In Real Life

I Am One Of Those Horrible Neglectful MMO-Playing Parents

Whenever I post a story about a parent neglecting his or her children while playing a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, I can’t hide my disgust for that sort of person, so you can imagine how I felt about myself this weekend when my two 10-month-old children left the house in the middle of a boss fight.


February 14, 2012
In Real Life

How To Justify Putting A Video Of Your Babies On A Major Gaming Website

While it may seem like a video of me singing to my two children as they bounce along to a song will.i.am did for Sesame Street a few years back, this is a video about SoulCalibur V. Or possibly frog butt.


August 10, 2011
In Real Life

Babies Are Already Angry, Might As Well Put Birds On Them

As we approach the point of total global Angry Birds saturation, one important demographic has been left out of the fowl-flinging sensation: Babies. Rovio’s new partnership with baby product company SwaddleDesigns might stop infants from crying over lack of spilled pork.


August 8, 2011
In Real Life

Pregnant Mum Fends Off Labour Long Enough To See Skyrim Demo

About six months ago, Bethesda Softworks’ Pete Hines figured Feburary 18 was the perfect day to conceive a child, as the baby would be due on November 11, the ship date for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. One couple conceived well early of that, but their baby’s birth will still forever be associated with the game.


July 15, 2011
PC

World Of Warcraft Daily Quests Are Guilt-Free Gaming For A Massively Multiplayer New Dad

Finding time to play normal video games as the father of newborn baby boys is tough enough as it is. I was certain my thirst for massively multiplayer online role-playing games would go unquenched in the face of fatherhood. Then I discovered the joy of dailies.


June 4, 2011
In Real Life

Why I Am Not Going To E3 2011

Last weekend I spent nearly $US100 on new clothing for E3 2011. Now my flight is cancelled, I’m not going, and the only question I have is how are two unborn babies going to come up with the cash to pay me back?


May 10, 2011
News

Japanese University Can’t Stop Building Robotic Babies

Researchers at Osaka University previously brought us Affetto, the disembodied baby head who was supposed to teach us empathy (or something). Now roboticists at Osaka’s Hosoda Lab have built Pneuborn-7II and Pneuborn-13, pint-sized robots that emulate infants’ movements.


January 22, 2011
In Real Life

Teaching Robots To Walk The Baby Way

Why do human children learn to walk so much easier than robots do? Because babies learn to crawl before they walk. University of Vermont robotics expert Josh Bongard demonstrates how robots develop faster when their bodies change with their brains.


October 16, 2010
News

You Might As Well Be A Robot As Far As Babies Are Concerned

It’s time for our mostly daily Kotaku science post! Today we take a look at an important scientific study that has found that babies can’t tell human beings from humanoid robots.


September 23, 2010

Dismembering Your Friends In Dead Space 2

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It’s time to take sides in Dead Space 2! Will you be a fully armoured, armed to the teeth member of the Sprawl Security Team, or a creepy baby-headed monster that hungers for human flesh?