News

Apple Patent Turns Your Games Into Comic Books

Imagine finishing a video game like Mass Effect and then having a personalised comic book generated featuring the decisions and tactics you used while playing. Apple has already imagined it, and they’ve got the patent application to prove it.


August 12, 2010
In Real Life

Cosplaying In Paris!

Paris is truly a world class city. The French are wonderful people. Know what else is wonderful? Cosplay.


July 29, 2010

How Erotic Games Learned To Cry

In the new book Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential, our very own Kotaku Senior Contributing Editor Brian Ashcraft and co-author Shoko Ueda explore how Japanese schoolgirls have changed Japanese society.


April 21, 2010

Does For The Win… Win?

Groups of massively multiplayer online gamers from around the world band together to form… unions. No, wait, stay with me!


April 15, 2010
In Real Life

Cosplaying Around The World Looks Like This

The follow-up to otaku rooms? Cosplay.


April 14, 2010
News

Another Dead Space Prequel, Only This One You Read

Acclaimed writer B. K. Evenson delves into the history of the Church of Unitology and the origin of the mysterious “Black Marker” in Dead Space: Martyr, a prequel to Visceral Games’ sci-fi horror spectacular.


March 26, 2010

The Game Fiction Dilemma: Knights Of The Old Republic Vs The Sands Of Time

Excerpts from the book Expressive Processing. Reprinted with express permission of the author.


February 19, 2010

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief Review

Turns out that Percy Jackson isn’t a trouble maker with dyslexia and ADHD, he’s just the son of Poseidon, and you know how those demigods are.


December 19, 2009
In Real Life

Look At These Otaku Rooms!

Yes, yes, look.


October 23, 2009

Metro 2033 Trailer Paints A Bleak Picture

The announcement trailer for THQ and 4A Games’ post-apocalyptic shooter Metro 2033 sets the stage for what could very well be mankind’s last stand.