3DS | A pile of games, as seen on my desk. (Photo: Brian Crecente)
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Sad World: An Entire Generation of Video Game Deaths
My darling Robert "the" Beschizza of Boing Boing made this wonderful video compilation of deaths from 8- and 16-bit games. I can think of no finer way to start your morning while you re-rez over some coffee. More »
Mortal Kombat's Tag Team Ninja Throwdown Is A Glorious Spectacle
Scorpion and Sub-Zero square off against Cyrax and Sektor in the ultimate ninja-on-ninja battle. Come for the fighting, stay for the scenery! We've seen plenty of fighting footage from Netherrealm Studios' next Mortal Kombat by now, but most of it has been against a backdrop of the treacherous... More »
Is Standardized Video Game Pricing Bad For Business?
In this Friday edition of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter YamiKarasu wonders if the standard $50 - $60 price for today's video games is hurting the industry. More »
Trust Us, Ridge Racer Has The Best 3D On The 3DS
It is hard to show you the 3D graphics of the Nintendo 3DS. It is nearly impossible. So please trust me when I say that the ordinary graphics of Ridge Racer 3D look extraordinary when the Nintendo 3DS slider is activated. More »
The Most PSP Game On The 3DS
What would a PSP-style game look like on the 3DS? Samurai Warriors Chronicles has the cut-scenes, the voicework, the multiple loading screens - More »
The $50,000 steering wheels of Formula 1
It wouldn't be Formula 1 without some kind of constant friction between racers, team owners and organizers, and this year's kerfuffle involves steering wheels that force drivers to push more buttons than a 747 pilot having a seizure. With the season's first race in Australia this weekend, drivers... More »
Crysis 2 Shoes Want You To "Be Fast"
Crysis 2 is a wonderful, wonderfully different shooter. The shoes? Not so much. We received this shoes today in the mail. While they feature the Nike swoosh and branding, the box says they're the product of McTiller Martins, the prototype facility that created the original nanosuit. More »
Ghost Recon Shadow Wars Is a 3DS Must Buy
We've been worried a bit, here at Kotaku, about the launch titles lined up for this weekend's kick off of Nintendo's 3DS. The platform is a neat device with plenty of potential, but the games so far available mostly aren't quite there. Enter Ghost Recon Shadow Wars. More »
We Came, We Partied, We Raised…
With just two weeks planning and tons and tons of help from lots of very good people, we managed to raise a record breaking (for us) $7,650 to help earthquake relief efforts in Japan. That doesn't include all of the people who couldn't make last night's Denver party and instead made direct... More »
Real Racing 2 HD Turns Your iPad 2 Into A Console (And A Steering Wheeel)
If the iPad does indeed "kill" the home video game console, as some doomsayers have warned, then this video of Firemint's Real Racing 2 HD running on iPad 2 may be admissible as evidence in the murder case against Apple. This is Real Racing 2 HD running in 1080p on an HDTV, a "first for iOS"... More »
There's a lot of 3DS games sitting in my house right now, but I'm only really dying to play through one of them. Hint: It's tactical. –Brian Crecente
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