Hey Kotaku, I’m Your Guest Editor For The Weekend

There is no need to adjust your television set. Mike Fahey will be back with your regularly scheduled programming next weekend. In the meantime, I’m Cameron Gidari and I’ll be your guest editor for the next 48 hours. You might have seen me around these parts before. I’m thecolorblind guy, the guy obsessed with achievements,…

This Week In The Business: Oops, Bad Choice Of Words

QUOTE | “We’re very close to having the first VR death.” – Denny Unger, creative director at Cloudhead Games, talking during Unite 2014 about the very real dangers developers will grapple with in VR Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “The post was deliberately written in the most…

Track: L | Album: Awake/Hohokum Original Soundtrack | Artist: Tycho Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

It’s Time For A Better Class Of Rap Games

Drake and Lil Wayne came to Queens this week as part of a tour the rappers are co-headlining. It was the third such act to pass through the Tri-State area recently, the first two being Beyonce and Jay Z’s “On The Run” and Eminem and Rhianna’s “Monster” tour. But this one was special. It was…

Of Game Developers Are Women The International Game Developer’s Association or IGDA represents the interests of thousands of developers worldwide. Over the past few months, they’ve been steadily releasing data from a recent poll of their members about demographics, working conditions, and more. Here are some of the highlights: The number of women in games…

Realistic Virtual Baby Is The Stuff Of Nightmares

BabyX is not a real baby. It is a simulation of a baby — one that learns, reads facial expressions and gets bored. It is also frightening to behold. In the video above, BabyX’s shows off its ever-growing vocabulary. She was created by the folks at the Laboratory for Animate Technologies at the University of…

The Rarest Video Game Treasures In America’s Coolest Game Store

Video Games New York is a tiny, cramped gaming store that is full of all sorts of treasures (we even used to host a video segment there!). Every nook and cranny is full of ultra-rare oddities that you can buy. Here are some of them: BuzzFeedVideo went to VGNY and freaked out looking at what…

Is Robin Williams the reason Sid Meier’s Civilization is called Sid Meier’s Civilization? I was just rereading our profile of the iconic game designer and stumbled upon this anecdote, which seems appropriate to share again now: Stealey has a different take: “We were at dinner at a Software Publishers Association meeting, and [actor] Robin Williams…

All The Reasons Why Remember Me Makes No Sense

Hey, remember Remember Me? No, not the movie that ruined Robert Pattinson for all of us. I’m talking about the gorgeous beat-’em-up game that came out last year. It was a great cyberpunk adventure. But like many ambitious sci-fi games, it didn’t always make sense. It sort of comes with the territory if you’re telling…

Let’s Talk About Star Ocean 2

Welcome to the Summer of Old JRPGs, where we’re playing classic role-playing games and talking about them every week. Check out the full schedule here I have something to tell you, my dear Random Encounters readers. You might not like it, but I think it needs to be said. Star Ocean 2 kinda sucks. I…

The Battle Of Dota Heroes Versus Counter-Strike Soldiers Wages On

Sure, Dota heroes might have fancier abilities than Counter-Strike characters. But Counter-Strike characters do not mess around when it comes to defusing bombs. Check out this great mash-up of Valve’s biggest games by MaritimeTR ☆ DotA 2 & SFM Animations ☆—it’s the second round of a Counter-Strike face-off, with more heroes and better attention to…