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Good Lord, Computer Gaming World Had Some Hip Menu Music
If you bought a copy of the magazine Computer Gaming World in the early 2000’s, chances are you heard a track by Tomas Diablo. The magazine was one of several PC-centric gaming mags that would come with a bundled CD each month. One of my fondest gaming memories was the PC Gamer CD, upon which…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 15, 2012 -
Now You Can Get Free Sheet Music for Bastion‘s Best Tunes
I (and everyone else on the planet basically) loved the music to Bastion. Now, SuperGiant is sharing sheet music for four of the songs from the game. Best of all they’re free, not for sale like I originally thought. Awesome. These tunes are simple enough that just about anyone could learn them, yet iconic and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 15, 2012 -
Persona 3‘s Awesome Music Breaks The Mold (And Our Faces)
When I think of epic JRPG battle music, I usually think of driving guitars, pulsing drums, and soaring melodies. I do not, generally, think of weird funky hip-hop and a lady singing “Baby, baby, baby, baby” over and over again. And yet that’s exactly what Persona 3‘s battle music is, and damned if it isn’t…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 15, 2012 -
Kotaku Melodic Starts Here
Greetings one and all, and welcome to Kotaku Melodic. We had a week off last week, but we’re back with two hours of the very best stuff from the worlds of music, video games, and music in video games. We got a whole bunch of posts planned, so turn up your speakers, grab some headphones,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 15, 2012 -
In This Hilarious Dystopian Future, Gang Wars Are Fought With Dance Dance Revolution
Welcome to The FP, Bitch! At least, I’m assuming that at some point someone in this movie will utter that line. As they do, you will be welcomed to The FP, a new and absolutely ridiculous movie from Drafthouse Films, which comes out tomorrow in theaters nationwide. Above, you can watch the first ten minutes…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 15, 2012 -
Beware The Thumb-Devouring Frog of Doom!
Hi there, Kotaku friends. Welcome to the hump-day open thread. I hope your respective days have been productive and enjoyable. If you’re wondering what that image is from, you’ll have to check out the links we’ve gathered for you here tonight… A story about the intense segregation of St. Louis – This is definitely a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 14, 2012 -
We’ll Never Have To Endure a Photo-Realisitic Sonic The Hedgehog
In an interview with Eurogamer, Sega’s Takashi Iizuka talked about his plans for the company’s long-running (but seemingly constantly creatively ailing) Sonic The Hedgehog franchise. Among other kernels of knowledge (Sonic is “the right fit” for Wii U, whatever that means), we learned that despite his daliances kissing human girls, he will never become photo-realistic.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 14, 2012 -
Peter Molydeux Game-Jam Gathers Steam, Participants and… Maybe Even Peter Molyneux Himself [Update]
Yesterday, there arose a game jam that will turn Peter Molydeux‘s wacky game ideas into real, playable games. Since then, things have… escalated. The whole thing started yesterday when Double Fine programmer Anna Kipnis tweeted that someone should really get on organizing a game jam centered around the crazy ideas espoused by famed game programmer…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 14, 2012 -
This Game is About Gardening On Mars. It’s Way Cooler Than It Sounds
Planting a garden is an exercise in resource management. What goes where? How much room will everything take? Which plant needs how much water? It’s a constantly evolving puzzle that plays out over long periods of time. Speed things up a bit, and you’re starting to have the makings of a really engaging game. Now…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 14, 2012 -
Love Is Hell
Hey there, Kotaku friends, and welcome to your Tuesday evening open-thread. I hope your Tuesdays have been energizing and enjoyable, and that you’re primed with enough energy to push on through to the end of the week. Not too many links for you, as it was a busy day. I’ll have more great randomness in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 13, 2012 -
Journey, a Bunch of Other Less-Awesome Games New This Week on the PlayStation Store
A sizable update for the PlayStation store, as new Vita content continues to roll out. But who am I kidding? The coolest thing on the store is ThatGameCompany’s highly anticipated (and seriously splendid) new downloadable game Journey. (I should say that although I’ve only played it at a preview event, Warp is pretty cool, too.)…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 13, 2012 -
Double Fine Kickstarter Closes After Raising 3.4 Million Dollars
Double Fine’s record-breaking adventure game kickstarter has officially ended, closing out with $3.3 million raised, as well as an extra $110,000 from off-the-record premium backers. Great show, guys.
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 13, 2012 -
These Nutty Game Ideas Deserve To Be Turned Into Real Video Games
I gotta say, I think that Chris Hecker makes some good points when he calls out the video game industry for a lack of variety. Too many games are the same old thing! We need new, fresh ideas! We need smart, creative thinking! In short, we need Peter Molydeux. No, not respected developer and Fable…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 13, 2012 -
Prepare To Be Hunted By Killer British Robot-Gentlemen
Man really is the most dangerous game. Not just for other men, but also for robots. Apparently. British indie development collective Big Robot (headed up by the friendly Jim Rossignol of Rock, Paper Shotgun) has announced its new in-development project, an open-world survival game called Sir, You Are Being Hunted. It’s described on the Big…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 13, 2012 -
This Game Teaches You To Fight By Having You Stab a Fat Guy in Prison
There’s brutal, and then there’s brutal—and the combat tutorial in Silent Hill: Downpour is brutal of the italicized variety. Captured by our intern Nick, this video is a tutorial of sorts, depicting the protagonist Murphy Pendleton performing a brutal prison murder on an unarmed, nearly naked fat guy. All while teaching players how to wield…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 13, 2012 -
These Guys Hope to Solve the Problem of First-Person Melee Combat
First-person melee combat ain’t an easy thing to pull off in a video game. Anyone who’s played an Elder Scrolls game—from Arena to Skyrim—knows what I’m talking about. In Skyrim, the less you see, the better things look. It’s one of the reasons I suggested playing with a shield—the combat feels punchier if you can’t…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 13, 2012 -
Soul Vaccination
Greetings Kotaku-eers, and welcome to a new week of evening open threads. I missed doing these last week during the Game Developers Conference! It’s good to be back. Below, please find a collection of things that you might enjoy checking out or talking about. The Tower of Power tune, in particular, is worthy of a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 12, 2012 -
Finally, a Music Game That Lets You Look Cool While Playing
It’s hard to look cool when you’re playing most music video games. You may think you look cool with your dinky plastic guitar or humorously scale-sized drum set, but in reality you look like… well, a person playing a plastic instrument. At a recent Penny Arcade Expo, a group of contest finalists assembled on-stage to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 12, 2012 -
A Song of Ice and Fire Has Become Game of Thrones, and Thank God For That
Somewhere along the line, it happened. The name changed. George R.R. Martin’s celebrated fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire more-or-less officially became known as Game of Thrones We can probably blame HBO; their hugely successful TV series Game of Thrones is what launched Martin’s books into the public consciousness. Since the show’s debut,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 12, 2012
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