Thursday, December 9, 2010 - Page 2
In Real Life

These PC Games Love It When You Talk To Them

While controlling shooters on the PC is made easier by the precision of the mouse, that’s not enough for some people. Some people want it even easier than that. For them, there is the Dragon Gaming Speech Pack.


In Real Life

Japanese Net Cafes Are A Wretched Hive Of Scum And Villainy

Internet cafes dot the Japanese urban landscape and offer a moment of pause for regular folks. Ditto for criminals.


AU Diary: R18+ And The 7pm Project (Updated With Video)

Kotaku AU

Be sure to check out the 7PM project tonight, and not just for the ‘comedy’ stylings of one Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes, but because Seamus Byrne will be on the show representing Kotaku and discussing the R18+ debate.


In Real Life

Kinect Just Filed A Minority Report

So many Kinect hacks have teased a “Minority Report” style interface. Picked at its edges, approached it with half steps. This clip shows it’s not only possible with Microsoft’s new camera, it’s possible right now.


News

Studio Ghibli Game Will Animate Japanese Sales

Today, the Nintendo DS game from Professor Layton developer Level-5 and My Neighbor Totoro creator Studio Ghibli goes on sale in Japan. How’s it going to do? Well, how do you think it’s gonna do?


News

New Law Reminds You To Include Virtual Property In Your Will

A law passed in Oklahoma provides for executors to access social media accounts and, presumably, distribute their holdings. So if you don’t write out that will with LegalZoom, a judge will decide who gets your Second Life counterfeit fuck coffin.


Resident Evil Is Still The Best-Looking Thing On The 3DS

There’s a reason Capcom is so keen to show off its Resident Evil games on the 3DS: they’re far and away the most visually impressive titles we’re yet to see for Nintendo’s new handheld.


News

Two-Thirds of MA15+ Games Are Rated Adults Only Overseas

Kotaku AU

Brendan O’ Connor is petitioning hard for an R18+ rating for video games. Yesterday he released the final report from the public consultation, stating that 98.4 of people were in support of an adult rating, and today he sent out a report revealing that two-thirds of MA15+ games in Australia are rated for ‘adults only’ in comparitive countries overseas.


News

Cypress Hill "Singer" Suing Grand Theft Auto, Claims He’s The "Real" CJ

Michael “Shagg” Washington, a “backup singer” with rap act Cypress Hill, has decided in 2010 to sue Grand Theft Auto developers Rockstar for a game they released in 2004. Why? He reckons he’s the star of GTA: San Andreas.


An Open Letter: Multiplayer

Kotaku AU

An Open Letter is a regular feature where we communicate directly, straight to the heart of someone/something/anything in gaming. Today, we talk directly to ‘Multiplayer’, in the wake of an announcement from EA stating that they won’t ship a game without it.