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Chiptunes, Schmiptunes: Embracing The Human Side of Video Game Audio
We’re living in something of a golden age of chiptune music. The last five or so years have seen a popularity explosion for the classic electronic sounds that most gamers associate with the games of their youths. The bleeps, bloops, and grinds of chiptune music have evolved from a technical necessity to an aesthetic choice.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
These Are All of the Umpiring Crews—and the Parks They Work—in MLB 12 The Show
As is well known, the officiating in MLB 12 The Show can be set to a variable quality of accuracy. You can either have it perfect, or home plate umpires can have personal strike zones and tendencies, blow close plays and refuse to ring up hitters on a checked swing. Those who frequently play MLB…
By Owen Good Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Better Know an Umpire: Wally Hughes of MLB 12 The Show
Welcome to Better Know An Umpire, an effort to educate ourselves on the human elements—deliberately programmed into a computer simulation—who have ultimate decision-making power over millions of games played in MLB 12 The Show on the PlayStation 3. Name: Wally Hughes Uniform number: 67 (crew chief) Age: 57 Height/weight: 6-foot-0, 210 pounds First year as…
By Owen Good Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Prepare To Weigh Your Diablo III Expectations With Kotaku Game Club
Welcome back to the Kotaku Game Club, everyone. This month we’ll be playing Diablo III, because this is one game that a lot of gamers have been waiting a very long time for. “Expectations” is the name of the game for this month’s Game Club. They often play a huge role in defining whether or…
By Mike Epstein Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mac Gaming Became A Little Less Dead Today
People often ask if PC gaming is dead. This is not a very sensible question. But I, a Mac owner, wonder daily if Mac gaming is alive. Look, I can play Adventure World on my Mac. And Solitaire. But, my goodness, Mac gaming sucks. And so it was with shock and glee that I, owner…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Gamers We Can’t Spot A Mile Away
Boston is my birthplace and always my home, but I haven’t lived there since late 2005. So for three years and counting, when the time for PAX East comes I find myself sitting in an airport, abuzz with energy. While sitting at the gate at Dulles or Reagan, it can be alarmingly easy to spot…
By Kate Cox Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Crysis 3 Screens a New York City in Dire Need of a Landscaper
All kinds of vegetative devastation happens to the Big Apple in EA’s upcoming threeequel. We’ve already gotten a preview of the new mechanics and weapons of the Cryek-developed FPS but these new screens show even more detail than before. Flooded streets, crumbling buildings and a scarcity of any other human beings hint that this Crysis…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Five Things I Want to See in The Elder Scrolls Online
The announcement I’ve been waiting for ever since ZeniMax Online Studios was founded has finally arrived: there’s a massively multiplayer online Elder Scrolls game on the way. Now I can deliver my list of demands suggestions for making The Elder Scrolls Online the best MMO it can possibly be. Sight unseen The Elder Scrolls Online…
By Mike Fahey Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hopefully The Army’s Scheme To Fly Helicopters With Kinect Doesn’t Involve A Lot of Spinning
The army wants to install Microsoft’s controller-free Kinect sensor in military helicopters so pilots can use them both for body recognition and flying assistance, Innovation News Daily reports “New technology from the gaming world has the potential to substantially reduce the cost of adding head tracking to conventional helicopters, as well as the ability to…
By Jason Schreier Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Company of Heroes 2 Comes Out Next Year, Moves to WWII’s Eastern Front
Relic’s popular Company of Heroes will be out next year, according to scans of PC Gamer magazine posted at Polygon. This confirms rumors of its development and will make Mr. Luke Plunkett one happy camper.
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Max Payne Comics Will Explain Why Rockstar’s Hard-Boiled Cop Is So Messed-Up
Max Payne doesn’t wear tights. But, if insanely fast reflexes, deadly marksmanship and an ability to swill the worst whisky around count, you could argue that the gritty NYPD detective of Rockstar Games’ shooters has superpowers. Powers or not, he’ll be appearing in a new series from Marvel Comics which is being written by Rockstar’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Meet Call of Duty‘s New Foreign Bad Guys
In the futuristic 2025 setting of Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the United States has become locked in a second Cold War with China due largely to a shortage of rare earth elements, which are vital in the creation of a lot of the technology and advanced military hardware we use today. In the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 3, 2012 -
UncategorizedGhost Recon: Future Soldier‘s Call of Duty Impersonation Is Pretty Good
If this month’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier was a toddler and not a video game, I’d pat it on the head and compliment its Call of Duty costume. It’s doing a good job of dressing like its more popular playground rival, but—wouldn’t you know it?—its own personality still sneaks through. I’ve played a few levels…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Kim Kardashian is Psyched for the Next Call of Duty. Really.
Gaming connoisseur and poisonous celebrity Kim Kardashian is super psyched for the next Call of Duty, she said on Twitter today. Because the graphics look crazy. “But wait,” you might be thinking. “Doesn’t Kim Kardashian sell her tweets? Nope, Kardashian says. It wasn’t a paid tweet. She and her brother play Call of Duty “all…
By Jason Schreier Published May 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Elder Scrolls Online Coming Next Year
Bethesda will release a massively multiplayer online version of its popular The Elder Scrolls series next year for PC and Mac, Game Informer reports today. Set a millennium before the events of Bethesda’s last The Elder Scrolls game, Skyrim, The Elder Scrolls Online will take place across all of Tamriel during a time when daedric…
By Jason Schreier Published May 3, 2012 -
UncategorizedLion Attempts To Gnaw On Unsuspecting Baby’s Head
Hey baby. Hey, baby! Look behind you. Yes, behind you. Yes, that’s a lion. Yes, she wants to eat you. She probably thinks you’re a zebra. You really shouldn’t have worn that hoodie to the zoo that day. But baby’s response? Chill as an ocean breeze. I’d be trying to play patty cake with the…
By Tina Amini Published May 3, 2012