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What’s On Good Game TV Tonight?

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:00:26 +1000

Junglist is back with another sneak preview of tonight’s episode of Good Game TV. (more…)

AU Diary: Permanent Death Wii Sports

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +1000

Wii Sports Resort turned up in the post today. I’m about to plug in my MotionPlus and try some invisible jet skiing. But first, I’m going to die in Far Cry 2. (more…)

LunchTimeWaster: CrunchBall 3000

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:00:54 +1000

Bye-bye lunch. Bye-bye the rest of Monday afternoon. It’s Speedball in your browser. (more…)

Monday Musings: No One Tells Batman What To Do

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:00:35 +1000

Playing Batman: Arkham Asylum recently, I was struck by two things. One, how good it is. Two, why does Batman need his hand held? (more…)

The Week In Games

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:00:15 +1000

After a few weeks jam-packed with new games, this week brings just four. (more…)

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:30:47 +1000

This is where Kotaku readers go to talk about the stuff we’re not already posting about. Think of it as the official unofficial Kotaku community forum. (more…)

Breakfast Wrap: Best of the Weekend

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:00:04 +1000

Hope you enjoyed what was, in Sydney at least, a beautiful weekend. Here are the top five stories you missed while soaking up some winter sun.

At Long Last, An In-Game Twitter Client For Warcraft
I’m waiting for the in-game World of Warcraft client for World of Warcraft.

InFamous Defeats Prototype In Cross-Dressing Playoff
Yahtzee, look what you’ve done!

Valve: PS3 Orange Box Players “Got The Stepchild Version”
Valve doesn’t love all its children equally.

How To Name A Video Game Studio — And Hopefully Get It Right
Putting “Monkey” in your studio name is definitely getting it wrong.

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Review: Clench The Difference
Worse than the movie? No?

Sunday Supplement: “We should have been doing other things”

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:00:34 +1000

Welcome to your Sunday reservoir of interesting writing about video games. Grab your reading jacket, a cup of coffee and get ready to exercise the brain.

Chewing Pixels: Lest We Forget
Simon Parkin ponders what it means to make a realistic or authentic military game.

Suicide Girls: Brutal Legend And The Worlds Of Tim Schafer
PixelVixen argues that our favourite Tim doesn’t just design games, he builds entire worlds.

GameSetWatch: Plotting, Emergent Narratives, and ‘Story Spaces‘
Tom Cross explores how games abdicate authorship to redefine what a narrative actually is. Part 2 is here.

The Escapist: Designing Religion
Alan Au examines how Sid Meier’s Civilization series has handled religious matters from game to game.

The Brainy Gamer: The Darkness
Michael Abbott inspires me to revisit Starbreeze’s disturbingly well-conceived shooter.

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:00:59 +1000

Well, I’m glad you asked! Having just bought Sam & Max Save The World via Xbox Live Arcade, I’m down for some old-school adventuring. You? (more…)

The Future Of Aussie Sports Games Is Online And On PC

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:58 +1000

Transmission Games is padding up for the launch of its Ashes 2009 cricket game on all platforms later this month, but the boss of the Melbourne developer reckons the PC is the best platform for future Aussie sports games. (more…)

Snapshot: Halfbrick’s Ellen Blaha

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:00:37 +1000

Snapshot is all about giving you a glimpse into the lives of the people who make the games you play. Think of it as Cribs, but with fewer obnoxious celebs and more development geeks. (more…)

We Want Your Reader Reviews

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:30:39 +1000

And we’ll publish them, too. That’s right, we want you to share your views on the latest games with the rest of the Kotaku community. (more…)

WIN! Monster Hunter And A PSP To Play It On

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:56 +1000

We’ve had some cracking entries to our Monster Hunter PSP competition so far. While we look at two of them, don’t forget you’ve still got over a week to get your entry in. (more…)

Tim Schafer Talks You Through Brutal Legend’s First 20 Mins

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:00:09 +1000

IGN has posted a developer walkthrough of the opening of Tim Schafer’s Brutal Legend, as narrated by Tim Schafer himself. (more…)

LunchTimeWaster: Queens

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:00:29 +1000

It’s the tale of one sadistic, fickle and perhaps just very bored King… and all of his Queens. (more…)

Kotaku Community Playdate Tonight!

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:00:23 +1000

Own an Xbox 360 and The Orange Box? Why don’t you join us for some Team Fortress 2 this evening. (more…)

Bargain Hunter: July Big W Catalogue

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:00:51 +1000

Big W’s “Toy Spectacular” is underway. And guess what? Video games are classified as toys! (more…)

Tell Us Dammit

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:30:46 +1000

Dammit, we want you to tell us stuff! Stuff like the games you’re most looking forward to in the second half of the year.

This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interesting in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know fucktons about us — more than you even want to, we’re sure. But, hey, we’d like to know about you, too.

Anyway, here’s today’s question…

Question: If you could only play ONE game being released between now and the end of the year, what would it be, and why?

Breakfast Wrap: Best of Thursday Night

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:00:34 +1000

Please enjoy your last bacon and egg-filled breakfast wrap for the week.

Frankenreview: The Conduit
Certainly a game that seems to have divided opinion.

Fallout 3 Falls 50% On Steam
Making it US$35 for us.

DJ Hero Taps The Grandmaster
Still waiting patiently for the DJ Bobo announcement…

Sink Or Swim? The Game Designer’s Conundrum
An inside look at all the issues developers face when deciding if and when a game character should be able to swim.

Universal Wins Rights To Produce An…Asteroids Movie
*picardfacepalm.gif*

The Pitch: Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:00:56 +1000

We asked developer Techland to sum up the Wild West action of their Call of Juarez sequel in just one word. (more…)

AU Diary: Enjoying Red Faction’s Casual Affair

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:51 +1000

It would appear I did what a lot of other players have done with Red Faction: Guerrilla. I dropped its difficulty down to Casual. (more…)

ArmA II Gets Aussie Release Date, Confusion Ends

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:00:54 +1000

Those of you who’d been waiting to pick up a boxed retail copy of realistic military shooter ArmA II will now be able to do so next week. (more…)

Job Ad: We’re After A Night Editor

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:30:48 +1000

Do you live and breathe the latest in gadgets, technology and gaming? Kotaku, Gizmodo and Lifehacker are looking for a Night Editor. (more…)

LunchTimeWaster: Push

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:50 +1000

Anyone with a fetish for platformers with novel puzzle mechanics should check this out. (more…)

You Played These XBLA Games Last Week

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:00:39 +1000

Australia’s official Xbox commuity blog, InsiderX, continues to release fascinating insights into the buy and playing habits of Aussie 360 gamers. Like this. (more…)