In Real Life

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

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”.


November 1, 2011
In Real Life

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

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.


October 4, 2011
In Real Life

RAGE In A Cage – Community Event Wrap Up!

Kotaku AU

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.


July 7, 2011
News

Pro Gaming Fans Rush To Pro Gaming’s Defence

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.


PC

Take Pity On A Newbie Today

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.


May 21, 2011
In Real Life

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

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!


May 20, 2011
In Real Life

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

“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


March 20, 2011
In Real Life

Creator Of NBC’s "Community" Celebrated Its Renewal With … Bulletstorm?

The Twitterverse went off like a fireworks volley on Thursday when news passed that “Community,” the critically acclaimed but low-rated NBC comedy-drama, was picked up for a third season. How did the show’s creator celebrate? “I came home and I played ‘Bulletstorm.’”


February 16, 2011
In Real Life

How You Can Help Build A World-Class Video Game Museum

The staff at the Museum of Digital Art and Entertainment have the knowledge, passion and the gaming artifacts to create a world-class video game museum in the San Francisco Bay area. Now they just need a place to put it.


January 11, 2011
In Real Life

The Set-Up: Welbot’s Figurines

Kotaku AU

Welcome to The Set-Up, where we throw the spotlight onto you guys and the cool stuff you have lying around in your home. The Set-Up can focus on anything: game collections, TV set-ups, retro consoles – anything! First up is Welbot, a celebrated Kotaku regular, with his substantial games collection and a whole host of terrifying figurines.