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Katamari Creator “Not Suited” To Games Industry

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Keita Takahashi is a creative guy. Pads around bare-foot, comes up with stuff like Katamari Damacy. We love him for it, but at the same time, get the impression his heart’s just not in it anymore. More »
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Katamari Designer Has An FPS Idea (It’s Kooky!)

10:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Keita Takahashi, the guy behind Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, is a wacky guy — he makes wacky games! But he has plans for more wacky games he hasn’t even started making yet. There’s this FPS he’s got… More »
Culture

Katamari Creator’s Playground Moving Forward

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Several years back, Keita Takahashi, the game designer behind Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, mentioned he wanted to design playgrounds. He’s been commissioned to do so, and the ball is now starting to get rolling, so to speak. More »
Hands On

Katamari Forever Review: Nothing More, Nothing Less

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Namco Bandai’s Katamari Damacy series comes to the PlayStation 3 with Katamari Forever, the sixth entry in the series in five years. Once again, the Prince is tasked with rebuilding the galaxy using his all-adhesive katamari. More »
Hands On

14 Seconds Of Katamari Natal

8:00PM Stephen Totilo | Microsoft let reporters such as our own Brian Crecente play Namco’s famous stuff-rolling game, Katamari Damacy, using the company’s prototype hands-free control system, Project Natal. But Destructoid’s Nick Chester is the reporter who I caught in the act.
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Playing Space Invaders, Katamari Damacy On Natal

5:30PM Brian Crecente | Project Natal, unveiled at E3 earlier this year in Los Angeles, got its first outing in Japan at the Tokyo Game Show this week. And project director Kudo Tsunoda didn’t come empty handed. More »
Culture

A Better Katamari

7:00AM Stephen Totilo | Have you ever really liked a game, tried to convince your friend how good it is and then discovered, as you talk about it, that the game might make less sense the more you talk about it? More »
Culture

Gorgeous Wedding Gowns In (Or Inspired By) Video Games

10:40AM AJ Glasser | Weddings are a summer thing. There’s good weather for an outdoor wedding and the most popular month in America to get hitched is August, according to some sources. More »
Culture

Speak Now, Or Forever Hold Your Na Nahh Na Na Na Na Nahh Na Nahhs

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Aidra and Ernest loved each other very, very much. So much that they got married. But it wasn’t just any old wedding! It was one the King of the Cosmos would see fit to berate from on high. More »