Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - Page 2
In Real Life

Dead Mario And Crucified Jesus

To depict the true meaning of game over, artist Kordiana Lewandowskeigo called on Mario, Princess Peach and, well, Jesus.


Greed Corp Micro-Review: Is Greed Good?

Running a corporation is hard. It’s even harder when your business is mining, and there’s less and less land to mine. Competition heats up. Time to bust out the cannons.


News

Blizzard’s Starcraft 2 Q&A Highlights

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Blizzard might not be known for its open nature. Certainly, it likes to deal to those less critical. And anyone on the WoW boards knows that “blue” posts are hard to come by. But Blizz recently held a Q&A session via Twitter about the Starcraft 2 beta – all of it blue, and all of it refreshingly frank. Here are some highlights.


In Real Life

God Of War 101: Best Shirtless Classical Dudes Flicks

With gaming’s favourite shirtless Greek, Kratos, now beating up and killing baddies in God of War III, it is time to look at some of the best shirtless guy films.


Rumour: New Xbox 360 Model Slims Down [Updated]

These pictures apparently show the guts of a new model of the Xbox 360. The important bits? The fact that for the first time the console combines the CPU and the GPU in a single chip. Oh, and it’s small.


In Real Life

Jason! Jason! Jason! Jason! Jason! Jason! Jason!

For the most part, Heavy Rain is an entertaining exercise in story-telling. For the most part. The parts where you’re yelling at small children, not so much.


News

Kotaku Census 2010: PIRATES!

Today’s census questions are all about pirates. Yaaarrrrrrrr!


In Real Life

R18+ Advocate Group Performs Vanishing Act

Kotaku AU

Followers of pro R18+ rating group Grow Up Australia might have noticed some odd things happening on Facebook lately. Nearly 37,000 members don’t just disappear overnight. Or do they?


News

Tokyo’s Virtual Child Porn Bill Delayed

What do you think happened after some of Japan’s most famous manga creators showed opposition to a Tokyo proposal that sets out to ban provocative “visual depictions” of characters who appear to be 18 years-old and younger?


In Real Life

Mario’s Inferno Sticks It To EA’s Marketing Team

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Few trailers in recent memory have polarised gamers as much as EA’s Dante’s Inferno clip for the Super Bowl. Would you have liked it more if, say, Dante was not Dante, but Mario?