Traditionally, historically, video games and religion don’t mix. Make a game with strong religious context that deals seriously with the issues and you’re often left with something heavy-handed, preachy and self-righteous. Make a strong video game that is fun to play that also happens to include religion and often you’re left with something distasteful. But…
To: Owen From: Crecente …that’s our job. In theory, you won’t have any more tech issues over the weekend. In theory… theory… theory… theory… What you missed: Crysis 2 Preview: Two Ways To Save New York, New York Gamers of the iPhone, Your Attention Please Your Guide to Xbox 360 USB Drives The Biggest Game…
Intrigue, backstabbing, secret messages and double agents: Reading the world’s largest game publisher’s counter-suit against the top people in charge of creating one of the biggest video game franchise in history is like dropping into one of their Modern Warfare video games. Told from the perspective of Activision, the publisher didn’t take lightly the firing…
Where once they shuffled, now they run. Initially born of forbidden voodoo rituals or the sign of a religious apocalypse, for the past decade zombies have slowly metamorphosed into the by-products of something else entirely. Science now, not the supernatural, is most often to blame when loved-ones become something less than human and begin to…
Now that you can use a standard USB flash or hard drive with your Xbox 360 it’s time to figure out which is the best to use. Fortunately, Rooster Teeth’s Achievement Hunters rounded up a bunch of drives to test out how quickly they allow you to install games on them and if they impact…
It appears that the iPhone’s online identity crisis may be nearing an end, but at what cost? Earlier this week Apple unveiled a potential solution for one of the key issues that remain for gaming on their popular iPhone, iPod and iPad devices: The lack of a single cohesive online experience for playing games. The…
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Let’s Trade Top Ten Listened Lists, M’kay? I don’t really listen to music that often while working. Too many interviews, phone calls, and questions from the fam. But here’s a list of what has most often played on my PC. While I’m a fan of Michael Jackson, the top listing…
Sure, Capcom knows how to make a good game, but they excel at building buzz for those titles. Whether they’re holding subterranean Fight Clubs, wrapping their press kits within the innards of deliciously retro game cases or getting people to buy mini-games that are little more than advertisements, Capcom is the king of getting noticed.…
Finally, after much bitching (by me) and at least one feature (by me), Apple is introducing a new gaming service to the iPhone that will provide a single online gaming experience for some of Apple’s devices. The Game Center will include a social gaming network, the ability to invite and track friends, matchmaking, leaderboards and,…
Digital plowing, planting and sowing is so January 2010. Advanced Lawnmower Simulator 2: The Revenge of King Zord! Is my personal gardening game of the month. ALS2TROKZ! is a crafty blend of text adventure of low-res graphics, asking you to “Go Get That Grass!”, but at your own speed. There’s no leveling up here, no…
America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking isn’t just a game. It certainly isn’t just an interactive cook book jammed onto the DS. This is one of three games that Nintendo thinks will convince people to buy the big-screened DSi XL. With more than 300 recipes, tons of written tutorials and 15 video guides, America’s Test…
Shown in hip-hop heather grey, this Woot shirt will set you back $10 in money, but delivers a wealth of dance-battle cred.
A 12-year-old British boy racked up an astounding $1,300 bill while setting up his virtual farm in Zynga’s popular Facebook game FarmVille, The Guardian Reports. A note of caution, The Guardian withholds the woman’s name and doesn’t really walk us through how they verified that this is a true story. But if the woman’s account…
To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Don’t Deny It, Suspenders Are Great! You know what’s great? Dune, that’s what’s great. The book? Absolutely! The movie? So very, very bizarre. So strange I love it. That is all. What you missed: Go Monster Hunting in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker With Snake Crecente’s 1/10 Of A Second…
Word of a new Marvel Vs. Capcom game could be heading our way in the coming months if rumors from website Team Spooky can be believed. And here’s why I think they can: The poster over on Team Spooky saying that Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is inbound is the same person who last summer leaked…
Chet over at Valve just sent us this sweet personalized Zune with fancy Left 4 Dead 2 engraving to give away on the site. But how?
Gamers get tons of swag, and we post just about all of it here on Kotaku. But there’s one thing we’ve never shown off. USB Drives!!! I hardly want them, but with more and more laptops leaving out the DVD drive and FTP sites not able to handle a sudden deluge of downloads, USB drives…
Kotaku Talk Radio is coming to you live RIGHT NOW, well maybe ten minutes, with special guest Marcus Segal, the chief operating officer for Zynga. Zynga Games Network is the company behind Mafia Wars, PetVille, Vampires, Dragon Wars and FarmVille. Segal is on Kotaku Talk Radio giving you a chance to quiz him on everything…
Capcom’s jet-pack shooter Dark Void didn’t do so hot when it hit consoles earlier this year, but the mini 8-bit game released on the DS was another story entirely. Dark Void Zero, seemingly the product of marketing, was a fantastic little retro homage with 8-bit graphics and sound and gameplay reminiscent of early Metroid titles.…
Not only did my face manage to make it’s way onto the The Colbert Report last night, as I slept, but it did so as the voice of the Twittersphere Next time you want steamy quotes about Scrabble, Colbert, have the decency to wake me. Click to view
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