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Extremely Rare Atari Cartridge Goes Up For Auction
The title of “Holy Grail of Video Games” changes almost monthly, or whenever an extremely rare specimen hits eBay. The latest claimant: a weird-shaped Atari 2600 cart by the name of Air Raid It’s the box, not the weird T-shaped handle on the cartridge, that makes this game so rare. The game itself was a…
By Owen Good Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Duke Nukem Forever Creator Will Take Your Questions Now, No Matter How Stupid
George Broussard, main man at the house the Duke Nukem built—and eventually demolished—3DRealms, is giving his dedicated followers and detractors an open forum in which to ask him almost anything, like “Will Duke Nukem Forever ever see the light of day?” Unfortunately and predictably, Broussard’s answer to that question on Formspring is isn’t really an…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Chinatown Wars Accounts for Half of all M-rated DS Sales — All Time
Considering the ESRB lists all of 10 Nintendo DS titles rated M, this isn’t surprising. Still, the publisher of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars bragged the game accounts for more than half of M-rated game sales on that platform. Speaking to MCV, the CEO of Take-Two Interactive addressed Chinatown Wars’ disappointing sales performance by saying…
By Owen Good Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Review Round Up: Uppers, Downers & Stimulants
It was a week full of reasonably and unreasonably priced downloads, upscaled Wii games, and one game that was about making your own games. It was a week in Kotaku reviews that we’d like to get caught up on. Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening Micro-Review: Almost Going Number Two In which Mike Fahey chastises BioWare…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedF1 Driver Plays Modern Warfare 2 While Riding a Bike
When you’re a the nephew of a world famous three-time Formula One champion, you take any rare opportunity for me-time that you get. Here Brazil’s Bruno Senna combines his morning cardio with some Modern Warfare 2. Before you dismiss this or even think “Oh hell, I should try that,” realize that he’s on a bicycle…
By Owen Good Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation 3 Stays On Top In Japan, Thanks To Kenshiro & Kazuma
Sony’s PlayStation 3 enjoys its second week atop the pile of consoles being sold in Japan, another 50,000-plus new owners enjoying fresh copies of Hokuto no Ken and Yakuza 4, the country’s current bestselling games. It’s followed closely by the PSP, which gets a big week-to-week boost, according to Media Create. In fact, pretty much…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Line Up Your World Cup Shot, but First, Compose Yourself
With four matches coming down to penalty kicks in the knockout stage of the 2006 World Cup – including the Final – you’d better brush up your shootout skills, especially as the feature gets fine-tuned in 2010 FIFA World Cup.
By Owen Good Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Happy Early Easter
To: Owen From: Crecente One of the big benefits of no longer working as a night police reporter at a daily newspaper is that I don’t end up working just about every holiday and many weekends. Remember how much that sucked? I used to never get any long weekend with my family. Now? Now I…
By Brian Crecente Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Is This The New Nintendo 3DS Touchscreen?
Did electronics manufacturer Sharp just give the world an early look at what the new Nintendo 3DS will be capable of? Because Sharp’s new 3D touchscreen display for portable devices sounds precisely what the 3DS needs. Sharp unveiled its new 3D touchscreen LCD technology in Tokyo today, touting the new tech’s high brightness and low…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dr. Ed Roberts, ‘Father of the PC’, Dies at 68
In 1975, Popular Electronics featured on its January cover a computer kit built for home enthusiasts, touted to cost at least $1,000 less than anything else. It was the Altair 8800. Its creator, Dr. Ed Roberts, died Thursday. Roberts’ creation is widely credited with kicking off the microcomputing boom of the latter quarter of the…
By Owen Good Published April 2, 2010 - Reviews
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening Micro-Review: Almost Going Number Two
The marauding Blight has scattered, but a new, more sinister evil rises in its wake, and once again the Grey Wardens rise to face a deadly foe in the Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening expansion pack. Forget your humble or not-so-humble origin. Whether pauper or prince, imported character or newly generated for the expansion, this…
By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2010 -
UncategorizediPhone Apps That Kick Some Serious Ass!
Laugh your ass off as you kill Pygmies and blast baddies with noseballs in Pocket God and Doodle Jump; possibly the two best games for the iPhone ever created. They are to the iPhone what Super Mario Brothers was to the NES. Meet Doodle Jump, the iPhone version of crack – this game is so…
By Gawkercreative Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
How You’ll Control Geometry Wars On The iPad (And Maybe On the iPhone, Too)
The touchscreen version of Bizarre Creations’ addictive twin-stick shooter Geometry Wars is on a short list of new iPad games that we’re really excited about. But can the Geometry Wars brand of twitch-based gameplay translate well to Apple’s new hardware? Craig Howard, design manager at Bizarre Creations tells Kotaku that the studio and the developer…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Confirmed: The Best Final Fantasy Is Coming To The PlayStation Network
After a couple of weeks’ worth of teasing, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada confirmed during a brief Twitter video that the best Final Fantasy game ever created will soon be released on the PlayStation Network. Just in case any of you forgot which Final Fantasy was the best, it was of course, Final Fantasy IX…
By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Iron Man Video Game Studio Sent To The Scrapheap By Sega
The video game version of Iron Man 2 ships alongside the movie next month. Sega Studios San Francisco, the team that developed that video game, is no more as of today. Sega is officially shutting down the developer of its two Iron Man games, the studio formerly known as Secret Level. The developer was best…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Time Readers: Penny Arcade Creators More Influential Than Obama, But Not Lady Gaga
In the race to determine Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, readers rank Penny Arcade’s Gabe and Tycho just above President Barack Obama, but they’ve got a ways to go before catching up to Lady Gaga. Every year, Time polls its readers on the artists, leaders, and innovators they believe are the…
By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I’ll be heading to Zack Island for a weekend getaway with the girls of Dead or Alive, right after I relocate my PSP battery charger. What are you playing this weekend? Playing any of this week’s newly released games? Or, like me, will you be dividing your time between new releases and games you haven’t…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Split/Second Tears The Hell Out Of Downtown
Can you imagine how much creating a television show set that looked like this would cost if Split/Second was a real reality television show? More than I have in my pocket right now, I’d daresay. And that’s being conservative. Say what you will about Disney’s Split/Second – it does one of the core things I…
By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
PAX East Is Over, Time To Register For PAX West 2010
It seems like only five days ago that the inaugural PAX East came to a close, and now pre-registration for PAX…West? Just PAX? What the hell do we call it now? Anyway, you can buy tickets now. It looks like the official PAX website is referring to the Seattle branch of Penny Arcade’s annual convention…
By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2010