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Prepare For The Lost Finale With Every Unanswered Question
The series finale for Lost airs tonight. Fans, like me, want a great ending and some answers. Here are the biggest questions that remain. These are things I need to know! Bear in mind that the series’ creators have said we won’t learn the name of the Man in Black or the identity of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 23, 2010 -
Reviews
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Review: In Praise Of Superfluous Mario
Super Mario Galaxy 2 is the most unnecessary Mario game of all time. That might be why it is one of the best. Galaxy 2 has an easy mission, because, for once, it is a Mario game without a big mission. It is not launching a new gaming console, as did Super Mario Bros., Super…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 21, 2010 -
Let’s Discuss Alan Wake Episode Two – Now
It is time for the latest installment of Kotaku’s Game Club. We are discussing Alan Wake’s second episode: Taken. Just as we did for the first episode, we’re doing this in the comments. If you, like me, have only played the first two chapters so far, what do you make of the mystery so far?…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 20, 2010 -
Curses Don’t Count, But Courage Does In The Next Rap Game
I chickened out. I wanted a rap video game. I argued that we’re overdue for a great one. I got a chance to play one. I got a chance to rap. Too many people around. I declined. I will play Def Jam Rapstar. I promise. But I think my first session of it will be…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 20, 2010 -
Pro Wrestler Enters Ebert Art Debate, Armed With Red Dead, Uncharted
Did you know Samoa Joe is an excellent pro wrestler? He is. But if that doesn’t win you over, perhaps his recent Tweets about video games will. Spoiler: He doesn’t side with Roger Ebert in the games-as-art debate. Samoa Joe Tweet at 1:55pm ET today: Roger Ebert once said Videogames will never be “art” like…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 20, 2010 -
The Empire Strikes Back Cast Reunited, Partially
The Empire Strikes Back was released in the U.S. 30 years ago this week. On Wednesday, some of its stars (and friends) attended an anniversary screening. See, Empire Strike Back Xbox Live Avatars aren’t the only 30th anniversary happening for this sci-fi classic. The Wednesday screening was a benefit for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 20, 2010 -
Thank Duke Nukem, A Little, For Alan Wake
Alan Wake is not like Heavy Rain, Halo Reach, God of War III, Splinter Cell: Conviction or any of the other big 2010 games that are not named for their star character. That’s intentional. With Alan Wake, we’ve got a game that was named more like Super Mario Brothers than like Tomb Raider, more like…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 20, 2010 -
Alan Wake Makers Talk Alternate Game Names, Starry Secrets And More
Did you know the alternate names considered for the Alan Wake game? Did you know Remedy turned down a chance to put Wake in another game? No? Then you need to download this week’s Kotaku Talk Radio right now. Without spoiling their game, two of Remedy Entertainment’s top men talked plenty of Alan Wake on…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2010 -
Let’s Discuss Alan Wake Episode One – Now
It is time for the latest installment of Kotaku’s Game Club. We are discussing Alan Wake’s first episode: Nightmare. Let’s do this in the comments. Some discussion topics to get you warmed up: 1) Were you satisfied with this episode as an episode? Would you have bought it on its own if the next episode…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2010 -
Invisibility Bugs Vexing Some Red Dead Redemption Players
Guns go invisible. Horses go invisible. Your own cowboy hero goes invisible. These are some of the invisibility bugs we’re hearing about from numerous Red Dead Redemption players, primarily in the game’s multiplayer mode. Update: Rockstar comments Kotaku reader Cairnius told Kotaku earlier today that the game’s mulitplayer mode “was behaving extremely strangely, with avatars…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2010 -
Who Plays Video Games Shirtless?
Here are a couple of guys checking out Gran Turismo last month at a PlayStation showcase at Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival. Seems weird, but I never frequented beach arcades either. Anyone else out there play games sans shirt? (PIC: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2010 -
Okamiden Is The DS Game We Expected
In 2004 we heard of the DS, a video game system with a stylus. Many of us imagined, justifiably, video games we could love that would somehow involve drawing. Six years later, how many DS games does that describe? Not many. Enter Okamiden? I recently played a demo of the game on a DS in…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 19, 2010 -
This Shrunken Head Is Your Game-Winning Prize, Believe It Or Not
A million bucks? A key to the city? Those aren’t the prizes you’ll win if you are among the first 10 people to finish Zon8, a Ripley’s Believe It Or Not webgame launching in June. You’ll get a shrunken head. It’s not a real shrunken head. It’s a replica, Ripley’s Tim O’Brien told me when…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 18, 2010 -
The Stars And Surprises of The Prince Of Persia Red Carpet
Who was at the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time big-time Mann’s Chinese Theater premiere in Hollywood yesterday? These folks, among others… (All pics by Frazer Harrison of Getty Images unless otherwise noted) First, we’ve got the Prince, Jake Gyllenhaal. Ben Kingsley is in the Prince of Persia movie. Eddie Murphy is not. When…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 18, 2010 -
Reminder: Alan Wake Game Club Starts Here, Wednesday
Just a few hours after two Alan Wake creators join us on Kotaku Talk Radio we’ll begin our bookclub style discussion of the game. One chapter per session, starting tomorrow at 3pm KT (2pm PT, 5pm ET). We showed you the Alan Wake Game Club schedule yesterday, and Crecente and I will remind you of…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 18, 2010 -
Beware This Ruinous Prince of Persia Glitch [Spoilers]
I was enjoying playing Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands as I played it this weekend for review. That doesn’t mean I wanted it to glitch near the end and force me to start over. Too bad for me. This post contains videos of the inescapable room I found myself in while playing a finished…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 18, 2010 -
Reviews
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Review: Help Yourself
In the month of the first Prince of Persia feature film we also have a new Prince of Persia. This isn’t your standard movie game nor your standard sequel. It’s a successor to a fractured lineage, an often-enjoyabe product of a sandstorm of decisions that couldn’t please everyone. The Forgotten Sands is a swashbuckling adventure,…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 18, 2010
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