Welcome to the July 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original coverage, including reviews, previews, features, weekly columns and more from Kotaku.
How did Kotaku spend its summer season? By visiting the San Diego Comic-Con for one, covering all things video games, comic books, toys and pop culture from the annual nerd-a-thon. We also reflected, once again, on how games and summer mix with our annual Summer of Gaming theme week.
Of course, we also played a bunch of video games, including StarCraft II, Dead Space 2 and everything that’s coming to the Wii this fall.
Catch up on our original coverage from July with this handy guide.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
July 2010
FEATURES
How Retro Is Affecting Our Future
The Revenge Of 2D by Stephen Totilo
The Sim News Network
How Computer Animation Is Changing The News Right Now by Brian Ashcraft
Hypercubes, Heaven & Hell
The Man Who Will Bring Us To The Fourth Dimension by Stephen Totilo
Making Corruption Fun
‘I Just Don’t Like Living In A Culture Focused On Meaninglessness’ by Stephen Totilo
Battle of the World’s Warriors
My Summer Vacation To The EVO Fighting Championships by Michael McWhertor
Gaming’s Genuine Article
I Am Way More Than 8-Bit by Brian Ashcraft
Fun In The Sun
Who Killed the Solar Console? by Owen Good
Surface Escapes
Where Board Games And Video Games Come Together by Luke Plunkett
We Require More Infographics
A Visual Guide To Real-Time Strategy by Mike Fahey
REVIEWS
Transformers: Cybertron Adventures Review: Robots In Disgrace
Crackdown 2 Review: Shoot First, Leap Buildings Later
Mass Effect 2: Overlord Micro-Review: Shock To The System
Singularity Review: Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey
Risk: Factions Review: Cats Vs. Zombies
NCAA Football 11 Review: A Big Man On Campus
The Silver Lining: Episode 1 Micro-Review: Absence Makes The Heart Grow Colder
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1 – 4 Review: The Best LEGO Game to Date
DeathSpank Review: Best Game Involving A Purple Thong
Joe Danger Review: Touch The Sky
Art Style: light trax Review: We’re Just Dots In The Stream
DeathSmiles Review: Shmup Complex
Inception Review: Video Games Should Be Jealous
Limbo Review: Death Foreshadowed
Osmos HD Review: 21st Century Pac-Man
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Review: Do Good, Inc.
Alan Wake’s The Signal Review: A Short Dash
Trauma Team Review: One Of Those Better Games
Gunnar Phenom 3D Glasses Review: A Slick Extravagance
Hydro Thunder Hurricane Review: I’m On A Boat & It’s Going Fast
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Review: Upgrade Complete
StarCraft II Heaven’s Devils Book Review: Humble Beginnings
PREVIEWS & IMPRESSIONS
Reckless Racing, A Modern Day RC Pro-Am Coming To iPad
If Wii Fit And Madden Had A Baby…
Dead Space 2’s Miner Upgrades, Including A Solution To A Lack Of Bullets [UPDATE]
Try Not To Care About Echochrome ii After Watching This
Bond. James Bond. James Bond 007: Blood Stone Impressions
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Single-Player, Deadlier Than Ever
We Played Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep For 10 Minutes, In English
Killzone 3 Looks Great, Plays Different, Sort Of Adds Yoshi
Let’s Start With FlingSmash, A Wii Game That Loves Left-Handed People
And Yet It Moves Makes Sense On Wii
Donkey Kong Co-Op Is Friendlier Than Mario Co-Op
What If The Next Metroid Is A Bad Game?
It’s Like Lego Star Wars, But With Marvel Heroes And The Infinity Gauntlet
Forget Limbo, LittleBigPlanet 2 Might Be Able To Do Shadow Complex (And More)
The Ultimate Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Hands-On Preview
Kirby Helps Me Measure The Distance Between Video Game Pacifism And Slaughter
What If Wii Party Were A Great Game?
COLUMNS
What I Discovered From Gaming Like A Girl by Leigh Alexander
I Pitched A Monkey Island Movie to Hollywood by Lisa Foiles
Well Played by Brian Crecente
The Inconvenient Truth Of Buying Video Games?
The Secret Lives of Gamers Should Stay Secret
Kmart’s Peer Game Reviews Gives Power To the People
Stick Jockey by Owen Good
If There’s Only One Team on the Field, Is It Still a Winner?
A Road to Glory, Traveled by Many
