Chris Person

Wendy Williams Has No Regrets About Buying GTA V for Her Son

Today, nationally syndicated daytime talk-show host Wendy Williams talked about our open letter from a retail store veteran who sold too many copies of GTA V to uncaring parents, and admitted that she indeed bought a copy for her 13-year-old son. Previously, Williams justified buying her 13-year-old son Grand Theft Auto V by saying that…

Why Whoopi Goldberg Prefers Diablo To GTA

There’s been a lot of awful media backlash today to video games but, weirdly, one place it didn’t happen was on The View Sure, they talk over each other a bit — but they’re adult enough to admit that the problem isn’t with violent games but with parenting. The best part, however, comes at the…

Jimmy Kimmel’s GTA V Zingers Are Better Than Conan’s, Fallon’s

No monstrously gigantic video game release would be complete without late night comedians chiming in their two cents. And that’s exactly what they did! In the clip above, Conan, Kimmel and Fallon all take a mildly corny stab at Grand Theft Auto V. Jimmy Kimmel’s bit was the standout of the three, while Fallon’s was…

They Waited Hours For GTA V

Tuesday night I went to interview dedicated fans of Grand Theft Auto about the series they love enough to stay up all night for. Like most fans they were jovial, amiable and more complicated than I would ever assume. In the video above, they told me why they love the series so. In the middle…

Jeopardy Video Game Question Is… Weird

Oh dear, Alex Trebek. Why did you ask a group of children that question? For starters, it’s incredibly obscure. Would kids really know about the Katamari games? And then there’s your phrasing, which is just kinda, well, off G0d, those kids look so confused. (Clip via Jeopardy) To contact the author of this post, write…

I Can’t Stop Playing This Hacking iPhone Game

“One more game. Ok, no. Last round. Damnit. Ok…that one didn’t count.” That’s what I sound like playing 868-HACK, a hacking roguelike that came out Friday for iOS from designer Michael Brough. Originally called 86856527 and it was created as part of the Seven-Day Roguelike competition. It’s an incredibly addictive game, one that’s fairly simple…

Watch An Hour’s Worth of Xbox One Interviews, Live, Right Now [It’s over]

Much of the Kotaku crew is in PAX right now, and so are the good folks over at Twitch, who are doing interviews from the event live, right now, starting with Xbox One titles. For the next hour (10am to 11am Pacific time) Twitch will be streaming three interviews Xbox One titles — Dead Rising…

Watch This Dad Awkwardly Ask For Video Game Advice on TV

It’s tough to be the father of a gamer when you aren’t a gamer yourself. Sometimes it’s best to just ask people in the know — especially on live TV. Enter Anchor Joe Kernen, who took a minute on CNBC’s Squawk Box to ask some video game advice of his guest. “Is Beyond Two Souls…

Cable News Discovers You Can Run Over People In GTA, Is Horrified

Look — we all know that the best experiments are conducted on daytime television by people without medical degrees. That’s why this TV segment is so special. In response to the horrifically tragic shooting that occurred last week, the scientists over at HLN (the channel for people who think CNN is just too heady) have…

Mario Has An Existential Crisis In This Crazy Rock Opera

I never thought I’d find a rock opera based on Super Mario Brothers exciting. It turns out I was wrong. We went and saw The Mario Opera — the absurdist brainchild of singer/songwriter Jonathan Mann that had a one-night revival at Joe’s Pub earlier this month. In the video above, we talk to Jonathan about…

This Game Isn’t About Violence Or Guns. Just People.

Once in a while, a game comes along that means a whole hell of a lot to you — one you want everybody you know to sit down and play. For me, Gone Home is just such a game. I know I’m not the first to praise Gone Home and I certainly won’t be the…

This Developer Wants To Jump-Start Africa’s Game Industry

Ghana is not known for its game industry, but that could change. In the BBC interview above, Ghanaian game developer Eryam Tawia of Leti Games talks about his desire for Africa to be a strong presence in the game industry, one that reflects African heroes and history. Honestly, I hope he’s successful. If the rise…

Every Awful Edward Snowden Game, Reviewed. There are a lot of cheaply made games about Edward Snowden. Most of them I don’t want to touch with a 10-foot pole. Lucky for us, our friends at Animal New York sat down and played them, so we don’t have to. We Played Every Terrible Edward Snowden Game…

King of the Hill, In Eye-Popping 3D

If this was a video game I’d play this game in a second, I’ll tell you what. Months ago, YouTube user hotdiggedydemon decided to teach himself Maya 3D. His first project? Recreating the intro to the Mike Judge sitcom King of the Hill. Between this and the Beavis and Butt-head Civilization V mod, our Mike…

CNBC Asks: “Did Call of Duty Kill Chivalry?”

The motives behind shifting gender roles and economics are complex and nuanced. But screw it, let’s blame it all on Call of Duty instead. In a spirited debate that we clearly needed to have, CNBC’s The Kudlow Report looked at the total aggregate playtime of Call of Duty players and asked if the series was…

Everything I Want To Do In GTA Online Doesn’t Involve Crime

I love open world games. But nine times out of ten, the things I love to do in them don’t involve the main premise of the game. I got the most fun out of Forza Horizon by pretending I was Ryan Gosling. Assassin’s Creed III really shined when I stopped the following the missions and…

This Surrealist Stealth Game is Close to Being Funded

Tangiers, an ambitious, surrealist stealth game from a two-man studio called Andalusian out of Bristol, seems like my kinda jam. The game is currently about 8 days and £8,000 away from being funded. So if you’re like me and you want more surrealist art games influenced by William S. Burroughs, this is probably your jam…

This Early Video Game Art is Charmingly Primitive

People will find ways to make art with whatever they have — even if all they have is a failed video game console. Enter Human Vectors, a 1980s video art piece unearthed by The New Museum as part of it’s XFR STNmedia conservation project. The piece was made by Dov Jacobson primarily with the Vectrex,…

Hey, Pat Robertson, Is Playing a Violent Video Game a Sin?

Famous evangelical old person and all-around bigot Pat Robertson weighed-in on video game violence, despite never having played one in his life. “If you’re murdering somebody in cyberspace, in a sense you’re performing the act, you like it or not.” Robertson exclaimed on The 700 Club, comparing playing a violent game to other acts of…

This Love Story About A Psychic Is Like A Heartbreaking Video Game

When you really love someone, nothing will stand in your way — particularly not when your girlfriend has psychic powers. That’s the case in Controller, a short science fiction film by Saman Kesh. It’s a gorgeous, minimalist love story that wonderfully plays with the tropes of empowerment and control, like some kind of heartwarming Akira…