Part of Panel Discussion’s mission is to look at the ways and places where comics and video games intersect and here in Crossover, we’ll be talking to game creators about the comics stories and creators who’ve shaped their sensibilities. Anyone familiar with the full scope of Ken Levine’s resume probably figured out that the Irrational…
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…
If you listen to certain corners of the internet, the souls of comics fans everywhere are going to cry out for justice come June 6th. That’s when DC Comics starts rolling out Before Watchmen, the controversial prequels to Alan Moore’s beloved dystopian superhero opus. Written and drawn by legendary creators Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons,…
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.
Last week, I spoke to a room full of teenagers at the Brooklyn Public Library about video games and technology. When they asked me what unreleased games I was playing as a perk of my job, I answered that I was getting up to my elbows in an upcoming Resident Evil game. “Resident Evil 6?!,”…
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 draw things? Knock yourselves out! Hey, look, it’s Waldo! And Ezio! And Owen!…
Look, World of Warcraft still boasts a bigger population than some small countries. But there’s been some shrinkage in recent months. Could the Force be a reason for the dip in subscribers? Blizzard’s finally saying that it might be. After previously making vague statments that intimated the launch of the EA/BioWare massive multiplayer game barely…
Fan outrage over the ending of Mass Effect 3‘s been boiling over since the week that BioWare’s hotly anticpated threequel came out, with charity protests, complaints being made to the Federal Trade Commission and noises about closure from BioWare. People want to something else for their Shepards, even if they don’t know what it is.…
We already know from previous glimpses at Dishonored that Arkane Studios’ upcoming game have shown that there’s going to be swordplay and stealth. Now you can add sexy times to that list, too. The first-person adventure takes place in a weird alternate reality where the nearly submerged world is ruled by an island empire that…
No Rock Man. No Guts Man. No Cut Man. And yet the unlicensed bootleg Mega Man Pro app that popped up on Apple’s download store recently has notched 150 five-star recommendations from various users. It doesn’t deserve them. Watch the video above to get a short tour of the bogus Blue Bomber game available for…
When you think about it, the Angry Birds are like the collectible guns of a first-person shooter. Once you unlock them, each type does something different. So, if the titular avians of Rovio’s ubiquitous mobile hit are weapons in their own war, the upcoming Angry Birds Space will be increasing their arsenal with a few…
On Monday, the early bird gets the alien. Or something like that. No matter what time you wake up, you can still enjoy the talk in 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…
I got to play a video game that came back from the dead and feel pretty hopeful about its resurrection. That’s because Sleeping Dogs might just fulfill a very specific desire of mine, which is to play through a video game that takes its cues from the movies of, say, Johnnie To or Chan-Wook Park.…
It’s not only smaller, younger developers who have to worry about cloning. Idea theft is on the minds of the people at Epic Games, too. Even though they make big, burly games like Gears of War and Bulletstorm, the developer still sees themselves as an indie, said Epic CEO Tim Sweeney. People could try and…
Mattia Traverso’s eighteen years old. But that didn’t stop him from having his first-ever video game be about love. One and One Story‘s a puzzle platformer where the narration changes depending on what you do. Millions of other people tried out it as a Flash game and gave it love right back. Someone out there…
Steph Thirion’s games understand the power of touch. While most iOS games require tactile contact to play, so few translate what it means to touch in real life. Touching a thing or a person can connect you to it intimately. Think about touching ingredients when you cook or affectionate laying hands on a romantic partner.…
Not only is it Friday, it’s the day before St. Patrick’s Day. That means that, depending on where you live, your commute home might become a vomit-dodging platformer of epic proportions. Better stockpile those power-ups! But, right now, you can enjoy the talk in Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is…
Zen Studios’ Marvel Pinball games have brought members of the publisher’s pantheon to noisy, flashing life. There’ve been tables based on Thor, Spider-Man, even Moon Knight and Ghost Rider. But the developer’s newest batch of ball-and-flipper action tries to break new ground by centering its themes around actual storylines. And, hey, we’ve liked this stuff…
I’ve never done hard drugs. But I’ve heard that they’re supposed to make you feel invulnerable, ecstatic and connected to the universe. Y’know, the things video games aspire to but with none of the messy addiction. Mostly. The upcoming PS3 game Datura gets its name from an innocuous white flower that’s a powerful and potentially…
Video games should use jazz more. Not just for soundtracks, though that would be nice too. Jazz encompasses much more than sound. It’s a flavor. It’s also a ruleset. Or a philosophy. The genius of one of the best things to come from America—yeah, really—is that the musical artform embodies a flexible set of colors,…
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