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UncategorizedWii Remote Used For Holograms You Can “Touch”
Using a concave mirror, Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display and Wii Remotes, University of Tokyo researchers have created a tangible hologram projector. The mirror makes the hologram appear to be “floating” in air, while the Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display shoots focused ultrasonic waves to create the feeling of a holographic ball or holographic rain falling on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Batman On PC Is, Yup, Delayed (But Now Has Added PhysX Support)
The PS3 and 360 versions of Batman: Arkham Asylum will be out later this month. There’s a PC version of the game as well. And guess what? It’s been delayed. From now on, when this happens, we’re not going to point to other notable multiplatform releases where the PC version was delayed. We may as…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Milla Jovovich Has Never Seen A 3D Movie
Have you seen a 3D movie? Actress Milla Jovovich hasn’t. Not even Captain EO! That’s okay, because she’ll be able to watch herself in 3D when the upcoming Resident Evil: Afterlife opens late next year. From an interview with website ShockTillYouDrop.com: Interview: I know a lot of actors don’t like to see themselves on screen…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Building a Bill Paxton Pinball Tribute
Modder extraordinaire Benjamin J. Heckendorn always wanted to build his own pinball machine from scratch. So what did he choose as its theme? Playboy? KISS? Nope. Bill Paxton. The choice seems to be a gut-instinct one, made “several minutes” after deciding four years ago he wanted to build such a table. “I guess I could…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360 Introduces PayPal
Microsoft sure are big on introducing third-party applications to the world of the Xbox 360. First it was Netflix, Twitter and Facebook, and now it’s…PayPal. Not as interesting as the above apps, sure, but it’s potentially more practical. For some. Starting from now (if you’re in the USA), anyone with a PayPal account can use…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Link Outfit Makes Cosplayers of Unwitting Infants
This is one part dawwww, two parts badass. Part one, it’s an adorable infant’s Link costume. Part two: that’s a BABY BOTTLE QUIVER on the back. Part three: It’s made by someone called “UpKnitCreek.” Unfortunately, UpKnitCreek’s not making this available for general sale, as are most homespun game/geek items like this that we usually post.…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
GameStop Has A New Digital Media Man
Game retailer GameStop is clearly taking the threat of digital distribution seriously, creating a new position within the company—General Manager, Digital Media—and putting Chris Petrovic to work on generally managing all that stuff. Specifically, Petrovic will “building on the company’s ongoing efforts to integrate digital media into the company’s multi-channel strategy, as well as overseeing…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Wii Has A Monster Week In Japan
Sales of the Nintendo Wii skyrocketed in Japan this week, nearly quadrupling its performance from the week prior, thanks to the release of a new, black version of the console and strong sales of Capcom’s Monster Hunter 3. According to Japanese sales tracker Media Create, Wii sales jumped from about 24,000 units last week to…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Spyborgs Combo System Delivers a Century Clubbing
Spyborgs, Capcom’s remastered old-school brawler for the Wii, is promising old school brawler bona fides in the form of combo bonuses – going up to 100-plus hit combos for those talented enough. Capcom-Unity released this gameplay video, which in addition to showing, like, gameplay, also accompanied a 10-point breakdown of how to exploit Spyborgs’ combo…
By Owen Good Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gorgeous Wedding Gowns In (Or Inspired By) Video Games
Weddings are a summer thing. June brides find happiness, there’s good weather for an outdoor wedding and the most popular month in America to get hitched is August, according to some sources. So what better way to celebrate the season of weddings than with a quick look at some of the best wedding dresses shown…
By AJ Glasser Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Fat Princess Strategies — Almost Good Enough To Eat
While we’re waiting on a patch to fix some of the known issues with Fat Princess, the developer is placating us with cake strategies for success. Most of the “strategies” might seem simplistic and better suited to newcomers. But there’s some good-to-know stuff here, like this tidbit about the mini-map revealing alternate routes around choke…
By AJ Glasser Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Gotta Catch Them All
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Egg Allergy Gone, Gone, Gone Tim sent over his column this morning. As usual it was quite lengthy, but man was it funny. It’s unfortunate that some people don’t get Tim. But I suppose, like a fine wine or meth, he’s an acquired taste. What you missed: The Everything Disease:…
By Brian Crecente Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Red Faction: Guerrilla Builds On Wrecking Crew Mode With Update
THQ has issued a new patch for its Martian hit Red Faction: Guerrilla, fixing bugs, tweaking multiplayer modes and adding a new Wrecking Crew mode. Finally, a chance to wreck things! That new Wrecking Crew “challenge mode” adds three rounds of distinct submode/weapon/backpack settings per level, also making Wrecking Crew available for single-player play. The…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Old News ’94: Tim Schafer Ditching Ham Sandwich Puzzles
It was just 15 years ago that designer Tim Schafer had to tell a reporter how one of his games differed from the other, and to do so he invoked the use of bread and mayonnaise. You are reading Kotaku’s once-weekly (thank goodness) journey back to yesteryear. This week, I wanted to find some old…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
See Guitar Hero: Van Halen In Action For The First Time
The song list for Guitar Hero: Van Halen certainly seems strong enough, but what about the spandex rendering power of the Guitar Hero expansion? Can current generation console technology keep up with David Lee Roth’s bulging air splits? Unfortunately, that question is clearly answered in the debut trailer for Guitar Hero: Van Halen, which features…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
Summermodo Will Keep You Cool and Make You Cool This Summer
What’s summer without a drivable beer cooler? Nothing, that’s what. Get the most out of your sun-loving days with Summermodo, a summer-gadgetry wonderland brought to you by Heineken Light. Check out Summermodo.
By Chrissie Lamond Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: Arkham If Ya Got ‘Em
I’d think this week’s PlayStation Store update for North America is a little slim, but the Batman: Arkham Asylum demo and a new Call of Duty: World at War map pack destroy that theory. What this week’s new additions lack in quantity, they make up for in rabid anticipation. Because there’s also a Call of…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009 - Uncategorized
When An Activision Boss Jokes About Raising Game Prices…
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is taking his daily bruising from gamers, this time for telling someone he’d raise video game prices if he could. But there’s a little more to the story. Kotick made the comment during a conference call between Activision Blizzard executives and financial analysts yesterday to discuss the company’s performance from April…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 6, 2009