TABLE OF CONTENTS
August 2009
- Original Exergaming
Backyard Adaptations Of Video Game Classics
by Brian Crecente - Book 'Em, Halo
Kotaku's 2009 Summer Reading List
by Mike Fahey - Beat The Heat
Kotaku's 2009 Summer Playing List
by Owen Good - Gee, Thanks
Thanks, Hollywood, For These "Summer Blockbusters"
by Luke Plunkett - Space Marines Forever
And Now For The Games Inspired By Summer Blockbusters...
by Luke Plunkett - Film Rejects School
Turning Summer Movies Into Games: Dos and Don'ts
by Michael McWhertor - Movies In Development
They Remember Jedi, Jaws and Indiana Jones
by Stephen Totilo - Sandy Tokens
When The Best Part of The Beach Is The Arcade
by A.J. Glasser - Sweat 'Til You Bleed It Dry
Have We Reached Exercise Game Saturation?
by Brian Ashcraft - Tales From The Deep End
Sink Or Swim? The Game Designer's Conundrum
by Stephen Totilo - Learn To Play A Fake Guitar, Already
When A Real Band Tried Rock Band...
by Leigh Alexander - The Game Name Game
How To Name A Video Game Studio - And Hopefully Get It Right
by Michael McWhertor - Where Is The LOL?
Why It's Hard To Make Today's Games Funny
by Mike Fahey - A Slime Appears
You Too Can Experience The Dragon Quest IX Launch!
by Tim Rogers - Master Chief's Destiny
Jackson Explains How Fate Killed Halo And Gave Birth To District 9
by John Gaudiosi
REVIEWS
- Gunstar Heroes Micro-Review: The Perfect Shot
- Mecho Wars Micro-Review: Landians Versus Wingians... Really?
- Battlefield Heroes Review: The Great (Cartoon) War
- Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Review: Clench The Difference
- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Review: A Fistful of Accolades
- Doom Resurrection Micro-Review: What In The Sam Hell
- Kodu Game Lab Micro-Review: Baby's First Game Development Kit
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Review: Rebel Yell
- Rolando 2 Micro Review: Rolando Keeps On Rolling
- Waterway Micro-Review: A Little Wet Behind The Ears
- Droplitz Micro-Review: Dripping With Strategy
- Battlefield 1943 Review: Battling In The Pacific
- The Secret Of Monkey Island SE Micro-Review: Still Fights Like A Cow
- Bit Boy Micro-Review: Stuck In The Past
- Wii Sports Resort Review: More Motion in the Ocean
- Little King's Story Review: So Creative, So Hostile
- Gears of War 2: Dark Corners Micro-Review: Putting the Stealth in Curb Stomps
- Streets of Rage Micro Review: Ragin' Hard
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review: Almost Half-Good
- Madballs in...Babo:Invasion Micro-Review: Drives You Mad, Busts Your Balls
- 'Splosion Man Micro-Review: An Exploding Barrel Of Monkeys
PREVIEWS
- Bit.Trip: Core Preview: Thumb-Aching Good Fun
- Death To Spies 2: Moment of Truth Preview: SMERSH is a fun word to say
- Red Steel 2 Preview: Whack-tastic Fun
- Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes Preview: The Might Of Mana… and Puzzles
- Rabbids Go Home Preview: Rabbids Go In Your Wiimote
- TMNT Smash-Up Preview: Will The Real April O'Neil Please Stand Up?
- Shaun White Snowboarding World Stage Preview: Snow In Summer
- C.O.P. The Recruit Preview: If Only Becoming A Police Officer Were So Easy
- Academy of Champions Preview: It's Harry Potter But With Soccer And Sam Fisher
- Aion Preview: Onward Towards Ascension
- Brutal Legend Preview: The Game That Ripped My Jeans Leg
- Half-Minute Hero Preview: Don't Blink And Miss It
- Fighting Fantasy DS Preview: Choose Your Own Adventure Makes A Comeback
- Dragon Age: Origins Preview: About Those Xbox 360 Controls...
- Shadow Complex Preview: To Get Past Metroid
- Wizard of Oz Preview: Partying Up With The Tin Man
- IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Preview: If You Think Planes Are Beautiful
- Champions Online Combat Preview: Challenge Accepted
- Dead Space Extraction Preview: What The Wii Can Do
- Gangstar Preview: Very Much Like GTA On An iPhone
- Singularity Preview: I Love The Power Glove
- Borderlands Preview: It Shoots Rockets!
- Dragon Age: Origins Xbox 360 Hands-On: Have You Considered The PC Version?
- Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier Preview: Air Combat, Of Course
- A Boy And His Blob Preview: You Will Fail
- Cursed Mountain Preview: Save Me, Science, Save Me
WELL PLAYED
- My Pirate, My Friend
- Novel, Write Thyself
- Tapping Into the Power of Collective Gaming
- Video Games Inescapable At Comic-Con
- Libraries Got Game
COVER
- Designed by Michael McWhertor
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