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The Mocking Must Stop
OK, I get it: My 10-year-old LCD monitors are probably not a good fit for my blistering-fast desktop. So what would you suggest I pick up for both gaming and work? Twin LCDs? A single HD TV? Something I haven’t thought of? Quick, to the comment box….
By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2011 -
Nintendo 3DS Refines Your Music Taste, Finds Your Soulmate
A feature tucked away in Nintendo’s upcoming portable game console tracks the musical zeitgeist of 3DS owners. Owners of the 3DS can turn on a StreetPass feature in the Nintendo 3DS Sounds application that will allow the system to broadcast what your favorite five songs are to other participating 3DS owners you pass on a…
By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2011 -
Nintendo Gives With One 3DS Update, Will Take Away With Another
This morning North American owners of early 3DS systems awoke to find that Nintendo was delivering their first free 3D video to the system. But the company warns they may delete, without warning, in a later update. The small system update includes a 3D music video of OK Go’s White Knuckles, viewable in 3D or…
By Brian Crecente Published March 24, 2011 -
Square Enix Has Balls, Sega… A Banana Holder?
Swag | Sometimes the freebies that arrive on my doorstep kinda go together. (Photo: Brian Crecente) Bedtime Stories PS3 Hacker Flees the Long Arm of Sony for South American Freedom The saga of George “geohot” Hotz continues, hurdling deeper into absurdity with each growing unit of acceleration. He fought the law and lost-a judge demanded…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2011 -
LEGO Star Wars III Will Make You Shit a Brick
Hahahahahaha….
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2011 -
iPods, Onlive, Lithographs and LEGO Statues Among Silent Charity Auction Items
We’re just a day away from Kotaku’s final Denver fundraiser, a party we’re throwing to raise money for those in need following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Hosted at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom in downtown Denver, the event will now also include a silent auction and live DJ set by DJ LiciousD. That’s on…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2011 -
ReviewsCrysis 2 Delivers a Stunning Standout
Ensconced in a suit of modern day armor, Force Recon Marine “Alcatraz” can survive high rise drops, turn invisible and absorb the impact of machine gun fire. But his augmented Nanosuit is most powerful when it stops working. It’s during those moments in Crysis 2 when the player loses control, when the suit reboots and…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2011 -
Death Rally’s Return Remains a Must Play
Death Rally is a cool little top down car combat game coming to the iPhone and iPad from the folks behind Alan Wake, Max Payne and of course, the original Death Rally. The original was released for computers back in 1996 and published by Apogee as a top-down perspective racing game with guns. In the…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2011 -
Target Stores Now Taking Used DS For Store Credit
Prepping for the upcoming March 27 launch of the 3DS, Target reminds Kotaku that they now accept DS, DS Lite, DSi and DSXL as trade-ins for store credit at some stores. Current values are: DS – $20, DS Lite – $30, DSi – $45, DSXL – $60. Not bad for essentially cash. But GameStop is…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2011 -
The End Is the Beginning For FormerLEGO Universe Devs
The founders of NetDevil left their Colorado-based studio recently to kick off another game developer start-up. END Games Entertainment has been mostly quiet until today when a blogpost went live hinting at what the foundling studio plans to work on next. Hint: Think casual. [End Stand For…]
By Brian Crecente Published March 22, 2011 -
The Sims Go Medieval
Saucy | Romance novel or video game cover? You decide. (Photo: Brian Crecente) Bedtime Stories Do You Want a Dog Killer on Your Copy of Madden 2012? Much has been written about Michael Vick’s dog fighting ring. About the 70 dogs seized, the cruelty they were subjected to and the two year sentence that came…
By Brian Crecente Published March 22, 2011 -
The Augmented Reality of Nintendogs + Cats
Nintendogs + Cats doesn’t just add better graphics, the creepy ability for the virtual pets to watch you and cats to the mix. There are also some neat augmented reality features built into this latest version of digital pet ownership. Once you’ve selected your pet, named him or her and done a little training, the…
By Brian Crecente Published March 22, 2011 -
The Makers of Ratchet and Clank Think Gaming is Too Complex, The Solution? Facebook
The people behind Resistance, Ratchet and Clank and Spyro the Dragon think video games are getting so complex that they’re leaving a huge potential audience behind. Their solution? A Facebook game. “Spyro was a two-button game,” said Brian Hastings, chief creative officer at Insomniac Games. “Ratchet and Clank was an eight-button game. Resistance was an…
By Brian Crecente Published March 22, 2011 -
Popcap Raises $200,000 for Earthquake Relief
PopCap’s discounted iPhone and iPad games helped to raise more than $200,000, the company tells Kotaku. The money will be given to the International Red Cross for use in their ongoing efforts to provide food, shelter, medicine and other essentials for those suffering from the natural disaster in Japan.
By Brian Crecente Published March 22, 2011 -
Do You Want a Dog Killer on Your Copy of Madden 2012?
Much has been written about Michael Vick’s dog fighting ring. About the 70 dogs seized, the cruelty they were subjected to and the two year sentence that came when the NFL football player admitted that he pitted dogs against dogs. And killed—with his own hands—the losing animals. The single sentence that seems to best summarize…
By Brian Crecente Published March 22, 2011 -
Autographed Game Posters, Onlive Game Systems Added to Fundraiser Auction
With just two days until Kotaku’s Japan Earthquake Relief fundraiser, two more companies have sent us silent auction items. Chair Entertainment, makers of Infinity Blade and Shadow Complex, sent us autographed posters of Shadow Complex and Infinity Blade to include in the fundraiser’s silent auction. Onlive sent us three bundles to auction off: 1 –…
By Brian Crecente Published March 22, 2011 -
The Swag of Kotaku’s Japan Earthquake Fundraiser
I spent the past week or so going through all of the loot sent me from a variety of video game publishers and developers over the past year. As always, I collect this stuff to give away during a once-a-year fundraiser. This year’s fundraiser kicks off on Thursday here in Denver at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom.…
By Brian Crecente Published March 21, 2011 -
Wall of Swag
Free | I spent the past week going through all of the free things sent Kotaku by game companies. This is about half of that stuff. All destined for Kotaku’s fundraiser later this week. (Photo: Brian Crecente) Bedtime Stories Why 3D Isn’t the 3DS’ Greatest Achievement The window into a world where I am a…
By Brian Crecente Published March 21, 2011 -
Our Favorite Gaming Reads
It’s been a long time since we’ve pointed you to some of our favorite gaming reads on the Internet, and there are so many deserving sites. Here’s a quick look at twenty of the sites we think are the bee’s knees and worth your time and eyeballs. We contacted each site and asked their grandhooha…
By Brian Crecente Published March 21, 2011
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