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The Week in Games: Canis Major
Square Enix picked up Sleeping Dogs from Activision’s scrap heap and early word is it’s worth a good look. Maybe being freed from True Crime‘s heavy yoke of disappointment will help the concept live out its promise. Darksiders II also hits shelves, and the Summer of Arcade closes out as the kids return to school./…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
The Game is the Same and the Rules Don’t Change—So Why Do the Controls?
In basketball, it was the three-point line, or the reintroduction of the zone defense. In baseball, it’s the designated hitter, or an All-Star game played for stakes. In American football, it’s instant replay, or the two-point conversion, or moving the goal posts to the back of the end zone. All sports have confronted and incorporated…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Sons Of Anarchy Game Adaptation Has ‘No Traction,’ But That’s Better Than Being ‘A Piece of Shit Like Game of Thrones‘ Says Creator
Done right, the well regarded FX biker gang series Sons of Anarchy would seem to be a natural fit for a game adaptation. It’s got guns, violence, antiheroes and a natural open-world setting. Doing it right, however, takes a lot of money and commitment. That is is why the series is getting “NO TRACTION” toward…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Epic Confirms Three More People Fly from Gears of War: Judgment
People Can Fly, the Poland-based studio behind 2011’s Bulletstorm and the upcoming Gears of War: Judgment, said goodbye to creative director Adrian Chmielarz (pictured) and two top artists today, according to Gears developer Epic Games and Chmielarz himself. “Gears fans, you’re going to love Judgment. It’s in great hands,” Chmielarz said via Twitter about 1…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Catch the Pokémon World Championships Live This Evening
For the first time in tournament history, the Pokémon World Championships will livestream the both its trading card and video game final rounds in the Masters’ Division. You can see the action here, beginning at 8 p.m. EDT, and you can check the final round pairings here. Pokémon World Championships 2012 [Official Site]
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Kitchen Sink
Gang, we’ve gotta save this marriage. The Kotaku ‘Shop Contest has been publishing every week for more than 2 1/2 years, and let’s face it, the thing is in trouble. We haven’t had a full 20 in the finalist pool for more than a month. I can blame myself for uninteresting exploitables; you can blame…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
This ‘Airport Virtual Assistant’ Looks Like the Ancestor of Avina from Mass Effect
Meet AVA, a hologram projected onto a human-sized piece of plexiglass. The idea is that AVA, at some time, will respond to questions, offer answers, and provide reliable guidance in multiple languages to travelers who have just landed and need help orienting themselves and understanding local services. Sound familiar? Sounds to me like Avina, the…
By Owen Good - Culture
Sunday Comics: It’s Not Stealing, It’s Copying
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Aug. 6.—Read more of Penny Arcade Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Aug. 6.—Read more of Awkward Zombie…
By Owen Good
