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8-Bit New York City Maps For The Metropolitan Dragon Warrior
Regular maps too informative for you? Too lacking in colorful sprites? Retro cartographer Brett Camper has devised 8-bit NYC for the gaming crowd who can’t make heads or tails of anything that doesn’t look like a Dragon Warrior map. Camper name-checks ye olde favorites like Milon’s Secret Castle, Clash at Demonhead and Zelda II: The…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Disturbing Ways Our Video Games Addict Us
Have you ever spent so much time playing a video game that you felt like a caged rat? That means it’s working. Cracked’s David Wong takes a serious look at how and why our video games won’t let us go. Cracked.com isn’t a place I normally turn to for serious business, but Wong’s “5 Creepy…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Why Modern Video Game Armies Lack Female Troops
Women have been serving admirably in warzones for the U.S. military for years. But they’re absent from the ranks of modern video game armies. A game developer offered Kotaku a justification of why we virtually fight as men. The answer, offered by Gordon Van Dyke, producer of the new Electronic Arts modern warfare game Battlefield:…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Dangers Of Owning A Portal Gun In Real Life
Real life Bike Hero and enemy of viral marketing douchebags Freddie Wong is also the proud (unfortunate) new owner of an Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, which currently looks a lot like a Nerf gun. Consider this a warning to the Mac-only gamers in the crowd who might not have already learned this lesson the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Command & Conquer 4 Now In Convenient Motion Comic Format
In the first of a four part Command & Conquer 4 motion comic book series, a young farmer sets off for a GDI Blue Zone looking for work, only to find his destiny. I hate it when that happens. Today EA releases episode one of the four-part Command & Conquer 4 motion-comic series, “An Unexpected…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Violent Video Games Now Getting You 3-5 Years In A Venezuelan Prison
Venezuela’s new anti-violent video game law just recently went into effect, an opportunity for those who import or sell violent video games (and toys) a chance to pay a hefty fine and spend three-to-five years in prison. Gamesthirst and La Gaceta help the potentially violent video gamer better understand Ley para la Prohibición de Videojuegos…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Three-Year-Old Kills Herself With Game Controller-Shaped Gun
A three-year-old in Wilson County, Tennessee died Sunday evening after accidentally shooting herself in the abdomen with a weapon she may have mistaken for a plastic Wii facsimile. At least that’s how the news is being reported today in The Tennessean. Three-year-old Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan had been playing a Nintendo Wii game in her living…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedCompany Goes With Idea That Customers Masturbate To Its Games
The people at Tecmo Games, makers of Ninja Gaiden, the next Metroid, Dead or Alive and the forthcoming Dead or Alive Paradise are in on the joke — or the fact? — about their customers’ use of their products. Not all of Tecmo’s games feature women who are practically falling out of their bikinis, jumping…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Denial of Service Attack Kills Ubisoft DRM, Your Assassin’s Creed II Playtime
The downtime that plagued PC gamers trying to play Assassin’s Creed II yesterday was the result of a denial-of-service attack, causing one of Ubisoft’s new DRM-servers to become unreachable. But hey, at least no one has hacked the game yet. Ubisoft’s controversial new digital rights management solution went gone live for both Assassin’s Creed II…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
PS3 Owners: Here are Your Borderlands’ General Knoxx Codes
It may have taken a bit longer, but today Gearbox Software was kind enough to send along this batch of free codes for the PS3 version of Borderlands’ expansion pack The Secret Armory of General Knoxx Just grab a code and enter it over in your PSN account. First grabbed, first served. Alright, hop to…
By Brian Crecente Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal and Steam Coming to Mac in April
After much speculation and some not-so-subtle hinting, Valve has officially announced a Mac version of popular gaming service Steam coming in April, and its bringing Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series with it. While rumblings of Steam coming to the Mac platform have been stirring for quite some…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
My Trash-80 Powered Gaming Roots
It’s easy to post pictures of your current gaming rig, your oodles of games, to brag about achievements and trophies, but none of that means a thing. True gamers have roots and I want to see them. What do I mean? Take for instance this picture, circa 1987, of my bedroom. Note the distinct lack…
By Brian Crecente Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
How to Use Psychological Warfare To Win at Video Games
As any seasoned professional can tell you, winning at video games starts way before you take controller in hand. GamesRadar has posted some key strategies for defeating your opponent using man’s greatest weapon – the power of the mind. Some would say the human mind is what separates us from wild animals. Others would say…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe “10 Minute Solution” to Fitness Now Includes a Wii
What’s the difference between Activision’s 10 Minute Solution fitness game for the Wii and established fitness titles like Wii Fit and EA Sports Active? About $40-80. With Wii Fit and EA Sports Active selling like reduced-calorie hotcakes, it was only a matter of time before Activision got in on the game, but what can Activision…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Nintendo Download: Nintendo’s Got Your Final Fantasy Right Here
Final Fantasy II spearheads this week’s Nintendo Download, which explores the mysterious worlds of fantasy, horror, and learning Spanish. It might not be Final Fantasy XIII, but Final Fantasy II, or Final Fantasy IV in Japan, makes up for the lack of newness with sheer quality. Lightning, Snow, and Hope have nothing on Cecil, Rydia,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
iPhone Chart Toppers: Monopoly…. Hits the Top?
Monopoly! Number one! Never! Here’s the full list: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Monopoly (EA) $4.99 3 11 2 Call of Duty: World at War Zombies (Activision) $9.99 6 3 3 Final Fantasy (Square Enix) $8.99…
By Brian Crecente Published March 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
The 10 Most Avidly-Played Wii Games In America (As Of March 1)
At last, a new game on the list! Welcome back to Kotaku’s monthly look at the 10 most avidly-played Wii games, our so-called “measure of pleasure,” that charts which Wii games collect the least dust. Lego Star Wars has fallen to #11 thanks to the arrival of Harvest Moon: Animal Parade. People sure do like…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 8, 2010