Feb 22 2017
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For the past year, I’ve been reporting and writing a book full of stories about how video games were made. Today,…
Jul 14 2016
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Gary Gygax, biological determinist and creator of Dungeons & Dragons, once told a reporter for Icon magazine that…
Sep 12 2014
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We here at Kotaku are big fans of the High School death game/courtroom drama of Danganronpa. But the two games out…
May 30 2014
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As summer blockbuster Edge of Tomorrow hits theaters in Europe this week and America next week, now is the perfect…
May 19 2014
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Here is the cover to The Earth Transformed, a novel by Mike Stackpole and Nathan Long, available this week as a…
May 16 2014
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Last year we took a look at the third arc of the light novel series Sword Art Online (which is getting an anime…
Apr 2 2013
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Back when the anime hit its halfway point last year, I called Sword Art Online the smartest anime I had seen in years
Mar 5 2013
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The Professor Layton series is one of the staples of the Nintendo DS and its successor, the 3DS. The series has sold…
Jun 19 2012
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Just in time for next month's San Diego Comic-Con, UDON presents Marvel vs. Capcom: Official Complete Works, 192…
May 24 2012
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Last fall, a series of photos featuring girls licking doorknobs took the internet by storm. This year, the…
May 8 2012
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As a kid, I'd often snap LEGO bricks together and make crude pistols. They didn't shoot anything, so for added…
Apr 23 2012
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Leave it to Japan to explain correct weapon use in manga form. A new book, Drawing! Gun and Knife Combat Pose Style…
Oct 19 2011
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Jordan Mechner
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In 1985 Jordan Mechner was a student at Yale riding high on a mix of euphoria over the surprise success of his first…
Aug 1 2011
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In a world flooded with video game novelizations, only one man has the background to develop the back-story of RU…
Apr 20 2011
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Inspired by ancient self-operating machines and driven by clever computer animation, the opening credits for HBO's…
Mar 29 2011
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Del Rey and Bethesda Softworks have teamed up to publish a novel based on id's upcoming Rage game. Penned by Matt…
Jan 26 2011
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Nintendo is gaming's comeback kid. Just when everybody counted them out with the GameCube, the Kyoto-based game…
Jan 10 2011
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Greg Bear
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THE FORERUNNER STORY-the history of my people-has been told many times, with greater and greater idealization,…
Nov 18 2010
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Greg Bear
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Author Greg Bear isn't just a one-time Kotaku guest columnist and a prize-winning science fiction author. He's also…
Nov 10 2010
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The former head of the Game Developers Conference and current Electronic Arts indie headhunter just published his…