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Hands On With The New Xbox 360 Controller [UPDATE]
Xbox Live’s Major Nelson was roaming PAX here in Seattle, probably needing something fun to do. So I asked him to let me try the new Xbox 360 controller with transforming D-pad — oh, and the analog sticks are different. Major Nelson even agreed to shoot this video, and while I put him to work…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 3, 2010 -
The Duke Nukem Forever PAX Demo: A Not-For-Kids Photo Gallery
We were encouraged to take as many pictures as we could of Duke Nukem Forever here at Penny Acrade Expo 2010 today. So I did. Excuse the shaky framing; I was trying to play while snapping pics. These shots show the two-level DNF demo, scenes photographed in chronological order. Oh, and one bottle of Duke…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 3, 2010 -
Duke Nukem Forever Impressions: Two Girls, One Duke
Duke Nukem is back and he needs to take a piss. The Duke Nukem Forever playable demo here at PAX 2010 makes the seemingly impossible a reality. People, including your Kotaku reporter, are playing Duke Nukem Forever, maybe a dozen years after we expected to. Duke, from what I can tell, hasn’t changed. He’s still…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 3, 2010 -
The Cases Of The Missing Bullets
If a video game contains guns, does it also contain bullets? Not necessarily. Well, not necessarily — get this — depending on your philosophical take on what it means for a bullet to exist. The case of the missing bullets in video games is more of a quirk than a dire tragedy. There is no…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 3, 2010 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
We’d love for you to talk about video games right here. Notice that the art is different today? The artist for the work we originally chose to feature for the month of September in TAY does not want his work used. Fair enough. We’ll use Peter Paul Rubens’ ”La chasse au tigre, au lion et…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 3, 2010 -
Rockstar’s L.A. Noire Now Scheduled For Early 2011
Confirming speculation about the next big game from the makers of Grand Theft Auto, publisher Take Two publicly delayed L.A. Noire to the first half of 2011. The publisher did not cite any reasons for the delay. A press release for the company’s earnings stated: “The release of L.A. Noire is now expected during the…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 2, 2010 -
On Saturday, We Improve The List Of History’s 10 Best Video Games
On Saturday, Kotaku co-hosts a PAX panel during which we will inch closer to determining the best games ever made. The panel is Canon Fodder, season 2. The panel will be co-hosted by me and video game consultant N’Gai Croal. Joining us for an hour will be 5th Cell’s Jeremiah Slaczka, Bungie’s Jaime Griesemer, Spy…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 2, 2010 -
The Man Who Invented Home Video Games Knew His Guns
The man who invented home video games may have known more about real guns than any other game creator in history. But, he tells Kotaku, that’s not why the first game console had a gun. Ralph Baer is 88 and still keeps busy in his lab in New Hampshire, decades after inventing the first home…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 2, 2010 -
The 20 Most-Loved Wii Games
Next month will be historic. This month is merely nearly historic. Smash Bros. clings to the top spot as America’s most-loved Wii game in the latest update to our Nintendo stat-tracking. Plus, there is a new contender. (Click the chart to enlarge it.) Welcome to the September edition of our monthly measure of Wii-gaming pleasure.…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 2, 2010 -
With This Gun, Your First-Person Shooters Can Surround You
In Dallas, last month, I spotted a big inflatable igloo. It had been erected by a company called Microvision on the exhibition floor at QuakeCon. Inside of it, I discovered, was a man holding this gun. The Microvision people were getting QuakeCon attendees to line up for Project Tuatara, an experimental technology designed to be…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 -
PlayStation Move Stress Tests, Using Lighting Changes And Human Distraction
The PlayStation Move can be flummoxed by bright sunlight. That’s the one stress test Sony’s new motion controller failed in a series of trials involving a range of lighting conditions and human distraction to which we subjected the Move. Lighting Tests The PlayStation Move wand used the PlayStation Eye camera to track it’s movement in…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 -
How To Mount That PlayStation Eye Camera With Minimal Fuss
The PlayStation Move controller requires that you set a PlayStation Eye camera above or below your TV. Don’t think that’ll work for you? Neither did I, until discovering this trick. Try it yourself.
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It is September, and it is time for a new Talk Amongst Yourselves image — and new comments about video games from you fine people. Thanks to reader Lanbeast for the suggestion. This one’s called Rub a Dub Dub by Graham McKean. This is a more modern painting than we normally use, but why not?…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 -
I Did An Obi-Wan With The PlayStation 3’s First Move Light Gun Game
The light gun game, like the fighting game, has enjoyed a revival over the past few years. And while there is no light gun Street Fighter IV, the tech in the Wii Remote, and now in the PlayStation 3 Move, raises hopes that the genre will continue to charge ahead. The debut original light gun…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 -
TV SuperStars, The Move’s First Fake Gameshow
You hear talk about games that are “not for you.” You try to keep an open mind. You play Gears of War; you play de Blob. You enjoy both. But here, at last, a game that’s not for me. TV SuperStars is a loud gameshow game that has all the glitz of the British TV…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 -
How Echochrome II Works, Besides Wonderfully
We’ve already been drooling about Echochrome ii here. Kind of unsightly. But look at this video I shot of the demo version of this upcoming PlayStation 3 Move game and tell me I should stop. Echchrome ii comes from Sony’s Japan Studio. Based on the menus shown in the demo version of the game, it…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 -
Beat Sketcher, The Best PlayStation Move Game You Weren’t Expecting
Last week: I had no desire to paint music using a PlayStation 3 motion controller. This week: I yearn to play the full version of Beat Sketcher. Remember that game name. Until I found it lurking as an extra demo on my review copy of PlayStation Move games Kung Fu Rider and Start The Party,…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010
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