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BBC Upset With Microsoft Over Xbox Live Payments
The BBC and MIcrosoft aren’t exactly seeing eye-to-eye at the moment, with the British broadcaster unhappy with the way Microsoft charges users for much its online content. The dispute is centred around BBC’s iPlayer, a service that allows people in the UK to watch BBC programs from their computer, PS3 or Wii. There were also…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nothing Says Christmas Like A Gundam Christmas Tree
Deck the halls with boughs of holly and plastic robot toys. On December, a Gundam Christmas 16-foot tree with over 60 Gundam models will go up in Tokyo’s Akihabara. Strung with red, white and blue lights, the tree is promoting upcoming PSP protbale title Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus. Voice actor Toru Furuya, who voices…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Royal Navy To Issue Sailors With PSPs
Britain’s Royal Navy have begun handing out PlayStation Portables to sailors in the fleet, not so they can work on their (Final Fantasy) Tactics, but so they can “study”. A report in The Times says they’ll be used to “read and listen to coursework and practise on-screen tests in confined quarters”. It follows a recommendation…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Korean Booth Babes Booted For Being Too Revealing
Indecent? Or simply decent? According to website MMO News, two booth companions were asked to leave South Korean game show G-Star for their revealing costumes. This apparently is a first for the G-Star event. The companions were working the NCSOFT Blade & Soul booth. The two companions were professional models hired by NCSOFT, the company…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Teacher Skipping School In Final Fantasy XIII Ad
A real judge might have missed court for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and now a fictional teacher in this television commercial is doing the same. The teacher says, “It’s sudden, but starting tomorrow I’m taking time off.” The little girl stands up and asks the teacher why he is taking time off. Then…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters Banned On PC
According to Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling, a large number of Modern Warfare 2 players on PC were banned over the weekend for using cheats in multiplayer matches. He says around 2500 Steam accounts were targeted. That’s a lot of cheaters for a game being played on controlled servers over Steam. Then again, it’s a proportionate…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
NSFW: Bikini Gladiator Underboob Cosplay Features Smaller Bikini, Princess Leia
Remember the great Tokyo Game Show underboob cover-up? Sure you do! That bikini cosplay for PSP title Kentoushi: Gladiator Begins has returned. Something is different! The bikini top has been changed — it is now smaller and corresponds with the game demo bikini top. Why? Probably because the character design owes way too much to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
My Favorite Thing
To: Luke From: Owen Re: The Antipodes Beckon This weekend, Dad published his annual holiday column, a tradition going back, I don’t know, it’s gotta be more than 15 years. “My favorite things,” is its theme, and his range from guilty pleasures like burnt potato chips or sausage gravy to the simpler ones like sports,…
By Owen Good Published November 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Study: Avatars Dressed in Klan Robes Usually Belong to Unpleasant People
A researcher down in Texas has found that, when people are assigned to play characters wearing the brooding black robes of an emo Jedi, or the coneheaded getup of a KKK grand kobold or whatever, they exhibit antisocial behaviors. The study, entitled “The Priming Effects of Avatars in Virtual Settings,” more or less says that…
By Owen Good Published November 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Week in Games: Owen Good’s Week in Games: The Post
James Cameron Commands You to Pay Attention to His Name Over the Game Titled Avatar is a five-platform release this week, as movie adaptations commonly are. The film sounds like it’ll be a total joke, too, which also is unsurprising. Let’s not forget Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel, which couldn’t pass “Justify Your…
By Owen Good Published November 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •15 Super Cool PlayStation 3 Case Mods [GamingBolt] These aren’t necessarily the top 15, but they do form a list, and most of them are…
By Owen Good Published November 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Rise and Shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and Shine.
As seen by reader Aaron G. in the Albuquerque, N.M. airport.
By Owen Good Published November 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Desert Bus Charity Shatters $100K Goal
Desert Bus for Hope, the fund drive dedicated to playing the world’s most boring game, ever, logged more than five days behind the wheel and raised a staggering $132,568.94, more than 88 percent over last year’s total. The marathon, a project of the comedy troupe LoadingReadyRun benefiting the Child’s Play charity, kicked off on Nov.…
By Owen Good Published November 29, 2009 - Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Nov. 23 PvPonline published Nov. 25 ActionTrip published Nov. 23 2P Start! published Nov. 25 EXTRALIFE published Nov. 25 Dotgif published Nov. 25 Ctrl-Alt-Delete published Nov. 25 Dueling Analogs published Nov. 25 Nerf NOW published Nov. 25 Rooster Teeth published Nov. 24 Monday Night Crew published Nov. 23 Virtual Shackles published Nov.…
By Owen Good Published November 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Still burpin’ up leftovers? Tired of family small talk yet? Slink away from home and hearth, you ungrateful slobs, and join your fellow gamers in Kotaku’s Official Open Thread. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
By Owen Good Published November 29, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dyack Brags that ‘Staggering’ Layoffs Make His Studio ‘Oldest’
In an interview, Denis Dyack bemoaned the “staggering” layoffs seen in game development over the past 18 months, then went on to talk about how such attrition has helped cement Silicon Knights as one of the longest tenured studios left. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Dyack touted Ontario as a potential global leader in the games sector…
By Owen Good Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
XBL iPhone App Released, Might It Be Free Someday?
The new 360 Live is more functional and packs more features than previous attempts at remote Xbox Live control over your iPhone, but it comes with a cost $1.99. However, a year-old Microsoft policy might reduce that to $0.00. 360 Live automatically retrieves your friends list when you sign into your Xbox Live account with…
By Owen Good Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fight Night Has a Message for You Spammers
Fight Night Round 4‘s next DLC delivers four fighters, rivalry matchups, and “old-school rules,” which I assume means a brain-pulping 15 rounds. Its next patch release will tire the hell out of your boxer if you don’t fight smart. Continuous punching, weaving and haymakers all have higher endurance cost, spamming your block ruins your ability…
By Owen Good Published November 28, 2009 - Uncategorized
Format Gaffe Prevents PS3 Owners from Playing Dragon Age Soundtrack
Those who bought the Dragon Age: Origins Collector’s Edition for PS3 cannot access the bonus soundtrack. The disc is Blu-Ray and the music’s mp3, so a PC won’t play the former and the PS3 is unable to see the latter. Let me clarify: A PS3 won’t access the mp3 files from a Blu-Ray disc. PS3s…
By Owen Good Published November 28, 2009