Approval Ratings

Approval Ratings: No Motivation For Motion Control

12:00PM October 2, 2009 | Owen Good

This past weekend’s Approval Ratings sought to measure your attitude toward the PSPgo, which launched this week, and also motion control systems, which have been much in the news lately. You’re not going for either in strong numbers. More »

Kotaku Approval Ratings: Issues Of The Day

11:30AM September 27, 2009 | Owen Good

After a week’s hiatus, Kotaku Approval Ratings has returned to measure your opinions on certain games, concepts and controversies involved in the news over the past two weeks. More »

Approval Ratings: Multiplayer And Online Services

11:00AM September 18, 2009 | Owen Good

Last Saturday we asked Kotaku readers 10 questions regarding their preferences and habits in online services and downloadable titles. PSN or Xbox Live? Fat Princess or Castle Crashers? You made the call, and the answers are inside. More »

Kotaku Approval Ratings: Taking It Online

11:30AM September 13, 2009 | Owen Good

After a week off for Labor Day, Kotaku’s Approval Ratings are back again to measure your attitudes and preferences regarding online play and downloadable games. More »

In Real Life

Approval Ratings: Readers Like The RPG, But Hold The MMO

11:00AM September 4, 2009 | Owen Good

Our third installment of Approval Ratings covered a dozen questions regarding role-playing games, a staple genre of video games going back to their earliest days. And like an RPG, you have to dig a little deeper to get the real story. More »

In Real Life

Kotaku Approval Ratings: The RPGs, MMO And Otherwise

11:30AM August 30, 2009 | Owen Good

No secret we have console- and shooter-heavy preferences here. But one genre, antipodal to run-and-gun action, but still found in heavy rotation, and with a long tradition on the consoles, is the RPG. Let’s see how you feel about them. More »

News

Approval Ratings: Batman Positive, By 2-to-1

11:00AM August 28, 2009 | Owen Good

The second round of Kotaku Approval Ratings returned few surprises – especially for a title of Batman: Arkham Asylum’s eminence. But they continue to build a baseline understanding of who we are and how we game. More »

In Real Life

Kotaku Approval Ratings: Batman And Your Game Platforms

11:30AM August 23, 2009 | Owen Good

Last week’s inaugural Approval Ratings seemed to be a success, with more than 15,000 of you responding to nine questions. Now let’s look at this week’s major release, your gaming habits and some current titles. More »

In Real Life

Kotaku Approval Ratings Delivers 56% Negative For Wolfenstein

12:40PM August 21, 2009 | Owen Good

In our inaugural Kotaku Approval Ratings this past weekend we sampled your attitudes on games due to release, and two or more years old. The results are in, and they weren’t kind to Wolfenstein. More »

In Real Life

Kotaku Approval Ratings: Wolfenstein

12:00PM August 16, 2009 | Owen Good

Let’s try something a little different. While unscientific, I’ve long toyed with the idea of a tracking poll of our readership’s posture over time on certain games. More »