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Reviews
Photo Dojo Micro-Review: This Game Is A Joke
Not since my Mii arm-wrestled the Mii of television’s own Geoff Keighley has Nintendo technology allowed me to witness such a titanic virtual battle of video game journalists as it did the day Photo Dojo allowed me to battle… me. The image you see attached to this Photo Dojo review is of me, the guy…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 13, 2010 -
The Most Useless Zombie-Fighting Weapons Of Dead Rising 2
Dead Rising 2, like its predecessor is a video game that offers players the opportunity to re-kill zombies with dozens — hundreds? — of common and uncommon items. I recently tried to find the worst weapons in the game. Author’s note: I was playing a pre-release demo of Dead Rising 2 under the supervision of…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 13, 2010 -
The First Hour of Red Dead Redemption
There are surprises in the first hour of Red Dead Redemption, the grand Western from the development house of Grand Theft Auto. I won’t spoil the most important ones today. A day ago I was in the virtual West, in the rough country of John Marston’s United States at the moment when car motors started…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 13, 2010 -
One Excellent Hour With Rockstar Games, Talking Red Dead Redemption
Missed our live Kotaku podcast with Rockstar Games today? No problem. You can now download our one-hour conversation with two of Red Dead Redemption’s creators. Lots of good RDR info within — not all of it about me hunting animals. Hosts: Brian Crecente, Stephen Totilo Guests: Jeronimo Barrera and Rob Nelson of Rockstar Games Ranter:…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2010 -
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Today is a special day here at Kotaku and Talk Amongst Yourselves. It is a day of culling. It is a day of dreaming the impossible dream that each comment below a post will be interesting, enlightening and/or fun. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ. Today would be a good day to re-read…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2010 -
Red Dead Redemption Creators Take Your Calls Live, Today
Two of the top men at Rockstar Games join us live in-studio for today’s Kotaku Talk Radio to talk all about the huge new Western, Red Dead Redemption, coming from the makers of Grand Theft Auto next week. Ready? Rockstar’s Jeronimo Barrera and Rob Nelson will hang out with us for one hour, taking your…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2010 -
What In The World Is Mega Man Online?
Recently, Kotaku wondered “What on Earth is Mega Man Universe“? Allow us to rephrase the question. Mega Man company Capcom indicates in its latest report to stockholders that something called Mega Man Online is in development. Capcom is jointly developing MMO (hey, that’s a great acronym!) with Korean games maker Neowiz. This is part of…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2010 -
Street Fighter Makers Charting Decline Of Japanese Arcades
The company that used to pack gamers into arcades with Street Fighter cabinets shut down two of its Capcom arcades in Japan last year. It opened none, and predicts more decline in the year to come. This is not a sign of Japanese arcade health: That “2011/3Plan”? That started April 1, 2010. One more arcade…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2010 -
The World United As I Played Mass Effect 2
On Sunday, May 2, at 11am Eastern Time, I was playing Mass Effect 2. My wife took a photo. At the same time (15:00 U.T.C.), around the world, more than 10,000 other people snapped photos too. This is what they were doing while I played: In Hawley, Pennsylvania, one person was solving a Lost jigsaw…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2010 -
Steam Comes To Macs Wednesday With Portal, Torchlight
Valve’s dominant games-downloading service Steam comes to Macs tomorrow, bringing with it Diablo-style indie hit Torchlight and Valve’s very own first-person puzzle hit Portal. If you bought Portal or Torchlight via Steam on your Windows-based PC then you may in fact already be the proud owner of tomorrow’s releases. Portal (and possibly Torchlight — the…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2010 -
Why Supreme Court May Support Criminalizing Some Violent Games Sales
The battle between the video game industry and California politicians about whether to criminalize the sale of overly violent video games to minors has been one-sided so far. But the Supreme Court has grounds to turn the tide for California. Firs Amendment lawyer Julie Hilden explains why the Supreme Court might side with California when…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 10, 2010 -
The Zero-Followers Twitter Scare Is Over
You have zero followers on Twitter right now. And you are following zero people. Check if you don’t believe me. Just hours ago we learned how to make anyone in the Twitter world follow us. All we had to do was type “accept [name of Twitter account we wanted to have follow us]” But within…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 10, 2010 -
Pokemon World Championships Coming To A Metropolis Near You
The 2010 Pokemon Video Game Championships launched in Seattle on Saturday. Regional competitions continue each Saturday through June. The world championships will be in Hawaii this August. An enticing tournament, to be sure, but there are strict rule, you know. You need a copy of Pokemon Heart Gold or SoulSilver to compete. There are many…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 10, 2010 -
These Awesome Arcade Machines Are Art
This feast for the eyes is the Deluxx Fluxx NYC art exhibition, which New Yorkers can visit at 158 Allen Street in Manhattan. I highly recommend local gamers pay it a visit. I shot this video tour during a visit on Thursday. What you see in the video are real arcade machines, converted into interactive…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 8, 2010
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