This Week In The Business: Battlefield Market Research

QUOTE | “You could market research any product to death if you’re not careful.” – DICE GM Karl Magnus Troedsson, talking about how DICE has to filter fan feedback to help make the best game Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “We devote so much energy to the…

How Team Rocket Would Abuse Pokémon In The Real World

Team Rocket as a real world corporation? Now that sounds kind of grim. Then again, in this world presented by rizenvisual, Pokémon are being exploited for a good cause: profit clean energy. Heh. Clever stuff. Pokemon Electric [rizenvisual] You are currently visiting Pocket Monster, a Kotaku blog dedicated to all things Pokémon.

Technically, Thor Is Now A Disney Princess

Woah. Then again, Thor entering the Disney princess circuit would also give people a reason to never, ever retire the whole “Disney princesses as [insert other thing here].” Hmm. Alas, right now the Disney Princess line-up doesn’t even include Anna and Elsa, apparently/currently, so I wouldn’t get too hyped on this Thor technicality. EDIT: the…

John Romero Tweeted that he visited Id Software today. He’s in Dallas for Quakecon. No word on what he was doing at the studio he co-founded, but hopefully they’re letting him play some of the new Doom. Romero co-created the original Doom and Quake before leaving id in 1996.

What an escape: watch as Team DK’s Mushi manages flee an impossible situation against a few players from Evil Geniuses. One of my favorite moments of The International today thus far.

Hey, New York City! The Come Out And Play festival is this weekend. Lots of physical games to run around and play through Sunday, including PacManhattan tonight and Full Contact Catan tomorrow. Details here

It Must Be Hard To Write Game of Thrones

When you write for a living, procrastination is a constant source of temptation. I bet A Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin gets distracted now and then. The folks at Mint Comedy envisioned what must go through George R.R. Martin’s head when he’s trying to get work done. They even nailed the laugh, too.…

Here’s A Game About A Helicopter Attacking A Skeleton Realm

If you’re like me, you like weird stuff on the internet. Boy are you in for a treat then. Someone adapted one of my favoirte werid internet videos into a game. Peaceful Skeleton Realm: ABH is an adaptation of the classic peaceful skeleton realm attacked by helicopter by coolnue. Play it. Love it. Shoot some…

The Scott Pilgrim Creator’s Long-Awaited Follow-Up Is Great

There’s not that much about video games or comic books in Seconds, the new graphic novel from the creator of the much-loved Scott Pilgrim series. And it’s one of the best things about Bryan Lee O’Malley’s ambitious new creation. The dearth of geek-centric signifiers in O’Malley’s latest work comes as a bit of a surprise.…

What Over A Decade of Progress In Pokémon Looks Like

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were released back in November 2003 on the Game Boy Advance. The remakes, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, are bringing that world back to life this year on the 3DS—and when compared to the originals, we can see just how much better the modern games look. Here’s a fantastic image by…

I should probably turn this extension off already.

​Why Board Games Are Beautiful

The best thing about board games, hands down, is the people. I don’t just mean the sorts of people who play board games, I mean that more broadly: Playing a tabletop or board game means spending time with your friends, your family, your loved ones. Board games are about people. This video, from Shut Up…