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My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
I take a couple of days off last week, and the staff goes and publishes some blockbuster stories. Those two events can’t be connected! My five favorite stories from last week: The Horrible World of Video Game Crunch | “This made me come to the realization that crunch was not some occasional occurrence before you…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 18, 2015 -
YouTube’s 10 Most Popular Games Of All Time
According to the people at YouTube, they are: Minecraft Grand Theft Auto (series) League of Legends Call of Duty (series) FIFA (series) Garry’s Mod The Sims (series) Five Nights at Freddy’s (series) Puzzles & Dragons Dota 2 A press release hyping YouTube’s 10 anniversary says that list is based on “watchtime.” Not many surprises here,…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 13, 2015 -
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Has Pre-Order Incentives, Of Course
You need a cheat-sheet to figure out how to get what you want out of any new game these days. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is no different. Here’s what we’ve figured out so far about navigating your way to buying the game. Syndicate will be the next major Assassin’s Creed game, moving the series to Victorian…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2015 -
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
Not much time to run through last week’s stories. Using fewer words this time. Why There’s An Xbox One Game Stuck To My Ceiling | Spiders bad, Mike Fahey’s writing funny. Hacker’s MMO Character Publicly Stripped, Killed & Banned | Place this Nathan Grayson article in the “Is This Appropriate Justice?” category alongside this. Or…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2015 -
10 Xbox One Features You Might Not Know About
You know that it plays Halo games. You know it will run Gears of War. And you probably knew that it looks smaller if you stand further away from it. But did you know these other things about Xbox One? You can see how much Internet your console uses Go to Settings —> Network —>…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 8, 2015 -
The Amiibo Problem
I do not think it is possible to like the entirety of a corporation. Take Nintendo, for example. I like the part of Nintendo that makes Zelda games and, with less alacrity, Metroid games. I do not very much like the part of Nintendo that loves to sell plastic. And, boy, does Nintendo love to…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 7, 2015 -
The Guy Behind One Of The Year’s Best 3DS Games
“Creating a game with a new character like Qbby made me feel happier than I’ve ever felt before.” That’s Yasuhiro Mukae talking. He’s best known for making Kirby games, but we’re not talking about Kirby. Mukae is a longtime at HAL Laboratory, the game studio behind Kirby. He was also the director of Box Boy,…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 5, 2015 -
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
Any week that includes me sneaking a pro wrestling piece onto the site and Tina telling us about a weird cat game is a good week, but it was cool for other reasons, too. The biggest news? Two cancellations and one sequel announcement. But there was more. GTA V Secret-Hunters Still At It, Now Believe…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 4, 2015 -
The Best Pro Wrestling In WWE Right Now Is Women’s Wrestling
On Monday Night Raw a few weeks ago, a loud contingent of pro wrestling fans found a new way to disrespect the women pro wrestlers in the ring. “You suck Cena!” they yelled, even though controversial World Wrestling Entertainment superstar John Cena wasn’t wrestling in the ring. Nikki Bella, the wrestler he dates, was. “You…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 30, 2015 -
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
I’ve been listing my five favorite Kotaku stories each week since mid-January, and I’ve never had as tough a time making the list as I did today. Last week was stacked with an unusually diverse set of good stories. Barely any of them involved major new releases, but you don’t need big new games to…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 27, 2015 -
Call of Duty: Black Ops III Will Be Out On Nov 6, New-Gen Beta Planned
The next Call of Duty will be out in November. No surprise. November 6. Hey, that’s a Friday? Pre-order (ugh) for a beta that’s… on PS4, Xbox One, PC. No word about old-gen versions. Note the fine print: “Actual platform availability and launch date(s) to be determined. According to a tipster, these pre-order cards will…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 24, 2015 -
Oculus chief scientist Michael Abrash and virtual world pioneer Jackie Morie will be talking about the future of virtual reality in NYC today at the Games For Change conference. The talk, moderated by one Stephen Totilo (who?) will be livestreamed from 6-6:30pm ET at this link.
By Stephen Totilo Published April 23, 2015 -
Ezio Sure Sounds Different In The New Assassin’s Creed
Assassin’s Creed’s most beloved hero makes a welcome cameo in this week’s Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China, but a change in voice casting has him sounding like a different person. Early on in the game, an elderly Ezio Auditore appears in a flashback/tutorial to train the game’s protagonist, the assassin Shao Jun. Here’s what he sounds…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 22, 2015 -
My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week
Last week feels like it happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away for some reason. It was a good week. Here are my favorite Kotaku posts from it: Video Games, 2015 – Short, sweet and to the point. Luke Plunkett’s sequel to one of his other fine posts, Video Games, 2014.…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 20, 2015 -
What To Make Of A Study About Gaming And Sexism
A recent multi-year study of German gamers might cast doubt on the idea that sexist content in video games can affect sexist attitudes in gamers. But the researchers behind the study caution that their findings shouldn’t be oversimplified. “There are often discrepancies between what a study actually found and how people interpret it,” the two…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 17, 2015
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