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”.
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.
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.
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.’”
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.
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.