A Board Game’s Idea Of The Moon Landing, 14 Years Before It Happened

The oldest toy I own is a board game called Careers. It’s set 14 years before Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969, yet it includes a moon expedition mission. It’s a curious artifact — a look into a previous generation’s dreams and ambitions, when space exploration was still an unknown intangible. Our dreams,…

Track: If I Should Fall From Grace With God | Artist: The Pogues | Album: If I Should Fall From Grace With God Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

The Star Wars Theme Park Has Been Quietly Growing for Years

Finally. After years of unanswered smugness from Universal Studios, who won the rights to build The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Disney has returned fire. They will be building Star Wars themed lands in two Walt Disney Parks. The first will be at the original Anaheim property in Disneyland, and the second will be at…

Seven Different Types Of Horrible Video Game Dialogue

Dialogue is a tricky thing to pull off in a video game. It’s already more difficult to suspend disbelief over a video game character, and once you put words into that character’s mouth, it becomes that much more challenging. Few writers have the know-how to script lines and make them feel authentic. But then again,…

The folks over at Touch Arcade have uploaded a hands-on video of Horizon Chase. It’s being marketed as a “love letter” to the 8-bit and 16-bit racers of years past, and it drops on Thursday, August 20.

I am Bread, which stars a slice of bread who dreams of being toast, is coming to PS4 on Tuesday, August 25th. Now, you can play in brand new modes as both a bagel and a baguette, according to Bossa Studios Game Designer Luke Williams.

Retro Games Can Still Make You Tons Of Money

The retro gaming industry continues to explode. CNN reported on the secondary market for vintage games, and the dusty, old cartridges sitting in your mom’s attic are increasing in value — sometimes by twice of what they were valued at years ago. Even The Legend of Zelda, a ‘common game’ that sold for a respectable…

This Week In The Business: The Hacker, The Designer and The Huckster

QUOTE | “You need the hacker, the designer and the huckster to start your game company. Somebody’s got to be the huckster.” – Tim Train, CEO of Big Huge Games, talking about what it takes to make a successful game company QUOTE | “I joined THQ, and THQ goes broke. I join Kojima, and Kojima…

Hi Kotaku. I’m Working The Weekend Shift!

Good morning! My name is Kevin Wong, and I’ll be editing Kotaku this weekend. I’ve been a longtime reader and fan of Gawker Media since 2005. So I’m hoping this goes well; I can hardly believe that they tossed me the keys. I’m an AP English teacher in NYC, and I started freelancing again in…

Hi, Let’s Stream Some Destiny [Stream Over]

It’s Friday, and Xur is selling Gjallarhorn. Seems like reason enough to stream some Destiny Now that I’ve got my setup all nice and operational (I hope!) I feel like streaming more games. I’ve got a few basic things to do in Destiny before the reset—some nightfalls, some weeklies, some crucible—so I figured it’d be…