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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Who’s up for some horsing around? Me! I’ll be back in the saddle this weekend as I play through Rockstar Games’ latest, Red Dead Redemption. Expect to see me on Xbox Live a lot this weekend. Such will be my time “off,” lassoing and six-gunning my way through the world of Red Dead Redemption. Frankly,…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Drive-By: Proof That Video Games Cause Violence
Video games do cause real life violence. I know this because after a half hour of playing Drive-By: Gang Warfare for the iPad at Crecente’s request, I’m Google mapping his house and checking eBay for firearms. Drive-By: Gang Warfare for iPad is the HD version of Drive-By: South Central for the iPhone. We thought it…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Video Game’s Finest Pay Tribute To Artist Frank Frazetta
Legendary fantasy artist Frank Frazetta died on Monday. Today, the gaming industry pays tribute with a series of sketches and illustrations posted here, exclusively, to honor an influential man and a vision that shaped countless video games. Frazetta’s famous paintings of bad-ass berzerker warriors and the scantily clad women who pose before them set afire…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Snow Pirate Tested…
… Gordiant Approved! As seen on jinkwell’s twitter
By Brian Crecente Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
The War For Cybertron Cast Is Now Complete
With the addition of Autobots Sideswipe and Jetfire and Decepticon Thundercracker, the armies participating in the War for Cybertron are now complete. Now all we need is a little energon, and a lot of luck. The war begins on June 22, when Transformers: War for Cybertron hits for the Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, and…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pitching Perfection In Video Game Baseball Finally More Profitable Than In Real Life
In the last couple of months, both Wade McGilberry and Dallas Braden pitched perfect baseball games. Only Braden is a pro athlete. But McGilberry makes a lot more money. McGilberry won $1,000,000 for pitching his perfect game in early March. His feat that occurred in MLB 2K10 in early March. The money came via a…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Why Go Into Space To Be Bombarded By Cosmic Particles?
Bombarded by cosmic rays in space, Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm were transformed into the Fantastic Four. Now scientists in Japan are creating rare cosmic particles on demand. Where can I sign up for super powers? Like Reed Richards, I’m stretching things a bit. What a multinational team of scientist in…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
How To Protect, Not Isolate, Your Child From Online Gaming
Tea-Bagging! Salty language! Racism! There seems to be plenty of reasons why you shouldn’t let your child go online to game until they’re ready to drive.. or vote… or drink. But what about the benefits? Gaming has a lot to teach, both overtly and covertly. One of the best lessons you can take away from…
By Brian Crecente Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Was Call of Duty: Devil’s Brigade?
We’ve got a sighting of what may be a World War II Call of Duty game that was built for the Xbox 360. The website for visual artist Terry Allen shows three brief clips from what Allen refers to as a ” a COD game called Devil’s Brigade set in Italy in WWII.” The clips…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Lost Planet 2 Invaded By The Helghast
With Resident Evil, Gears of War, Monster Hunter, and Dead Rising already represented in cameo form in Capcom’s Lost Planet 2, where do we go from here? How about the ravaged surface of Killzone’s Helghan? The nightmarish Helghast from the Killzone series are the latest cameo characters to make an appearance in Lost Planet 2,…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Top Nine Videogame Reporters and Journalists
Journalists in video games are as diverse and wide ranging as journalists in the real world. Some are action reporters, others prefer to sit down with their subjects and chat. The common thread that ties them all together is their search for the truth. This truth depends on their skills as an observer and actions…
By Lauren Orsini Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 2’s Resurgence Map Pack In Five Pictures
It’s hard to be angry about paying $15 for another mix of new and old maps in the Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence map pack when the Funhaus is staring you right in the face, now is it? Let’s visit the carnival! Sure, Vacant and Strike are rehashes of old Modern Warfare maps, but look at…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bette Midler, Howie Mandel, and that Guy From the Office on Text Addiction
Video game addiction, Internet addiction, Blackberry addiction: The more mainstream a bit of technology becomes the more people pop up who can’t seem to handle it appropriately. During last night’s episode of The Marriage Ref, viewers were introduced to a teacher who is so addicted to her Blackberry that she texts during sex. Let’s hope…
By Brian Crecente Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Old Republic’s Advanced Class System Revealed
With only four classes for each of its two factions, BioWare’s Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic further mixes things up with the Advanced Class system, a talent system that splits each class right down the middle. The Advance Class system comes into play once your character in The Old Republic grows in power.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Building A Better Guybrush Threepwood
Rather than bury us in another flood of screenshots for Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge, LucasArts gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into bringing Guybrush Threepwood to life from 19-year-old sprites. For an iconic video game leading man, Guybrush Threepwood’s look is open to a lot of interpretation. LucasArts went through…
By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
21 Stars Into Super Mario Galaxy 2, A Few Thoughts Come To Mind
You don’t want me to try to describe the surreal galaxies of the first three worlds of Super Mario Galaxy 2, so how about some more abstract impressions? I’ve spent one evening playing Nintendo’s next Mario game, collecting 21 stars across three of Super Mario Galaxy 2’s world maps. Each map contains several galaxies, which…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Stormtroopers Love Mario Kart, Tetris, Space Invaders
Stormtroopers 365 isn’t just a year-long photo project that wrapped up last month, it’s also proof that like you and I, Stormtroopers love to get their game on. Found among the 365 posed shots of mini Stormtroopers in the rain, guarding cameras and running from giant Darth Vader, are these shots of the tiny white…
By Brian Crecente Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Here at TAY labs we lament that we were never able to get that fast-Mario music to play when you become a starred commenter. Nevertheless, please comment here about video games. Thanks. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ
By Stephen Totilo Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Too Big and Too Hard
Video games are too big, and too hard. Even for those of us that will argue against this notion until we’re blue in the face, there is an increasing amount of data that proves it. Here’s what seems to be going on in game development right now to address it. Since we rebooted GamePro at…
John Davison Published May 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Man, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Is Great
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Today… My Son is a Gamer So great, so, so, so, so great. I’m not watching it right now — right now, I’m working. I’m listening to it. So, so great. What you missed last night Don’t Hate Crysis 2 Because It’s Beautiful Modern Warfare 2’s Next DLC Brings More…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 14, 2010