News

Wii Internet Is Free In Australia, Too

Kotaku AU

As we reported late last night, the Wii Internet Channel is now free to download. Nintendo Australia has just confirmed it’s free here, too. But there’s a couple of things different.


July 3, 2009
In Real Life

Religious Video Games Get Church-Centric Website From Left Behind

Church-goers will soon have their very own “inspirational” gaming portal thanks to the backing of Left Behind Games.


June 30, 2009
News

The Pirate Bay Purchased

The Pirate Bay has been purchased and is perhaps looking to go legit. Software company Global Gaming Factory X AB has shelled out approximately US$7.8 million for the site.


June 25, 2009
News

Aust Govt Adds Video Games To Proposed Web Filter

Kotaku AU

The Australian Federal Government has revealed plans to extend its internet filter plan to include computer and video games.


June 24, 2009
In Real Life

Ero Game Website Blocks Non-Japan Viewers To “Defend Culture”

Minori, developer of adult PC titles like Bittersweet Fools and Angel Type, is digging in to protect itself from an onslaught of viewers outside Japan.


May 8, 2009
In Real Life

These Konami Code Enabled Web Sites Are Bill And Lance Approved

The Konami Code—up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start—does wonderful things to games like Gradius and Contra. But it also does unexpected things on the internet, as ESPN.com recently proved.


April 8, 2009
News

Time Warner Bandwidth Caps, Gaming And You

Broadband internet provider Time Warner Cable is making good on its plans to charge its subscribers for the amount of bandwidth they consume, a decision that could have a serious impact on your cable bill.


November 12, 2008
Uncategorized

Is This A Stand-up Fight Or A Bug Hunt? Norton AntiVirus For Gaming

PC gamers don’t have it easy. Alongside the constant hardware arms race and GPU penis-envy, you have the problem that your platform of choice might not just be used for gaming. Even in a locked room with no interwebs a Windows PC is like a magnet for malware and viruses. What’s worse, the remedy for such net.bastards – anti virus software – can slow your PC down and hog precious memory.