Super Mario Bros. In 64 Pixels

Here’s what happens when you take a relatively primitive game and downgrade it to an extremely primitive game, courtesy of Carnegie Mellon student Chloe Fan. This project is very reminiscent of Street Fighter in 15 pixels, only of course this is Super Mario Bros., and Chloe had several more pixels to work with. Still, it…

The Men, And Old Men, Of Red Dead Redemption

Forgoing the usual subject matter of horses and landscapes, the latest set of screenshots for Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption instead focuses on the game’s cast of supporting characters. The screens also give me a chance to point to something interesting on the game’s official site: a series of features on the history behind the game.…

Crackdown 2 Busting Heads In July

Ruffian Games and Microsoft do what they can to take care of the traditional summer gaming drought with Crackdown 2, heading to the Xbox 360 the first week of July. 2007’s free-roaming superhero cop game was a blockbuster hit, thanks in no small part to the inclusion of beta access to Halo 3 included in…

Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Screens

iPhone Chart Toppers: Where’s Waldo? At Number Two!

I’ve beaten Street Fighter IV three times already, and loved everyone of the nine minutes it took me to do so each time. No wonder it’s at the top spot. Now about that lack of online multiplayer… Here’s the full list: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our…

Take Part In Kotaku’s Census 2010

Later this month, citizens of the United States will take part in the 2010 Census, an event aimed at helping the government learn more about the people it’s trying to serve. We’re doing exactly the same thing. POLL 1 – The Consoles You Own Ever wonder how many other people out there like the same…

Why GDC’s Parties May Be More Important Than the Talks

Last week San Francisco transformed, turning into something like the Hollywood Canteen, but for gamers. A famed servicemen’s club of the 40s, the Hollywood Canteen was operated and staffed completely by volunteers, mostly from the movie and music industries. So the likes of Bette Davis, Abbot and Costello and Ronald Reagan could be seen hanging…

Peter Molyneux Wants Fable III Players To Change Their Clothes

Peter Molyneux was smarting last week from the fact that half of the people who played his studio’s last game, Fable II, didn’t bother with half of its depth. People didn’t even change their (virtual) clothes. His fault. Molyneux’s got a plan to fix things, and to induce more wardrobe changes. The butler will do…

10 Short Interviews With The World’s Best Game Makers (And Three Other Guys)

Gabe Newell. John Carmack. The creators of Uncharted 2, Scribblenauts, Farmville. Even Penny Arcade. I interviewed a parade of award-winners backstage at the Game Developers Choice Awards. And I wanted to make sure these post-awards interviews were not dull. We talked about everything from PlayStation Move and Farmville: The Movie to a major sequel that…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

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Day Light Savings Time…… BLERGH

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Soooooooooooo… yeah. It pretty much screwed up the timing of my workday today. Hope yours goes better! What you missed last night Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack Also Features Ridiculous Price Rumor: DS Successor Has Nifty Screen, GameCube Power Hey Activision, GDC Is For Developers, Not Strippers Standing Up To Proposed…

A Look At Predators

With Aliens vs. Predator already out (and reviewed!), it time to get excited about the next project with Predator in it, the upcoming feature film Predators. Starring Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne, Predators is a sequel to the 1987 film Predator — producer Robert Rodriguez wanted the reboot to be like sci-fi film Aliens was…

Eight Minutes of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Gameplay

Not exactly eight minutes, but close enough. This spring, Stealth series Metal Gear Solid is coming to the PSP. It will look like this. Series creator Hideo Kojima has called Peace Walker a “MGS5-class game”, and it was later revealed that Peace Walker was going to be called Metal Gear Solid 5. Watch this gameplay…

How Video Games Taught Me Everything About Capitalism

You collect coins. You then use those coins to get extra lives or buy things. Get used to it, because that’s the way the world works. Money has appeared in games for decades now with seminal games like Super Mario Bros. having players collect coins. Players must collect coins to get more lives — meaning,…

Uncharted 2’s Art Book Is Something Else

As someone who snuggles up to his copy of Raising The Bar every night, I’m one to appreciate a good video game art book. And Uncharted 2’s looks damn good. Published by Ballistic, the book comes in three versions, ranging from USD$65 all the way up to an incredible USD$300. At the lower end of…

Guess This Person Is A Fan

No, a superfan. If you know this game, feel free to say it out loud and pat yourself on the back. Good job! If not, read on. Originally released on the PC in 2005, fantasy sci-fi visual novel Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na was turned into a manga and an anime as well as being…

A Real Xbox 360 Coffin

When Xbox 360 conked out in the past, folks would send their Xbox 360s to Microsoft in cardboard boxes affectionately called “coffins”. Here is a real honest-to-goodness Xbox coffin. Designed by designer Alexis Vanamois, this Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death coffin is a final resting place for a dearly departed console. There’s even a…

This Dreamcast Made The Kessel Run In Less Than 12 Parsecs

As seen on Ben Heck

Standing Up To Proposed Virtual Child Porn Legislation

The Tokyo Metropolitan government is moving forward on legislation that sets out to ban provocative “visual depictions” of characters who appear to be 18 years-old and younger. And some of Japan’s most famous manga creators are fighting it. Manga artists Go Nagai, Tetsuya Chiba and Machiko Satonaka appeared at the Tokyo Government Office on March…

Gran Turismo 5 On The Move?

The initial lineup of PS3 games compatible with Sony’s new Move controller was, SOCOM aside, geared heavily towards the casual user. The list of compatible games on the Move’s website, however, is a little more promising. Because amidst the Wii Sports knock-offs and proof-of-concept pieces is, surprisingly, a listing for Gran Turismo 5. Not the…