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Go Blow Up The New York Times‘ Website. It’s Fun!
The New York Times wants you to destroy its recommended articles, its magazine cover art and even its ads. And it’s using a an homage to classic arcade game Asteroids to let you do it. The interactive game accompanies a huge feature on “stupid games,” which focuses on the time-sucking nature of games like Angry…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 4, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome, wanderers, to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, game where you solve mysteries? Knock yourselves out! This TAYpic by Mr. Marsu gets straight-up creepy,…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 4, 2012 -
Rock Band Blitz Turns Your Playable Music Into a Rhythm/Arcade Mash-up This Summer
You won’t need plastic instruments to jam along to Harmonix’s latest Rock Band game. Revealed on G4 today, Rock Band Blitz turns players into a one-man band, making them play all the instruments with a gamepad in a song in an arcade-style experience that harkens back to the dev studio’s Frequency and Amplitude games. Xbox…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 3, 2012 -
Why I’m Worried About My Daughter’s Video Game Future
This is my daughter. Her nickname is Cheeks. I really want her to play video games. Like, I really, really do. One of her favorite things to grab when she wanders around the apartment is an Xbox 360 controller. She holds it the right way most of the time, presses the buttons and looks up…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 3, 2012 -
Nine Comics That Will Make You Fight Your Friends This Week
If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 3, 2012 -
This Classic Manga about a Deadly Samurai and His Adorable Son Should’ve Been a Video Game a Long Time Ago
Comic books become TV shows that turn into movies that get spun off into games. Or the whole thing happens in reverse. Ideas from all these media feed off of each other—or they should. Source Material will take an occasional look at how elements from great comics, games, movies or TV shows show up in…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 3, 2012 -
SHAZAM! Panel Discussion Starts Now!
Are we still pretending that comics and video games don’t have anything to do with each other? Not anymore, we’re not. Welcome to Panel Discussion, where the focus will be on comic books and sequential art, whether they connect directly to video games or not. Confused? Read this
By Evan Narcisse Published April 3, 2012 -
Rumor: New Batman: Arkham City Story-Based DLC, Will Focus on Robin
Fans who’ve been clamoring for more narrative chapters for the Dark Knight’s latest video-game success and for the chance to take DLC characters like Nightwing and Robin out into the game’s open-world environments might finally be getting their wish. A list of PlayStation 3 trophies seems to out the existence of new story-based DLC for…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 3, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Hello, math nerds! Today is one of those special days where the month, day and year form an equation. This makes always me happy. Want to talk about what makes you happy? You’ve come to the right place. Kotaku’s official forum Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 3, 2012 -
Lease Your Own Little Piece of Battlefield 3 When Xbox 360 Server Rental Goes Live Today
Strangers can be jerks. Granted, they can be cool, too, but if you’re competing in an online shooter, chances are that they’re jerks. And sometimes you have to play with them. But now that Battlefield 3 server rentals will be going live for the Xbox 360, you’ll be able to control who you play with.…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 3, 2012 -
Rich Game Developer Didn’t Notice That Magician Robbed Him of Half a Million Dollars
Richard Garriott, shown above brushing his teeth in zero gravity, helped birth the world-conquering MMO genre. The success of his early Ultima games make him enough money to essentially rent a rocket to go into outer space. But, smart and rich as he is, the man known as Lord British can still get oodles of…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 2, 2012 -
L.A. Noire’s Tablet Version Commits Some Unforgivable Crimes
Think about it: L.A. Noire should work on a tablet. Rockstar’s 2011 crime drama essentially updates the old-school adventure game formula that has players going places and clicking on items. A natural for conversion to a tablet, right? Well, yes… and no. OnLive’s still chasing the somewhat counterintuitive dream of bringing hardcore AAA video games…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 2, 2012 -
Rumor: Apple Working on Game Controller for iOS Devices
Apple seems to think buttons don’t matter when it comes playing games on the iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. But there’s an intriguing hint that that may be about to change. In a review of the just-released New iPad, tech enthusiast site AnandTech casually mentions an “internal Apple project to bring a physical controller to…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 2, 2012 -
Watch This Woman Sing a Video Game Review
Some video game assessments break down the graphics, sound and music of a new release. Functional, maybe, but a little soulless. Other reviews—like the ones that run on GamePeople—use the different forms of sketch comedy, songwriting and radio plays to get at the heart of what makes a game worth caring about. Now, the unconventional…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 2, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It is now officially April, the month that starts with fooling and ends with frolic! Welcome, wanderers, to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 2, 2012 -
Rumor: Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery Coming to Steam
You think different. You’ve rejected the shiny, minimalist wares that come from Apple. Good for you. But that also means you probably haven’t played Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery—a.k.a. one of 2011’s best games—which has been exclusively available on iDevices up until this point. But that may all be changing, if a report on the Indie…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 2, 2012 -
Watch An Actor Struggle to Give Some Soul to a Jumping Block
I’d never heard about Thomas Was Alone However, after watching this mockumentary clip about the motion capture done to impart emotion to the game’s hopping blocks I’m definitely going to pick it up. The dedication shown by the actor doing mo-cap for the hero of the indie minimalist jumping game needs to be honored, people.…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 1, 2012 -
Here’s Your Exclusive First Look at The Art of Portal 2 Book
The Portal games have been beautiful, haven’t they? The first one presented a simple, clean aesthetic that worked as a great backdrop to the clever gameplay and snarky humor of Chell’s battle of wits against GLaDOS. Then, last year, Portal 2 took Aperture Science’s glistening white test chambers and destroyed them, letting players roam through…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 30, 2012 -
Why SoulCalibur V Only Had One-Fourth of a Full Story Mode
Seeing where the plotlines for your favorite characters go. The shiny CGI ending sequences. These have traditionally been the reasons a person slogs through the cheap-ass boss fights in the story mode of a 3D fighting game. SoulCalibur V gave you neither and many fans of Namo’s fighting franchise—including me—were pissed at their absence. What…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 30, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
All aboard the Friday train. Next stop, the weekend! Welcome, wanderers, to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, game where you solve mysteries? Knock yourselves…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 30, 2012
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