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Can Stargate Universe come back from the dead?
After the announcement that Syfy was not interested in 3rd season ofStargate Universe, internet rumors have been popping up all over claiming that SGU is far from dead (mostly fostered by the show creators themselves). Can SGU live again? In the end of Decemeber show co-producer and co-writer, Brad Wright, told Show Patrol that “We…
By Meredith Woerner Published January 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Perfect Game for the iPad
What started out as a wonderful indie computer game has become a wonderful indie iPad game. This is the sort of experience I’d like to expect from gaming on the iPad, and when it happens I’m delighted I have this Apple tablet to game on. In World of Goo you’re building wobbly, inky structures with…
By Brian Crecente Published January 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Dark Prince Of Cosmos
Mike Mitchell created an excellent Katamari Damacy themed illustration “Prince Of Darkness” for Gallery 1988‘s “Multiplayer” show. Prince Of Darkness by Mike Mitchell (Store) (Tumblr) (Twitter) Via: sirmitchell Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with permission.
By Michael McWhertor Published January 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedXbox Live Indie Clips: The Charge Is Only Briefly Sexy
Some Xbox Live Indie games try to confuse you with pictures of beautiful women in tight clothing, masking a mediocre gameplay experience with sex. Say hello to The Charge by Zebra Games. It’s games like this than make me glad that Indie games on Xbox Live comes with demos by default. I should have taken…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
First Look At The New Mutants Of X-Men Destiny
The people who made games Too Human and Eternal Darkness are now making an X-Men adventure for Activision, a game that lets players mold their own mutant. This is what that game, X-Men Destiny, is looking like right now. First screen shots of Silicon Knights’ X-Men game made their way online, via a YouTube video…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedModders Building A Harder, Faster, And Stronger Fallout: New Vegas
This is not your out-of-the-box Fallout: New Vegas. This is Project Nevada, an ambitious mod for New Vegas that adds bullet-time, sprinting, tackling, cybernetic implants, and more to Obsidian’s desert romp. The best thing about owning any Bethesda game on PC is the robust modding community, constantly striving to make games like The Elder Scrolls…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Which Of These L.A. Noire Faces Say ‘Guilty’ To You?
These are interrogation scenes from 1940s detective game L.A. Noire, the next big thing from the makers of Grand Theft Auto. Can you tell just by looking at the faces, the body language of these suspects who has something to hide? Rockstar Games is forgoing the violent, visceral impact of beating a confession out of…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedImplied Fisting Is One Sure Way To Get A Mature Rating
Ar Tonelico III was rated teen in Japan. The ESRB isn’t being as kind, slapping on a mature rating on the PlayStation 3 RPG for, among other things, a male character reaching inside a female character’s body while she moans. Anyone that’s played the first two games in the Gust-developed, NIS America-published role-playing series Ar…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Attractive People Are Smarter Than You Too
We can’t all be Angeline Jolie or Brad Pitt, but what we lack in looks we make up for in brains, right? Apparently not. Researchers in London have found that attractive people are smarter too, dammit. This has to be some sort of joke, right? I’ve seen the best minds of my generation, and the…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2011 -
Uncategorized2010 Game of the Year Finalist Debate: NBA 2K11
Sports titles just aren’t supposed to be game-of-the-year contenders. Their annualized nature sends the message that this year’s game, no matter how great, won’t be worth owning in 365 days. If anything could rise above that, it is NBA 2K11. Michael Jordan is as timeless a figure in sports as they come. People still think…
By Owen Good Published January 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
These Video Game Achievements Should Not Exist
In today’s episode of the daily Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter BiggunSid talks about the trophies and achievements that he’d like to see game developers do away with. I think most of us will agree that achievements/trophies are a pretty cool addition to the current generation of gaming. Some of us love it-a buddy of mind…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Look At Call of Duty: Black Ops’ New Map Pack, Due Feb. 1
Zip-lines, collapsing ice bridges and auto-turrets are all coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer next month, if you game on an Xbox 360. Due out on the Xbox 360 on Feb. 1, and perhaps one day the Playstation 3 and PC, the First Strike map pack will include four new multiplayer maps and…
By Brian Crecente Published January 17, 2011 -
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CNN Takes On The Child Gaming Addiction Study
Early this morning we reported on a new study that claims one in ten children are engaged in pathological gaming, prone to serious mental health issues. How does CNN handle the study? Surprisingly well, if you ask me. They manage to mention that the 3,000 children involved in the study were from Singapore, for instance,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Great Debate Starts Today
Selecting the best game of the year should be the result of a thoughtful process, not a rush to the finish line. Last year we completely retooled how Kotaku made it’s selection for game of the year, and I think it worked. This year we’re returning to that system, a system that has us wait…
By Brian Crecente Published January 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Punching Animals And Toasting Sandwiches
This week’s Nintendo Download features a game called Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time, and a DSiWare game that lets you punch anthropomorphic animals in the face. What more could you people possibly want? It gets better! In Stickmen Studios’ Doc Clock for WiiWare, the titular doctor travels through time, building inventions out of…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Download Gallery
Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time Publisher: Stickmen Studios Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief Price: 1,000 Wii Points Description: Have you fallen off a cliff? Are you burning in lava? Did your latest invention just get crushed by a frozen polar bear? Avoid these misfortunes with Doc Clock’s amazing Time…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Two Latest Marvel VS. Capcom Characters Take You To Task
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3’s release is less than a month away, and Capcom keeps marching out the new combatants. Today we get our first look at Street Fighter’s Akuma and a new Marvel character that knows all of your moves. First up is Akuma, the younger brother of Gouken, the sensei of Street Fighter’s Ken…
By Mike Fahey Published January 17, 2011
