Apple’s iPad, aka TouchXL, Detailed

Ringing it at $500 to $830, the newly announced 1.5-pound iPad doesn’t seem to bring much new to the table, despite Apple calling it magical. But before we get to all of that magic, maybe you should read our take on why it isn’t so magical after all. Here’s a run down of the specs,…

Sizing Up The Apple iPad

How does the Apple iPad size up to other popular portable devices, gaming and otherwise? We’ve compiled a sizing chart that compares the iPad to items with similar functions, which could have folks digging out their old Etch-A-Sketches. The iPad is definitely larger than I imagined it. It turns out our little throwaway joke about…

WarioWare D.I.Y. Screen Shots

Naughty Bear’s Naughty Box

Naughty Bear’s true colors come Shining through in the box art for Artificial Mind & Movement’s teddy bear murder simulator. My previous comments on the over-the-top bear-on-bear violence aside, I think I am slowly falling in love with Naughty Bear. If there isn’t a collector’s edition with a machete-wielding plushie, I might just cry.

EA Plays Need For Speed On The iPad

EA was present at Apple’s iPad event today, giving us a glimpse of the first big-name game running on the iPad, testing the device’s power with Need for Speed. EA’s Travis Boatman came on stage to show off an iPad version of Need for Speed: Shift. Rather than comment on how pretty the photograph looks,…

The iPad Blows Up iPhone Apps Real Good

The iPad will run your iPhone applications and games out of the box, but you’re going to have to do a little stretching to get the full effect. Since the iPad not only features a larger screen than the iPhone, but a higher resolution screen as well, running existing iPhone apps and games presents a…

This Week In Video Game Comics

Halo and Sonic comics this week. And a question for you folks: Would you be interested in this weekly round-up covering more than just video game comics but other interesting, new comics too? (Click each thumbnail for more info.) Sonic The Hedgehog Archives Vol. 12 Written by Angelo DeCesare, Ken Penders, and Kent Taylor. Drawn…

Apple Introduces The iPad

Apple finally unveils the iPad, a touch-screen tablet device that promises to be better at gaming than any laptop or smartphone. As expected, the iPad looks very much like a larger version of the iPhone or iPod Touch, though the screen has dimensions similar to a piece of paper, rather than maintaining the widescreen aspect…

Apple Liveblog: Revenge Of The Tablet

Today, Apple will announce its “latest creation” at a special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, California. And Kotaku is there! What will Apple announce? And what will it mean for gaming? Those questions may already be answered in our up to the second liveblog coverage of Apple’s…

Talk iPhone Gaming and Console Surprises Live on Kotaku Talk Radio Now

Join us live today on CBS Radio for our latest episode of Kotaku Talk Radio. A show so special it needs two special guests. Call in now to talk to guests Geoff Keighley and top folks from premiere iPhone game publisher ngmoco. The show kicks off at 11 a.m. MT, 1 p.m. ET and we’ll…

Europe Wins The Super Street Fighter IV Box Art Battle

Compared to the European box art for Super Street Fighter IV, the North American version looks like it was thrown together using clip art. Once again, North America gets stiffed in the box art department. It happened with Heavy Rain, but Sony instituted a fix of sorts. Perhaps Capcom will do the same for Super…

MAG: First-Day Impressions of a Burgeoning War

War broke out on my Playstation 3 last night, slowly unfolding like a deadly blossom over the course of seven hours. That’s seven hours without break, or nearly a day’s work playing the PS3’s massively first-person shooter MAG and loving every minute of it. But my drop into the persistent online war of MAG wasn’t…

Today On XBLA: Kriss Cross Will Make You Jumble, Jumble

Crossword puzzles get jumbled today with the release of Regolith Games‘ KrissX on Xbox Live Arcade, because inside-out crosswords are wiggity wiggity wiggity whack, or so I’ve heard. KrissX, pronounced Kriss Cross, or Kriss Kross, is a relaxing little game for the Xbox Live Arcade and PC, featuring 150 levels of crossword puzzles. The trick…

Sid Meier Keynotes GDC 2010

Sid Meier, the legendary creator of the Civilization franchise, has been tapped to deliver the opening keynote address at the 2010 Game Developers Conference, which means this could be the most addictive opening keynote speech ever delivered. Unless of course the keynote isn’t two hours of Sid playing Civilization, which it probably isn’t. Instead, the…

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Ngmoco, Geoff Keighley Join This Week’s Apple-Flavored Podcast

Kotaku’s podcast waits for no man, not even Steve Jobs. Today, when Apple starts the rumored Tablet press conference, we start our podcast. Call in to talk to guests Geoff Keighley and top folks from premiere iPhone game publisher ngmoco. You may know Geoff Keighley from the Game Trailers TV on Spike, from the Bonus…

One Click to Tablet-Free Kotaku

If you’re already worn out over our drip-feed of Apple Tablet speculation and rumors, then you might want to skip the Apple Tablet news that will be hitting the site later today. We’ll be at Apple’s big, invite-only San Francisco event liveblogging for you and detailing its impact on gaming. We hear that game developers…

Funeral

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Think of the Kittens This morning, Mrs. Bashcraft’s grandfather passed away. Today the family is attending a wake. Tomorrow there will be a funeral service. Funerals in Japan are both cathartic and emotionally and mentally draining. (For those who missed my description of the last funeral I attended, you can…

Mega Man Zero Collection Trailer

As detailed previously, the Mega Man Zero Collection is coming to the Nintendo DS. This is the trailer, which should give a better idea of what to expect.

Tokyo’s Akihabara Installs Security Cameras

In June 2008, tragedy struck Tokyo’s geek center Akihabara. A 25-year-old man named Tomohiro Kato drove a rented truck into a crowd of pedestrians. He then got out of the truck and began wildly stabbing bystanders. Seven ended up dead and ten were injured. At that time, the main drag in Akihabara was closed to…