In Real Life

Robots We Love: Chrono Trigger’s Robo

Chrono Trigger is a great game with a great robot. Yes, that’s right, Robo!


In Real Life

Kotaku Robot Wars Round 2: The Quickening

The first round of Kotaku’s Robot Wars have left four U.S. cities in ruins and four video game robots nothing more than mounds of melted plastic and metal. Who survived to fight again?


In Real Life

Our Missing Video Game Robot Hero

Osamu Tezuka’s beloved boy robot, Astro Boy, defined an art form, inspired a nation, and is a cultural icon worthy of the Robot Hall of Fame. So why doesn’t he get more video games?


In Real Life

Robots We Love: Clank

Even endangered furry space creatures are enamored with our mechanical pals, as evidenced by the latest robot we love, Clank.


May 27, 2009
In Real Life

Robots We Love: The Jacks

Truly iron fists for The King of the Iron Fists Tournament. There isn’t one Jack, but a series of these Russian robots: Jack, Jack-2, Jack-4, Jack-5, Jack-6, Gun Jack and Prototype Jack. A package deal!


In Real Life

We Get It, Terminator Salvation Movie Is Just Like A Video Game

In trying to describe how much they disliked the new Terminator movie, many movie reviewers decided that comparing it to video games would do the trick.


In Real Life

Robots We Love: HK-47

We continue our week-long tribute to the video game robots that we love with a Star Wars droid that loves you too, meatbag.


In Real Life

Kotaku Robot Wars Round 1: From The Ashes

A nuclear explosion has whittled down our list of thirty-five video game robots to a mere eight, their ultimate fate resting in the hands of our readers, a real-life robot, and random chance.


In Real Life

Terminator Salvation Machinima Delivers Six-Part Series

Terminator Salvation: The Machinima series uses footage from Terminator Salvation the video game to tell the story of pilot Blair Williams and how she joined the resistance years before the events of the movie.


May 26, 2009
In Real Life

Robots We Love: Chibi-Robo

He’s 10cm-tall, has screws for eyes, a plug coming out of his butt and is so ready to please you. That’s right, he’s Chibi-Robo!