death
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Who You Can Kill, Who You Can’t
4:40AM Stephen Totilo | While I was playing an early PlayStation 3 version of EA’s December World War II game, The Saboteur, yesterday, I was told not to worry about running over certain characters. The game’s developers, see, had to decide whose death matters. More »
News
Live-Action Mario Dead At 76
3:40AM Mike Fahey | Wrestling manager Captain Lou, Cyndi Lauper’s fake dad, and Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Lou Albano passed away today at the age of 76. More »
Regulars
2:00PM David Wildgoose | Wii Sports Resort turned up in the post today. I’m about to plug in my MotionPlus and try some invisible jet skiing. But first, I’m going to die in Far Cry 2. More »
AU Diary: Permanent Death Wii Sports
2:00PM David Wildgoose | Wii Sports Resort turned up in the post today. I’m about to plug in my MotionPlus and try some invisible jet skiing. But first, I’m going to die in Far Cry 2. More »
News
The Best Game Death Innovation At E3?
7:20AM Stephen Totilo | One of the odder things about video games is all the work that’s put into new ways of killing virtual enemies or having one’s own character meet their doom. Atlus’ Demon’s Souls showed a new twist at E3. More »
Culture
Gamer Deaths Make Clan Notification Difficult, Awkward
9:00AM Owen Good | An AP story about online death-notification services ledes with a Warcraft gamer, who died mid-quest and left his bereaved daughter to find his friends and explain why he was suddenly gone. More »
The Duck Hunt Dog Finally Goes Too Far
1:00PM Mike Fahey | It’s bad enough when a pixellated hound dog is overly critical towards your duck hunting skills, but when he starts in on your job situation and your sexual performance, things have gone too far. More »
Five Killed In Chinese Video Game Centre Rumble
2:20AM Mike Fahey | A relaxing day at a video game centre in southwestern China turned deadly yesterday when an argument sparked an armed battle that resulted in the death of five people. According to Chongqing city police as quoted by the official Xinhua news agency, some youths were involved in an argument with the manager of the Milky Way Express games centre, which escalated into a full-scale fight involving more than 20 people, some armed with knives and batons. When the smoke cleared, five people were left dead, with at least two injured. More »
All The Ways To Die In Dead Space
1:00AM Kotaku US Edition | This here is a video compilation of all the death sequences found in Dead Space. The majority of them are decapitations or involve several limbs being chopped off. However, there are some pretty creative ones as well, particularly the sequence starting at 3:28 (which is also my favourite). Be warned though, this video does contain spoilers from boss fights, so you may want to wait until you complete the game. To be on the safe side, I put the video after the jump. More »
Three New Castlevania Judgment Characters Revealed
4:30AM Mike Fahey | I’m so very conflicted about Castlevania Judgment. Mixing classic and current Castlevania characters together in a fighting game is such a cool concept, but from what we’ve seen so far it looks like the implementation of said concept is severely lacking. Now, with the release of the game only a month away, Konami finally reveals a few more characters for the game, adding to the already announced Alucard, Simon, Dracula, and Maria. More »
Krome Artist Lost In Plane Accident
10:30AM Logan Booker | You may have read a story on Monday about an aerial joy ride that went terribly wrong over Jumpinpin Bar, near North Stradbroke Island and South Stradbroke Island. It appears Ian Lovell, an artist for Krome Studios, was on the plane.
According to the story, the plane disappeared during an attempt to perform a massive loop. Search and rescue efforts found a propeller on August 31, but otherwise no wreckage has been found. Very sad news, and I can’t imagine how everyone over at Krome is feeling. All the best to the studio and Lovell’s family.
Krome Studios artist in tragic plane accident [Tsumea] More » 
