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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Adventures in Babysitting Winners
1. ARYXANDRE 2. BananaMan55 3. BDARKO 4. boopadoo 5. Chris Hayward 6. DatBoyFresh 7. duck45 8. dyru 9. GMM 10. Jorvid 11. kolibri 12. marbury187 13. obeyyurmaster 14. RadioactiveToy 15. RandMan612 16. ShinLord 17. Squizzy 18. stevep7702 19. Strategy Mony 20. Tevious
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2011 -
Electronic Frontier Foundation Gets $10K From GeoHot’s Legal Fund
You may remember that George Hotz, the hacker/rapstar who jailbroke the PS3 and then got sued by Sony, solicited donations for his legal defense. You may remember that Hotz and Sony recently settled. You may wonder what he’s doing with the leftover donations. Don’t worry, he didn’t forget where they came from. Hotz today posted…
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2011 -
The Binder That Ties You To A Game
Wax nostalgic with a sports gamer of a certain age and it’s not long before he will mention, like a venerated religious text, the Three-Ring Binder. It was the original franchise mode. I’m 37, and I’ve yet to meet a guy from my generation who didn’t keep his own stats in a sports video game…
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2011 -
So How Close Are We To Unlocking Portal 2?
With two titles “completed” in Valve’s play-for-an-early-release stunt with Portal 2, GLaDOS says we’ve only shaved about 90 minutes off the scheduled release of 7 a.m. Tuesday. Several sites calculate that the effort is much further ahead than that. Like, between 16 and 18 hours as of writing. That means at this pace, everyone’s beating…
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2011 -
Rockstar Had Planned a ‘Spiritual Successor’ to The Warriors
The Warriors is one of my all-time favorite games – I have a PS2 mostly to keep it, and Red Dead Revolver, fully playable whenever the nostalgia hits me. Though “The Warriors” had no cinematic sequel, Rockstar was plotting a followup anyway, one set in 1960s Britain at the height of the Mods-vs.-Rockers brawls. Internally,…
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2011 -
Here’s 12 Minutes of Battlefield 3 Gameplay, No Facebook Strings Attached
Battlefield 3’s holding out for a million Facebook likes before it unlocks the final of five videos, which would be this one above, except with producer commentary. This still is 12 minutes solid of gameplay and in-game cutscenes, with annotations so you know what’s going on in the campaign. Some of this has been seen…
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2011 -
One-Man Gang
The rarities of professional basketball – the 100-point game, the quadruple-double – are almost taken for granted in video game hoops. Then someone pulls off both feats with the same player, in the same game. bernzomatic, playing for Miami in NBA 2K11’s “My Player” career mode, was a steal short of a quad-dub when he…
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2011 -
Q*bert Record Attempt Scuttled After Machine Unplugged
Thirty-six hours into what was expected to be a 70-hour assault on an all-time world record, and with hundreds of lives to spare, someone unplugged a cabinet elsewhere in the arcade, resetting the Q*bert George Leutz was playing. We’re not sure what Leutz said, but it probably sounded like @!#?@! Playing at Richie Knucklez in…
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2011 -
Wii Price Cut Takes Effect
The rumored price drop for the Wii, which many take as a pre-E3 move signaling Nintendo’s announcement of a Wii successor, has taken effect. The black console bundle is $169.99 at Best Buy. Target is expected to follow suit Monday. [GenGame]
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2011 -
Everyone In This Room Is Now Dumber
The part of the story I don’t like is that the little boy gave up looking for Happy after an hour. He didn’t put posters up or anything, he just sat on the porch like a goon and waited. That little boy’s gotta think “You got a pet. You got a responsibility.” If your dog…
By Owen Good Published April 16, 2011 -
The Great Big ‘Wii 2’ Rumor Round-Up
Nintendo’s successor to the wildly successful Wii looks like it’s going to be officially revealed at E3 2011—if not sooner—based on numerous reports that the company’s next generation console is real, really powerful and already in the hands of video game developers. A flurry of details, none of them officially confirmed by Nintendo, have been…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 15, 2011 -
Pretend to be an Investor in a Religious Games Publisher and Get a Free Game
Left Behind Games, publisher of the notorious Rapture romp Left Behind 3: Liberals Get Shot Rise of the Antichrist, has opened a free video game program under the auspices of providing a product sample to investors – even potential investors. “Potential investors,” means pretty much anyone, so now’s your chance! Set up as an “investor…
By Owen Good Published April 15, 2011 -
Don’t Touch The Jacket
Hola, amigos. Apologies for leaving you without an Open Thread for the past two nights. Sincere apologies. Sometimes those darn video games get in the way. But we can correct that with some off-topic conversation tonight, perfect for entering into the weekend. For those of you who might be panicking to get your tax returns…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 15, 2011 -
Minecraft‘s Creeper, Now Creepier
The Minecraft creeper just got a lot creepier in this killer fan art piece by Dmitry Burmak. Watch the illustration process at Livestream Related Rampage: Minecraft – Spider Jockey Minecraft Fan Art – Creeper by Dmitry Burmak (Blog) (CGHUB) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 15, 2011 -
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II Goes Portable Two Ways
Aksys Games today said BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II will release for the Nintendo 3DS on May 31 in North America. A PSP version also will drop on the same date. There’s the launch trailer touting the fighting sequel’s new features.
By Owen Good Published April 15, 2011 -
The PSP Is Still Tops In Japan, Thanks To EDF
Giant insect slaying on the go is Japan’s favorite flavor of the week, with PSP game Earth Defense Force 2 Portable managing to outsell everything else this (slow) week. PSP hardware also managed to stay on top, again outselling the Nintendo 3DS. There was little excitement on this week’s software chart, with the previous week’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 15, 2011 -
10 Years in the Slammer for Mom Who Played Facebook Game While Toddler Drowned
The 34-year-old woman who left her 13-month-old boy alone in a bathtub while she played a Facebook video game got 10 years in prison, as prosecutors pursued a stiff sentence to underscore the seriousness of the crime. Shannon Johnson, of Fort Lupton, Colo., pleaded guilty to negligently causing the death of her child, and faced…
By Owen Good Published April 15, 2011 -
More than 4 Million LittleBigPlanet 2 Levels Created; DLC Coming
Since its release in January, LittleBigPlanet 2’s community has created more than four million levels for the PS3 platformer. The number is exactly 4,141,742, in fact. Sony announced the milestone along with plans for Killzone 3-themed Sackboy costumes [pictured], arriving next month. A set of Tron: Evolution costumes arrives April 26 for $2.99. The Killzone…
By Owen Good Published April 15, 2011 -
Pokéwalker More Accurate than Other Pedometers in University Study
Evaluated against two other dedicated pedometers, the Pokéwalker – an add-on device for the HeartGold and SoulSilver Pokémon titles – is the most accurate device for counting steps, according to researchers at Iowa State University. The results were presented recently at an experimental biology conference by Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, an Iowa State professor who has been…
By Owen Good Published April 15, 2011