In Real Life

IKEA, And The Logic Of Video Game Design

Kotaku AU

A visit to IKEA usually means house moving, renovating, and too much fun spent with LEGO for grown-ups. But is there an element of video game design hidden away within the Swedish minimalism?


December 6, 2011
In Real Life

Into The Wild: Is There Hope For Australia’s Gaming Graduates?

Kotaku AU

Last week Qantm College sent a whole new group of graduates into the real world, into a local industry racked with job losses and constant uncertainty. We caught up with two former students and spoke to Qantm themselves about their hopes and fears as the enter the brave new world of Australian games development.


December 1, 2011
News

Call It A Hunch, But EA, LucasArts And BioWare Probably Aren’t Making A Rock-Paper-Scissors Game

Australia’s classification board has received an application for an M-rated game entitled “Paper, Scissors, Stone,” to be published jointly by Electronic Arts, BioWare and LucasArts. As amusing as the concept is, this is most likely Star Wars: The Old Republic, which will not include Australia (nor any countries outside North America or Europe) when the game launches Dec. 20.


November 29, 2011
Mobile

Shooting Robots On The iPhone Never Looked So Good

It’s easy to look at Epoch in action and think it’s trying to be Gears of War for the iPhone. Easy, and thankfully, wrong.


November 24, 2011
Mobile

Gameloft Flies Game-Laden Rental iPads Across Australia

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could rent an iPad filled with nifty Gameloft-brand game product to keep you occupied during lengthy flights? Next month customers of Australia’s Jetstar will find out first hand.


November 10, 2011
PlayStation

Simpsons! Simpsons Arcade Here! Who’s Ready?!

A listing with Australia’s Classification Board says The Simpsons, the fondly remembered arcade beat-em-up, is coming soon to modern platforms.


October 27, 2011
News

Why Not Play Dark Souls In A Coffin

You end up spending a lot of your time in Dark Souls dying. Being stabbed, burned, crushed, bludgeoned, whatever. So this custom rig for the game, built out of a coffin, seems wonderfully apt.


October 17, 2011
In Real Life

A Visual Of Australians In Video Games: The Trilogy Is Complete

Kotaku AU

Andrew Burdusel has a great habit of summing things up in a visual form, but with this piece – Australians in Video Games 3 – he has finally completed his incredible Aussies in Gaming trilogy. If you want to see a brilliant visual representation of practically every Australian character ever featured in a video game, then look no further.


October 10, 2011
In Real Life

The World Has Become A Video Game, And It Is Very, Very Sad

This is a commercial currently airing on Australian TV. I won’t spoil the bizarre ending by telling you what it’s for, but that’s not the point. The point is how great the voxel effects look.


September 29, 2011
PlayStation

Sony Didn’t Break The Law When Somebody Else Hacked Them

The law can be a strange beast sometimes. Take Sony and Australia, for example: earlier this year, when the PlayStation Network was hacked into, an investigation was launched targeting Sony, to see whether the company had broken Australian law.