Competitive gamers play to win — it goes without saying, really. The desire to come out on top is what motivates almost every conflict, especially among professional and competitive fighting gamers.
Studies in the past have found that winning competitions can make you mean, and we’ve all seen the stereotype of the angry gamer yelling at his console. But the latest research on the psychological effects of video games finds that, contrary to popular opinion, what really makes gamers tick is their ability to cooperate and work together — and that every study linking video games with real-world violence may be wrong.
Well, I wouldn’t say I regretted making the entry mechanic for this Mass Effect comp easy, but I will say that going through 20 pages of entries was… interesting. Thankfully, I feel as though there was a very clear winner, alongside multiple hilarious entries.
Believe me when I say, this Mass Effect 3 replica M8 Avenger is massive. I have absolutely nowhere I can store it and everyone is getting annoyed with me. Therefore I have to give it away.
The prize: a whole bunch of Max Payne 3 loot. The task: to watch the above trailer and tell the story of the gold watch. The winner? Read on to find out!
You may have seen the new Max Payne 3 trailer released last week. If not, click above for noir, male patter baldness and a host of guns that will most likely tear the skin off your face… in slow motion. But that’s not why we’re here. Well, it’s part of why we’re here, but the main reason is to give away all this cool Max Payne 3 stuff.
Meet the Arnold family of Frankfort, Illinois, a five-person powerhouse of pure Pokémon battling power. This championship winning team stars in the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2012 as the Largest Competitive Pokémon Video Game Family.
Last week was the week where I thought, ‘wow, we haven’t had a competition in a while, so I’ll just give something away every single day‘. Now I’m in the process of announcing the winners!
Last week was Competition week on Kotaku. This week is um — announce the winners of last week’s competitions… week. I guess. Today we’re announcing the winners of the Rayman canvas competition.
All last week we ran competitions, and all this week we’re announcing the winners! Today? We’re announcing the best entrants (and therefore winners) in the Aliens vs Predator comp!
