Sunday, December 20, 2009

In Real Life

Tetris Around The Christmas Tree

1:30PM December 20, 2009 | Owen Good

Seen at a home in San Diego, by reader Jon S. Happy Holidays. More »


In Real Life

The Atari 2600 ‘Jukebox’

1:00PM December 20, 2009 | Owen Good

Not content with just stuffing a card full of ROMs inside the old-school Atari VCS case, one modder installed an LED screen in the cartridge bay that allows the operator to cycle through and select games. More »


News

Investor’s Big Stake In Take-Two Reignites Buyout Chatter

12:30PM December 20, 2009 | Owen Good

The notorious investor Carl Icahn disclosed late this week he owns more than 11 percent of Take-Two’s shares, a stake large enough to restart talk that the publisher faces a buyout. More »


In Real Life

The Quilted Quicker Picker-1Upper

12:00PM December 20, 2009 | Owen Good

1Up Mushroom Quilt, birthday gift to reader John R. from his girlfriend. More »


News

Ubi Trademarks “Ghost Recon Future Soldier”

11:30AM December 20, 2009 | Owen Good

No details other than what’s on the USPTO’s web site. Ubisoft filed it on Monday and the mark covers video games, so you know Ubi’s not getting into the lunchbox or breakfast cereal business. More »


Hair Hath No Fury Like Bayonetta

11:00AM December 20, 2009 | Owen Good

I haven’t had to worry about a bad hair day in years. Bayonetta’s however, can summon demons that will drag you down to hell. And since her hair is also her clothing, well, no one said it could multitask. More »


News

Games Watchdog Looks Back Before Turning Out The Lights

10:30AM December 20, 2009 | Owen Good

As reported earlier, the National Institute on Media and the Family, whose key funding dried up in a terrible economy, is closing. Founder Dave Walsh talked with the Associated Press, and reflected on his organisation’s influence in the industry. More »


In Real Life

Blank N64 Cartridge Challenges Your Manhood

10:00AM December 20, 2009 | Owen Good

Meanwhile, in the make-believe land of eBayia, someone’s auctioning a “mysteriously blank Nintendo 64 cartridge” – promising only that the game works and doesn’t suck. “Are you man enough to buy a label-less N64 game?” No, but Saxton Hale is! More »


News

Is ‘WiiRelax’ The Vitality Sensor’s Debut Title?

9:00AM December 20, 2009 | Owen Good

In April, an Italian company announced “Wii Relax.” Siliconera notes that, not only is that company’s product site gone, Nintendo has now trademarked “WiiRelax” in Europe. Maybe they muscled in on the name after seeing I had shrewdly registered “WiiSittingOnOne’sAss.” More »


Talk Amongst Yourselves

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8:30AM December 20, 2009 | David Wildgoose

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 »