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Try Not To Care About Echochrome ii After Watching This
We love games that involve shadows. But no one on team Kotaku was buzzing about Echochrome ii. Then I saw it yesterday running on a PS3, controlled by the wand-like Move controller. And now I can’t shut up about it. Watch the video. You will like it. How the game works: The little Echochrome man…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 21, 2010 -
PlayStation 3’s 3D Games Could Get 3DS-Style Slider
In an experiment that could spread to other 3D video games on the PlayStation 3, the developers of November’s Sly Cooper compilation are considering including a controller-based slider that will adjust the depth of 3D displayed by the game. The ability to manually adjust the depth of stereoscopic 3D graphics popping out from or receding…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 21, 2010 -
The Beauty Of The Video Game Summer Job
In the summers of my school years I delivered flowers, taught karate and once had a lemonade stand. But I never had a video game summer job. If I did, maybe I’d have imitated 14-year-old Giovanni Holmes. Giovanni is running a video game website this summer. He’s trying to turn it into a social network.…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 21, 2010 -
Dead Space 2’s Miner Upgrades, Including A Solution To A Lack Of Bullets [UPDATE]
You’re space miner Isaac Clarke three years after the events of the first outer-space horror game Dead Space and you are again low on ammo. What do you do? Cower? In Dead Space 2, you thank yourself for not being in Resident Evil, in which the scares build as ammo becomes more scarce. You shoot…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 21, 2010 -
If Wii Fit And Madden Had A Baby…
Fitness games are huge. Football games are huge. Ready for it? Football fitness game. From EA, on the Wii. The name is EA Sports Active NFL Training Camp and it has already made me sweat. I tried EA’s variation on its hit EA Sports Active virtual workout series at an EA event in New York…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 20, 2010 -
ReviewsOsmos HD Review: 21st Century Pac-Man
There is a fish that can eat smaller fish. But this fish may be devoured in the jaws of one bigger, unless it eats many small fish, growing so it may gulp its predator. This is a game about that. Osmos HD is an iPad port of recent PC/Mac/Linux game Osmos, modified for touch-screen controls.…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 20, 2010 -
Reckless Racing, A Modern Day RC Pro-Am Coming To iPad
One of the best games I played at a recent EA showcase of dozens of games — Bulletstorm! Dead Space 2! — was an iPad racing game. Really. The game is Reckless Racing and it will be released on iPhone and iPad from Swedish development studio Pixelbite. EA’s Partners program is backing it. And I…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 20, 2010 -
Summer Gaming Preview, For A Season That No Longer Stinks
Summer is a month old, but we like to think of the year’s warmest season as two-thirds incomplete. With that, plan your new game purchases with our (belated) Summer Gaming Preview. June – A Month For Shooting Summer started in June, sources say, and before America could even celebrate its independence, Activision was releasing Raven…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 20, 2010 -
Learn The StarCraft Storyline In A Hurry
Did the original StarCraft come out so long ago that you can’t remember what happened in the game, perhaps because you weren’t alive then? Or do you just need a refresher? Here’s how to catch up on the lore… fast. The Terrans hate the Zerg. The Zerg hate the Protoss. The Protoss hate the Terrans.…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 20, 2010 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves vs. Capcom
We don’t know if Capcom Vs. Namco is happening, but we can confirm that TAY vs. Capcom is not. Which is too bad. Because I had my money on Dukakis beating Zangief. Care to talk about other games here? Want to know more about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ
By Stephen Totilo Published July 20, 2010 -
Zone Of Enders Fans Have Crashing Power
Kojima Productions’ chief podcaster reveals how many fans responded to a 2009 inquiry about whether fans want the development studio to make a new Zone of Enders game. Effort on the sequel has been backburnered. [Kojima Productions podcast, iTunes.]
By Stephen Totilo Published July 19, 2010 -
Summer Video Game Movie, Super Mario Sunshine
As we get in a summer gaming mood here, let’s spend part of the week watching clips of the most summer-styled games. We start with sun-splashed Super Mario Sunshine. Who knows when it occurred, but it feels like summer.
By Stephen Totilo Published July 19, 2010 -
30 Things We Will Know About Video Games In 30 Years
How can I know what video games will be like in the year 2040? How can I do anything but speculate? Preparing for a futurist panel tonight, I’ve determined 30 things we will know about about video games by 2040. I don’t know if anyone will have played a video game on the moon by…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 19, 2010 -
Even Many Metal Gear Creators Didn’t Know About Metal Gear 3DS
The Metal Gear Solid demo for the Nintendo 3DS was one of the most impressive sights at E3 last month. Who knew what lengths its developers went to keep it secret, even from their co-workers? I know, because I listen to video game podcasts, that wild audio frontier where gaming secrets are sometimes whispered. On…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 19, 2010 -
ReviewsInception Review: Video Games Should Be Jealous
Inception is a big movie about flexible dreams and stubborn minds, but it is also a sorting hat. Try it on and you will know if you’re a gamer, or if you’re not. This most mysterious summer blockbuster comes from Christopher Nolan, director of two morose and mighty Batman movies as well as the clever…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 19, 2010 -
Review Round Up: Lego Light Spank Danger Quest
Let’s list the games Kotaku reviewed this week in terms of positivity, starting with the game we liked least and ending with our most lavishly praised game of the past seven days. The Silver Lining: Episode 1 Micro-Review: Absence Makes The Heart Grow Colder “Yet all the enthusiasm and savings in the world can’t stop…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 16, 2010
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