News

Internet Gaming Obsession Claims Another Life In China

The dangers of internet addiction in China were demonstrated yesterday, when an unidentified 30-year-old man collapsed in an internet cafe outside of Beijing following three days of nonstop online gaming.


February 15, 2011
In Real Life

Sony’s Mascot Has A Sandwich, And It Will Kill You

Some of our braver readers may have tried a “Monte Cristo” sandwich in their time. If you’re still alive and with us, congratulations. You are, however, a coward compared to what Sony mascot Kevin Butler chows down on.


February 5, 2011
PC

Creating Death Star-Level Crises In Star Wars: The Old Republic

The Old Republic world designer Jesse Sky and his team are responsible for creating Flashpoints, moments of group-based galactic crisis in the game on the same level as the Death Star battle. No pressure.


December 30, 2010
In Real Life

Korean College Student Dies After 12-Hour Gaming Session

There seem to be few gaming stories out of Korea lately that don’t involve some sort of fatality. In this case, a 19-year-old college student died after a 12-hour-session with an FPS at an Internet parlor.


November 9, 2010

The Deaths Of Sackboy

Before Media Molecule decided to end Sackboy’s life in a puff of smoke, LittleBigPlanet’s creators had other, more gruesome ideas in mind. Check out the developer’s Sackboy death reel.


October 5, 2010
News

Who Wants To Play Disc Golf With Death?

A trio of sinister skeletal figures joins the cast of Sony’s PlayStation Move sports game this week, as the Haunted Pack brings the undead back to Sports Champions.


September 9, 2010
News

Actor Glenn Shadix Dead At 58, We Blame The MTV Video Games

Glenn Shadix might be more famous for his role as Otho in Beetlejuice, but we’ll always remember him as Father Ripper from Heathers, who blamed a teens death on “the MTV video games”.


July 9, 2010
News

Death In Guild Wars 2 Borrows A Page From Modern Warfare

The fact that your player keeps fighting after he or she dies in Guild Wars 2 is almost as shocking as the fact that the game has no dedicated healer class. ArenaNet’s Jon Peters, Eric Flannum and Isaiah Cartwright explain.


May 18, 2010
In Real Life

Couple Married By Robots, Can Death Ray Divorce Be Far Behind?

These science posts at Kotaku give me an opportunity to talk about something near and dear to my heart: the robot menace. A Japanese couple being married by a robot? What if it misinterprets “til death do us part?”


April 15, 2010
News

Title Update 4 Never Brings Theatre, Forge Support To Halo 2

It’s the last day to play Halo 2 on Xbox Live, and Bungie is taking the opportunity to deliver long-time players some thank yous and fake news via the game’s matchmaking message centre.