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CultureTotal RecallDeath Race, the World’s First Scandalous Video Game
What is it with cars and killing people that gets the mainstream media so upset? Decades before series like Grand Theft Auto and Carmageddon were earning tut tuts and disapproving looks, an arcade game called Death Race ended up squarely in the sights of TV networks, newspapers and magazines. Taking more than a few cues…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
OMG Right? Girls Are, Like, Totally Changing The Way People Talk
Hello Kotaku, and welcome to Tuesday’s open thread! I’m so happy to have you here, and hope you’ll wade into the comments to talk about any thing that’s on your mind. Here, gathered from the internet, are a collection of fun Check out this guitarist, Guthrie Govan – Dude’s technique is like aliens taught him…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
The New White Xbox 360 Looks Gorgeous
Disclaimer: I have a very soft spot for bright, white consumer electronics. From the PSX to the white DSi to those limited white original Xbox consoles, I think they look great. Which is why I think this new glossy white Xbox 360 S console looks great as well. It’s available as part of a Kinect…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Does an Academy Award Winning Director Have to Do with EA’s Next Game?
Have you seen EA’s Game Changer site? It’s slowly ticking down to a live event that will be unveiling a new game during the Game Developers Conference next week. Recently there’s been a new addition to the ticking clock: Two speakers have been revealed to be at the event. One of these speakers is Academy…
By Tina Amini Published February 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedIndie Darling Gravity Bone Gets a Sequel
Gravity Bone, a free PC story-game made by Atom Zombie Smasher and Flotilla developers Blendo Games, is getting a sequel called Thirty Flights of Loving The game has been funded via a highly successful Kickstarter joint Kickstarter campaign organized by the guys behind Idle Thumbs, the very cool, currently not-operational podcast. Thirty Flights of Loving…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Uncharted-Themed Shoes Can Guide You in Drake’s Steps
Perhaps Nathan Drake should have written all his notes on his shoes. Surely, they’d be harder for nefarious baddies to steal repeatedly than journals are? Or the maps on the toes could have proved useful as well, guiding him around various jungles and deserts. Alas, for Drake himself the best purpose for these custom Nikes…
By Kate Cox Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Baldur’s Gate Website Lurches to Life, Is a New Game Rising?
It’s been eleven years since PC role-playing gamers claimed the throne of Bhaal, Lord of Murder, bringing BioWare’s epic Baldur’s Gate series to a satisfying close, but has the entire tale been told? New developments at the game’s website suggest there’s still life in the old death god yet. With the recent news that a…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedTurns Out There’s Already at Least One Great Mario Party Drinking Game
In today’s preview of Mario Party 9, I cracked that the game could easily inspire some great drinking games. As it turns out, the guys at “Drinking Games for Gamers” are way ahead of me, putting together a game called “Mario Party Down” with rules based on past Mario Party games. They get extreme bonus…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Video Game Just Sold, at an Airport, for Over $30,000
There’s a Neo Geo game called Aero Fighters 3. Until this month, it was assumed that it had never been released in the US. It never was, officially. But at least three copies are now known to exist anyway, and one of them just went for over $30,000 Reader Michael DiCioccio, a hardcore Neo Geo…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Is That a Pineapple in Your Refrigerator or Are You Just Happy To See Me
PineappleVille | The fridge at Kotaku headquarters has been taken over by a promotional pineapple sent by Zynga. You can only eat it if you tell ten friends about it first. (Photo by Tina Amini) Six out of Six Binary Domain Reviewers Agree: Shooting Robots Just Makes You Feel Good You know, if Sega had…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Are 100-Hour Games Just A Waste Of Our Time?
It’s tough to play games and not sometimes feel like you’re wasting your time. Whether you’re grinding for levels or fighting endless waves of random enemies, it can be difficult to reconcile with sections of game that feel like padding. Writing for Slate, journalist Michael Thomsen takes that notion one step further, critiquing 100-hour epics…
By Jason Schreier Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
New Super Nintendo (Yes, Super Nintendo!) Game Is in Development for 2013
For the folks out there who can still lay hands on a working Super Nintendo system, good news: there’s a new game slated to come your way next year. Development, publishing, and production company Super Fighter Team are calling Nightmare Busters a “masterful run and gun game for the Super Nintendo, Super Famicom and all…
By Kate Cox Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Make Your Own Version of Pong, (Maybe) Win $100,000 [UPDATE]
In honor of Pong‘s 40th anniversary, publisher Atari is now taking entries for what it calls the “Pong Indie Developer Challenge,” it said today. For a shot at winning $100,000 and a publishing agreement with Atari, you can dream up your own version of Pong and draw up “at the very least” a design document.…
By Jason Schreier Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Six out of Six Binary Domain Reviewers Agree: Shooting Robots Just Makes You Feel Good
You know, if Sega had simply marketed Binary Domain with the slogan, “Shoot some robots”, I probably wouldn’t have been so down on it all these months. That was all I needed to know. There’s something about a dystopian future where some sort of robots have gained sentience and you’ve got to blow bits of…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Competitive Gamer’s Inflammatory Comments Spark Sexual Harassment Debate [Update]
Competitive fighting gamer Aris Bakhtanians has prompted some ire with inflammatory comments he made during a recent episode of Capcom’s “Cross Assault.” “Cross Assault” is a promotional competitive web-TV series that pits a team of Tekken players against a team of Street Fighter players. On the show, Bakhtanians made remarks about the entrenched sexism in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Panel Discussion Dozen: 12 Comics That Aren’t What They Seem This Week
If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Namco Bandai’s ShiftyLook Uses Webcomics to Re-Invent Forgotten Characters
Look, you probably don’t remember Bravoman. I know I don’t. But, in his mind, the hero of a 1988 beat-em-up is the world’s greatest video game character. Lucky for him, he’ll be getting the chance to prove it all over again. Bravoman‘s going to be appearing in all-new webcomics from ShiftyLook, a new division of…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedPeer Into the Foggy, Flowing Animation of the Gotham by Gaslight That Never Was
Day 1 Studios is fresh off of getting robot combat fans all excited with the teaser campaign for Reign of Thunder. But, all comics aficionados have gotten for news of the outfit’s scuttled Batman game have been tantalizing glimpes of what might’ve been The biggest look, via SiliconEra, yet comes from this test animation supplied…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 28, 2012
