The Gossip’s Lead Singer Beth Ditto Is A Fellow Fruit Ninja Enthusiast

The last page of Marie Claire‘s May issue features Beth Ditto talking about what’s inside her handbag. The contents are refreshingly down-to-earth: “101” straggler earrings; a maxi pad; a Burger King receipt; a screwdriver. But Ditto also has an iPhone. On which she plays Fruit Ninja. She says: “if you want to eat healthier snacks…

Nyko’s Move Rifle Is A Nice Shot But Not Enough To Break Through

I don’t know if I’ll ever be sold on the idea that motion-control in first-person shooters can provide any greater fun or any means of shortening the genre’s tactical learning curve into something more instinctive. It is, as I’ve said, like trying to turn a doorknob with barbecue tongs. You’re just better off turning it…

Leaked Activision Memo: There’s Just No ‘Appetite’ For Guitar Hero Now, But It May Rise From Its Grave

Publisher Activision put its Guitar Hero business on ice earlier this year, signaling the end of a genre that was once white hot, but quickly flamed out. Why did Activision just bail on this formerly billion dollar business instead of taking it in a radical new direction? That’s the question posed in a newly published…

Doctor Who Rises From Hiatus Tomorrow

Matt Smith returns as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in tomorrow’s season premiere of Doctor Who, broadcast on BBC America at 9PM Eastern, and likely somewhere in the UK as well. Don’t forget your bow-tie and fez.

This Week In The Business: “There’s no level of polish.”

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week… QUOTE | “There’s no level of polish.” – Former Apple games guru Graeme Devine on the biggest problem with iPhone games QUOTE | “Incompetent” – Infamous hacking group Anonymous, denying responsibility for the massive PSN outage. STAT | 533% – The amount that 3D…

The Darknut Returns

Link’s enemy, the Mighty Darknut, received an ass kicking upgrade thanks to Francisco Perez’s “Hyrule’s Most Wanted” entry for IGN.com Related Rampages: Ganon Vs Link | MODOK Mighty Darknut by Francisco Perez (deviantART) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished…

SOCOM 4’s Silent, Deadly Stealth Play

Slinking through shadows solo, tossing bullet casings to distract, hiding bodies: SOCOM 4’s few stealth levels offer a completely new take on the 9-year-old squad-based shooter series. While a bulk of the levels in Playstation 3 exclusive SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs still fall back on the classic squad command mechanics that helped the series…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

It’ll be another extremely busy weekend for people who play video games, people like me who are still neck deep in the new Mortal Kombat’s story mode and challenge tower. Man, both are lengthy. But that’s not the only thing I’ll be firing up this weekend. A retail copy of Motorstorm Apocalypse just arrived at…

A Trip Through Pokémon Black And White‘s Online Dream World

With the Pokémon Global Link service, Pokémon Black and White players can sync their game data with their PC and enter a magical world that exists in the dreams of pocket monsters. Join me on my first trip to this Pokémon Dream World. I haven’t played much Pokémon Black since I picked it up on…

Nyko Skill Shot for PlayStation Move: A Visual Guide

Play iPhone Games On The Subway At Your Own Risk, As Thefts Increase

There is no cell phone service on most of the mostly-subterranean New York City subway. So when the New York Police Department says that thieves are snatching more cell phones from the hands of distracted riders than ever before, you’ve got to think Angry Birds is involved in this. “We’ve been seeing an incredible trend…

We’ve Sketched The Wii 2 Controller Of Our Dreams

We haven’t seen the controller for the next Nintendo console. (Nintendo hasn’t sent it over to us yet. Thanks for nothing, Miyamoto!) But we’ve been stitching together the snippets of info we’re picking up from people who do know what the controller is like. So we just had to sketch it out. Illustrator Sam Spratt…

The Many Faces Of Max Payne 3‘s Hard-Boiled Hero

In a series of screens you might have seen in the latest issue of Edge Magazine, Max Payne shows himself to be a man of many faces, outfits, and hairstyles. As the Edge Magazine story explains, the narrative of Max Payne 3 takes us to various points in our gritty detective hero’s life, from his…

Why Frozen Treats and Squirt Guns Just Aren’t Good Zombie Defense

LucasArts classic, and somewhat nonsensical, zombie game Zombies Ate My Neighbors doesn’t really play out well in real life. [Thanks Chris]

DreamWorld Gallery

Here’s is your house, which serves as your base of operations in the Pokémon Dream World. Spend berries in the Dream World to purchase furniture for your house, which also features a board that keeps track of the Pokémon you befriend in the game. Unlike previous Pokémon games, you can’t grow berries in Pokémon Black…

This Is What A Dead Kinect Looks Like

It is with great misplaced pride that I report that I am the first Kotaku writer to suffer from a dead Microsoft Kinect. Also, it’s incredibly difficult to get a close-up picture of the Kinect with the sensor powered on. All things considered, I’ve had rather good luck with my video game consoles as far…

In The Mood For A Little Child Of Eden?

We’ve been sold on Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s celebration of music and movement since we saw Child of Eden at E3 2010, so each additional trailer is just a bittersweet reminder that we don’t have yet.

Raise Your Expectations For The Captain America Video Game

I keep telling people that the Captain America video game is going to be good, and I keep getting funny looks. The Captain America game is a movie tie-in. Those generally stink. It’s about Captain America, who has never had a good video game. (UPDATE: Ok unhappy commenters, how about “not since 1991”?) And it’s…

Conduit 2‘s Timing Is Downright Depressing

Amidst the swell of hype over Nintendo’s next console and the release of Valve’s latest masterpiece, Sega and High Voltage Software release Conduit 2 for the Wii. Have you ever gone to the video store or browsed through Netflix titles and discovered a movie with a name that’s similar to an existing big-name blockbuster but…

EA Earthquake Aid Fundraiser Tops $1M

Electronic Arts’ fundraiser in support of Japan earthquake and tsunami aid just passed the $1 million mark. [EA]