Welcome to the March 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original coverage, including reviews, previews, features, weekly columns and more from Kotaku.
Don’t miss our reporting from this year’s PAX East gathering, Penny Arcade’s video game convention for the video game fan, and the annual Game Developers Conference, which spawns more than just hands-on previews of the most exciting upcoming games, but insight from and interviews with the video game industry’s most fascinating people.
GDC 2010 was also where we got our first hands-on time with the PlayStation Move, Sony’s second stab at motion control gaming on the PlayStation 3. Get caught up on all of Kotaku’s original coverage with the March edition of K Monthly.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
March 2010
FEATURES
Rally Point
by Stephen Totilo
The Solid State of the Union
Kotaku Census 2010: The Results
by Luke Plunkett
Fanboys Will Be Fanboys
The Making Of A Video Game Fanboy
by Brian Ashcraft
REVIEWS
The Secret Armory of General Knoxx Micro-Review: Hot Coals Over a Cakewalk
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Review: Remaster System
Mega Man 10 Micro-Review: Capcom Had Mercy
Toy Soldiers Micro-review: A Farewell To Arms?
Match Defense Toy Soldiers Micro-Review: Finally, Mom Can Help
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Review: Judging A Book By Its Cover Works
Major League Baseball 2K10 Review: Pitching With Two Strikes
MLB 10 The Show Review: The Game for All America
Napoleon: Total War Review: Ability Is Nothing Without Opportunity
Transformers: G1 Awakening Review: One Shall Stand
Final Fantasy XIII Review: A New Paradigm For An Old Franchise
God of War III Review: Olympic Glory
Brother In Arms 2 Micro-Review: Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?
Scrap Metal Micro-Review: There’s a Difference Between Mindless and Pointless
Greed Corp Micro-Review: Is Greed Good?
Yakuza 3 Review: A Foreign Film Festival
Max & The Magic Marker Micro-Review: What If The DS Was My TV?
Street Fighter IV iPhone Review: A Party For One
Dante’s Inferno Dark Forest Micro-Review: Much Power, Little Point
Perfect Dark Micro-review: Elvis Has Re-entered The Building
Red Steel 2 Review: If Only 2006 Was This Good
World Of Warcraft Wireless Headset Review: A Raid On Your Wallet
Cave Story Micro-Review: So This Is What The Excitement Was About
Wii Upscaler Review: Can The Wii Really Do High Definition?
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Review: Homebrewed Improvement
Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack Review: Pricey Maps
Mass Effect 2: Firewalker Micro-Review: Free Tanks, Enquire Within
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening Micro-Review: Almost Going Number Two
PREVIEWS & IMPRESSIONS
God Of War III’s First Big Boss Battle Is Unforgettable
Blade Kitten Hands On: Not Quite Old School, But Close Enough
Civilization V Preview: Small Changes, Big Differences
Splinter Cell: Conviction Preview: Either Sam Fisher Mellowed With Age Or I Have
Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, A Dungeon Crawl For The Gears Age
Mafia II Hands-On: The Scenic Route Is Full Of Centerfolds
Dante’s Inferno: Trials of St. Lucia Preview: Mod of War
95% Of What You Knew About The Grinder Is Wrong
Sin & Punishment 2: The Most Impressive Fireworks On The Wii
ModNation Racers Was My Favorite Low-Expectation Game Of The Show
The Next Smart Video Game Only Lets You Kill Once
Hands-On With Breach, The New Breed Of Destruction
Crackdown 2 Multiplayer Preview: I Don’t Have Your Goddamned Orb
Battle Block Theater Preview: Older-School
Puzzle Quest 2 Preview: The Same, Only Different
Let’s Shank Again, Like I Did Last Summer
Slam Bolt Scrappers Preview: An Instant Winner
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile Preview: The Machine Girl Cometh
Snoopy Flying Ace: High Road To Reminiscence
A Nintendo Fanboy Made This Game
Monday Night Combat Preview: The Other Instant Winner
Mirror’s Edge On iPhone Doing The Canabalt
We Were Wrong About Nier Before … Or We Are Now
PlayStation Move’s The Shoot Has A Major Twist
True Crime Impressions: Finally, Dumpster Kills
Medal of Honor Is Coming Back The Hard Way
The Must-Play Magic Of PlayStation Move Involves… A Foam Finger?
Mass Effect 2 DLC Adds 90 Minutes, More Earth Teases
EA Sports MMA: Who Knows About Broken Bones?
Guilty Party Offers Billions of Mysteries to Solve
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, The Cool Thing At GDC
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes HD First Look At The Inevitable Re-purchase
COLUMNS
Well Played by Brian Crecente
Collateral Damage In The War On Piracy
The Never-Ending Game: World of Warcraft’s Impact on Borderlands
Why GDC’s Parties May Be More Important Than the Talks
Growing Up Geek: The Past, Present and Future of Penny Arcade
Stick Jockey by Owen Good
Tinker to Chance: Game Makers Rethinking an Orthodoxy?
Overcoming a New Fear of Old Failures … and Vice Versa
Vegas Kicked My Ass, but I Returned the Favor – With a Video Game
Tim Rogers
Leigh Alexander
