Kirk Hamilton

Good God, Mortal Kombat on Game Gear Had Some Terrible Audio

I have some fond memories of my Game Gear. I loved that giant hunk of sexy black plastic so much that I forgave its terrible battery life and the other aspects that led to its financial failure. The game I played most was Mortal Kombat, which I was so excited to finally own in some…

Clue‘s Multiple Endings Confused Everyone Way Before Mass Effect 3

I love the movie Clue. I’ve seen it over a dozen times. I can quote whole sections verbatim, and any time I feel annoyed by someone, I suffer from flames on the side of my face and heaving breaths. The board game is great, but the movie will always be the Clue that has my…

Total Recall Starts Here

Friday’s Total Recall begins here, so get ready to hop into the way-back machine and go… well… way back!

I Give You Money and You Give Me the Doughnut, End of Transaction

Hi there, Kotaku! Welcome to the last open thread of the week. I hope you’ve had a good week, and that you’re setting up a great weekend for yourself. Here, from around the internet, are some things that you might enjoy reading and gabbing about. A review of The Killing season 2 – sounds like…

SimCity‘s Muddled Environmental Activism

A few weeks ago, EA pulled a bait-and-switch at a press event in San Francisco. My fellow reporters and I were there to see the reveal of SimCity, but after the brief game announcement, the event organizers cued up a series of sit-down talks by prestigious activists including Davis Guggenheim, director of An Inconvenient Truth…

Come Here, Cersei Lannister; Go Away, Cersei Lannister

Hello, Kotaku! Welcome to our Thursday night open thread. Are you as excited as I am for the second season of Game of Thrones? Probably. I hope so, anyway. Here, from around the internet, are some fun things to read and check out and talk about. Some Game of Thrones links may or may not…

A Hidden Gem on the Greatest Jazz Album of All Time

It’s widely held that Miles Davis’ 1959 album Kind of Blue is the greatest jazz album of all time. I believe that in some jazz style-manual or another, it is actually required that people who write or talk about it refer to it as a “seminal.” While it’s of course impossible to declare that any…

This Game Will Make Your Epic Sax Guy Dreams Come True

We all want to be Epic Sax Guy. No matter our race, creed or political persuasion, every single person on the face of the planet has wanted to put on some blue pants, don some red leather gloves, pick up an alto saxophone and pelvic-thrust their way to glory. Now, thanks to the magic of…

Tactics Ogre: Weird Name, Amazing Soundtrack

See what I did in that title? I hope you did. Okay, so you guys were right. When I asked for reader’s submissions for the best game music of 2011, a ton of people said “Dude! Tactics Ogre!” Those people were correct. I didn’t have a chance to play the PSP remake last year, but…

Kotaku Melodic Starts Here

Greetings, and welcome to Kotaku Melodic, your one-stop-shop for music, video games, and musical video games. For the next two hours, you’re all mine. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the sounds.

Metronome Screens and Concept Art

Peter Molydeux Game Jam Adds Even More Locations, Begins Tomorrow

What would Molydeux? We’re about to find out. The hour is nearly upon us—Molyjam 2012 begins tomorrow. Molyjam 2012 is, of course, the game-design jam based on the wacky ideas of Peter Molydeux, the twitter evil-twin of famed game developer (and real human) Peter Molyneux. I’ve already shared which of his ideas I think would…

Kellee Santiago Is Leaving ThatGameCompany

Kellee Santiago has announced that she is leaving ThatGameCompany, which she co-founded six years ago. Santiago helped guide the studio’s creative vision as they created FlOw, Flower and Journey

Determining The World’s Metal-Band Distribution

Can you guess where the most metal bands might be? I bet you can. Or you could just check that image, I guess. Greetings, Kotaku, and welcome to the evening Open Thread. Some fun and provocative things from around the internet for you: An amazing wind map of the entire nation – Holy shit! Battle…

Nobody Knows When the Hell Super Mario Bros. Was Released

It’s commonly held that Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System is one, if not the greatest game of all time. People constantly talk about its historical importance, and how it was largely responsible for the unprecedented success of the NES console. But when did it come out? Most people say 1986, but no…

Let’s Bring These Sherlock Holmes Games Back, Adventure Gamers

Now this is a blast from the past. I remember playing through the first volume of Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective ages ago. It was a full motion video adventure game, and my memories are very fond. The games were more stodgy, goofy Sherlock than cool, sexy Sherlock, but that didn’t make the mystery-solving any less…

Report: SimCity Needs Your Internet the Whole Time You’re Playing

Maxis and EA’s upcoming SimCity game looks pretty cool, but Joystiq is reporting that the game will require an internet connection to play. Lead designer Stone Librande told the publication that regardless of where the game was bought, people playing the game will need to be connected to EA’s Origin service to play the game.…

This Fun Hack ‘n Slash Platformer is Basically Zelda Meets Mario

Wow, that sounds like one heck of a ringing endorsement! But while Touch Foo’s Swordigo isn’t quite the magical amazingness suggested by the combination of two of the greatest gaming franchises of all time, it is more or less the result of a mechanical combination of the two games. Action-RPG Zelda hacking and slashing meets…

SimCity Is More Expansive and Detailed Than Ever, Yet Remarkably True to Its Roots

SimCity has always been a game that is viewed from two distances—up close and far away. You would start with the camera zoomed out, able to see the entirety of your creation; a city or cities on a grid, little smokestacks pouring out smoke, tiny airplanes droning over the hills. Zoom in, and you were…

We’ll Always Have Taco-Mail

Hello, Kotaku, and welcome to the evening Open Thread. I hope you’ve had a nice Tuesday—it’s been raining in San Francisco, and but that’s been kind of nice. Here, gathered from the internet, are some things to amuse and bedevil you. Not a ton of links as today has been very busy! We’ll have more…