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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Dead Space 2, bitches! Wow, sorry, that was way out line. That kind of language just isn’t appropriate for our weekly What Are You Playing This Weekend? informal poll. Apologies. But I’m really excited about Dead Space 2. So much so that I might finally go out there and invest in a DualShock 3, you…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedThere’s A Dragon Age Prize In Every Copy Of Dead Space 2
Are you a Dragon Age II fan that wasn’t planning on purchasing Dead Space 2? Perhaps a free limited edition suit of armor can change your mind. Arise, Sir Cross-Promotion! Back when Mass Effect 2 came out, players that had also played the original Dragon Age: Origins scored a special suit of Blood Dragon armor.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Very Short And Entirely Fictional Movie About Nintendo 64 Cheat Codes
In this short film, the Nintendo 64 controller is so amazing it can input cheat codes that do the dishes and upgrade the N64 to an … Xbox 360? Then a guy in a V for Vendetta mask shows up. The Cheat Code To Life [Vimeo]
By Stephen Totilo Published January 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
2010 Game of The Year Finalist: The Readers’ Choice Award
You’ve read why Mass Effect 2 deserves to be game of the year. Also why Red Dead Redemption, Call of Duty: Black Ops and NBA 2K11 deserve the nod. Now it’s your turn. We spent the week publicly debating Kotaku’s four finalists for game of the year. Before that we spent a month internally discussing…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
FarmVille Giant Buys One Of New York’s Best Indies
The people who make FarmVille and CItyVille (Zynga) now own the people who make Drop 7 (Area/Code). The result: Area/Code is now Zynga New York and the game-design credentials of Zynga just got another upgrade.
By Stephen Totilo Published January 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedTeaching Robots To Walk The Baby Way
Why do human children learn to walk so much easier than robots do? Because babies learn to crawl before they walk. University of Vermont robotics expert Josh Bongard demonstrates how robots develop faster when their bodies change with their brains. Walking is harder than it looks. Do a YouTube search for walking robots and you’ll…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedYour Mama Plays ‘Dead Space 2’
Mom and gamer Winda Benedetti writes why she’s not a big fan of Electronic Art’s mom-centric Dead Space 2 marketing campaign. I have four words for Electronic Arts: Leave the moms alone. That’s right, I’ve got my mom jeans in a pinch thanks to the new “Your Mom Hates This” advertising campaign the company has…
Winda Benedetti Published January 21, 2011 -
ReviewsThe Chameleon X-1 Wireless Gamepad Mouse Gets It Half Right
It’s a wireless mouse. It’s a wireless gamepad. The Shogun Bros. Chameleon X-1 is both of these devices rolled into one. Are these two great tastes that taste great together? Specs Price: US$55 Platform: PC What’s in the box: Mouse/Gamepad Device, Instructions, Driver Disc, USB Wireless Dongle, 1 AA Battery. Combining two or more devices…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2011 -
Uncategorized1,000 Spikes Is More Than Enough To Kill You
Rarely has playing through a game for Kotaku’s Xbox Live Indie Clips hurt quite as badly as playing through Aban Hawkins & the 1,000 Spikes hurt me. I’m sorry for the language, should any crop up in this video. I can’t quite remember if it did or not, and I don’t want to look, as…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo Hits Xbox 360 on Jan. 25
Starting Jan. 25 Xbox 360 gold members will be able to check out a Crysis 2 muttiplayer demo. The demo will include the Skyline map and two game modes: Team Instant Action and Crash Site. The first is essentially team death match, the second has you fighting for control of alien drop pods. No word…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedMy Unexpected Desire To Play More 3DS Games In 3D
It is impossible to fairly judge the Nintendo 3DS, the next hot thing from the people who brought us the Wii, until you see it in person. I’ve seen it — I’ve played it — in June, in October and again this week. The results are mixed; the surprises are plentiful. On Wednesday I played…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is The Walking Dead Creeping Towards A Video Game Tie-In?
When an entertainment property becomes as hot as comic book and television series The Walking Dead a video game is sure to follow, but from where? Telltale Games might be readying an adventure series based on the zombie survival epic. They’ve got Jurassic Park and Back to the Future, so why not The Walking Dead…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Bring Back World War II
Commenter Bipolar.Bear.Disorder is missing the good old days of World War II in today’s installment of Speak-Up On Kotaku. Am I the only one left in the gaming community that misses World War II games? With everyone’s intense focus on modern and future warfare, I feel as if World War II video games, my favorite…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Fallout Conversation System Does Not Work In Real Life
When you try to apply the logic and mechanics of the conversation system from Bethesda’s Fallout series to real life relationships it can only end in tears – or dead girlfriends. If only every major decision in life came with enough time to stop and ponder a selection of choices conveniently labeled in terms of…
By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedFinally, The Censored Duke Nukem Forever Trailer
Duke Nukem Forever has a launch date. May 3. And now you all can finally see the trailer I saw of the game in September — just with some of the breasts pixelated. Plus, it’s got a Duke Xbox controller, sorta. Duke Nukem Forever, which is now being made by Gearbox Software, has been in…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Pretty Little Pictures
Trey Ratcliff sees the world with a gamer’s eye When he looks at Beijing through the lens of his camera he sees Tron. When he finds a secluded bridge in Queenstown, New Zealand he thinks Hobbits. When people ask the famed HDR photographer how he edits his colorful, evocative images, he compares himself to a…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Duke Nukem Forever Has a Release Date, And No You’re Not Dreaming
The long-awaited Duke Nukem Forever will be out in North America on May 3, Take-Two said today. (May 6 worldwide). Six months ago, we’d have laughed that off, but we did play the game in September. It’s real. You’re not dreaming right now.
By Stephen Totilo Published January 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedYou Cannot Stop The Japanese Schoolgirls
Spent the morning at the doctor about my exploded elbow. He said to come back if it still hurts. There will be cutting, oh yes! Just need the bugger to hold up next week while I’m in Tokyo. Then he can cut all he wants. Oh, and nice office, Crecente! What you missed last night…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Marathon Programming Session Resulted In Smash Hit Game
Game programmers today are hardcore. They always are, but in the past, they were a little more hardcore. Shinichi Nakamoto created Bomberman, the bomb-throwing game. The game was originally released on PC in 1983, but later ported to Nintendo’s popular Family Computer, or Famicom. That port was supposedly done in 72 hours by one man,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 21, 2011