Welcome to the September 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.
September was a busy month, with Kotaku reporting live from PAX 2010 and the annual Tokyo Game Show. The booming Penny Arcade Expo gave us our first hands-on looks at Duke Nukem Forever and The Witness, while TGS gave us our first peek at Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, Ninja Gaiden 3 and the contentious DmC, a wildly different Devil May Cry game.
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On the homefront, we played Call of Duty: Black Ops for the first time and went hands-on with the brand-new PlayStation Move for a big review blowout.
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Catch up on just some of the original highlights from September 2010 with our handy wrap-up.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
September 2010
FEATURES
- Sand, Sound & Fury
Miniguns In The Desert: How Video Game Guns Are Made by Luke Plunkett - Talibanned
Airman Defends Military's Video Game Sales Ban by Ken Johnston - Medal of Dishonor
Army Vet Insulted By Military's Video Game Sales Ban by Lucas Siegel - The Hero's Journey
What Defines the Player-Character? by Kate Finegan - On Gran Turismo, Zork & Burning Man
Thanks For Everything, Video Games by Tim Rogers - Gold Bricks
Death Visits The Resurrection Of NBA Elite by Owen Good - Where Great Video Game Videos Are Born
Meet The Pixar Of Video Games by Luke Plunkett
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REVIEWS
- Playstation Move Review: The Motion Controller Wars Start Now
- Move Sports Champions Review: A Cut, A Spike, A Toss Above the Rest
- Kung Fu Rider Review: Tony Hawk Suggestive Jam
- Tumble Review: Barebone Blocks
- Start The Party Review: Reality Improved, Ridiculously
- NHL 2K11 Review: The Second Shift Takes The Ice
- Batman: The Brave And The Bold Review: Bat-Mite Makes Right
- BioShock 2: Minerva's Den Review: Thinker Man's Game
- Mirror's Edge iPhone Review: Free As A Bird
- Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Review: Broken Mirrors
- Mafia II: Jimmy's Vendetta Review: Sand And Fury
- Halo: Reach Review: A Beautiful Beginning For A Wonderful End
- Professor Layton and the Unwound Future Review: Riddle Me This
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Review: Sleeper Hit
- R.U.S.E. Review: An Interesting Take on Strategy
- Dragon Age: Origins Witch Hunt Review: An Unsatisfying Epilogue
- The Lord of The Rings: Aragorn's Quest Review: Sauron's A Chump
- Civilization V Review: Civilization Revolution
- Mass Effect 2: Lair Of The Shadow Broker Review: Like The Goon, Only In Space
- Swords Review: It Slices, It Dices, It Sucks
- Played: Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker
- Played: DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
- Played: Borderlands Claptrap's New Robot Revolution
PREVIEWS & IMPRESSIONS
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Hands-On: Always Bet On Black
- Duke Nukem Forever Impressions: Two Girls, One Duke
- A Tantalizing Session With The Witness, The Next Game From The Creator Of Braid
- Epic Mickey Lets Mickey Mouse Be A Jerk
- Ilomilo Looks Lovely, But Don't Skip That Tutorial
- About A Blob Is, Roughly, A Side-Scrolling Katamari Damacy For Thinking People
- Retro City Rampage Has A Proper Homage To The NES Zapper
- What Makes Rift Different From The Other MMOs
- How To Beat Three People At Civilization V Multiplayer
- A Tron Take On Wii Sports
- When Dragons Happen To Good People
- Pro Guitar Mode Makes Rock Band 3 Harder, Slightly Confusing, Socially Redeeming
- Ape Escape For PlayStation Move Is An On-Rails Gadget Shooter
- Skulls of the Shogun Hands-on: The Art of Advance War
- I Rapped As Snoop Dogg For You
- Bulletstorm Hands On: Big Guns, Big Boots & Big Combos
- Preview: Finding Happiness With Child of Eden
- The Wii Drawing Tablet Might Be The Best Wacky Wii Peripheral
- NeverDead Preview: Amputation Amplified
- Rock Band 3 DS: It's Like Rock Band Meets Tapper
- The Flower Fields and UFOs of Kirby's Epic Yarn
- Donkey Kong Country Returns Wants To Make a Monkey Out of You
- Outland Preview: Imagine This Game With Bullets, Because It Is Better With Bullets
- The Shoot Preview: I Did An Obi-Wan With The PlayStation 3's First Move Light Gun Game
- TV SuperStars, The Move's First Fake Gameshow
- How Echochrome II Works, Besides Wonderfully
- Beat Sketcher, The Best PlayStation Move Game You Weren't Expecting
- Gun Loco Hands-On: Just How Crazy Is It?
- Shooting High School Girls With My Pheromone Shot In Gal Gun
- Tokyo Jungle Hands-On: Every Pomeranian For Himself
- What *Is* PixelJunk Lifelike, Anyway?
- Ni No Kuni PS3 Hands-On Impressions
COLUMNS
Well Played by Brian Crecente
- Finding Solace in Virtual War
- Halo: Reach Delivers The Pinnacle Halo Experience
- Motion Gaming Gains Momentum
- Humor Finds Hope in Indie Game Development
Stick Jockey by Owen Good
- It's Got A Gun - You Wanna Say It's Not A Sports Game?
- A Game Harder Than Its Hardcore Fans
- The Band Is Back, Marching Under The Shield