Stephen Totilo

From Tokyo, The Games Keep Blurring Together

Can you recall the difference between Project Dark, Project Draco and Codename D? Can you tell your Shadows of the Damned from your Rise of Nightmares? We are past Tokyo Game Show 2010, but we are not past the confusion. I spent last week on vacation, as far from the mother brain of Kotaku as…

Cheaters

Nintendo’s finest playing some PlayStation, as seen on Flickr

Pokémon Black And White, Already Beaten

America might be Halo and Civ obsessed now, but there’s a brand new Pokémon out in Japan. It’s already been beaten, the ending uploaded for all to see. That’s the last clip here. Earlier, less spoilery-y gameplay in the others. Do you not want major spoilers? Then check out this YouTube user’s capture of the…

How To Study The Hacker

A New York University professor teaches a course in the history of hackers and hacking. Oh, to be back at NYU and be able to take interesting courses like this. The Atlantic Monthly presents a “syllabus-as-essay” from Gabriella Coleman, an anthropologist and assistant professor who teaches Hacker Culture & Politics at NYU. An excerpt from…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Are you finished talking about video games? No? Well, okay then. Talk about them here. Or call in and talk about them on the podcast later, if you’re brave. Thanks to The_Saint for today’s Rubens riff. Get your own name in lights here by submitting a great image to #TAYpics

Unboxing The Fancy Edition Of Civilization V

As we did with the Halo Reach Briefcase Edition and the StarCraft II More Expensive Edition, Kotaku is exposing the Civilization V Comes With Statues Edition (aka the $100 Civ V Special Edition) to the glare of sunlight. Here, unboxed. For more of what’s in the game, check out Kotaku’s Civ V review and our…

Lara Croft Online Co-Op Will Happen, Just Later Than Planned

The news today that the PlayStation 3 and Steam/PC versions of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will be out next week confirmed that online co-op won’t be available at launch, just as it wasn’t on the Xbox 360. “We didn’t want to deliver the subpar experience online,” Karl Stewart, global brand director at…

In Search Of History’s Best Video Games: Canon Fodder, Season Two

My friend N’Gai Croal and I have made a game out of choosing the 10 best video games of all time. This is a game, called Canon Fodder, that we invite game developers to play every six months or so. Earlier this month, during Canon Fodder season two, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of…

Milla Jovovich, Co-Stars Try Speaking Resident Evil Game’s Worst Lines

Can the actors of the Resident Evil movies do a better job reading lines for the first Resident Evil game than the PlayStation classic’s original voice actors did? MTV gave Milla Jovovich and co-stars a chance to try. If you’re not region-blocked by MTV’s video player, you can watch the stars of the new movie…

Top British Politician Boldly Plays Wii

While America’s current leaders have only discussed but never been photographed playing video games, we’ve got photographic proof of the U.K.’s deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, using a Wii sans wrist strap. Clegg played a Wii game — possibly Wii Sports Resort, given press reports that he scored a pair of bullseyes in archery —…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Your artistic skills were questioned. You answered. For today’s Talk Amongst Yourselves, we can’t just discuss games. No, we must celebrate your manipulations of beautiful Rubens art. Job well done, reader Ursus-Veritas. You have saved TAY. For 24 hours, at least. Everyone who wishes may submit this images to #TAYpics Aside from that, talk about…

The Lord of The Rings: Aragorn’s Quest Review: Sauron’s A Chump

Playing through the latest Lord of the Rings video game is about as difficult as turning pages to read the Lord of the Rings books. That’s bad new if you seek a challenge; not-bad news if you enjoy touring Middle Earth. From one of the best Wii developers of games you’ve sadly probably not played…

‘It’s Just Like Lemonade, But With Explosions’

Some time between playing Donkey Kong and Halo, you may have learned to stop questioning the names of new games. Nevertheless, news arrived this morning that Explosionade is, well, the headline says it. This one’s an Xbox Live Indie game. Explosionade is from Nathan Fouts whose toils at his very own game company, Mommy’s Best…

You Too Can Learn About Hats From Video Game Characters

Nintendo DS puzzle master Professor Layton, channeling the fashion expertise of 2009 DS fashion game Style Savvy, in an unexpected tie-in between the recent Fashion Week and Layton’s newest game… talks about hats. As do his friends. post

More Colorful Than Your Game Room

It’s Game Face time, and we’ve got someone(s) gaming at the IFA technology show in Berlin. This is a more colorful place than anywhere I’ve ever lounged to play an Xbox 360.

Who Argues Violent Video Games Are Like Porn, And Who Disagrees

It is the season for battling in the Supreme Court about whether it should be a crime to sell very violent video games to children. No such law exists for other forms of entertainment. Who is for? Who is against? Should very violent video games be illegal to sell to kids, the way certain kinds…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

It is time to talk about video games. It’s also time for you to rediscover your art skills. Here we are, Talking Amongst Ourselves, preferably about video games. One of us is back from a weeklong vacation to discover… you all don’t make many TAY images anymore. Sad. We are left with this haunting work…

Pro Guitar Mode Makes Rock Band 3 Harder, Slightly Confusing, Socially Redeeming

At last, your shame will end. At last, you will be able to tell your guitar-playing friends that you too can play guitar, well sorta, thanks to Rock Band 3’s pro guitar mode. Plus, you will have learned guitar better There is a simplicity to Rock Band 3’s Pro Guitar mode that words can convey…

Rock Band 3 Guitar Pro Single Player

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