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Old School DLC
For many, downloadable content—especially day-one DLC or pre-order DLC—conjures feelings of getting less but paying more. Let me tell you: I paid $45 for Defender on the Atari 2600 and I still have the savings account withdrawal record to prove it. That was in 1982. If Atari had thrown in an extra set of mutant…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Jen on Friday sent out a plea for more TAYpics and Koda89, a veteran of the ‘Shop Contest, knows I report for duty the next day, and how eminently publishable I find anything featuring Asshole Dog from Duck Hunt. Thus, your image to start the day. Unless I’m giving Koda89 too much credit; I dunno.…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2011 - Culture
Sunday Comics
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. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published July 4. – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published July 8. – Read more of Nerf…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Board Game Box Art Winners
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By Owen Good Published July 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Board Game Box Art Winners
There’s box art and there’s box art, and just as CD insert is no comparison to an album cover, so is a DVD case no match for the artistry of a board-game box. Last week’s ‘Shop Contest asked everyone to reconcile the latter two. Leading off, Laodicea-Dude (14) captures what a perfectly boring obligation it…
By Owen Good Published July 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
NCAA Football 12‘s Ultimate Conference Call
In NCAA Football 12 players have an extraordinary amount of control over the college football landscape. Last year, many diehards and purists pursed their lips and grumbled over a wave of conference realignments that forsake traditions and regional sensibilities for television contracts. NCAA 12 is their chance to put things right in the world. Their…
By Owen Good Published July 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Bungie Says ‘Halo is Now Yours’ as It Prepares the Handoff to Microsoft
As it did a year before, on Bungie Day (July 7), the Halo creators made available to the public the Bungie Armor and Nameplate in multiplayer, and prepared to wind down its stewardship of the Halo franchise it created with a sentimental note that hinted at future projects. “As we prepare to become fans of…
By Owen Good Published July 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
PSN Extends Registration for Free ID Protection Until the End of July
The time to collect your PlayStation Network welcome-back freebies has come and gone — twice, even — but Sony has extended one component. Registration for identity-theft protection will run through July 31, the company’s top spokesman said on PlayStation’s official blog. AllClear ID Plus, a service of identity protection firm Debix, Inc. is available to…
By Owen Good Published July 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Online Franchise Mode Unchanged in Madden NFL 12 [Corrected]
The improvements to Madden NFL 12‘s Franchise mode will not carry over to its Online Franchise, the game’s community manager says, making this the second year that Online Franchise has gone without an update. EA Sports promised Online Franchise upgrades are a top priority for next year’s game. Correction: An earlier version of this story…
By Owen Good Published July 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mario Bids Bon Voyage to the Space Shuttle
So you’re attending the final launch in the U.S. space shuttle program’s 30-year history. How would you document the moment? One guy whipped out his 3DS and AR cards and put Mario among those in attendance. Alberto Saldamando of El Mundo Tech covered the liftoff (writing for Piensa Digital), which he shot on a digital…
By Owen Good Published July 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Best Videos of the Week
Maybe you took a post-July 4th vacation and couldn’t check your favorite Gawker Media sites all week. Or maybe you spent it doing nothing but working and you’re catching up now. Well, whatever the case, we’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most amusing and entertaining videos we watched during the week that…
By Matt Cherette Published July 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Resistable Force and the Movable Object
I don’t know that I’ve ever played online multiplayer in baseball and not struck out at least 10 times. Human opponents almost always throw in the strike zone, meaning you can work neither the count nor a walk. Lag is especially problematic in baseball, making it difficult to get consistent contact even on meatball pitches…
By Owen Good Published July 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Digital Art Book is Dead Island‘s Preorder Bonus
A preorder of Dead Island with Amazon will land buyers a digital art book filled with “game art and concept art of everything from the characters, that fat tourist dude with the camera, zombie types, environment concepts” and more, Deep Silver says. It moved two concept pieces with a news release on the bonus, written…
By Owen Good Published July 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
It Just Doesn’t Matter
Even if we play so far above our heads that our noses bleed for a week to ten days; even if God in Heaven above comes down and points his hand at our side of the field; even if every man woman and child held hands together and prayed for us to win, it just…
By Owen Good Published July 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Thank God It’s Friday
Kotaku readers, we’re calling it. This workweek is over. As we head into the weekend, why don’t you relax with some off-topic (or on-topic) conversation with your fellow video game loving readers and commenters. If you’d like to chat about anything and everything, please take it to the comments and talk amongst yourselves. Have a…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 2‘s Mission to Play ‘Cold Stream’ is A Mission Accomplished, Classic DLC Due Early
Earlier this week, Valve issued a challenge to the Left 4 Dead 2 community: if 20,000 players beat the in-development “Cold Stream” campaign by Sunday, they’d get the re-release of “Dead Air” early. That goal was met in about four hours. That means Left 4 Dead 2 owners will get the tweaked Left 4 Dead…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedTaking A Different Approach to Far Cry 3‘s E3 2011 Demo
Ubisoft’s E3 2011 demonstration of Far Cry 3 was—obviously—not the only way to run through the jungle and get to the chopper. Flexibility and player choice are key in Far Cry games, which Ubisoft illustrates in the above gameplay demo. It’s the other way to skin the cat that was Far Cry 3‘s E3 showcase,…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedFive Triumphant Moments in Space Shuttle Gaming
Now that the final mission of NASA’s space shuttle program is underway, we thought we’d take a look at some of the games influenced by the primitive spacecraft over the years. Since the early test flights leading up to the maiden voyage of the space shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981, game creators have been…
By Mike Fahey Published July 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedFirst Footage of Burnout Crash! on Kinect May Leave Burnout Fans Hopping, Mad
Criterion Games has a Burnout spin-off coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this fall, a game inspired by game shows and pinball, its creators say. Burnout Crash! is also the first Burnout game to support Kinect, an option that may leave you with a burning sensation. First footage of Burnout Crash! has one…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 8, 2011