Welcome to the November 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original video game coverage, including reviews, previews, features, and weekly columns, from Kotaku.
November was full of new releases, from Kinect for Xbox 360 to big blockbuster games like Call of Duty: Black Ops, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Gran Turismo 5, Donkey Kong Country Returns, GoldenEye and Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. Kotaku published its annual video game gift guides in November, a rundown of the best games to give and get for every platform.
https://kotaku.com/the-complete-kinect-round-up-5682537
Read the reviews, previews, special features and other highlights from November 2010 below.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
November 2010
Features
The New Spoony Bards
The Surprising Ways Japanese Games Are Changed For Americans by Brian Ashcraft
Historical Liberties
Sorting Fact From Fiction In Call Of Duty: Black Ops by Luke Plunkett
Facts, Figures & Forza
A Visual Guide To Racing Games by Mike Fahey
Perspective of the Apes
Diehard Nintendo Fans Debate Whether Donkey Kong Is Good Or Evil by Stephen Totilo
Reviews
Call of Duty: Black Ops Redefines Modern Warfare
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Is The Best Assassin’s Creed
Donkey Kong Country Returns Is Hypnotic, Hard Fun
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Relives The Glory Days
Splatterhouse Is Just Bloody Offal
Gran Turismo 5 Is Premium Class
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Is This Year’s Other Great Racer
Sonic Colors Does Not Suck, It Merely Succeeds
Cut The Rope Is A Quick Slice Of Fun
Fighters Uncaged And The Problem With Punching Air
FlingSmash Nearly Lives Up To Its Name
Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage Is Bloody, But Not A Good Time
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 Improves With Age
The Fight: Lights Out Swings & Misses
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Stupefies
Hoard Will Set Your Friendships On Fire
Shaun White Skateboarding’s Path Of Enlightenment
Dead Nation Justifies The Existence Of Yet Another Zombie Game
The UnderGarden Is A Relaxing Dip In The Ocean
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX Is A Spirited Thrill
Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem Is More Donkey Kong Than 2010’s Other Big Donkey Kong Game
Mafia II: Joe’s Adventures – The Third Strike For A Repeat Offender
Sonic Free Riders Shows How Bad Kinect Controls Can Be
Power Gig Rise of the SixString
Previews & Impressions
Homefront: A Video Game That Dares To Make Americans Angry
de Blob 2 Lets Blob Drink Lead Paint, Be A Morph Ball
What We Loved, What We Hated About the Xbox 360 Kinect
Marvel Pinball: From Comics Page To Silver Ball
LEGO Universe MMO Log One: Some Assembly Required
LEGO Universe MMO Log Two: Excitement Builds?
LEGO Universe MMO Log Three: A Dark Hero Rises
LEGO Universe MMO Log Four: Picking Up The Pieces
Columns
Video Games Keep Tricking Us Into Doing Things We Loathe by Leigh Alexander
My Perfect Imperfect Video Game Heroine by Lisa Foiles
Well Played by Brian Crecente
The Problem With Microsoft’s New Way To Play Video Games
Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft Are Finally Competing on Common Ground
Navigating The Video Games of Black Friday
Stick Jockey by Owen Good
Far Too Soon For EA Sports To Tap Out
The Original Violent Spectacle Gets Its First Mature Rating
Not Its Own Video Game, Not A Real Card Collection, Yet More Than Both
