Apple And Nintendo, A Short History Of Rivals

In March 2006, Nintendo released the DS Lite. The portable kicked a wave of Apple comparisons. Here’s why:


May 9, 2010

Is The PSP Go Dead Yet?

This is the last picture I took of my PSP Go before selling it on eBay for $US200. Is anyone still holding onto theirs?


April 30, 2010
News

Activision & Bungie Deal Is A Second Chance For Both

So, Halo creators Bungie are working with Activision on a new piece of IP. For the next ten years. I hope for everyone’s sake it’s not a first-person shooter!


April 19, 2010

An Open Letter To Roger Ebert

Dear Mr. Ebert,

I’m writing regarding your recent post “Video games can never be art”. This of course is ground you have touched upon before. Your site is currently being inundated with comments from those eager to defend video games as art.


April 16, 2010
Uncategorized

A Long Way To Go

Former Kotaku contributor Alice Taylor responds to Game Developer magazine’s choices for The Game Developer 50, which highlighted gaming’s “important accomplishments of the last year (give or take)… in the categories of art, design, programming, business and evangelism.”


April 15, 2010
News

What’s The Big Deal About A New XCOM?

Yesterday, 2K jumped out from behind a bush, wearing a bloody clown suit, and surprised the crap out of us with a press release revealing a new X-Com game was in development. I was happy! Many of you, however, are not.


April 14, 2010
In Real Life

The Grey Developers (Or, Where Did All The Young Ones Go?)

Seeing Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski on Jimmy Fallon the other night got me thinking, about two things. One, how great it was seeing a developer on international television. And two, how few other devs there are like him.


March 31, 2010

Why Is CNN Talking About Rapelay?

In spring 2009, the Western media caused a brouhaha over computer game Rapelay. The game was released in 2006, and CNN is now covering the controversy. Why?


February 25, 2010
In Real Life

In Defence Of – And A Salute To – The Pro

Two jackasses baiting an Xbox Live moderator and getting banned isn’t worth much outrage. But when they doctor a video and expect everyone to believe it on the knee-jerk faith that mods are fascists, that just insults your intelligence.


February 17, 2010

Xbox Live & PSN On Mobile Phones: No, No, No

This week, both Sony and Microsoft have moved forward with plans to integrate their console’s online networks with handheld devices. Thing is, they’re doing it wrong.