In Real Life

Well, I’d Say This Stupid Error Message About Sums It Up, Diablo III-Wise

Hey, I know that server errors are to be expected when an online game launches. That doesn’t make it any less annoying that I’ve been trying (quite diligently!) to log in to Diablo III for the last half-hour to no avail.


February 10, 2012
In Real Life

Community Kudos

Kotaku AU

Welcome to this week’s Community Kudos, where the delightful members of the Kotaku Community gift each other with kudos!


January 15, 2011
In Real Life

Scientists Can Predict Your Gaming Skills By Scanning Your Head

Do you suck at StarCraft II? Do the intricate combo moves of Street Fighter escape you? Maybe you need an MRI. Researchers have found a method for scanning the brain that could predict how well you play video games.


June 21, 2010

How Did My E3 2010 Predictions Go?

Kotaku AU

Badly. Spectacularly badly. My predictions for a whole bunch of surprise announcements was foiled by a show where the real surprise was the lack of surprises.


May 29, 2010
News

Three Gaming Products Make Time’s 50 Worst Inventions List

I poke fun at the Virtual Boy as much as the next guy, but does it belong on the same list as Coke Zero, Clippy the helpful paper clip, the Segway and Agent Orange?


May 2, 2010
In Real Life

Two Of 1995′s Biggest Flops Join Forces

Adapting a bomb of a movie for a bomb of a games platform … the result is probably twice of a bomb. Posted to Twitpic by Mike Drucker, seen via Reddit.


August 31, 2009
In Real Life

Argentine TV Warns World Of Monkey Island’s Grog Recipe

Scepticism takes a holiday in Argentina, where three TV personalities—one of them a doctor—break the news that kids are mixing an alcoholic drink recipe that includes kerosene and axle grease, aka Grog from Monkey Island.


May 30, 2009
News

Tomorrow Is Your Last Day To Not Get BlizzCon Tickets

In case you missed out on the first round of BlizzCon 2009 tickets, make sure you make it to the BlizzCon website tomorrow morning to miss out on that batch as well.


November 15, 2008
Uncategorized

Wii Music? Total Sales Bust

While it never exactly resonated with the more discerning end of the video game buying public, the average man on the street would still have put a fiver on Wii Music doing well in its first month of sale (the game was released in the US on October 20). After all, it’s for the Wii, it’s made by Nintendo and it’s got “Wii” in the title. Not to mention the fact it was the beneficiary of a fairly hefty marketing push from Nintendo. So heads were no doubt being scratched at Nintendo HQ when the game wasn’t among the top ten sellers for October. And scratched further when it wasn’t among the top twenty.


November 4, 2008
Uncategorized

Suicide Bombing Game Too Dull To Be Truly Offensive

Aw, bless. This one really tried to be offensive but it comes across like a three year old trying to get a rise out of his grandparents by shouting “POO!” in public.