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iCade Makes Your iPad Feel Like A Real Arcade Machine
What began life as an April Fool’s Day joke is now a real product at CES 2011. This is Ion Audio and Think Geek’s iCade, the mini arcade cabinet for your iPad. The iCade was on display and working at CES, playing a pretty good Asteroids, one of the games that currently supports the SDK.…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2011 -
Tetrominoes Are Best Friends Forever
These two Tetris blocks are pals for life! Another great piece in Aled Lewis‘ year long “MSCED 2011” illustration series. Related Rampages: Blinky | How They Died | Daywalker bffs by Aled Lewis / fatheed (Flickr) (Behance) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2011 -
Hands On With Game Room For Windows Phone 7
Microsoft is bringing its Game Room retro collection to the Windows Phone 7, starting with Centipede, Asteroids Deluxe and Shao-Lin Road. What does Game Room gaming look like on a mobile phone? Let’s take a look. These games are controlled by touchscreen with virtual joysticks, track balls and buttons, perhaps not the best interface for…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2011 -
Uncharted 3’s 3D Trailer Shows But A Grain Of New Gameplay
The CES 2011 trailer for Naughty Dog’s next PlayStation 3 adventure, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, had a slightly different conclusion than the one that premiered late last year. Call it an alternate ending, if you will. We were lucky enough to see the Uncharted 3 trailer in stereoscopic 3D at Sony’s CES keynote, but if…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2011 -
The Portable Laptop That Might Make PC Gaming On-The-Go Work
This is the Razer Switchblade, currently an “innovative concept design” for a portable laptop computer with a customizable keyboard and touchscreen interface, a device that promises a “full desktop experience in a netbook sized solution.” World of Warcraft on-the-go, anyone? That’s one of the ways that Razer is pitching the Switchblade concept, as well as…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2011 -
Razer Switchblade Gallery
By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2011 -
Live At Sony’s CES 2011 Keynote
What will Sony have for PlayStation 3 and PSP owners at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show? What will they have to show off beyond video games? We’ll find out at the PlayStation maker’s CES 2011 keynote. Read on for Kotaku’s live blog of this year’s Sony electronics blowout, which is sure to span movies, music,…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 5, 2011 -
Mario, You Might Want To Turn Around
Mario needs to swing that flashlight around right quick! Excellent character filled Super Mario Bros. illustration by Maicon Costa. View in High-Res HERE Related Rampage: Alphabetical Poster Mario in Trouble by Maicon Costa / Maicon MCN (Behance) (Twitter) Via: maiconmcn
By Michael McWhertor Published January 5, 2011 -
Kinect Powered Jiggle With Soulcalibur’s Ivy Goes Too Far
Ivy from Namco’s Soulcalibur fighting game series is perhaps best known for her ample endowments and her unique sword. When combined with Kinect motion capture, Ivy’s extreme anatomy doesn’t hold up very well. The creator of this real-time motion capture Kinect hack explains this as “a physics simulation of 2 capsules on dual-axis hinges, with…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 5, 2011 -
The PlayStation 3’s Next Big Innovation Is… 3D Bikinis
Sports Illustrated’s annual homage to bikinis is coming to the PlayStation 3 in stereoscopic 3D amidst a flood of models-in-swimsuits related content via the PlayStation Network. Of all the PS3 exclusives this year, this is one we weren’t expecting. Sports Illustrated’s 2011 swimsuit issue will get the 3D treatment this February when it becomes available…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 5, 2011 -
Viva Las Vegas
With the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show beginning, in a sense, tomorrow, portions of Kotaku are already in Las Vegas, ready to eat, drink and write—just no gambling. So, let’s talk about Vegas. As we do (almost) every night, take part in a little off-topic conversation while Mr. Crecente and I find some steakhouse or sushi…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 4, 2011 -
PlayStation Store Update: High Definition Tetrominoes
The PlayStation Store of North America rings in 2011 with a sample casual, addictive downloads, including seminal puzzle game Tetris for the PlayStation 3 and smash hit Angry Birds for the PSP. While the appeal of high-definition, 5.1 surround sound Tetris may have you opening up the wallet, other efforts like surgical shooter MicroBot for…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 4, 2011 -
What If Metroid Was Really Sad? And Had Hints Of Portal?
You’d have K.O.L.M., a Flash-based, Metroid-style adventure about piecing together a sad little platforming robot. And while K.O.L.M. may feel heavily inspired by some great games, its audio-visual style helps to set this game apart. There’s traditional “Metroidvania” item collecting, shooting, and puzzle-solving, but the tilting camera, the somber soundtrack and a few neat audio…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 4, 2011 -
The Making of Tron Legacy Goes Beneath The Skin
Disney’s Tron: Legacy may have been about as good as the original—which is to say that it’s exceedingly average—but the 2010 follow-up to the ’80s video game adventure was certainly visually dazzling. Thank Digital Domain for that. “The Making of Tron: Legacy” gorgeously shows how some of that movie magic was achieved, like the virtual…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 4, 2011 -
No More Heroes For PS3 Boasts Big Beam Katanas
No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise is coming to North America only on the PlayStation 3 and bringing PlayStation Move controls right along with it. Here’s a new look at Travis Touchdown and Bad Girl of the hi-def No More Heroes. Publisher Konami hasn’t locked down a release date beyond 2011, but we hope they find…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 4, 2011 -
Two Ryus Ready To Square Off On The Grid
Two more challengers emerge from Kode Logic‘s excellent TRON / Street Fighter collection. RyuTRON takes on his devilish counterpart Evil RyuTRON Related Rampages: Street Fighter TRON | BisonTRON RyuTRON | Evil RyuTRON by Bosslogic (deviantART) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 4, 2011 -
Chiptunes Artist Dr. Octoroc Doubles Down On 80s Nostalgia
The man behind chippy video game crossover greats like the Jersey Shore RPG, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Game and the best console war fight ever is assaulting your nostalgia with a new project, chiptunes remakes of 80s themes and jingles. Doctor Octoroc’s “After These Messages” was released last month, containing dangerously retro 8-bit remakes of themes…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 4, 2011 -
More Spy Shots Of Rumored ‘PlayStation Phone’ Sneak Out
Seemingly more evidence that Sony Ericsson’s long-rumored PlayStation Phone (aka the Xperia Play?) has emerged today in the form of a handful of new shots of the still unannounced device. What’s new? Xperia and PlayStation branding have found their way onto the PlayStation Phone, for one. The device’s menu system also seems to indicate that…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 4, 2011 -
Goodnight, Pete
Ladies and gentlemen, let’s make a resolution to share more openly in 2011. I’ll start with this, our semi-nightly off-topic thread, in which we can talk about anything and everything. We can talk about the death of actor Pete Postlethwaite, who I recently saw in both The Town and Inception, a pair of movies I…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 3, 2011
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