Three Words I Said To The Man I Defeated In Gears Of War That I'll Never Say Again 
New Doom 3 For Xbox 360 And PlayStation 3 Supports Head-Mounted Displays 
Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land 
Why Robin Makes Batman Better 
Resistance: Burning Skies: The Kotaku Review 
Harley Quinn's Revenge Is Batman: Arkham City's Bad New Ending Steve at PlayNoEvil has some interesting analysis up on the current state of gold farming in MMORPGs (though he does admit that since hard stats are difficult to come by, “any analysis is more akin to reading tea leaves”); using data provided by mmobux, he looks at the pricing trends to try and divine what might be going on in the wild world of selling gold:
Another highly entertaining “Meet the” video for Team Fortress 2 is up at Gametrailers. Here we get acquainted with the Scout, who has kind of a Kevin Bacon mien about him. Just one thing, why does everyone have to pick on Heavy when he’s eating? Real freakin’ original there, Scout. Let him enjoy his sandwich, willya?
Meet the Scout [Gametrailers]
Chris Plante has an interesting post up on kid’s games — well, sort of. Following the idea that there’s no reason to patronise children with edutainment and titles aimed specifically at wee munchkins, he argues there are plenty of games that grown up gamers play and love that are appropriate for kids, including … Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword for the DS? Well, yes — with a few caveats. But why a Ninja Gaiden game of all things? It’s all in the mechanics:
While Ethan Allen makes mosquito nets look romantic, living in a country where mosquito nets are purely utilitarian and totally necessary (mine was a hideous blue colour with an ugly flower pattern in the netting, and was rigged up to the ceiling with fishing line – no four poster beds to be found) will dash any romantic ideas post-haste. April 25th is World Malaria Day, and as part of the ‘Nothing But Net’ campaign to get mosquito nets to parts of Africa where malaria is a very real and very deadly problem, the UN has commissioned an easy little came called ‘Deliver the Net’: The challenge: race the sun and hand out as many insecticide-treated bed nets as you can to African families. The more nets you deliver – before the mosquitoes come out – the more lives you save. Once you’re done playing the game, sign up, confirm your email, and a life-saving bed net will be sent on your behalf!
Lazlow Jones, the principal DJ for Grand Theft Auto since it introduced a radio GTA III, went into the studio with Opie & Anthony on Friday and Holy Toledo, the first segment of his talk is shot through with spoilers.
Not the kind of spoilers that ruin missions or stories. This is more like a hands-on discussion of the game’s feel and environment. But if you want to go into this game wide-eyed, jaw-dropping at the depth and complexity of the world you’ll be living in for the next three to six months, especially if you’re employed, then do not follow the jump.
I think you can still listen to this and be blown away by the game, but if you’re sensitive to this sort of thing, you have been warned.
Clip one is the juicy spoiler clip. I’m not even going to mark timestamps because there’s really no nonspoiler material. You either want to listen to it or not. Here’s some highlights:
Alright … there’s “Bark at the Moon” on expert, and then there’s “The Swan” by the Berliner Philharmoniker’s number one asskicking cellist, whomever that is. Considering that success in this genre involves at least knowing the major riffs before you play it, I’m thinking that this flash game is more difficult by half than anything Guitar Hero or Rock Band has ever cooked up.
Sweet Baby Jesus. I’m keeping this originals intro ridiculously short because the originals list is ridiculously long. Forty-one pieces of original reporting, mostly because we were at Midway Gamer’s Day and Namco Bandai Editor’s Day. The proverbial one legged man in an asskicking contest is the Maytag Man next to us. Because when we kick arse, we use both legs and both arms, and a headbutt or too. Scan the list for what you might have missed since we last did this.
