PC

MyEars 3D Audio Gives Your Headphones A 7.1

Kotaku AU

Drop your cynical protective shields and listen up. MyEars 3D Audio is not the ‘virtual surround sound’ you think you already know. Where other products use generic Head-related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) to filter the sound, MyEars lets you build a custom HRTF to suit your ears and the headphones of your choice. Suddenly you’re getting near-perfect 7.1 channel surround out of your 2 channel headphones. Right now MyEars is just $USD19.95. What better holiday gift to yourself than customised headphone listening profiles to enjoy the future of headphone gaming?


October 22, 2010

Beer-Battered Kotaku Talk Radio

We invite you to listen to the newest episode of Kotaku Talk Radio right here, or download the one-hour show to your favourite MP3 player. This is an experimental episode.


October 14, 2010
News

NetFlix PS3 Streamers Get Surround Sound Update

Starting next week, PS3 owners in the US will be the first Netflix customers to be able to stream their movies with 5.1-channel surround sound.


June 11, 2010
News

These Gun Noises Could Be Great

The upcoming Medal of Honor reboot and Battlefield Bad Company 2 might very well have the best gun noises gaming has ever seen. Err, heard.


April 27, 2010
News

Take The Samurai Hero Soap Opera Challenge!!!

I am fascinated with Capcom’s upcoming button-masher Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes. Updated with answers.


April 22, 2010
In Real Life

“I Told You, Ho, Do Not Expect Much Wisdom From Him”

Some video game voice-acting isn’t very good. Thank goodness there’s a website that records the worst of it.


March 26, 2010
In Real Life

The Beautiful Sounds Of Arcades Now On Your iPod

Arcades hold a very special place in my heart.


March 20, 2010
In Real Life

The Will Wright Tapes: Infant Borg, M&M Death Match, Drug Dealers

Will Wright popped up on the last talk of the last day of the Game Developers Conference to deliver a classic Wright mind-blowing talk on, well, everything.


March 13, 2010

A Listen To Dante’s Inferno Lite

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A Musical Journey Through Dante’s Hell

As I mentioned in my review of Dante’s Hell, I loved the scoring and sound of Visceral’s take on hell.