Let’s See If Superman 64 Really Is The Worst Game Of All Time

Some people say Superman 64 is the worst video game ever made, but why trust them? One brave man is doing the YouTube equivalent of flying faster than a speeding bullet. He’s playing the game for us to watch. “It’s one of those so-bad-it’s-good games,” YouTube user ProtonJonSA says of the 1999 Nintendo 64 disaster,…

How Realistic Do Gamers Want Their Games To Get?

In today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Matt_Twombly ponders the advanced realism coming in games like Rockstar’s L.A. Noire. When do games become too real? Reading the latest editorial on L.A. Noire got me thinking: How realistic do gamers actually want their games? There is all this talk this generation of immersion and games’ capacity to…

Kotaku Editorial Board: Beta Goes Live Soon

Sometime within the next month Kotaku Beta will become plain old Kotaku. Now’s probably a good time to host another Kotaku Editorial Board to discuss the changes and try to answer some of your questions. One important thing. You might want to check out this neat little trick on the beta site. Try moving through…

2010 Game of the Year Finalist Debate: Red Dead Redemption

In another universe, they made a box containing Red Dead Redemption that’s just for me. The front is familiar. The back, though, boasts the kind of bullet points I might demand of a great video game: –Respects Your Intelligence (Because it doesn’t bore me with some easy and obvious macho super-hero of a main character.)…

This Is How South Korean Children Battle Game Addiction

It looks like torture, and for children In South Korea that are used to playing video games non-stop, ruining their grades in the process it might be. This is where parents send their children to learn a little self-control. You’d never see these sorts of images featuring North American children. One glance at the pained…

Castlevania Harmony of Despair Gets New Content

If you’re a fan of Xbox 360’s Castlevania Harmony of Despair you’re in luck. Konami today says that Extra Stage: The One Who is Many is now available on Xbox Live Arcade for 320 Microsoft Points.

Video Game Reduced to 30 Seconds of Disapproving Moms

Electronic Arts’ latest Dead Space 2 campaign is brilliant. Why? Because it uses the power of the disapproving mom to sell violent video games. Who knows if these are real moms being really disgusted by the notion of a game that essentially requires you to dismember your enemies and features vomiting deaths and exploding faux…

These Sackboys Are Barking Up The Wrong Tree

LittleBigPlanet 2 hits stores today, and while it does a lot of things, the Xbox 360 is one thing it will not do. As seen on BertieA’s Flickr stream. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

Heroic Company Of Heroes Dev Lives On In His Daughter

In September Company of Heroes Online lead designer Brian Wood was killed in a car crash. His pregnant wife Erin survived. NBC’s Today talks with the widow about how she’s keeping Brian’s memory alive for her newborn daughter. Brian Wood lost his life in September of 2010, but through his actions a new life was…

Get Your Gaming Deals in October

Lifehacker’s incredibly detailed guide to deal hunting just went live, reaffirming that October is the best month to land a deal for gamers. Check it out.

Angry Team COCO Birds Make Late Night Appearance

He doesn’t talk about it much, but either Conan O’Brien is a gamer or someone on his team is. How else do you explain the subtle gaming references that keep popping up? This little video showed up last night early in the show. Poor Richter Pig La Bamba Pig.

The Uncanny X-Men At The Mercy Of One Of Games Journalism’s Greats

Kieron Gillen was one of the most profound and prolific video game journalists working in the industry. Some would even say he invented games journalism. Now the future of Marvel’s Uncanny X-men is in his hands. Kieron Gillen has worked with just about everyone in the video game business. He’s written for PC Gamer UK,…

Kinect Hacked To Perform Surgery

We’ve seen the Xbox 360 Kinect control robots before, but never robots with tasks this important. A group of graduate engineering students at the University of Washington are using Microsoft’s device to guide the actions of surgical robots. Scientists and engineers have been working for years to integrate gaming technology into the human-controlled robots that…

Learn the Secrets of Nintendo’s 3DS From the Man Behind Mario Kart and Nintendogs

With the annual Game Developers Conference set to kick off next month, we’re starting to learn much more about the talks, including one that promises to walk us through the creation of the Nintendo 3DS. Hideki Konno plans to lecture about the development process of the Nintendo 3DS, a perfect fit for a show that…

40 Ways Dante Can Thrash Spider-Man In Marvel Vs. Capcom 3

Devil May Cry hero Dante has many, many moves in next month’s Marvel vs. Capcom 3. You can see a whole lot of them in this new clip. Some of us will be playing MvC3 using the game’s simple controls, which reduces the number of button presses and the number of moves Dante and other…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

This is Kotaku’s official forum where you can talk about video games for as long as you want. Thanks to reader Arctic_Visionary for today’s image. Submit yours to #TAYpics

Gears of War Triple Pack Is Old Gears For A New Price

For those needing a Gears of War fix or a whole lot of old Gears on one new disc, the Gears of War: Triple Pack, combining Gears of War, Gears of War 2 and the sequel’s previously-released map and campaign expansion, the All Fronts Collection, will be out Feb 15 for $30. Xbox 360 only,…

Who Knew Dead Zombie Hookers Were So Fun?

What better way to kick off a Tuesday then a little dead zombie hooker action? Right? OK, maybe not for everyone, but you still should probably watch this for a morning grin. Just make sure you’re wearing headphones. Stay around after the credits for a pro tip on which babies are OK to kill.

A Visual Guide To New Square Enix Trailers

These Characters Are Cute And Creepy

Man, Crecente, GET A NEW PIECE OF PAPER! (More info about the characters in my Night Note here.) What you missed last night The Trailer Final Fantasy’s Creators Don’t Want You To See World Of Starcraft Isn’t Quite What You Thought It Would Be The Game That Exists In Trailers Only Final Fantasy XIII Gets…