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Hideo Kojima A “Huge Fan” Of Twilight, Will Judge Your Fan Art

10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is apparently a fan of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, opting in to judge a fan art contest themed around the second entry in the romantic vampire action series, New Moon. More »
Regulars

Why Games Should Have A Few More Senior Moments

5:00AM Owen Good | In video games, senior citizens are largely stereotyped NPCs. Rare is the kind of game like Metal Gear Solid 4, with a truly aged, playable protagonist. Can games create more roles for the elderly? Should they? More »
Culture

Kojima Weighs In On Obama’s Nobel Prize

4:00AM Owen Good | On his blog, Hideo Kojima found a tie-in, albeit a tenuous one, between his upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama yesterday. More »
Culture

Another Metal Gear Fan Made Movie

5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Just like the title says: Another Metal Gear Solid fan movie — no, wait! Don’t go. This one actually looks somewhat professional and is relatively watchable. I know, we’re shocked, too. More »
News

Hideo Kojima Talks Peace Walker And How You Can Help

3:00AM Stephen Totilo | Hideo Kojima hopes that the Metal Gear series will continue beyond his lifetime, the series mastermind told Kotaku during an interview mostly about his new game and a little bit about the times he has hid in cardboard boxes. More »
Features

Torture In Video Games

10:40AM AJ Glasser | At PAX, I had the good fortune to catch Bethesda’s Brink demo. While there was a lot of cool stuff in the game worth blogging about, what stuck with me was the use of torture in the game. More »
Culture

Metal Gear Style Cardboard Box Prison Escape

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | There’s a device in the Metal Gear Solid stealth series in which Snake can sneak past guards by simply covering himself in a cardboard box. This isn’t just a game convention. It apparently really works. More »
News

You’re Confused About Metal Gear? Hideo Kojima Is Confused, Too

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Let’s be honest here, the Metal Gear Solid saga is hard to follow. Fascinating and intricate, sure, but like a daytime soap with clones, nanomachines and mechas. More »
News

Konami Re-Issuing Classic PS2 Titles (Metal Gear, ZOE, Etc)

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | With no announcement and no fanfare, Konami Europe have begun slipping brand new copies of some of the company’s finest PS2 games back onto shelves in the United Kingdom More »