Sunday, November 22, 2009 - Page 2

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Kotaku AU

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.


In Real Life

The One About The Guy Who Married A Video Game

This week a church in Guam pronounced a man and his copy of dating sim Love Plus husband and, well, wife, and the happy couple will be hosting a reception in Japan that you are cordially invited to view tomorrow.


In Real Life

Morale Booster Connects Troops With NFLers On Xbox Live

Members of the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers engaged US soldiers stationed in Iraq in a Guitar Hero battle, which would have been a heart-warming story if brickheaded quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hadn’t called the game “Rock Band” on the teevee.


In Real Life

Cooperative Multiplayer With The Devil You Don’t Know

New Super Mario Bros. Wii released a week ago, and even its light-hearted cartoon environment and four-player cooperative mode still manage to bring out the worst in multiplayer behaviour – if you don’t know your partner, that is.


News

The NIMF Is No More

The National Institute on the Media and the Family – whose annual report cards were more fair and reasonable than such an Orwellian name might imply – will close at the end of 2009 after 14 years of watchdoggery.


No Less Of A Memory — The Human Drama Of Video Game Sports

Some video game sports moments are so indelible we remember and narrate them the same way we do the ones from real life.


Kotaku Originals: Review To A Thrill

The releases of Assassin’s Creed II and Left 4 Dead 2 dominated this week’s news cycle, with McWhertor and Totilo supplying immediate reviews of what both offer. The end of Pandemic, as a studio anyway, was the big headline.