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Boldly Going Where No Week in Gaming Apps Has Gone Before
What’s 60 percent space age adventure, 20 percent cuteness, and 20 percent some sort of photo matching game? Why, it’s the Week in Gaming Apps, with graphics enhanced for your brain’s retina display. We had a definite science fiction theme running with this week’s Gaming Apps of the Day. Waking Mars saw us journey into…
By Mike Fahey Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 3‘s Sex Scenes Are Super Awkward
Writer Tom Bissell, who might be one of the most insightful critics in gaming today, published a great piece over at Grantland today about Mass Effect 3 Here’s an excerpt (though you should totally read the whole thing): A lot, finally, has been made of the fact that the male Commander Shepard can have a…
By Jason Schreier Published March 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedDyad is Part Mind-Bending Racer, Part Soaring Video Game Drug-Trip
At the end of the Game Developers Conference, everyone is usually exhausted. I sure was—it had been five long days of standing and walking, of typing and recording and listening, of engaging in long, heated conversations about video games. Also long, heated conversations about Buffy, which seemed to be the most popular non-game subject for…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Eighteen-Year-Old Developer: “F**K F**K F**K THEY CLONED MY GAME”
Mattia Traverso’s eighteen years old. But that didn’t stop him from having his first-ever video game be about love. One and One Story‘s a puzzle platformer where the narration changes depending on what you do. Millions of other people tried out it as a Flash game and gave it love right back. Someone out there…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Five Dead JRPGs That Should Be Revived On Kickstarter
Kickstarter is now officially a thing. Not that it wasn’t before. Since its launch in 2009, the crowdfunding website has evolved into an extremely effective financing tool for business ventures, creative projects, and auteurs of all kinds. It has facilitated the relationship between creators and their fans, both giving us access to the people who…
By Jason Schreier Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Peter Molydeux Game Jam Expands to Cities Around the Globe
“What Would Molydeux?”, the cheekily titled game jam dedicated to the weird and occasionally brilliant ideas of the twitter persona Peter Molydeux, continues to grow. What started as a goof on twitter quickly became a San Francisco event, which expanded to New York and the UK and possibly even convinced the real Peter Molyneux to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedIs Tic-Tac-Toe a Great Game? I Battled Some of the World’s Best Video Game Creators To Find Out.
Only one award-winning video game developer got violent when I played Tic-Tac-Toe with him last week. A few of them were simply convinced I was trying to trick them. I was not trying to trick anyone. I just wanted them to share some wisdom about one of the most popular games in the history of…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Nominate This Week’s Best Comment
Following with last week’s tradition, we’re opening this thread up to you to nominate this week’s best comment. We rounded up last week’s best content, but in preparation for tomorrow’s reveal of our weekly Best Of, we’ll need input from the community. Was it something witty, controversial, or smart that caught your eye? Let us…
By Tina Amini Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Only 1 Out of 5 Mass Effect Gamers Plays As A Woman
Dear 82% of Mass Effect gamers, I’m tempted to tell you that you’re doing it wrong. According to The Final Hours of Mass Effect 3, the superb iPad app from journalist Geoff Keighley, the people who make Mass Effect say that only 18% of gamers play as a female Commander Shepard. And that’s not even…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Last Express Will Speed To iPhone And iPad This Year
The critically-acclaimed 1997 adventure game, to be ported by French developer DotEmu, will be released later this year for iOS devices. Creator Jordan Mechner announced the news on his blog today. [Jordan Mechner]
By Jason Schreier Published March 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedWitness the Awesome iPad Game That Lets Your Fingers Get Intimate with the Universe
Steph Thirion’s games understand the power of touch. While most iOS games require tactile contact to play, so few translate what it means to touch in real life. Touching a thing or a person can connect you to it intimately. Think about touching ingredients when you cook or affectionate laying hands on a romantic partner.…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedWTPT: Modern Warfare 3 Player Demolishes The Opposing Team In One Run
Against all odds of flash grenades, timid teammates, and an onslaught of enemies, one intrepid warrior makes it through the battlefield alive. Or for an impressive while at least. Watch as YouTube user AznShuffler156 tears through the opposing team while his teammates hide behind riot shields and creep around corners. Equipped with an MP5 with…
By Tina Amini Published March 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedAdding New-School Sounds to Old-School Games
Games like Tetris and Donkey Kong would be so much better with current-gen sound effects, wouldn’t they? Sound designer Jake Kaufman sure thinks so. He’s made this video to show off what old-school games would sound like if they were made today. It’s… unique. ULTRA NEXTGEN AAA Sound Design [YouTube via Reddit]
By Jason Schreier Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Flight Control Rocket Blows Up on the Pad
Flight Control was such a simple, enjoyable, universally acclaimed mobile game, it compelled the boss—and I don’t mean Totilo, I mean the boss—to write a review of it two years ago. He came back from his safari in the messy backcountry of video game criticism with a nice trophy, too. Me, however, I get to…
By Owen Good Published March 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Dead or Alive 5 Demo Might Be the Best Reason to Buy Ninja Gaiden 3
Ninja Gaiden 3 hits stores on March 20, and while I had no plans on dropping $60 on another round of punishing slice-and-dice, Hitomi and Ayane may have just changed my mind. Dead or Alive 5 wasn’t even on my radar until I saw this video. I knew the sequel was coming, but expected another…
By Mike Fahey Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Stop Dragging Dragon Quest Around, Square Enix
In today’s warrior-dragging (get it?) installment of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Paradox Me ponders the poor treatment Square Enix has given Enix’s major contribution to the role-playing world. Why does it feel like Square isn’t utilizing the Dragon Quest franchise as well as they could be, despite its immense popularity? Don’t get me wrong,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Pretend You Have the New iPad By Looking At This Screenshot
The makers of hit iOS game Infinity Blade II say this is what their game looks like when it runs on the new iPad. We asked for a direct comparison shot, but they had none to offer. If you can render one from the same scene, off of an iPad or iPad 2, share it…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Not only is it Friday, it’s the day before St. Patrick’s Day. That means that, depending on where you live, your commute home might become a vomit-dodging platformer of epic proportions. Better stockpile those power-ups! But, right now, you can enjoy the talk in Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
How To Win the War On Internet Trolls
Are you an Internet troll? Or maybe you’ve just encountered one. No. You’ve encountered more than one. What can be done about these people? Surely, they can be defeated? Video game designer Mike Drach thinks some of the Internet’s biggest trolls just need a hug, but that is not his sole means of dealing with…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 16, 2012