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UncategorizedWatch A Robot Go From 1to50 In 6.6 Seconds
In popular free iPhone app 1to50, players have to sequentially press the numbers one through fifty as fast as they possibly can. No one is ever going to be this robot’s score. 1to50 is a game that’s all about counting. The timer starts and you’ve got to count with your fingers to press randomly placed…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
The PlayStation Network Gets Its First Free-To-Play MMO This Month
After nearly two years in operation on the PC and Mac, Sony Online Entertainment finally brings it’s family-friendly, free-to-play massively multiplayer online game Free Realms to the PlayStation 3 on March 29, making it the first free-to-play console MMO. A colorful clash of social gaming and massively-multiplayer world, Free Realms was originally announced for the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Forlorn Band ‘The National’ Pens Original Dirge for Portal 2
There’s nothing but an announcement for now. And while pop songs in games are hardly new, considering how suited The National’s music is to a dirty, near-future landscape—and how Valve has already shown themselves how capable they are at integrating songs into a game in Portal 2—I think it’s okay to get a little excited…
By Joel Johnson Published March 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedWithout This Guy There’d Be No Mortal Kombat
When Shao Khan threatened to merge our reality with his, the thunder god Raiden appealed to the Elder Gods to give EarthRealm a fighting chance. Where would we be without his timely fight-to-the-death suggestion? This story video for the new Mortal Kombat has me wondering what would have happened if Raiden had been a bit…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Most Unnerving Tweet Sent to Penny Arcade This Weekend
Mike Krahulik, co-creator of webcomic Penny Arcade, on his strangest inbound tweet from a fan while attending their conference, PAX: “I was the one who scanned your ticket at airport security.”
By Joel Johnson Published March 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedTen Minutes Of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet Gameplay
You saw still images of Fuelcell Games’ Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet yesterday. Now bask in ten minutes of deliriously gorgeous gameplay footage direct from PAX East in Boston. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is due out on Xbox Live Arcade not damn soon enough this year.
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Filth And Grime Your Mobile Games Leave Behind
As anyone who owns a touch-screen device will tell you, when fingers are rubbed on screens, things get messy. But have you ever wondered how pretty some of those marks can be? Design Language News used a surprisingly complicated routine involving microfiber cloth and a black matte board to take photos of what an iPad…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
We’ll Be at PAX East So Come Say Hello
This weekend Kotaku editorial will be hanging at PAX East. Check out all of our PAX East coverage here. It’s all thanks to the good folks at Alienware, who will be premiering some killer stuff at PAX East this year, including the Alienware M17x and the M11x gaming laptops. See you in Boston…
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UncategorizedOur First Fleeting Glimpse Of The New Tribes Game
Fans of the deep, strategic, jetpack-powered combat of Tribes have been clamoring for a new game since the 2004 release of Tribes: Vengeance. Hi-Rez Studios delivers this year with Tribes: Ascend, a downloadable game for Xbox 360 and PC. Hi-Rez already had a pretty good head start on creating a Tribes game in their massively-multiplayer…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Frustrating Fiscal Resilience Of Nintendo Games
In today’s exciting episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Cupids_Hitman waits and waits for prices on first-party Nintendo games to drop, but they never do. What’s up with the pricing of Wii games? My family got a Wii this past Christmas, and so I’ve been looking to play some 1st party Nintendo games, but they’re…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Bioshock Infinite’s Him Squishes… Him?
SNAPSHOT | PENNY ARCADE EXPO EAST: Imprisoned in Columbia for 15 years, Elizabeth takes a break from Bioshock Infinite to hang with caretaker Him… and squish Totilo. Make sure to hang around for three days of Penny Arcade Expo coverage.
By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2011 -
UncategorizedMyndPlay Combines Full Motion Video, With Mind-Control Gaming
The future of mind-controlled video games looks very much like the past of arcade games. I’m sitting in a leather chair facing a television. I’m wearing loops of plastic on my head like a crown. I’m told that this device, the NeuroSky Mindwave, can trace the electrical impulses shooting from my earlobe to my forehead…
By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Japan is reeling from the impact of a massive earthquake, the rest of the world is preparing for tsunami waves. Use this place to talk about and anything else on your mind. (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Day Japan (And The World) Will Never Forget
SNAPSHOT | TOKYO, JAPAN: Commuters take to the streets, walking home after train service in Tokyo was suspended due to today’s earthquake. (Photo by Koichi Saito/Getty Images) Wake Up, Kotaku Earthquake Crisis Brings Out the Best In Japan’s Gaming Greats About 2:45 p.m. Japan time today, an earthquake measuring 8.8 on the richter scale rocked…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Just Because He Made Pokémon: Black And White Doesn’t Mean He Caught Them All
Junichi Masuda directed Pokémon: Black and White. And you’d think that would mean he’s caught them all. Nope. “I’ve still got a long way to go,” Masuda told Gamespot. “My adventure is going to continue. I kind of play it a bit slower than other people. I’ve still got a lot of Pokemon to catch.”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Make Sure You’re Prepared for Disaster with a 72-Hour Kit
After Japan’s earthquake and tsunami earlier this morning, California and Hawaii are both under a Tsunami warning. If you don’t have an adequate emergency kit in your home, this site will help you put one together so you’re prepared. After a major disaster, emergency response units are usually spread pretty thin, so 72Hours.org recommends you…
By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2011 - Uncategorized
Why The Heck Is Nintendo Remaking The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time?
There must be a reason for it. Turns out, there is. And it’s not a Nintendo 3DS cash-grab. In the most recent “Iwata Asks” feature on Nintendo.com, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says he really wanted to see Hyrule in 3D and that switching out items in the game is easier and streamlined in 3D. But…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2011
