PC

Lovely New Pictures Of Lovely Old Adventure Games

Artist Jón Kristinsson has started a Tumblr dedicated to his beautiful illustrations of point-and-click adventure games like Grim Fandango and Day of the Tentacle.


March 23, 2012
In Real Life

The Kotaku Mixtape Vol. 3: Jazz In Games

Bombastic, orchestral soundtracks are great and all, but they’re not always what’s called for in a game. Sometimes you need something a bit more laid back – a bit more cool.


February 19, 2012
Retro

Grim Death Never Looked So Lovely

Over at the International House of Mojo, they’ve put together a terrific retrospective on the equally terrific adventure game Grim Fandango.


February 17, 2012
In Real Life

This Noble Theme Will Get You In The Mood For Psychic Heroism

Look, no one really knows what’s going on with this whole Notch-Tim-Schafer-Psychonauts 2 thing.. But that doesn’t mean we can’t sit back and listen to what might be my single favourite piece of music from the original Psychonauts!


February 10, 2012
News

Let’s Not Jump To Conclusions About Kickstarter-Funded Games Just Yet

Has Tim Schafer changed the gaming industry? It’s a question I’ve seen on more than a few message boards and Twitter feeds over the past 24 hours, following the Grim Fandango creator’s announcement that his company Double Fine will use crowdfunding website Kickstarter to finance a new point-and-click adventure game.


February 8, 2012
PC

Psychonauts Creator Seems Confused By Surprise Sequel Benefactor

Double Fine head Tim Schafer is just as baffled as the rest of us at news that Markus “Notch” Persson wants to fund a Psychonauts sequel.


January 17, 2012
PC

Here’s What Grim Fandango HD Might Look Like

I caught this over the weekend when our friends at Rock, Paper Shotgun posted it — some folks have been dilligently working on putting together an HD “Deluxe” version of the beloved Tim Schafer/Lucasarts adventure gaming classic Grim Fandango. They’ve posted a video that, sadly, isn’t in-engine, but it does give a good sense of what their finished product might look like.


January 5, 2012
In Real Life

Are These The 100 Best Adventure Games Of All Time?

The fine folks over at Adventuregamers.com have taken on one of the most herculean tasks in video-game-list-writing: They have assembled a list of not the top 10, not the top 20, but the top 100 adventure games of all time. It’s a really good list, too.


November 8, 2011
PC

This Skyrim Rap Is Awesome

Kotaku AU

British rapper Dan Bull has put his rhyming skills to work and produced this fantastic Skyrim rap.


August 4, 2011
News

The Video Game That Got Jazz So, So Right

For some reason or other, jazz soundtracks are a rarity among video games. Plenty of games feature heroic chiptune anthems, Hollywoodesque orchestral scores, and evocative sci-fi themes, but jazz, the oldest American art form, remains surprisingly underrepresented.