<![CDATA[Kotaku: Vacation]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Vacation]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/vacation http://kotaku.com/tag/vacation <![CDATA[Top Travel Spots for Gamers]]> With an aging gaming population comes more gamers with money, which means ... money to spend on travel. Bonnie Ruberg takes a look at where gamers would go given $1,500 for expenses for a 'game-related' vacation. PAX? E For All? Tokyo Game Show? ... Disneyland? I can't remember the last proper vacation I had, but I can say definitively I wouldn't be planning it around a convention or expo. In fact, a weekend off with time to do nothing but hang out would be a treat right now: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5026979&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Carmack Codes On Honeymoon, And Every Vacation]]> John Carmack is one of those legendary industry legends who is known because he's ubertalented, but even more importantly, ubercrazy. Fellow id vet/wife Anna Kang fills us in on Carmack's exact level of geekdom:
The really funny thing is, for our honeymoon we had to ship two computers to the hotel so that he could work! It's one of the endearing parts about it. He can't be without his computer, because he just loves to code, so he must code every single day!
But this wasn't just an isolated incident. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=312396&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Vacationing with the King]]> As you read this my broken hand and I are safely ensconced in the back of the family mini-van listening to Reggae as we tear across the mid-west on our way from Denver to Memphis. I'll be doing a few posts, but mostly I'll be vacationing in the land of rubbed barbecue and the mummified corpse of the King of Rock and Roll. Yes, I'm going to Graceland. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=207630&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[NYC and Nintendo Here I Come]]> I'm off to New York City. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=200036&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Arcade Is Dead, Long Live the Cyber Cafe]]>
I'm back. Yes, I was gone. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=182279&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[HOW TO: Navigate Gamer's Paradise (Japan)]]> One time or another, every gamer thinks about visiting Japan. Visiting it, however, ain't exactly like going to other Western countries. Travel Agent H.I.S. is here to help. They've been offering their "Pop Japan Travel" since 2003, giving timid travelers a peak into the land of the rising sun. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=135805&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Virtual World Vacation Spots]]> The New York Times' travel section (interesting location) has a piece about virtual vacation spots, specifically focusing on the world of Second Life. Author Mark Wallace (of Walkerings) shows that Second Life and other virtual spaces serve as more than just games. Interviewees range from an Indiana telecommunications professor who uses Wow to say hello to his wife, to a woman who met her husband in Second Life. I wish logging into Azeroth felt like a vacation, most of the time it feels like a second job. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=133941&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Can't You Hear, Can't You Hear the Thunder]]> I'd pretend I was writing this live, but the fact is I'm probably deep in some drugged sleep in a home far from the spark of Internet connectivity as you read this. This will be my last post for three weeks or so. More »
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