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Kotaku Originals: From Gygax to Our First Review
Posted by Brian Crecente at 2:00 AM on March 9, 2008
It was a pretty packed week here at Kotaku Tower. We managed to roll out our first review under a new system we created to cut through the BS. Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons and Dragons, passed away quietly in his home. We clued readers in on Larry Nivens' new game and liveblogged the unveiling of Gizmonodo 2.0... which sounds surprisingly similar to Gizmondo 1.0. Oh and don't forget everyone and their mother is now making iPhone games.
Hit the links to read our originals, if you missed out this week.
HD DVD, redux
XBL Headset: My Hate / Hate Relationship
Datel Say Freeloader Can Beat Firmware Upgrades
Holy Crap, King of Fighters XII Is 100 Percent Hand Drawn
A First Look At SSBB In North America
Sony's PlayStation 3 Video Store Sounds Ready To Go
Japan Getting New AV Cradle For PSP
Larry Niven Teams With Alchemic For Free Fall
Guitar Hero's World Domination Plans: Europe, Asia, "Multiple Instruments"
Rumblings About Heavenly Sword 2
User-Generated Guitar Hero Content At Least Five Years Away
Army of Two DLC Avalanche In-Bound
Army of Two Review: Me and My Shadow
SpongeBob SquarePants Drawn to Life
EA Tells Jack Thompson to Get Bent
Gary Gygax's Video Gaming Legacy
THQ Bring Cheerleading To The Wii Balance Board
THQ Boss Says Wii Hasn't Won Just Yet
Toshihiro Nagoshi? Dirty Pants.
Liveblogging The Gizmondo GA Tech Lecture
EA Confirms iPhone Spore, Other Games Coming
LiveStreaming Super Smash Bros Brawl Play
PSP2 Concept Mega Gallery Extravaganza
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Dalorien
Posted 10:33 PM 19/3/08
Apple taking a page outta the sony book. The controls for the iPhone are sixaxis controls.
Dalorien
Cruithne
Posted 10:33 PM 19/3/08
I've just come back from a week on holiday (I stupidly tried to ski down a black piste in heavy fog and fell quite a ways down an Alp, if you were wondering)
Anyway, it is handy to have the best of the week condensed for my perusal.
But...I have to be honest, the idea of Kotaku doing reviews worries me slightly. Without going into too much detail, Kotaku along with a few bigger sites (IGN etc...) was already being badmouthed by another minor gaming site, the rumour is that people took advertising money for Turning Point, in return for holding off with the bad reviews of just how awful this game is.
I come to Kotaku because I trust Crescente and his band of merry (but essentially honest) pirates.
The sad truth is though, it's not enough to be clean, you have to also appear to be clean, tread carefully Kotaku.
Cruithne
DaiMacculate
Posted 10:33 PM 19/3/08
Great week in Kotaku, great week in gaming.
Why you gotta be so sick Kotaku? I think all the other gaming websites are getting jealous, its like Men among Boys.
DaiMacculate
Magic Emperor Anima
Posted 10:33 PM 19/3/08
Ah, another good week at Kotaku, minus the sad news of Gary's passing. Looking forward to the weekend and the upcoming week....that is if people aren't too busy playing Brawl.
Magic Emperor Anima
Witzbold
Posted 10:33 PM 19/3/08
Indeed the Army of Two review was cool.
Will be looking foward to more reviews!
I finally have the game and do enjoy it quite a bit. Trying to get all of the SP achievements currently. I think I only got 3 left.
Then gotta get the MP ones.
Witzbold
Wyld
Posted 10:33 PM 19/3/08
@bonecows:
Nice review of a review, I give it a 8/10.
Wyld
bonecows
Posted 10:33 PM 19/3/08
I really liked the Army of Two review and I'd love to see more short and to the point reviews like that.
However, Ashcraft's Wiifit "review" was awesome, one of my favourite originals so far, so please remember you don't have to be short and concise on all reviews :)
bonecows
CitizenInsane27
Posted 10:33 PM 19/3/08
I wish my mother would make me iPhone games...
:(
CitizenInsane27
Dauragon C. Mikado
Posted 10:33 PM 19/3/08
Shit.....I'm pretty sure I've read every last one of those..
Oh life! where art thou?
Dauragon C. Mikado