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Your Personal Jetpack Is Almost Ready For Purchase
Martin Aircraft Company’s “Segway for the sky” is about to go into production. Can anyone lend me $100,000? The long wait will soon be over, and in no time we’ll be able to add ‘rich jetpack owners plummeting from the sky’ to our list of pet peeves. And don’t think I’m calling it the Segway…
By Mike Fahey Published November 19, 2010 -
What’s Next For id’s Mobile Rage
The big new iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game from id Software will receive Game Center support and might even gain a feature a fan suggested on a message board, the game’s lead creator John Carmack told Kotaku yesterday. Support for Game Center, Apple’s game-networking service for iOS games, will be added back into the on-rails shooter. Id…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 19, 2010 -
Totilo Talks The Top Games Of 2010 On Fox’s Strategy Room
Stephen Totilo has left the building, and is as we speak making a beeline for Fox News studios to talk the top games of 2010 in the Strategy Room. Who wants to watch? Does four appearances on Fox News’s Strategy Room make Totilo a regular guest? Will we soon have to start referring to him…
By Mike Fahey Published November 19, 2010 -
Sub-Zero’s Moves Are So Very Cold
You’ve seen the reason Sub-Zero fights, now check out the chillingly brutal moves the ice ninja is bringing to the next Mortal Kombat. Sub-Zero has always been one of my favorite Mortal Kombat characters. Not only can I pull off most of his freezing moves, I appreciate the fact that even if I don’t manage…
By Mike Fahey Published November 19, 2010 -
What Will Your Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 License Card Look Like?
What exactly is a Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 License Card? It’s the key to knowing the strengths and weaknesses of your online opponents, while learning a little something about yourself in the process. Every Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 player gets a License Card, and on that License Card is everything an opponent needs to know…
By Mike Fahey Published November 19, 2010 -
Lord Of The Rings Online Is Taking Your Hobbits To Isengard
The good news? Free-top-play MMO Lord of the Rings Online expands next fall with the Rise of Isengard expansion pack. The bad news? Guess where the traitorous wizard Saruman is hanging out lately. The epic tale continues in the fall of 2011, when Turbine finally makes it to Isengard in it’s epic massively-multiplayer online Hobbit…
By Mike Fahey Published November 19, 2010 -
Man Jailed For Life Over Murder Of Xbox-Interrupting Child
Gary Alcock was playing video games in his girlfriend’s flat in Oldham, England in January when the woman’s 15-month-old daughter interrupted him with her crying. His reaction was swift, brutal, and ultimately deadly. That evening Alcock struck young Violet Mullen in the stomach hard enough to rupture her internal organs, placed her back in her…
By Mike Fahey Published November 19, 2010 -
The Co-Creator Of Doom Knows His Limits, And The iPad’s
John Carmack’s biggest gift to gaming was Doom, but he keeps on giving, releasing possibly the best-looking game on the iPhone and iPad yesterday. He’s been bullish on iOS gaming, but yesterday he was refreshingly realistic. Here was a game creator who had just released Rage, an on-rails single-player shooter with stunning graphics, ones he…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 19, 2010 -
Kotaku Stalku: How To Track, But Not Kill, Your Favorite Kotaku Writers
The Facebook fan pages are here! The Facebook fan pages are here! Things are going to start happening to us now. And by things I mean maybe you’ll be our friends… please. 😀 Our staff members’ Facebook pages include each person’s posts along with pictures (don’t worry they’re all safe for work), links and our…
By Brian Crecente Published November 19, 2010 -
Kotaku Writers on Facebook
• Brian Crecente, Editor in Chief. • Stephen Totilo, Deputy Editor. • Michael McWhertor, Reviews Editor. • Brian Ashcraft, Senior Contributing Editor, Japan. • Luke Plunkett, Contributing Editor, Oceania. • Michael Fahey, Reporter, East Coast. • Owen Good, Reporter, Weekends. Kotaku on Facebook
By Owen Good Published November 19, 2010 -
Kotaku Writers on Twitter
• Brian Crecente, Editor in Chief. • Stephen Totilo, Deputy Editor. • Michael McWhertor, Reviews Editor. • Brian Ashcraft, Senior Contributing Editor, Japan. • Luke Plunkett, Contributing Editor, Oceania. • Michael Fahey, Reporter, East Coast. • Owen Good, Reporter, Weekends. Follow Kotaku on Twitter.
By Owen Good Published November 19, 2010 -
This iPhone Game May Make You Forget You’re Playing on a Phone
LEGO Harry Potter for the iPhone and iPad is a surprisingly deep, surprisingly detailed experience, one that strives to deliver the same level of fun found on the fantastic console versions of the game, it seems. I’ve just spent a few hours with the game, which hit iTunes early this morning, but I’m impressed with…
By Brian Crecente Published November 19, 2010 -
Life With No Thanksgiving
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: A Rose Grows In A Strange Place Day-off was very enjoyable! Celebrated two birthdays (Micro-Bash’s and Mrs. Bashcraft’s), so I’m a bit birthdayed out. Ready for the holidays! Sadly, not included in that is Thanksgiving. I haven’t celebrated the holiday for a decade or so. Once, I tried to eat…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2010 -
Chinese Knock-Off Marries Kinect And Move
As Microsoft and Sony launch their motion peripherals, Chinese companies are demoing their own motion controls. Whether it’s the Tigan Youxi or the eBox, China is mixing and matching where it seems fit. Take the i-dong, for example. According to Tech-On!, the i-dong can be used for gaming with a PC or a set-top box.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2010 -
Would You Like Some HDMI To Go With Your PSP Gaming?
The PSP screen is beautiful, and PSP games look great on it. But let’s say you want to play your PSP games in HDMI on a big screen television. Then you can get this new HDMI UpScaler for the PSP. Sure, this is a bit of snake oil, as while it says the game will…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2010 -
You Know What, Ian Is A Cool Name For A Horse
The upcoming Legend of Zelda game on the Wii will make use of a fair bit of motion control. Which should be fun, but there are perils in that amount of waggle, as seen in this cautionary tale. It’s funny, I almost always give my characters stupid names when I’m given the chance, but in…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2010 -
Leaving Lord Of The Rings 4 Dead
As someone who loves zombies almost as much as I love Lord of the Rings, this is certainly something: it’s a Left 4 Dead map made to look like the fortress of Helm’s Deep. It’s not exactly canon for either franchise, I’ll grant you that. The music and ramparts don’t exactly scream “zombie infested urban…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2010 -
Report: Foxconn Workers Protest Over Pay, Foxconn Denies Protest
Foxconn assembles your Xbox 360s, your PS3s, your PSPs, your iPhones, your iPads, your Wiis and your Nintendo DS units. And some of its workers are not happy. This week, Foxconn employees tell Reuters that they held protests during the week over wages. “The entire street here was filled with workers,” a worker told Reuters.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2010 -
Can Games “Hook” You Like Movies Can?
In movies, there’s a simple rule: if you haven’t hooked the audience by the time the film’s ten minutes in, you’ve lost them. But how can this work for video games? A great piece over on Gamasutra by Leanne C. Taylor offers some ideas, showing how some of the industry’s most successful games have used…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2010