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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I’ll be up to my plastic button eyes in LittleBigPlanet 2 this weekend, playing, creating, maybe even sharing a thing or two with Sackboy and friends. From what I’ve played of LittleBigPlanet 2 so far, mainly an hour long preview build of the game, I’m liking it much more than the first, which I lost…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Xbox Indie Combines Rhythm And Role-Playing
Puzzle Quest taught us how to cast spells by matching brightly colored gems. Iridium Studios’ Xbox Live Indie game Sequence will teach us how to wield the awesome power of dance. Due out in March in Xbox Live’s indie games section, Sequence combines the rhythm action of Dance Dance Revolution with the magic and combat…
By Mike Fahey Published January 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Scientists Can Predict Your Gaming Skills By Scanning Your Head
Do you suck at StarCraft II? Do the intricate combo moves of Street Fighter escape you? Maybe you need an MRI. Researchers have found a method for scanning the brain that could predict how well you play video games. Some of us are just better gamers than other. Mind you I’m not putting myself in…
By Mike Fahey Published January 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dead Space 2 Doesn’t Disappoint
Dead Space 2 seems every bit as frightening, as innovative as the original. Developers Visceral Games still lean heavily, and quite successfully, on clever use of lighting and sound to create a constant tension in the creepy, space shooter. While you still play as space engineer Isaac Clarke, this time around the search for answers…
By Brian Crecente Published January 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Dog Is One Fierce Son Of An Xbox
This is Kapone, a dog that is doing very well learning to protect its owners. Kapone’s father is Xbox, a prize-winning German Shepherd a dog whose owner boasts is a North American champ. Let’s back up a second. In Canada, a group called Dei Precision German Shepherds is proudly raising the now five-year-old German Shepherd…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Jared Lee Loughner’s Troubled Past, A Darkening Path Toward Tragedy
The man accused of murdering six people in Arizona during an attempted assassination attempt of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords descended in recent years from the apparent normal awkwardness many teenage boys suffer to something more inexplicable and bizarre. Jared Lee Loughner played long sessions of video games Starcraft and Earth Empires in his youth. He worked…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is Gamer A Dirty Word?
In today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter EcksJay22 explores the negative connotations video game enthusiasts give to the word most often used to describe them. I hate the word “gamer.” I really got to thinking about that term, as opposed to parallel ones I could come up with like, say, movie buff. The difference seems to…
By Mike Fahey Published January 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Were Your Greatest Gaming Moments of 2010?
We’ve talked about failed assassinations, world domination and a surprisingly funny video game based on a kid’s movie. We’ve had our say about our own greatest gaming moments of 2010. Now it’s your turn. Here for your easy perusal are the seven stories about what the writers of Kotaku thought were their personal greatest moments…
By Brian Crecente Published January 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhat If Pokémon Featured Real Animals And Tons Of Profanity
The world of Pokémon is bright, colorful, and filled with joy and wonder, but what if we replaced those colorful pocket monsters with real animals, and the kind-spirited characters with foul-mouthed Brits? I think it would go something like this. Much of the ground covered by this short has been covered before. It is ridiculous…
By Mike Fahey Published January 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
One Does Not Simply Tunnel Into GameStop
One does not tunnel into GameStop, unless of course they plan on robbing the place blind. Then they just need to prepare to be charged with felony burglary, just like Steven Paul Archer of Chuckey, Tennessee. Archer was arrested by police yesterday for allegedly breaking into an empty store adjacent to a GameStop in Greeneville,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dead Rising’s Shambling Descent From Thriller to FarmVille
Blood spattered across his pants and canary-yellow racing jacket, Chuck Greene stands uncomfortably in front of the bathroom stall. He sighs, he groans, bloody bat clenched in his right hand. There are zombies to kill. There is a name to clear, a daughter to save. But not just yet. Right now it’s time for me…
By Brian Crecente Published January 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis LittleBigPlanet 2 Ad Takes The Hype Too Far
Sony’s sexy spokesmodel Kevin Butler makes a fatal mistake in this new TV spot for LittleBigPlanet 2. I’m sorry, Mr. Butler, but nothing is better than bacon-wrapped cupcakes. “You don’t finish LittleBigPlanet 2.” That’s a valid statement. The tools Media Molecule has packed into the second installment of the series should insure that we’ll be…
By Mike Fahey Published January 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Where Do Star Wars: The Old Republic Starships Come From?
While the starships players will inhabit in the massively multiplayer Star Wars: The Old Republic may look unfamiliar, the initial reference for those vessels is a vehicle Star Wars gamers are intimately familiar with. Star Wars: The Old Republic is an extension of the acclaimed Knights of the Old Republic role-playing game franchise BioWare introduced…
By Mike Fahey Published January 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Secret, Terrifying Lives of Those Amazing Cosplayers
Ever wonder what those amazing cosplayers you see at video game and anime shows get up to when the crowds of photographers aren’t around? Then I can blame you for this video! Be warned, this is 15 minutes of the parties, oil rubs, underwater shenanigans of full-on, unadulterated cosplay. It is more intervention than entertainment.…
By Brian Crecente Published January 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedSomber Sasquatches, Awful Nudity And Other Great Video Game Moments of 2010
The bodies of dead little boys, the impact of extinction, the vicious torture of two of video game’s least likable characters and hundreds of death by spike… these are, strangely, my most memorable video game moments of 2010. Some of them are even my favorites, despite how gloomy and violent they were. It’s a good…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedFight For Your Pixelated Life In The Fantasy-Horror World Of Minecraft
Minecraft is a dream game for fantasy lovers. Not only is it a fully immersive, open-ended fantasy tale, but it’s a platform for speculative fiction communities. Here’s how to get into Minecraft and start worldbuilding. The Story First of all, the story of Minecraft is actually kind of a classic horror story. You wake up…
By StephenGoldmeier Published January 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Bulletstorm Demo Coming This Month
Get an early taste of Bulletstorm‘s “Kill with Skill” gameplay on January 25, when Epic Games and EA release a demo on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live that will unlock platform-specific upgrades in the full game’s Anarchy mode.
By Mike Fahey Published January 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedTexas Burger Returns To My Mouth
To: Crecente From: Bash It’s Friday! Yay! What you missed last night Japan’s Biggest Jackass Is Now A Video Game Zombie This Game Pits Its Jerk Players Against One Another The Rise Of The Nerd Princesses Sega’s Glorious Failure Makes Another (Disappointing) Comeback A New And Maybe Better Way To Stop People From Being Jerks…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hollywood Blockbuster King Ready To Sign Death Note
The man responsible for Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout is going to bring his Hollywood sensibilities to one of Japan’s most popular and darkest manga. Death Note follows the story of Kira, who acquires a “death note”. Writing someone’s name in the notebook causes that person to meet an untimely end. The manga…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 14, 2011