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This Week In Video Game Comics
It’s a vaguely BioWare-related week of gaming comics hitting shops in the U.S. We’ve got Sonic and KOTOR. Sonic Universe #11 Written by Ian Flynn. Drawn by Tracy Yardley. Summary Via Publisher Archie Comics: Echoes of the Past Part 3 New mysteries arise, along with new faces – both good and evil! But is everyone…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 23, 2009 -
The Batman-Maker Who Didn’t Know The Meaning Of GOTY
Some day this past summer, Sefton Hill was browsing the Internet, reading comments about the demo for Batman: Arkham Asylum. He came across an acronym he didn’t know: GOTY. The lead creator of Arkham Asylum, he would learn it. Feedback about Arkham Asylum has been illuminating and, yes, even educational for Hill in 2009. This…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 23, 2009 -
Kotaku Contest Reminder: Are You The Americas’ Top Zelda Fan?
If you are the biggest Zelda fan and desire a $1000 gift card for the Nintendo Store, (!) a signed DS, (!!) a copy of the new Zelda game, (!!!) and/or a Biggest Zelda Fan Trophy, enter our Zelda contest. Ends December 31. Don’t post entries here. See the link above for full contest rules.…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 23, 2009 -
Obama And The Game-Crazy Christmas Kids, Now In Video Form
OK, everyone. Obama asks the kid if he the DSi plays “The Sims” on it, not “Sins.” So much for the CNN transcript from earlier today. This is the American President listening to the Christmas wishes of kids. Not easy!
By Stephen Totilo Published December 22, 2009 -
A Moral Quandary Worthy Of A BioWare Epic
To: Ashcraft From: Totilo Re: How Long Did The Family Go Without Japanese Food? What you need to figure out is whether there is an international food, a food that is the product of no one nation, is associated with no single flag, and feed only that food to all the little Bashes. Then you…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 22, 2009 -
Kids Tell Obama They Want Games For Christmas, He Asks Tough Questions
Kotaku brings you this rush transcript, via CNN, of American children telling a befuddled Barack Obama what they really want for Christmas: DSi, PSP, PS3. We are scrambling to figure out, however, if Obama thinks “sins” is a DSi game. We found the video of this segment. Watch it here. From a Monday meeting of…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 22, 2009 -
Kotaku Programming Reminder: Talk Live With Scribblenauts’ Jeremiah Slaczka On Wednesday
As noted yesterday, Jeremiah Slaczka, lead designer of 2009 DS surprise Scribblenauts will guest-host tomorrow’s live Kotaku call-in podcast. Show time’s 11am MT, 1pm ET. Call-in and listening details will be live on the site just before show time.
By Stephen Totilo Published December 22, 2009 -
The Man Who Never Wanted To Make ‘The Citizen Kane of Games’
Three unusual things happened to former Metroid Prime designer Mark Pacini in 2009: He received high praise he didn’t seek, saw a somewhat depressing game box and figured out that gaming in 2011 “is going to kind of suck.” Pacini spoke to Kotaku a couple of weeks ago from his office in Austin, Texas where…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 22, 2009 -
Unreal Engine 3 Running On An iPod Touch
A writer from AnandTech got a look at Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 working on the newest iPod Touch. It’s an impressive feat even if there are some asterisks. The Unreal Engine 3 will only run on third-generation iPod Touches and the iPhone 3GS, and the demo being shown is not a fully-operable game, just…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 22, 2009 -
Assassin’s Creed II Spoiler Talk With Patrice Desilets
Yesterday’s Kotaku interview with Assassin’s Creed II creative director Patrice Desilets covered a lot, but it did not reveal his thoughts on some of the more surprising and controversial parts of ACII. That’s in this post, which is all spoiler. OK. If you’re this far into this post, then I assume you have finished Assassin’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 22, 2009 -
What Is This, A Movie Site?
To: Brian From: Stephen Re: What Is This, A Chain Gang? Poor Luke, sweating through his attempts to act out a real life version of Harvest Moon (minus the dating…. there’s dating in Harvest Moon, right? Married Mr. Plunkett doesn’t need that). What’s the most video-game-like activity you’ve ever done? I think mine is riding…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2009 -
Kotaku Tekken Contest Winners Announced Right Here
Earlier this month we announced a Tekken cosplay/haiku contest, and readers did not disappoint with their submissions. We have winners to announce! The lucky five need to send me their contact info. Details below. The three winners of the PS3 part of the contest are: Arex, posing as Jin Kazama Bigbadpenguinmaster, also posing as Jin…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2009 -
One Man’s Year Making Assassin’s Creed II
If you made Assassin’s Creed II this year, it was a good year — even if you had to trim the game, even if things didn’t click until August, even if, for five minutes, you had to suppress your accent. Patrice Desilets, creative director of Assassin’s Creed II at Ubisoft Montreal, believes that “2009 was…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2009 -
The 2009 Video Game Year In Review Starts Here… Now
Don’t get dizzy now, but fresh off of previewing Gaming In 2010, Kotaku will spend much of this week looking back at Gaming in 2009. How will you remember 2009? We’ve got some plans to reminisce of our own. Throughout the week on Kotaku, you’ll find posts that cover the biggest trends — good and…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2009 -
BioShock 2 Preview: Maybe It Was Needed After All
It’s hard not to start playing BioShock 2 without thinking about it as one of the most unnecessary sequels in gaming. It is easy, however, once playing has begun to recognize it as a very promising game. Lop the boss battle off of the original BioShock and the 2007 game would seem to be just…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2009 -
Kotaku Contest Reminder: Are You The World’s Biggest Zelda Fan?
If you are the biggest Zelda fan and desire a $1000 gift card for the Nintendo Store, a signed DS, a copy of the new Zelda game, and/or a Biggest Zelda Fan Trophy, enter our Zelda contest. Ends December 31. Don’t post entries here. See the link above for full contest rules. The contest is…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2009 -
Reviews
Avatar Movie Review: The Blue Future Of Video Games
In one of the most roundabout and expensive methods in history, James Cameron’s new movie, Avatar, proposes that those of us who have honed our video game skills in the 21st century could become the world-saving diplomats of the 22nd. Avatar is the $300-million (or so) new movie from the director of Terminator and Titanic,…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2009
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