Underground Railroad Video Game Tells The Whole Story

After what she says was ages of misrepresentation in books, films, and television, Norfolk University history professor Cassandra Newby-Alexander wants to tell the true story of the slave-liberating Underground Railroad using a video game. “The underground Railroad was a much more complex issue that it’s been made out. When you push a person to a…

My Love Affair With Arcades Continues

While researching my feature, When The Best Part of The Beach Is The Arcade, I discovered California Extreme — an annual arcade and pinball gaming showcase in California. This year’s show goes down the weekend of July 11 at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara. Ticket prices are $60 for the whole weekend, $35 for…

Is This MechWarrior 5?

This morning, a teaser trailer appeared for a mysterious new title. One featuring a giant robot’s…foot. It was heavy, it was clunky, and got many people excited it was for Mechwarrior 5. And hey, it just might be! IGN say that tomorrow morning they’ll be running an interview with a Mr. Jordan Weisman, who will…

I feel like lately, the gaming community as a whole has become spoiled rotten. Any time a new game or sequel or DLC is released, the only thing fans talk about are about how angry they are that they’re not getting their way. Kotaku and other game blogs should consider implementing a tag system for…

GameStop Slashes Prices On Guitar Hero World Tour & More

Kotaku readers with money currently burning a hole in their pockets might want to hoof it down to the local GameStop tomorrow, as several tipsters forced to work retail warn of impending deal, including $100 off Guitar Hero World Tour. Similar to the deal that GameStop ran a few weeks ago, the full band kit…

Academy of Champions Preview: It’s Harry Potter But With Soccer And Sam Fisher

What is it about British academies that’s so appealing? Is it the uniforms, the block scheduling or the fact that they all look like castles out of fairy tales? Whatever it is, it’s part of Academy of Champions‘ charm right from the menu screen. The cartoony soccer game opens with a giant castle where soccer…

Get A Taste Of Bullshit!’s Video Game Episode

Magical duo Penn and Teller’s Showtime series Bullshit! will focus on the topic of video game violence this week, as long-promised, tapping self-proclaimed video game violence experts who we expect will have insightful and informed perspectives to offer. While the show will tap mentally rickety individuals who say regrettable things like “Grand Theft Auto is…

What’s a Grit?

To: Bash From: Crecente Re: What is this? Man, that sounds intense. I hope Micro is OK. That looks like a Halloween sucker. My dad took us to the Huddle House this morning, a Southern Georgia tradition. The chain serves big breakfasts like: two fried eggs, hash browns, two pieces of toast, two pieces of…

Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2 Is Nearly Nigh

The second Watchmen based brawler, Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2, is coming soon, due to be released on July 21st, July 29th, July 30th and August 26th. Everybody got that? No? Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today the release dates for the PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360 versions of the Watchmen beat…

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Review: A Fistful of Accolades

The western shooter seems to be a conundrum to developers. Despite valiant efforts, and great games, few have ever enjoyed the runaway success of their modern warfare counterparts. In Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Ubisoft adds an interesting twist to the genre, having gamers play as either of two brothers with distinctly different play…

Sony Trademarks Echoshift (Which Is Probably Echochrono)

Black and white perspective shifting puzzler echochrome is getting a semi-sequel in echochrono, as revealed at E3 2009. Perhaps that name was a bit too similar, as the PlayStation maker has filed a new, familiar sounding trademark. Sony Computer Entertainment America recently filed a trademark for echoshift, which might be the new name for echochrono,…

Left 4 Dead 2 Lets You Play A Bit Of Zombie Cricket

The four new Survivors in Left 4 Dead 2 will be able to make use of melee weapons, including a chainsaw, fire ax and the crowd-pleasing frying pan. Valve’s slow roll out of new info reveals on more hand-to-hand weapon. Curiously, it’s a cricket bat, according to IGN. That’s Left 4 Dead noob Ellis there…

C.O.P. The Recruit Preview: If Only Becoming A Police Officer Were So Easy

Before you ask, here’s what C.O.P. stands for: Criminal Overturn Program. Don’t feel bad, I never would have guessed that either. C.O.P. The Recruit is all about a petty criminal who becomes a one man episode of Miami Vice set in New York City. Rather than using the DS to capture the city in a…

Nintendo’s Newest Mascot Is The Wii Sports Resort Island

Nintendo’s reliance on Mario, Zelda and Pokemon is sometimes a loudly vocalized source of frustration for fans of the company hoping for something new. The good news is that you’re getting a brand new character in Wii Sports Resort‘s island. Shigeru Miyamoto, general manager of the Entertainment Analysis & Development Division—the team responsible for Wii…

Wolfenstein The Animated Graphic Novel Part One

This first in a four-part series of animated Wolfenstein graphic novels from Activision tells the story of the original Wolfenstein 3D. Really out of date spoilers follow. It took me a moment to get my bearings while watching this first in the Wolfenstein animated graphic novel series. I had assumed that it was simply a…

The Transformers Xbox Achievement We Didn’t Expect To Earn [UPDATE]

Ten days after the release of the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was released, I earned an Achievement in the game that suggests the game has either slow sales, low online adoption or some other peculiarity. When does an Achievement reveal too much? The Transformers Revenge of the Fallen game was released on June 23,…

Be Nice to Surveys. They Could Win You a Nintendo Wii

If you’ve been craving the re-entrance of PotUSA into your life, why not take this survey, email the last question to [email protected], and register to win a Nintendo Wii? You’ll be one step closer to churning out the bass line of “Lump” in your living room using Rock Band 2.

Atlus Brings High School Brawler Kenka Bancho Stateside, Needs Help

Publisher Atlus will be bringing the PSP brawler Kenka Bancho 3 stateside in “early 2010,” the company announced today, giving English speakers a chance to emit intimidating eye-lasers at lesser foes while sporting awesome haircuts. The third in Spike’s series of bad-ass brawlers, Kenka Bancho 3 will take players on a high school class trip…

Age Of Conan Expands At GamesCom

A work in progress for the better part of a year, Funcom is finally ready to take the next step with Age of Conan, teasing an expansion announcement to take place in Germany next month. After months spent tweaking and polishing the game play and overall experience of their massively multiplayer take on the Conan…

When The Best Part of The Beach Is The Arcade

What do you think of when you imagine going to the beach on a hot summer day? Sunblock, towels, bikinis maybe? Not me. I think about Galaga. Less than 150 feet from any shoreline near a beach boardwalk, there’s probably a video game arcade. Beach arcades have been around even before there were video games…