Love

In Real Life

More Triangles In Games! Love-Triangles, That Is.

12:00PM January 17, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

I was disappointed with Uncharted 3 for a number of reasons. Certainly one of those reasons was that the game had bizarre difficulty spikes and could be kind of a dick sometimes. But another, possibly bigger reason was that while Uncharted 3 generally mirrored the pacing and story-arc of Uncharted 2, it lacked one of my favourite things about its predecessor: chemistry. Specifically, the romantic chemistry born of the love-triangle between Nathan Drake, Chloe and Elena. More love-triangles in games, please! More »


PC

Three Out Of Four Online Marriages End In Divorce, Says Korean MMO

6:30PM September 15, 2011 | Owen Good

MapleStory, the South Korean side-scrolling MMO (above), allows players to get hitched if they so choose. Sadly, many of the unions are not parted by death but divorce — 20,344 out of 26,982, to be precise. More »


PC

Notch’s Wedding Means You Can Give A Free Minecraft To Your Soulmate

11:30AM August 13, 2011 | Owen Good

Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson is getting married tomorrow (which may be today come to think of it. Anyway…) and in celebration of such, he’s giving out a free copy of the game to all who buy it. More »


News

Mass Effect Fans Worry That Expanded Gay Options Will Create Inconsistencies, Alter Canon

7:00AM May 17, 2011 | Drew Cohen

Mass Effect developer Casey Hudson’s announcement less than a day ago that same-sex romances would be given fuller and more explicit articulation in Mass Effect 3 has unsurprisingly ignited a spark among many followers of the franchise. More »


PC

World Of Warcraft May Be The Future Of Online Dating

4:20AM April 26, 2011 | Anna North

Dating sites are always looking for a method of matching people up with dates they’ll actually like in real life. But World of Warcraft may already have found it. More »


In Real Life

When Your Favorite Game Is Proposing Marriage, The Answer Is ‘Yes’

2:00AM April 25, 2011 | Owen Good

She said yes. You’re dying to know, and Kotaku can confirm that for you now. Even though her marriage proposal came from a smart-aleck robot and contained references to herpes and, well, the big A, last night Tora told Ben yes, she will marry him, More »


PC

Romancing The Gnomes Leads To Happily Ever After In Warcraft

11:00AM April 23, 2011 | Owen Good

Cutting-edge trendspotter The New York Times today tackled the phenomenon of MMO-facilitated romance, noting that the subscriber base for World of Warcraft is six times that of Match.com. More »


In Real Life

Gaming’s Greats (And Kotaku) Pay Tribute To Japan

7:00PM April 4, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Broadcasting over the weekend, Gamers Heart Japan is a one-hour program, designed to celebrate the country that’s given us so many great games as well as help with the relief efforts. More »


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Keeping The HD-DVD Dream Alive

4:00AM March 17, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The other day while watching my high-definition copy of Blade Runner on my Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive, I received an Xbox Live message thanking me for keeping the dream alive. Oh come on, where else can you buy a copy of The Bourne Identity for $US2.39? More »


In Real Life

A Heartfelt British Rap Tribute To A Video Game Western

1:00PM March 3, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Independent British musical artist Akira the Don loved Red Dead Redemption so much he wrote a song about it. Wanna hear it? Here goes. More »