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The Cast Of Community Goes All Street Fighter

7:15AM February 7, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

It seems like the character archetypes in every successful TV ensemble show are a bit interchangable — there’s the Rachel, the Ross, the Joey and the Chandler. Or the Samantha, the Carrie and the Miranda. Or, if you watch NBC’s Community, there’s the Troy, the Abed, the Pierce and the Britta. More »


In Real Life

Going To Miss BlizzCon In 2012? Not As Much As This World Of Warcraft Guild Will

4:30AM February 2, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Last month Blizzard announced that it’s annual fan convention would be skipping a year, returning in 2012 so the developer can focus on things like developing games. Some fans took this well. The Elysiam World of Warcraft guild on the US Shadowmoon server took to song. More »


In Real Life

Mapstalgia Explores The Strange And Wonderful Ways Memory Changes Video Game Maps

7:30AM January 12, 2012 | Mike Fahey

What you’re looking at is obviously not the official map of The Legend of Zelda; it’s what The Legend of Zelda’s map looks like to themadjuggler, one of the many contributors to Mapstalgia, a website dedicated to reproducing video game maps from memory. More »


In Real Life

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Wins The First Annual Kotaku Community Game Of The Year Award

1:00PM January 4, 2012 | Mike Fahey

While Portal 2 walked away with Kotaku‘s official game of the year award for 2011, Kotaku commenters held their own damn awards this year and they ended with a resounding chorus of “FUS ROH DAH”. More »


In Real Life

Why You Shouldn’t Always Listen To Loud-mouthed Assholes On The Internet

8:30PM November 1, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

THIS GAME IS BROKEN. YOU NERFED IT. THE NEW SERVICE SUCKS. I HATE THIS NEW THING. Listen to “fans” of games on the internet and a lot of the time that’s what you’ll hear. Loud, indignant complaints. More »


In Real Life

RAGE In A Cage – Community Event Wrap Up!

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3:30PM October 4, 2011 | Mark Serrels

It’s 11pm. The last attendee of the RAGE Community Event has left the building. People are packing up around me, but I’m still fighting jetlag — I’ve been up since 4.30am. Tracey says something along the line of “how nice it was to meet everyone”, but it barely registers. Still, I couldn’t agree more. More »


News

Pro Gaming Fans Rush To Pro Gaming’s Defence

7:00AM July 7, 2011 | Jen Schiller

Yesterday, I wrote a post tweaking 27-year-old professional gamer David “Zaccubus” Treacy for his comments in an interview with Alienware, mostly for what seemed like an attempt to blame pro gaming’s lack of success in the mainstream on “cheesy” television productions. It sounded defensive, especially since, well, I don’t see the appeal of eSports at all. More »


PC

Take Pity On A Newbie Today

5:00AM July 7, 2011 | Joel Johnson

Last night on the way back to my apartment in New York’s Lower East Side, I saw a crowd of men standing around two motorcycles. I’m a fledgling rider myself, as well as newly returned to the city. I’d spoken to these guys a few times before and did what I typically do when I see a guy on a hot bike: walk up and ask him how he likes it. More »


In Real Life

It’s Our Last Day On Earth. What Are You Going To Play?

2:00AM May 21, 2011 | Joel Johnson

Today is the Rapture, according on one Harold Camping, a minister who sounds like Vincent Price and looks like a pickle in a deep fryer. All the Christians will be spirited to heaven, while the rest of us will be left to suffer the tribulations of the coming apocalypse. Babylon Surf City, let’s go! More »


In Real Life

Welcome To Games Reviewing, Carolyn Petit. You’re Doing Just Fine.

8:20AM May 20, 2011 | Joel Johnson

“I have no problem with the reviewer personally, but I dont want to see what is obviously a man, trying to look like a woman, its just too weird and I find it offensive, I dont want to be bombarded with gay/lesbian/transgender stuff on a gaming website, just have a regular guy or woman reviewing the games.” – airwalker2000 in Gamespot comments More »