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National Rental Service Redbox Adds… Foursquare Support?
Redbox, the in-store movie and game rental kiosk, is adding foursquare support starting next week, the company tells Kotaku The addition of more than 27,800 redbox locations makes this one of the largest foursquare retail integrations in the location-based community service’s history. “With more than 27,800 locations nationwide, mobile allows redbox to hyper-localize our engagement…
By Brian Crecente Published August 11, 2011 -
John Goodman Welcomes You To Rage’s Future
In this sixth video looking behind the scenes of Rage, id Software talks about the sound design of the upcoming shooter, role-playing game. That means we get to hear about how the music, sound effects and voice acting came together. In other words: John Goodman Rage is due out for the PC, PS3 and Xbox…
By Brian Crecente Published August 11, 2011 -
Marvel Vs. Cute Capcom
MvC – Yes, yes. I’m going a bit Minimates crazy lately, but those tiny bat wings are just SO cute. Gamification is Bullshit In his short treatise On Bullshit, the moral philosopher Harry Frankfurt gives us a useful theory of bullshit. We normally think of bullshit as a synonym-albeit a somewhat vulgar one-for lies or…
By Brian Crecente Published August 10, 2011 -
PvP and Penny Arcade Turn The Horrors of Game Testing Into Our Own Version of The Office
I’ve never been a game tester, not by choice, but reviewer is often one step up from that front line in the war against game-killing bugs. Testing by accident, finding bugs and even having a few “named” after me, is painless for me because I can just give up, waving the controller in the air…
By Brian Crecente Published August 10, 2011 -
Hit the Gym. You’re Going to Be Able to Play Video Strip Poker on the iPad 2 Tomorrow
OK, Full Deck Hold’Em certainly isn’t meant to be a strip poker game. It is the latest game from Graeme Devine, creator of The 7th Guest and former game guru at Apple. But when you combine live video streaming with poker, you’ve got to expect that at least a little nudity might happen. Full Deck…
By Brian Crecente Published August 10, 2011 -
From the Director of Alien, Blade Runner, New Content for Call of Duty Elite
Call of Duty Elite, Activision’s bid to make their billion-dollar shooter more community driven, will be getting some “exclusive episodic entertainment” from the likes of Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Ridley Scott, the company said during a recent presentation. Speaking to a gathering at the 13th Annual Pacific Crest Global Technology Leadership Forum in Vail,…
By Brian Crecente Published August 10, 2011 -
Fallout: New Vegas’ Lonesome Road Delayed
The Lonesome Road add on won’t be hitting this month as originally planned, Bethesda says on their blog. We don’t know why exactly it’s being delayed, but we do know that they hope to get it out as quickly as possible.
By Brian Crecente Published August 10, 2011 -
Finally! New App Will Turn Your iPad or iPhone Into a Real-Life, Interactive Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, not the book about the guide and the people who use it, but the guide itself, is coming to iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads this fall, Hothead Games tells Kotaku The free-to-download app will hit this fall as what is meant to be a replica of the interactive guide…
By Brian Crecente Published August 10, 2011 -
Kotaku TV
SPIKE TV – Spike TV’s Geoff Keighley and crew hung out at the offices all day today shooting a future show about Kotaku. Kinda fun. GameFly Sweetens the Pot with PC Game Downloads For nearly a decade GameFly has been the Netflix of video games, delivering console and handheld titles to eager gamers across the…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 -
A Deep Look at Modern Warfare 3‘s Spec Ops Survival Mode
We’ve written quite a bit about Modern Warfare 3‘s Spec Ops survival mode. Think of it as a sort of Horde mode but with the ability to call in riot shield -wielding soldiers and attack dogs. Here’s an official look at the game. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected].…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 -
See the Minimal Human, Haptic Gaming Chair and Robot Moles in Action
A floating avatar head that can look, listen and speak in the real world, a desk-embedded robot mole, high-tech tops, express-changing “minimal humans”, phantom haptic gaming chairs. The 38th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques sounds like a place of wild dreams and nightmares. Kinda wish I went. You can contact…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 -
They Will Rip Your Head Off With Their Tiny Little Hands
We got our grubby little hands on the latest Halo Minimate sets that hit Toys R Us this month. Each $20 Diamond Select Toys set comes with three Noble Team members and a Warthog. One set comes with Jun, Carter and Kat and a standard Warthog. The other comes with Jorge, Emile and Noble-6 and…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 -
One Day Games Will Caress, Smack You
Imagine playing a game that can caress you, run its finger down your back, make you feel as if you’re flying, falling, crashing, or bugs are crawling over your face. The folks at Disney Research Pittsburgh (DRP. Yes, really.) are showing off a surround haptics system that relies on traditional tactile actuators and phantom sensation…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 -
Space Combat Goes A Little Appleseed: Ex Machina, Steel Battalion
The folks behind Burn Zombie Burn are working on a new space shooter that features a transforming fighter designed by the man behind the mechs of Appleseed: Ex Machina and Steel Battalion In Strike Suit Zero, due for a download release on the PC and game consoles early next year, players take control of the…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 -
Battle For My Time
PC – I spent a big chunk of the weekend playing Age of Empires Online. I’m surprised at how uncasual it feels, In a very good way. The Fantastic Flying Book of Inventive Storytelling Born of Hurricane Katrina and the passing of a dear friend, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is more…
By Brian Crecente Published August 8, 2011 -
This Thursday Retro Game Master Takes On S.O.S.
This week on Retro Game Master The Kacho takes on The Poseidon Adventure-inspired adventure game S.O.S. S.O.S. was developed by Human Entertainment for the Super NES in 1994. In the game, which was inspired by both the book and movie The Poseidon Adventure, players must escape the sinking ship Lady Crithania. The game has four…
By Brian Crecente Published August 8, 2011 -
Why Fruit Ninja Is One of the Best Things to Hit the Xbox 360 Kinect [Updated]
I finally hooked up the Kinect camera to my Xbox 360 in the new home this weekend. It wasn’t to play Child of Eden, which I’ve heard is great. It wasn’t to play a bit more Dance Central, which I know is great. It was to cut fruit. Halfbrick’s Fruit Ninja hits the Xbox Live…
By Brian Crecente Published August 8, 2011 -
When A Book Becomes a Game At the Hands of Pixar’s Masters
Born of Hurricane Katrina and the passing of a dear friend, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is more than a poignant, interactive allegory, it is the budding metamorphosis of the narrative. In the interactive piece of fiction, readers flip through digital pages on their iPad, poke pictures into life, paint grey skies…
By Brian Crecente Published August 8, 2011 -
Riding For a Fall
She’s Published – My wife’s book is in print. She got her first copy this week. Pretty damn cool to hold something in your hands someone you know, respect and love worked on for so long. Have a great weekend everyone. (Photo by Brian Crecente) The Many, Many Games of Germany’s Raucous, Raging Game Party…
By Brian Crecente Published August 5, 2011
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