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The PS3 Game You Have To Play (But Probably Didn’t)
Could you imagine owning a PS2 and never having played Shadow of the Colossus? Or a GTA: Vice City? Ha ha. That’d be dumb. Well, if you have a PS3—if you’re moving into the PS4 era—without having played Puppeteer, you’ve made a big mistake that you need to fix posthaste. Puppeteer is (mostly) a sidescroller.…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 3, 2014 -
Gaming Tip Or Life Lesson?
Boot up the forthcoming Nintendo 3DS role-playing game Bravely Default and you’ll get some tips about how to enjoy the game “to the fullest.” You see these tips before you even see the game’s title screen. You get a different screen of tips each time you start the game. Some explain how to use Bravely…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 3, 2014 -
‘A Disturbing Gift For Fans Of Adventure Games.’
Anger can destroy you. It can make a bad situation worse. But last fall, Agustín Cordes and a group of other people took their anger, their hurt and their frustration and did something with it: they teamed up to make a video game. The video game they made is called Serena. It just came out,…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 31, 2014 -
CultureTotal Recall
That Time When Mario And ‘Evil Brother’ Luigi Starred In a Racing Game
Recent Nintendo events got us looking back at some old news clippings about the house of Mario and we found some we just have to share. Here’s one of the more interesting ones from the Daily Yomiuri, from November 1992. As you’ll see, we can’t vouch for veracity of all of it…. The most recent…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 30, 2014 -
Here’s to the video games that give you things for your birthday. Gran Turismo 6 is joining that too-short list with its latest digital title update, according to the PlayStation blog. What else is there? Animal Crossing? And? This is how the PlayStation blog describes GT6‘s new feature: Birthday Login Bonus An in-game car from…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 28, 2014 -
23 More Illuminating Hours With Assassin’s Creed IV
When a new year starts, I go back and finish the previous year’s Assassin’s Creed. I spent early 2013 rediscovering AC III. I’ve rung in 2014 by playing 23 more hours of Assassin’s Creed IV. I have some more thoughts about this one… Actually, first, I have a lot of videos to show you! These…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 27, 2014 -
About anonymous sources and Kotaku… Two stories on Kotaku last week triggered some reader questions about how we use anonymous sources, how reliable they are, what it means when you see an anonymously-sourced story on Kotaku and, frankly, whether we’re practicing what we’re preaching. I’d like to address that here. As both editor-in-chief of Kotaku…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 27, 2014 -
Prison Architect Creators Respond To Our Prison Architect Critique
The developers of Prison Architect have read our guest writer Paolo Pedercini’s tough critique of their game. They… liked it! And they’ve recorded a video addressing Pedercini’s concerns about how their game does or doesn’t bleed the reality of the real prison system into the game. There’s a lot in the video, including Introversion designer…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 24, 2014 -
GameStop Wii U Pre-Order Cancellation An Error, Game Still Coming
[UPDATE 2, 2:58PM:] Good news, everyone! GameStop Italy and our U.S.-based source have both said that this was all a glitch in the system and that Watch Dogs is—or will soon be—available for pre-order for Wii U again in Italy and the U.S. Apologies for making everyone nervous about this and for not getting that…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 24, 2014 -
Here’s the latest from Kotaku‘s official reader-written blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves: Monster Girl Quest: The Review • Tales of Numbers: A Love Letter • “We must make the games we wish to play in the world” TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By Stephen Totilo Published January 24, 2014 -
Hey, New Yorkers and/or people who care about gaming as a force of good…the annual Games For Change festival is now going to be part of the game-loving Tribeca Film Festival, April 22-26. Find out more here. Tickets are on sale now for what is usually a very interesting event dedicated to the idea that…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 23, 2014 -
A Nice Assassin’s Creed IV Moment That I Didn’t Expect
As I continued my new year’s tradition of playing the rest of the previous year’s Assassin’s Creed, I finally played the PS3/PS4/PC-only missions of ACIV. Good timing, if I dare say so. The missions star Aveline, the assassin who also stars in AC: Liberation, the HD version of which I just played right before trying…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 22, 2014 -
Killin’ Time, by Feli Tomkinson. This piece of art was inspired by the game The Last of Us and just won its artist $400 after it was picked from a batch of submissions by Ashley Johnson, who voiced Ellie in the acclaimed PS3 game. See the rest of the winners of WeLoveFine’s fan art design…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 21, 2014 -
Here’s a Kickstarter worth your time and possible funding: Outerlands, a documentary series about interesting people who are involved with video games in ways that don’t get much press, from the talented video team (and former 1Up Show folks) at Area 5. Give it a look
By Stephen Totilo Published January 21, 2014 -
The Newest Assassin’s Creed Can Be Tough To Like, But It’s Important
I play all the Assassin’s Creeds and like them quite a lot, but should you play the newest one, Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD? Maybe. Liberation is, in my book, the weakest or second-weakest Assassin’s Creed that you can play on a PC or console. It depends on how you feel about the very first spartan…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 20, 2014 -
Nintendo’s Toughest Year Ever Starts Pretty Much Now
Nintendo thought they were going to sell nine million Wii Us this past year. Last night, they acknowledged that they’ll probably sell fewer than three million. Is it time for someone to panic? For the optimists, there is no reason to freak out. Nintendo has had it rough before, for example when they… …tried to…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 17, 2014
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