News

President Obama Will Appear In Madden NFL 11

The Super Bowl celebrations and animations for Madden NFL 10 were, honestly, a bit underweight. This year the game goes all out – even bringing in the President of the United States for the big party.


July 26, 2010
In Real Life

This Is Either ‘What If?’ Or ‘Marvel Team-Up’

I’d love to know which common foe it is that united these former arch-nemeses. Picture by longtime Kotaku reader and former comment ombudsman Shiraz Malik at San Diego Comic-Con 2010.


May 10, 2010
News

Obama Doesn’t Know How To Work An Xbox Or A PlayStation

Speaking at Hampton University, Virginia on the weekend, US President Barack Obama has spoken out on the challenges facing government in an information age, one dominated by “Xboxes and PlayStations”.


April 3, 2010
In Real Life

Time Readers: Penny Arcade Creators More Influential Than Obama, But Not Lady Gaga

In the race to determine Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, readers rank Penny Arcade’s Gabe and Tycho just above President Barack Obama, but they’ve got a ways to go before catching up to Lady Gaga.


April 1, 2010
In Real Life

Barack Obama Passes Historic Video Game Health Care Bill

Pixelated president Barack Obama proposes the “Video Game Health Care Bill,” with Phoenix Downs, med kits and antidotes for every Moogle, woman and child being chased by ghosts. Inspiring stuff.


March 19, 2010

Playing Political Games

In a large theatre at the 2010 Game Developers Conference, 10,000 game makers gathered for the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice awards ceremonies, where the best indie and mainstream games of the year are celebrated by and for their creators. In between the two, an unusual video was shown. Aneesh Chopra, the United States’s first Chief Technology Officer, made an unusual address to the game development community.


December 23, 2009
In Real Life

Obama And The Game-Crazy Christmas Kids, Now In Video Form

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OK, everyone. Obama asks the kid if the DSi plays “The Sims” on it, not “Sins”. So much for the CNN transcript from earlier today. This is the American President listening to the Christmas wishes of kids. Not easy!


In Real Life

Kids Tell Obama They Want Games For Christmas

Kotaku brings you this rush transcript, via CNN, of American children telling a befuddled Barack Obama what they really want for Christmas: DSi, PSP, PS3. We are scrambling to figure out, however, if Obama thinks “sins” is a DSi game.


November 24, 2009
News

Watch Obama Talk Math, Science, Education & Video Games

When the Entertainment Software Association’s president Michael Gallagher calls today “a very, very good day for the gaming industry,” he means this, U.S. President Barack Obama’s inclusion of video games as part of a new education initiative.


News

ESA: Today Is A “Very, Very Good Day” For The Gaming Industry

Video game developers can be the new astronauts, a beacon that inspires schoolchildren to love learning science and math, the head advocate for the gaming industry in the U.S., told Kotaku today, as he described President Obama’s breakthrough education announcement.