-
Giving Voice to The Old Republic
We’ve already heard the script for Star Wars: The Old Republic is more than 40 novels long. In this developer discussion, BioWare talks about the effort and why this is a game changer. SW:TOR promises a fully voiced, more immersive MMO experience – between player and NPC, player and quest-giver, etc. The result, they hope,…
By Owen Good -
Mario Teaches Typing Warcraft
Since I just got promoted, I can finally reveal that I lack any experience with one rather common game. I haven’t played a minute of Warcraft – except for the original RTS. On a Mac. Fortunately, Cracked is here to explain the Warcraft phenomenon in the context of something I can understand – Super Mario…
By Owen Good -
Bethesda: Extending Fallout Level Cap Again ‘Could Unbalance the Game’
The level, stat and skill caps you have in Fallout 3 – 30, 10 and 100, respectively – seem to be hard numbers that Bethesda Softworks isn’t inclined to raise further. MTV Multiplayer recently asked Bethesda Softworks’ Jeff Gardiner if there were any plans to extend the game’s level cap, as was done when Broken…
By Owen Good -
Game Characters Looking for Love in All the Creepy Places
Game characters putting ads on Craigslist personals? Why, that idea sounds familiar. Asylum wrote ads from Solid Snake, GLaDOS and others, trolling for replies. Wait til you see what someone wrote to the Little Sister. Posting on Craigslist in Aruba, Little Sis writes that she doesn’t have any Adam in her – but she sure…
By Owen Good -
Scribblenauts Gets a UK Release Date
Scribblenauts hits the U.S. on Sept. 15 – we’ll cut to the chase, it’s releasing 10 days later in the U.K., which is Sept. 25 or 25/09/09 for those with whom we have special relations. So, woohoo, even though this game depends on a zillion-word vocabulary and there is tons of localization to be performed…
By Owen Good -
Microsoft Actually Responds to Obama’s Xbox Line in Speech
Getting huffy about President Obama using video games as a rhetorical punching bag in speeches on personal responsibility is pointlessly argumentative. But Microsoft has responded to POTUS’ latest call-out, this time of the Xbox. In his speech to the NAACP at its 100th anniversary celebration, Obama said parents can’t demand achievement in school and then…
By Owen Good -
Today’s Punishment: Soldier Performing Britney Spears on SingStar
If, to feel safe and secure, you depend upon the image of the U.S. fighting man as 200 pounds of rompin’ stompin’ shitkickin’ dynamite, this might not be the video for you to watch. If, on the other hand, you take a certain sociopathic pleasure in tough guys caught unawares, or you have serious Department…
By Owen Good -
Discussing a Dangerous Game — for Girls
Another new concept we’re trying out for our expanded weekend coverage is the Weekend Reader, where we excerpt a well-written long-form piece on a subject in gaming and invite readers to discuss it. Not everything has to be quick-hitter, incremental developments and snarky takes on the week’s news. The weekend’s longer news cycle is a…
By Owen Good -
EA Quickfixes Botched NCAA Roster Files
NCAA 10 went out the door this week with a roster file shot through with errors, and in certain cases, teams lacking an entire freshman class. A patch is OTW but players are super PO’d. This didn’t catch everyone by surprise. Back in June, fans of the college football sim started building their own custom…
By Owen Good -
Cutie Cosplayer Wants to Make You a Plush Toy
Remember Hezachan? Destroyer of websites from the Top 50 Cosplay Cleavage Shots debacle-a-thon? She’s also a big Starcraft fan, and her seamstress skills don’t stop at stitching together anime getups. Sure, this is a big free ad – but Heza’s not exactly fish food, and she’s got a history on weekends. She’s hand-made a Reaver…
By Owen Good -
Yes, I Know About the Damn PS3 Slim Video [Update]
Ordinarily it’s not my policy to cave in to peer pressure like this, but ignoring the likely-fake shakycam video of a PS3 Slim hasn’t slowed the tide of hey-d00ds tips we’re getting about it. There’s also a nagging, buzzing doubt in my head, in the region of my brain that entertains such ideas as a…
By Owen Good -
Microsoft Seeks a Few Good Store Managers
Would you like an exciting career in retail management? Can you upsell a 13-month Xbox Live Gold subscription on a $100 wireless adapter? Can you answer “What’s a Zune?” without using the word “iPod”? If so, Microsoft has a job for you. As previously reported, the first stores in Microsoft’s grand plan to battle Apple…
By Owen Good -
Gold Cartridge Buyer Recreating Nintendo Championships Today
J.J. Hendricks, the Denver entrepreneur who bought the rare Nintendo World Championships Gold cartridge, is hosting an event today that seeks to recreate the original contest. He spoke to Kotaku about it and his acquisition. Hendricks, the owner of vintage game-and-console retailer JJGames.com, bought the NWC Gold cart last month for $17,500. The seller was…
By Owen Good -
Weekend Coupons: Done Dirt Cheap
Two things move a game. You either gotta have it, or the price is right. And if you’re reading coupons, it’s probably not to find the must-buys. So let’s go for a stroll: Hardware • These things go on sale so often you should never spend full price. Amazon is offering the wireless adapter for…
By Owen Good -
Kotaku Originals: Hardened Prestige Edition
This week you can take in the originals roundup with our free giveaway: Day-Vision goggles. Just go get a rubber band and a couple TP tubes, strap them to your face, and read the following: Reviews, Previews, Hands-On and Impressions Battlefield 1943 Review: Battling In The Pacific Taking Tony Hawk For Another Ride Droplitz Micro-Review:…
By Owen Good -
Philly Inquirer: MW2’s Night Vision an “Invitation to Mischief”?
The Inky’s video games blogger professes his love of “fake realism” but thinks the NVGs being offered with Modern Warfare 2’s “Prestige Edition” are akin to “giving away a free race car with Gran Turismo.” Rob Watson, the “Bare Knuckles” blogger for the Inquirer, doesn’t want to come off as someone railing on the evil…
By Owen Good -
Mario’s Family Line
It’s not a family tree – a) that would be too large and b) it assumes games mate and produce offspring. This is a family line, showing all Mario games, by generation, with their siblings. The thing is so super-huge you should probably just go directly to it or download it to magnify it for…
By Owen Good -
Effort Begun to Remove Trademark Troll from IGDA Board
Tim Langdell’s not really a developer – “litigator” might be a better job description – but the Lord of Edge is really on the IGDA board. Now someone’s started a petition to remove him. This is a little more meaningful than your average ranting internet petition. It was begun by International Game Developers Association member…
By Owen Good
Owen Good
Owen Good's posts