Sunday, August 2, 2009
Kotaku’s Top 5 List Of Top 10 Lists
11:30AM Owen Good | Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those./Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. More »
Xbox Live Preview Dropping Game Install Sizes
11:00AM Owen Good | Those in on the beta of the new Xbox Live Preview are reporting some significant decreases in file size of games installed directly to the hard drive. More »You Probably Don’t Want This
NHL 2K10 Promises “Shooting Blind From Your Ass On Goal” Action
10:00AM Owen Good | Well, I’ll be interested to see how they pull this one off in NHL 2K10 – the shot mechanic, not the “warming-hands-over-red-hot-stick” quicktime event. Animation only, or new feature? You make the call. More »
The Pause That Irradiates
9:30AM Owen Good | This weekend, reader Tugrik and friends are throwing a party. So they tricked out this Vendo 96 – a 1970s pull-bottle vending machine – to serve up the Wasteland’s No. 1 refreshment. More »
Sunday Supplement: “an indication that the AI is completely contaminated”
9:00AM David Wildgoose | Welcome to your Sunday reservoir of interesting writing about video games. Grab your reading jacket, a cup of coffee and get ready to exercise the brain.
Gaming Daily: Empty shell protagonists
Craig Lager argues that blank slate player-characters allow the real stars of a game – the NPCs – room to shine.
Gamasutra: A Circular Wall? Reformulating the Fourth Wall for Video Games
Stephen Conway exposes how video games manipulate the so-called fourth wall, bringing a whole new aspect of play to the experience.
Hit Self-Destruct: Cadmium
Duncan Fyfe goes back to the very beginning for the last ever Hit Self-Destruct post.
The Brainy Gamer: Early Suda
Michael Abbott discovers something of value when reappraising the earlier work of No More Heroes designer Goichi Suda.
GamesRadar: How indie games took on the world (and won)
Alec Meer celebrates the indie revolution and finds out what 2D Boy, Ed McMillen, Dylan Fitterer and others think “indie” really means.
Your One-Stop Source For Street Fighter Skins — Nude And Otherwise
9:00AM Owen Good | Remember the Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, and nude Cammy mods? Well, those, plus a ton more – most of them non-pervy – are ready for you to download. More »
NPD Says Half Of All Americans Are Gamers
8:30AM Owen Good | There’s probably a lot of solitaire and online bridge-playing padding that, but a new NPD report says 170 million Americans play video games. The U.S. population is 304 million. More »
Today’s Punishment: Daisy Fuentes Pilates
8:00AM Owen Good | I’ll take it easy on you today. Some might not find this video very punishing. Then again, we are talking about Pilates, which is about as boring as watching flies screwing on a windowsill. More »
