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Gyros Aren’t Hard to Find
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Dr. Who This might sound extremely late to the party, but I finally got around to buying City of Heroes. Remember, I have a Mac, and NCSoft just put out the port for this back in January. Believe it or not, I’ve had my eye on that game for so…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Week in Games: Spring Break
Light week coming up – indicated by the shutout for the core consoles. City of Heroes: Architect Edition gets its retail release on Tuesday. Guitar Hero: Metallica arrives for PS2 gamers. Otherwise, not much to write home about. This week’s count: Five for PC and DS/i, three for Wii, two for PS2, one for PSP,…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Terminator Game Devs Worked on Film Set, Did Not Get Reamed by Christian Bale
An AP story about game adaptations of movies mentions that the developers of the Terminator Salvation game worked “under the same roof” as the film crew, in hopes of making something that doesn’t, well, suck. Noting the checkered history of movies made into games (which is still much, much better than games made into movies)…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
We Just Solved Mother’s Day for You
Here at Kotaku, we like to think ahead and solve problems well in advance. So while today might be Easter, we’re already thinking about Mother’s Day. And here’s just the gift. Coming from a gamer, nothing could say “I Love You” to a mother more than this homemade handbag, which is only $39.99. And if…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Is this the Video Game Mount Rushmore?
Pwn or Die have come up with a good bar argument: The four faces on a hypothetical Mount Rushmore of video gaming. The four they’ve chosen are good, but are they the best choices? As you can see in the pic, the selections are Master Chief, Mario, Lara Croft and Sonic the Hedgehog. Lara is…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
“Rose Ball” — Pong with Street Fighter IV
This is "Rose Ball," a practice mode "game" in Street Fighter IV. Both participants are playing with minimal health and just two moves – "Soul Spark" and block – to volley the energy ball. Explains the blog Infovore: Both players are handicapped so they have a pixel of health, and both have selected Rose as…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Old-School Easter Egg Hunt
It’s become something of a tradition ‘round the Tower to observe Easter with, what else, lists of Easter eggs. So here is my dirty half-dozen, from well before the 8-bit days. When I went on my hunt for this list, I needed a theme, so I settled on “Easter Eggs I have actually observed.” Having…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
U.S. Universities Join the Star League
No, not the Rylan Star League. Princeton and 25 other colleges have teams in the “Collegiate Star League.” Friday, the Tigers took on Tsinghua U. of Beijing, and The New York Times covered the action. The New York Times covered the match for yesterday’s edition, describing the genesis of the league and dropping in some…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Bethesda Rightsizes its DLC
Fallout 3’s “The Pitt” and “Operation: Anchorage” – in terms of size and complexity – are where Bethesda wants to be with its DLC strategy, according to Bethesda’s marketing and PR vice president. Pete Hines, talking to Gamasutra on Friday, said Oblivion’s “Knights of the Nine” DLC is the model going forward. “It’s substantive and…
By Owen Good
