Monday, November 16, 2009 - Page 2
In Real Life

PS3: It Only Catches A Predator

Federal agents typically used $US11,000 computers to crack passwords to the seized hard drives of suspected child pornographers. Now they’re using $US300 PlayStation 3s to pull off the same task.


A Look At The Zombie Island Of Dr. Ned

Borderlands’ first DLC add-on “The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned,” releases Nov. 24, promising to add another six to 10 hours of gameplay. Here are the foes you’ll face, in their natural habitat.


LunchTimeWaster: Almost Too Pretty To Shoot

Kotaku AU

The aptly-named Pyroblossom is a vertically-scrolling shoot ‘em up like many others. It has vaguely “bullet hell” sensibilities, but what truly sets it apart is just how damn pretty everything is.


In Real Life

Paparazzi Punch-Out: Dance Like A Has-Been, Bite Like A Felon

Mike Tyson got in trouble this week for, as he is wont to do, smacking someone upside the head. Jimmy Kimmel’s writers jumped on the case and produced this new game.


News

Activision Exec: ‘Expect’ Additional, Paid Online Modes

Whoops. Kinda sorta missed this, another pearl of wisdom from this week’s BMO Capital Markets forum. Activision’s CFO told conferees that extracting more dough out of players, via charging for certain online play or features, is something we should expect.


Bargain Hunter: Are You Shocked By This Price?

Kotaku AU

When did inFamous come out? June? Yeah, early June. Which makes it barely five months old. How much do you think you can get a five month old game for at Target right now?


Voice Actor Says MW2′s Ghost Might Get A Game

At the game’s UK launch event, Craig Fairbrass, the voice actor for Ghost in Modern Warfare 2, said the character will get a spinoff comic and possibly a game of his own, although what exactly is not clear.


News

Leaked Survey Tips Off MLB 2K10 Cover Athlete

A tipster taking a marketing survey was asked to judge four potential covers for next year’s MLB 2K10. The Tampa Bay Rays’ third baseman Evan Longoria is on all of them.


Who Wrote Those Winning Tekken 6 Haikus?

Kotaku AU

All last week we were giving away copies of the Tekken 6 Arcade Stick Edition on Xbox 360. To win, you had to write a Tekken-themed haiku. Let’s find out who wrote the best ones.


Remember This?

Kotaku AU

Can you guess this old game from just one screenshot?