Saturday, May 10, 2008
First Gears of War 2 Gameplay Footage
3:35PM Brian Ashcraft | Here we go! A first look at Gears of War 2 gameplay, plus an intro and outro with CliffyB and his hair. So…whaddaya think? Gameplay [1Up] More »
Capcom Remind Us How Awesome SFII GI Joe Figures Were
3:30PM Luke Plunkett | I’m not entirely sold on Street Fighter IV yet, and I’m incredibly wary of the upcoming GI Joe movie, so it’s nice to be able to take both franchises and go back in time to a simpler, happier time. Like these commercials for the short-lived line of Street Fighter II GI Joe figures, featuring some of the original title’s more memorable heroes and all four of its bad guys. Capcom’s blog call it a “study in fail”, but really, we’re going to butt heads on this. “What’s a Dhalsim?” Genius. This weekend’s goal is to use that as many times as possible. “Sir, today’s specials are-” “WHAT’S A DHALSIM?” [via Capcom] More »
What Game Makes You Pull Your Hair Out?
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Ready to bend our ear? ‘Cause the Tell Us Dammit Giraffe is ready to listen. That’s right, it’s time for TUD. We’ve got a feature here on Kotaku called “Tell Us Dammit” or “TUD.” How it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! 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. That way you won’t be some faceless blob — and we might feel a tinge of guilt when we ban your arse. Or not, because really we’re incapable of human emotion. Today’s question: What game is TOO HARD for you? With McWhertor playing through R-Type Command, that reminds me of a fit R-Type on the TurboGrafx 16 gave me as a lad. Man, that game was frustration city! More »
Got Vista Premium? You Can Stream Netflix To Your 360
2:30PM Luke Plunkett | Yeah, that question will rule a lot of you out, but for those it doesn’t this should be something of a rare delight. If you’ve got a copy of Vista Premium, and install the vmcNetflix plug-in, you’ll be able to rent streaming movies from Netflix (currently only available to Windows PCs) and – with a little jiggering – beam them over to your 360. It’s apparently a little buggy, but hey, in the absence of an official deal, it’s as good as you’re going to get it for the moment. vmcNetFlix [vmcNetFlix, via Gizmodo AU] More »A Week In Comments
2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Does Brain Age Actually Work? No, Apparently. Comment by Kuraudo Nominated by geekgrrl This is why there’s no class division in high school between the intelligent and the sporty. The Cake Goes to Portal’s Commentary Comment by BolognaFire Nominated by sethmad Imagine: BABIES – Commentary “A big issue we had with starting off development was deciding who our target audience would be.”
Sagat’s Big Hands Are All The Better To [Something] You With
1:40PM Luke Plunkett | Yup. BIG HANDS. But don’t let them put you off this Sagat statue by SOTA. It’s not his fault, is it? Indeed, he’s become quite sensitive about it, so if you don’t mind, quit your staring. Due in September, it’s – as you can see – a highly detailed representation of Thailand’s favourite one-eyed son, stands 12″ and will cost you $US 120. More »
News
Sony So Aren’t Competing With Microsoft Or Nintendo
1:20PM Luke Plunkett | Sony makes a games machine. Heck, they make three of them that people are still buying. So they’re in competition with Nintendo and Microsoft, who also makes games machines, right? Nope! Kaz Hirai told MCV at this week’s SCEE event in Europe that Sony have bigger fish to fry than the world’s #1-selling gaming company and the world’s #1-selling software company: More »
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
12:40PM Kotaku US Edition | Michael Abbott of The Brainy Gamer and Angela of Lesbian Gamers recently collaborated on a short essay aiming to address what they define as “the hostile climate that frequently arises within the gaming community.” They tried isolating specific concerns about some gamer behaviour and raising questions about how to handle them, and just published what they’ve come up with. Here’s an excerpt: Ironically, the medium we love that provides us with so much joy has also developed a fanbase with a reputation for anti-social, intolerant behaviour in both Australia and the United States where we live. We know it’s a gross and unfair mischaracterization, but the broad set of cultural assumptions about games and gamers is largely negative, and we too often affirm those assumptions by our own behavior. More »
Niko Bellic’s San An Flight Priced By Airways
12:20PM Luke Plunkett | So Niko’s got a ticket to San Andreas, does he? No wonder, at these crazy prices. Reader Timmy spotted this billboard while cruising around Bohan, advertising cheap flights to Los Santos for only $US 299. Now, this is most likely just some cute inter-series referencing, but hey, if any of you want to keep on speculating that San An will be the setting for the next instalment in this generation’s series (I seem to remember Vice City travel ads in GTA III, for example), go right ahead. More »
