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Racquet Sports For Move Is PS3 Sports Tennis
If it wasn’t for the fact that it appears to be an -ahem- expansion of Wii Sports Tennis, the most notable aspect of Ubisoft’s Move version of Racquet Sports would be that its characters look like Xbox 360 Avatars. It’s possible this game is one big inside joke. But it’s also possible that it can…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 -
ReviewsStart The Party Review: Reality Improved, Ridiculously
The most futuristic thing you can do in video games so far this year is to play Start The Party. Start The Party is -yawn- a party game, a -groan- mini-game collection. Oh, but it’s motion-controlled. Wait! Don’t run away. After years of camera-based video games that didn’t work under normal lighting conditions… after years…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 -
ReviewsKung Fu Rider Review: Tony Hawk Suggestive Jam
They’re launching the PlayStation Move with a game that plays like a Tony Hawk downhill trick racer, if Tony was a nerdy private detective guy or a girl who knelt on a chair and stuck her butt in your face. Kung Fu Rider is one of the PlayStation Move launch games targeted to a more…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 -
It’s A Move! Beauty Shots Of Our Newest PS3 Controller And Its Older Brothers
We have a Move and a Navigation Controller. The PlayStation 3’s new motion controllers pose here, alongside fruit, a PS3 DualShock, an Xbox 360 controller and a Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Comparison videos and lots of button tests included. (Click any thumbnail to enlarge and/or play video)
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 -
In Search Of The First Video Game Gun
What was the first video game gun? There are three ways to try to answer that question. Originally, when we set out to identify gaming’s first gun for our Gun Week here at Kotaku, we looked for the first video game to show a gun. The video game historians we talked to mentioned 1975’s Gun…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 31, 2010 -
Gunfusion: More Info Than We Need To Know, Boss
Sometimes, the obsession with guns in video games gets ridiculous. So we’re celebrating acts of “gunfusion.” The entertaining Metal Gear Solid series is gun-crazy. (It is!) Here’s the ultimate more-detail-than-necessary discussion of a gun, from MGS3, at the four-minute mark.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 31, 2010 -
Fake Diamonds Vs. A Four-Page Instruction Manual
Andy and Chris are going to Seattle this weekend. They are going to the Penny Arcade Expo where they will share a booth and let the public, for the first time, try their games. Things are looking good.. for Andy. Andy and Chris are Andy Schatz and Chris Hecker, veterans of big video game companies…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 31, 2010 -
The Hidden Pattern Of Video Game Scare Stories
Media coverage of violent video games spikes twice every year in the same months, April and November, according to “data journalist” David McCandless. In a recent TED talk, McCandless showed charts that he believes reveal the patterns and rhythms of recurring stories reported by the media to an anxious public. The video game bit starts…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 31, 2010 -
The Video Game Ad Too Violent For Print?
As mentioned in our recent History of Headshots article, the 2000 video game Soldier of Fortune was a pioneer — a bloody pioneer — in the technological art of connecting a gamer’s virtual gun with various enemy body parts. This ad, which I’m told by a tipster was scuttled by Soldier of Fortune publisher Activision…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 31, 2010 -
Irony Of The Future
Veteran game designer Dave Perry predicts a flaw in the possible plans for PlayStation 4, Wii 2 and Xbox Whatever, not that the backer of streaming gaming service Gaikai doesn’t have a vested interest in disc-free gaming. (Via Dperry Twitter)
By Stephen Totilo Published August 31, 2010 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
On the final day of August we have this final riff on the month’s Norman Rockwell painting. Yes, even TAY is adding zombies. Care to talk about video games here? Thanks to reader KindaGamey for today’s image. We need a new source painting for September. Submit your nominations, including the name of the work and…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 31, 2010 -
Gun Week, Gaming’s Fixation With Firearms
Gun Week is our week-long exploration of video games’ signature obsession: guns. Even gamers who wouldn’t own a gun usually love to shoot the virtual ones. Here are the stories, images and videos that attest to that. (This post will be updated throughout the week.) So Long, Gun Week I know what you’re thinking. It’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2010 -
Look At (Almost) All The Light Guns
One of the experiences that unites gamers is that so many of us have picked up a plastic gun and pointed it at our TV. History has given us dozens of light guns. Here, a gallery of greats and not-so-greats… We’re going to deviate from chronological order with this first one but then take it…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2010 -
Dead Rising 2 Prequel On Track In U.S., Europe
Despite suffering a delay in Japan, downloadable Xbox 360-exclusive prequel Dead Rising 2: Case Zero will still be released on time this week in the U.S. and Europe, Capcom told us today. Case Zero reaches the U.S. tomorrow.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2010 -
Gunfusion: They Gave Sonic The Hedgehog A Handgun, Sort Of
Sometimes, the obsession with guns in video games gets ridiculous. During Gun Week, we celebrate such acts of “gunfusion.” Let us lament the existence of Shadow The Hedgehog, the game starring Sonic’s gun-toting … brother/cousin/whoknows. Shadow, put the gun down. [PIC]
By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2010 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Put on your 3D glasses and talk here about some video games, please. Today’s terrific Talk Amongst Yourselves image comes from reader Mutton-Chops. Think you can do better? We’ll only be using the source Norman Rockwell image for one more day and then we move on. Take your final try at it over at #TAYpics
By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2010 -
The History of Headshots, Gaming’s Favorite Act Of Unreal Violence
It may seem ghoulish to the outsider. It will seem essential to the gamer. One of the most popular things to do in video games is to aim for the head with a gun and fire. Who thought of that? And why do people like doing it so much? Why Headshots Make Some People Happy…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2010 -
Welcome To Gun Week
Gamers and the people who make games are crazy about guns. Visit a gaming shop and you’ll see walls of boxes that feature, somewhere on them, guns. Have the last five video games you’ve played included guns? Most of them, probably yes. When we see a new game, we’re often being told about guns. We…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2010 -
The Next Wave Of Video Game Comics (And Stuff)
Each month, the Previews catalog from Diamond Comics showcases about 400 pages worth of upcoming comics, board games, statues and other stuff. A lot of it is video game-related. You can see the September issue’s items here. The catalog usually lists items that will be out two months after the catalog date, so expect a…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 27, 2010
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