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This Is A Shitty Way To Teach A Child New Words
The Nintendo Wii continues to prove itself quite capable when it comes to teaching children new things. In fact, it taught three-year-old Oliver Smith a brand new word! Can you say shitheads? Countdown is a long-running British television show involving the descrambling of letters and numbers into words, a fact I know only because the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedDo You Think The Giant Eye Saw Us?
I had no idea E’lara and Caddoc, the two mercenary stars of inXile’s Hunted: The Demon Forge, could be so witty. What an eye-opener. I’ve not had any hands-on time with Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, so my main exposure to the game has been through reading Totilo and McWhertor’s impressions of the game. From those…
By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Best Games To Get For The New Verizon iPhone
The Verizon iPhone is out, and you just might be getting one. If you are, you’ll need some games. We know games, and we have recommendations. The Best Dozen Plants Vs. Zombies, Infinity Blade, Words With Friends and 9 others (Free – $10) There are many good iPhone games, most of them very cheap and…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s Definitely Not Yars’ Revenge, But I Think I Like It
If I had no idea these new screenshots were from Atari and KillSpace Entertainment’s reboot of the 2600 classic Yars’ Revenge, I’d still be intrigued. Does a brand-new game have a better chance at success when you give it the name of a classic? If KillSpace Entertainment didn’t have the rights to call what we’re…
By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
For The Love Of Bad Video Games
While others spend their time debating the best games of the year, commenter EcksJay22 finds enjoyment at the bottom of the barrel. Show your love for the worst of the worst in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. I have a confession, an addiction of sorts. See, my friends and I were having a ball last night.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedAs Last Bastions Of Humanity Go, This One’s Pretty Nice
The humans in Guild Wars 2 might be on their last legs, but it’s one of the most impressive, sprawling, well-defended pairs of last legs I’ve ever seen. Humanity week continues at ArenaNet today with a video tour of the territory the humans have managed to hold on to in the 250 years between Guild…
By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
DC Universe Gamers Almost Evenly Split Between PC and PS3
This month’s addition of an Egyptian-cursed Catwoman is just the first in what the creators of DC Universe Online hope will be monthly updates for the cross-platform online game. “We want to add more stuff to the game on a monthly basis,” Chris Cao, DC Universe game designer told Kotaku. “We want to add stuff…
By Brian Crecente Published February 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedBattlestars, Guitars And One Shocking Haircut
Shocking, I guess, because I was going to try to go all the way to this year’s Tokyo Game Show without getting a haircut. I…did not make it. But I got a shave! And honestly, that’s all that counts. The Battlestar Galactica Game Is Still Spooling Its FTL Drives Earlier this week, the new Battlestar…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hayao Miyazaki Advocates Knives, Fire-Making And Other Stone Age Skills
Japan’s answer to Walt Disney does not like technology. Hayao Miyazaki is concerned that the virtual world of video games, television, and even his own Ghibli Studio animated movies, is snatching away power from kids. Better teach them how to use knives! “The environment that surrounds our children, including our animation, is all virtual,” says…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony Is Also Competing Against Booze, You Know
This month, Nintendo is launching a new gaming portable, the 3DS. Sony also has a new, still forthcoming portable the NGP. How is Sony going to compete? When asked that question by Japan’s Nikkei, Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai replied, “I think that it’s too narrow-minded to discuss the competition among game platforms such…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Is Not A PlayStation 3 Ad, But It Should Be
You are looking at the first thing that 29-year-old Ben McCambridge claims to have ever directed. Not bad for a first-timer, because this is awesome. McCambridge is an assistant editor working in Los Angeles, cutting commercials. “I’ve worked on dozens of commercials and thought I’d try my hand at making one myself,” he tells Kotaku.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Battlestar Galactica Game Is Still Spooling Its FTL Drives
Earlier this week, the new Battlestar Galactica game went into open beta. Being a massive BSG fan, I figured I’d jump right in and see how it was shaping up. In these two clips, I’ll walk you through the two main parts of the game — on-foot and space combat — and show you what…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Activision Blizzard Loses An Ancient European Court Appeal
In 2009, the EU let Nintendo (slightly) off the hook when it reduced the company’s fine for engaging in price-fixing during the 1990’s. Well, Activision asked for a similar reduction in its fine (same case), and has been denied
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Pearls Of Wisdom From Final Fantasy’s Iconic Illustrator
Yoshitaka Amano first cut his teeth at the tender age of 15, working on the popular Speed Racer anime. He went on to create some of the most iconic illustrations gaming’s ever seen. He’s 58. He’s been around. And he’s wise. In an interview with The Japan Times, Amano talks about his upcoming debut anime…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Strategy Game Could Be The Best Of Both Worlds
Indie studio Brain Candy is working on a game called Fray, which it describes as a “turn-based, multiplayer, real-time strategy game”. Hrm. Let’s see how they explain that little contradiction. Fray sounds a lot like Bullfrog’s classic Syndicate, at least in terms of general setting: the world is a dark place, corporations are running the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedRhythm Control Is Big In Japan
This is not your typical story: an American and a Swede meet over the Japanese language and decide to make a video game. That game then takes the Japanese iTunes charts by storm. Dubbed Rhythm Control, the game has players touch bubbles that appear on screen. It’s simple and fun, and in Japan, it’s the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedKinect Can Be Used For Real Games After All
The first bunch of games for Microsoft’s Kinect were…crude. Resulting in a fear from many gamers that the peripheral may not be cut out for more complex titles. Well, this Dead Space 2 footage might convince you otherwise. In it, you can see the guy – if this is legit – is almost literally playing…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2011