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This Week In Comics
Bagge and Clowes. Each have released new books this month. Do you realize how big a deal that is? When I was first discovering, at some early part of the 1990s, that there were comic books worth reading that didn’t contain super-heroes, I started noticing the names Peter Bagge and Dan Clowes. They were the…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 28, 2010 -
Miyamoto On Wii Star Controller Prototype: “No one liked that one.”
Why no disc-shaped star controller for the Wii? A new book, Nintendo Magic, explains that Nintendo bigwig Shigeru Miyamoto believed the 2004 prototype would be bad for Marios and Zeldas. Mystery Of The Nintendo Star Controller Solved [Press The Buttons]
By Stephen Totilo Published April 28, 2010 -
Help California Name Some Dangerously Violent Games
This week’s decision by the United States Supreme Court to hear arguments both for and against the State of California’s attempt to make the sale of very violent games to kids illegal raises a question: Which games would be affected? The California bill, authored by State Senator Leland Yee, does not name any specific games,…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 28, 2010 -
Erasers Hint At New Game From Sam & Max Creators
Why did Telltale Games send me erasers and an iPod Touch today? I’m sure one of the reasons was to tease their next game. The 8GB iPod Touch (which Kotaku will be giving away to charity) contains some images and video, all meant to tease Scoggins Erasers, which appears to be the next project from…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 27, 2010 -
Reminder: Prepare To Call The Crackdown 2 Creators And Ask Them Stuff
Kotaku Talk Radio will be recording live from CBS Radio on Wednesday. 11am Kotaku Time. 1pm ET. 10am PT. Hosts: Crecente and me. Guests: Top guys making Crackdown 2. Call-in and live-streaming details will be on Kotaku at showtime.
By Stephen Totilo Published April 27, 2010 -
Medal Of Honor Should Let Soldiers Lie Down And Shoot, Gamer Argues
Gamers have needs. They have requests for the games that they play, some of these demands surprisingly specific. Today, let us consider the case by one gamer for the ability to shoot from a prone position and some accompanying news. A writer and apparent member of the U.S. Coast Guard who writes by the name…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 27, 2010 -
Doodle Jump Passes Four-Million Sold
The iPhone and iPod Touch game Doodle Jump may be one of the hottest paid video games on the planet. One month after passing the three million mark worldwide, the game has now sold more than four million ($.99) copies. “Those are all paid downloads as there never was a ‘lite’ free version and Doodle…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 27, 2010 -
Next Nintendo DS Game Keeps Going And Going
Picross 3D, the puzzle sequel set for release from Nintendo next week, will have a lot of content, content that keeps coming out. This is becoming something of a Nintendo — and game industry — trend. A Nintendo rep showing Kotaku the Picross 3D game yesterday said that the cartridge for the game will contain…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 27, 2010 -
Violent Video Game Supreme Court Case Raises Stakes In America, Sides Sound Off
The Supreme Court’s decision today to hear a case about the potential criminalizing of the sale of violent video games to children sparked divided reactions from the parties in the case and a call to gamers to get informed. “I think gamers have a lot at stake,” Mike Gallagher, head of the Entertainment Software Association…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2010 -
Crackdown 2 Creators Will Answer Your Questions, Live, On Wednesday
In just a few months you will be able to play Crackdown 2. In just two days, you will be able to call in to Kotaku Talk Radio and ask the creators all about it (or just listen in). Crackdown 2 producer James Cope and creative director Billy Thomson will be our special guests during…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2010 -
Prince of Persia Trailer, Lego Vs. Live Action
The Prince of Persia move trailer gets the Lego remix treatment. Compare Lego to live-action with a couple of clicks of your mouse. Here’s the Lego version, staged and shot by the MTV News movies team: Here’s the live-action original: Click both to see which Prince you prefer: Jake Gyllenhaal or the one with the…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2010 -
A Number That Is Too Large
An estimated 350,000 people played last year’s Madden NFL 10 once online and never played it online again, series creative director Ian Cummings recently told Kotaku. He and publisher EA are mum on online multiplayer details for this summer’s Madden NFL 11, but that’s a number the creators of one of gaming’s biggest franchises clearly…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2010 -
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Preview: Tougher, Easier
With their next Mario game, it once again appears that Nintendo is trying to have it both ways. I’m not complaining. Super Mario Galaxy 2 appears to be harder than its predecessor, while offering several ways to make the game quite easy. Plus some fat has been trimmed to make room for an apparent abundance…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2010 -
Next Madden May Solve Game’s Notorious Difficulty Problem
If you’d like to play video game football but you stink at it, don’t worry. The next Madden will put a voice in your ear, telling you how to excel. Kotaku recently had the opportunity to try the “Gameflow” feature of this summer’s Madden NFL 11. It is the latest tool concocted by the Madden…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 26, 2010 -
The Pro Athlete Is Also A Pirate
Pro rugby player Gareth Raynor recently plead guilty to 14 charges of counterfeiting and fraud after having been caught selling bogus printer cartridges through an eBay storefront called Genuine Ink. He also appears to have been a game pirate. The Yorkshire Evening Post reports that Raynor will be sentenced next month. But what might catch…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 23, 2010
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