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On the Ice, the Hits are Like Snowflakes
No two are alike with the game’s new real-time physics, promises EA Sports. Broken sticks, glove- and skate-passing, more face-off options and the Canadian Hockey League round out the package of upgrades in NHL 11, due Sept. 14.
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Celebrity Look-Alikes of Video Game Stars
As a weekend timewaster, this idea was so good I’m kicking myself for not thinking of it first. GamesRadar plugged seven high-quality screengrabs into those find-my-celebrity-lookalike sites, and came back with some hilariously inaccurate – and surprisingly accurate – matches. Kanye West as Nathan Drake? Barack Obama as Commander Shepard? Johnny Depp as John Marston?…
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Week in Games: The Old College Try
It’s back to school two months early with NCAA Football 11 on Tuesday. Dragon Quest IX is already out today, and DeathSpank slaps down on Tuesday for PSN and Wednesday for Xbox Live Arcade. Sunday, July 11 Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (DS) – The wildly popular RPG, a huge seller in…
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The Greatest Video Game Porn Parodies Ever [Ranker] “Left 4 Head” we know, but did you know that there’s a Brain Age porn parody? Say…
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get a Credit in Gran Turismo 5
That driving rock track heard in Gran Turismo 5‘s E3 2010 trailer is by Daiki Kasho, but it has no title. Fix that for Sony, and you’ll get a credit in the game. Head over to the official page to both hear the track and read over the lyrics. You’re limited to one entry per…
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Borderlands Game-of-the-Year Edition Hinted by GameStop
GameStop’s brief listing of a “Borderlands Game of the Year Official Strategy Guide,” now removed, hints that a version of Gearbox’s smash hit, possibly bundled with its DLC, could be on the way late this summer. CVG noticed the GameStop listing, which gave a ship date for Sept. 7. The listing gave no other details,…
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
We’ll Larn You Some Grammer at N.C. State
Recruiting screen in NCAA Football 11. I’m entitled to post this because I’ve never once made an error in anything I’ve published. Also because, Jesus Christ, Tennessee, you got negatively recruited by State over academics.
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
K Monthly – June 2010
Welcome to the June 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original coverage, including reviews, previews, features, weekly columns and more from Kotaku. Looking back at June, E3 2010 was responsible for a huge portion of Kotaku’s original coverage, with our first hands-on with the brand new Nintendo 3DS…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Only a Few Have Left Tackle Alley ‘Alive’
You’re a halfback, not a soldier, but it doesn’t feel right to call these “turns,” “tries,” “chances,” or “men.” No, these are “lives” at stake in Backbreaker‘s Tackle Alley, where 99.12 percent of its players have ended up “dead.” They’re not “rounds” either, they’re “waves,” or sometimes called “levels,” and up there is video of…
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2010 - Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published July 9. PvPonline published July 6. ActionTrip published July 5. EXTRALIFE published July 8. Dueling Analogs published July 5. Nerf NOW published July 8. Rooster Teeth published July 8. Monday Night Crew published July 9. Virtual Shackles published July 7. Little Gamers published July 7. Dotgif published July 7.
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Welcome to Oregon
It was a year ago this week that I arrived in Oregon as a self-described economic refugee from California. I just didn’t say those last two words too loud. No question I came here because it was cheaper than the Golden State, and offered a nice lifestyle within moving distance. No one in Oregon wants…
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Bored on the Fourth of July Winners
Last week, we celebrated the birth of democracy on Earth and were reminded that you can’t put a measure on freedom, though it is at most 1200 pixels wide. Thanks to you, we defiled a great document and were no doubt placed on many enemies lists with our shameful desecration of history. When the time…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Sneak Peek at Halo: Reach’s Achievements
Bungie’s latest update features the icon art for all 49 achievements in Halo: Reach, but didn’t name or provide the GamerScore payout for all of them. Still, here’s what we do know: Five named achievements, with their conditions: • A Monument to All Your Sins – Complete each Campaign Mission on Legendary – alone. •…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Comic Con Teases New Spore Game
The programming schedule for San Diego Comic Con reveals a “a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore.” Rumors and images floating around the Spore forums say the game will be called Darkspore “Maxis Studio (The Sims and Spore video games) has just announced their next project, a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Road to Glory, Traveled by Many
You probably won’t believe this, but I once made an official recruiting visit to a major college football program. Yes, in real life. When I was 15, I had a friend who was a very highly regarded linebacker at another high school. I was staying with his family for a week while my parents were…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sword Allies Unite for Left 4 Dead‘s Next Mutation
The latest playlist in Left 4 Dead 2‘s mutation mode breaks out the katanas – “Four Swordsmen of the Apocalypse” is easy to figure out from the title alone: swords only, versus the horde. The Left 4 Dead blog says the mode pits survivors against “near continuous streams of Special Infected ready to be sliced…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed Designer ‘Did Everything He Needed to Do’ Before Leaving
When Patrice Désilets, the former creative director of Assassin’s Creed, abruptly left the game, it left the impression that he was unhappy with Ubisoft’s plans to pump out another sequel so soon. Not true, says a friend and colleague. Ubisoft Montréal’s Jean-Francois Boivin, the game’s production manager, told GamerZines that Désilets is truly taking a…
By Owen Good Published July 10, 2010