Wrath of the Lich King and does not like what he has found. More »

Oh Great, Puzzle Quest Hitting iPhone

Mike Fahey — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:40:00 EDT

I don't need to be able to play Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords on anything else, okay? It's already eaten away at my life on the DS, PSP, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, mobile phone, and PC to the point where every month I have at least one Puzzle Quest-related dream. Now TransGaming has announced their expansion into the Apple portable space with Puzzle Quest for the iPhone / iPod Touch. More »

Pokemon: The Concert

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:20:10 EDT

How do celebrate ten years of Pokemon? With an orchestra, that's now. Club Nintendo sends word of a classic concert that features wall-to-wall Pokemon tunes. The event strikes up a tune in Tokyo at the MIELPARQUE on October 28th, at Well City in Kitakyushu City on November 5th, the Hyogo Performing Arts Center in Nishinomiya on November 12th and the Well City in Sapporo on December 10th. Considering my deep, bitter hate for all things Poke, I've tried to have an open mind about this, but passively being forced to listen to Pokemon DVDs my kid watching everyday, several times a day, I'm miffed (and slightly pissed). Somebody please explain what the appeal is here. Brian Ashcraft More »