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UncategorizedDriving A Car Using The Power Of Your Mind
German engineers have rigged up a Volkswagen Passat so it maneuvers using only the driver’s mental directions. This technology could lead to a new age in which people actually use their brains while driving. The technology Autonomos Labs uses to mind control the modified Volkswagen Passat Variant 3c should be quite familiar to long-time Kotaku…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
How Should I Break In My New Gaming Rig
You all helped me figure out what pieces and parts to put into my gaming computer, so it’s only fair that you get to help me figure out which game to play first on it. My Origin computer arrived in a crate today fit for an Ark of the Covenant. Inside, swathed in black cloth…
By Brian Crecente Published February 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mexican State Calls For A Ban On Call Of Juarez: The Cartel
After officials in El Paso, Texas, made their discomfort over Call of Juarez: The Cartel last week, the Mexican state of Chihuahua is asking Federal authorities for an outright ban on the video game that hits too close to home. The Mexican state of Chihuahua is home to the city of Ciudad Juarez, a city…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedKillzone 3’s Engineer Is The Ultimate Team Player
In the first of a series of videos covering Killzone 3’s multiplayer professions, Guerrilla Games multiplayer designer Dan Nanni discusses the engineer, the game’s turret-building support class. Whenever I see any form of the word ‘engineering’ associated with a video game character class, ‘complicated’ is generally the next word that pops into my head. From…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Should You Buy A PSP?
Sony’s PlayStation Portable is the first handheld gaming device to survive a battle with Nintendo, but is it worth your money? On paper, it seemed like such a good idea. [UPDATED for the pre-NGP/3DS era.] This is our best advice — updated regularly — about whether or not you should buy a PSP, what games…
Team Kotaku Published February 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Skyrim Developer Wants Your Babies To Be Dragonborn
You may love Bethesda Softworks’ Elder Scrolls series, but do you love it enough to conceive a child and name it after the protagonist of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim? What if a mystery prize is involved? Bethesda’s Pete Hines calculated that February 18 was the perfect day for conceiving a baby that would be…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Driving a video game Porsche on the Nürburgring versus the real thing
Every gamer who’s ever lapped a track in Forza or Gran Turismo has wondered how the real track would compare. Driver Brian Maerske got the chance to compare the games to a live run on the world’s toughest racetrack. [Jalopnik]
By Ray Wert Published February 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedAn Elegant Video Hate Letter To The Makers Of Call Of Duty: Black Ops
Kotaku commenter Goldwings is having problems connecting to mutliplayer games in Call of Duty: Black Ops for the PlayStation 3, so he voices his displeasure in video form in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. My internet is fine Treyarch, so stop telling me that’s the reason why I can’t go online and play some games with…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download Is On Fire This Week
WiiWare really heats up in this week’s Nintendo Download with Cozy Fire, a fireplace simulator with six – count ’em – six different fireplaces to choose from. Yeah, it’s that kind of week. Perhaps Nintendo and dtp young entertainment are celebrating President’s Day by releasing Cozy Fireplace. After all, President’s Lincoln and Washington surely spent…
By Mike Fahey Published February 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
This is Kotaku’s official forum, now proudly standing next to a headline stack that has a scrollbar. See? I told you it was coming. What will they think of next? While they’re thinking, please comment here about video games. (And, yes, last I heard, comment reply notifications are on their way back too.) Thanks to…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Can A Super Smart Computer Teach Game Characters To Be As Stupid As Humans?
Supercomputer Watson can best the best of us in Jeopardy, but can it make the games we play at home more challenging and fun? The day after IBM’s Watson beat Jeopardy champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, game designer Graeme Devine wondered on Twitter when game makers would be getting access to the technology. I…
By Brian Crecente Published February 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedGreen Energy Juice In My (Totally Fake) Zero-G Kitchen
Man, does this ever happen to you? I used my iPhone to film this video in the panoramic, and it ends up clipped down the middle and turned sideways. It does make the Night Note look like it was shot in space. WHICH IT WAS. The 3DS, Torn To Pieces Later this week, the glasses-free…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedCatherine Is So Hard, Let’s Make Her Easy
Action adventure game Catherine is difficult. And people in Japan are complaining. Keep in mind, that the game’s developer apparently said Catherine was not a walk in the park. The game’s Amazon Japan reviews indicate it’s much more and are littered with players saying that the game’s Easy Mode seems like your standard game’s Hard…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
PS3 Hacker Wants Your Money To Fight Sony
When George Hotz isn’t rapping, he’s fighting Sony in court. And fighting Sony in court is expensive Sony is a multi-national corporation with gobs of moolah. George Hotz is just some guy, but some guy who hacked the iPhone and now the PS3. The PlayStation 3 hacking incited Sony to take Hotz to court, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedMan Deep Fries PSP, Tries To Eat It
Tempura is typically a Japanese dish of deep-fried fish or vegetables. Here, it’s deep fried PSP. The mind boggles. The folks in this ten minute video decide to cover a PSP in batter and then deep fry it. At about a minute in, they cover it in batter. At about 2 minutes in, they toss…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallHappy 25th Birthday, The Legend Of Zelda
Twenty-five years ago today, an ambitious title was released in Japan that would, in time, become one of the biggest and most important franchises in video game history. That game was The Legend of Zelda. While it may look crude now, it’s easy to forget that, at the time of the game’s release, it was…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
The 3DS, Torn To Pieces
Later this week, the glasses-free Nintendo 3DS goes on sale in Japan. A Chinese site already has its hands on the hot portable, and it’s ripped it into pieces. This dissection gives a closer look at the innards that power the 3DS, which boasts more powerful graphics than the previous generation of Nintendo handhelds. Of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Does Anyone Want To Dress Like Isaac Clarke?
Isaac Clarke, hero of the Dead Space series of horror shooters from Electronic Arts, isn’t the first man you’d turn to for fashion advice. I mean, he spends his days in an engineer suit. Covered in blood. The supremely talented Indonesian artist machine56 sees something in Clarke’s look, though, because he’s drawn up this design…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedReal And Not So Real Arcade Companionship
The recent The Arcade Operators Union Entertainment Expo featured a slew of prize machines — and things that can be won from said prize machines. No, you cannot win booth companions. Sorry. It’s all relative, but the biggest news from the show was the public airing of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, which seems to be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2011