I nearly wept during the opening of Homefront. Maybe it was the father in me, maybe just that I’m human, but those opening moments, so cleverly crafted to grab a hold of you and pull, succeeded on a level few games have before with me. Homefront depicts a United States, a Colorado, ghettoized by an…
Computer, console, phone, tablet: The more devices that can play games the better for gamers. That’s the philosophy of Donald Mustard, one of the people behind Advent Rising, Shadow Complex and Infinity Blade. “Great games will always be great,” said Mustard, co-founder of Chair Entertainment. “The more delivery methods we have to get games out…
I know it’s short notice, but it’s for a very important cause. Next week I’ll be hosting a Japan Earthquake Relief Fundraiser here in Denver with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Japanese Red Cross Society, which is working directly in Japan to help those impacted by the Sendai earthquake and tsunami last…
Tech | Newly arrived Nintendo 3DS. (Photo by me) Roxio Sub-$100 Video Game Capture Kit For less than $100 Roxio’s diminutive Game Capture kit lets you play in high-def while capturing video of your Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 gaming sessions. Introduced today, the external Game Capture device is about the size of a Nintendo…
Prey 2 will be a very different sort of game than the original first-person shooter, which starred Cherokee Domasi “Tommy” Tawodi and explored some of the mythos of native american spirituality. In Prey 2, a source close to the game tells Kotaku, players will take on the role of a federal air marshal who is…
For less than $100 Roxio’s diminutive Game Capture kit lets you play in high-def while capturing video of your Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 gaming sessions. Introduced today, the external Game Capture device is about the size of a Nintendo DS and includes a set of component output cables and single USB cable to connect…
Capcom has dropped the price of Street Fighter IV on the iPhone to $0.99 and is donating all sales to earthquake relief efforts in Japan. Pick up a copy of Street Fighter IV here
SNAPSHOT | Motorstorm: Apocalypse’s review code press mailing. (Photo by me) Bedtime Stories Notorious Illegal Immigration iPhone Game Tweaks Critics With Legal Immigration Mode If turning the plight of illegal immigrants risking their lives to sneak into the U.S. into a goofy iPhone racing game didn’t amuse critics of Smuggle Truck: More » The Joker And…
The University of Minnesota has saved more than $100,000 in research funds by using the Xbox 360 Kinect to aid in research on the diagnoses of mental disorders in children, according to a Minnesota Daily and AP report The Institute of Child Development, the University of Minnesota Medical School and the College of Science and…
It was like a freight train hit the building. Wil McLellan was in the boardroom of New Zealand game developers Stickmen Studios when he felt the room start to vibrate. Then it whipped to the side. “People were thrown from chairs and the rooms without windows went pitch dark as the power went out,” McLellan…
Prey 2 is set for a 2012 release on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, Bethesda confirmed today. Developed by Human Head Studios, the game will give gamers “the opportunity to explore a new facet of the Prey universe, one that offers fast-paced action in an open, alien world.”
The Penny Arcade Expo East is shaping up to be the everyman’s E3: An enormous expo dedicated to all things video game. This year sees the likes of Duke Nukem, Gears of War 3, Portal 2, Bioshock Infinite, L.A. Noire and many others, all with their own booths, many playable. Of course there’s also endless…
Here’s a view across the bustling, packed floor of the Penny Arcade Expo East’s first day show floor. It is, as Totilo points out, quite large.
SNAPSHOT | PENNY ARCADE EXPO EAST: Imprisoned in Columbia for 15 years, Elizabeth takes a break from Bioshock Infinite to hang with caretaker Him… and squish Totilo. Make sure to hang around for three days of Penny Arcade Expo coverage.
Batman: Arkham City hits North America on Oct. 18, Australia beginning Oct. 19 and Europe and other global territories beginning Oct. 21 for the Xbox 360, PC and PS3. Now check out these new screens.
The future of mind-controlled video games looks very much like the past of arcade games. I’m sitting in a leather chair facing a television. I’m wearing loops of plastic on my head like a crown. I’m told that this device, the NeuroSky Mindwave, can trace the electrical impulses shooting from my earlobe to my forehead…
Japan is reeling from the impact of a massive earthquake, the rest of the world is preparing for tsunami waves. Use this place to talk about and anything else on your mind. (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
After Japan’s earthquake and tsunami earlier this morning, California and Hawaii are both under a Tsunami warning. If you don’t have an adequate emergency kit in your home, this site will help you put one together so you’re prepared. After a major disaster, emergency response units are usually spread pretty thin, so 72Hours.org recommends you…
I’ve been playing through Homefront on my new computer for the upcoming review (next week). I can’t talk about that, but I would encourage Kaos not to mock me with rogue White Castles… that is all. Microsoft Invalidates Stolen Point Codes, Considers Punishment For Exploiters An algorithm that allowed the generation of working Microsoft point…
There was a time when video game developers seemed to be seeking approval from a wider, more mainstream audience. Games were child’s play, or so non-gamers seemed to think. I believe that’s one of the reasons, maybe even right behind money, that so many developers seemed interested in having their games turned into movies. It…
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