new york city
In Real Life

A Gaming Landmark, Transformed

This morning, Kotaku video editor Chris Person and I took a trip to New York’s Chinatown Fair, which reopened last Friday following a sudden closure last December. It doesn’t look very much like the old Chinatown Fair.

November 19, 2011
PlayStation

Prototype 2′s New York City Is Slightly More Dangerous Than Ours

Fourteen months after the events of the original Prototype, New York City has become a place filled with danger, disease, and corruption. What took it so long?

September 2, 2011
In Real Life

Pac-Man Dumplings Make For Adorable Dim Sum

Newly opened dim sum joint Red Farm, in New York’s West Village, is serving “Pac-Man Dumpings”. Sweet potato Pac-Man is cute! (And the Katz’s pastrami spring rolls sound kind of amazing, as well.) The decor has a spiffed up tin-roof-rustic thing going on, too, as well as one of those big long common tables that driver out-of-towners insane with intimacy.

June 21, 2011
News

Square Enix To Host Deus Ex Art Show

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is coming to life in New York City. Square Enix hired artists from various mediums to put together original works based on Deus Ex: Human Revolution‘s futuristic setting, dealing with the moral and ethical issues of artificial body augmentation.

April 28, 2011
In Real Life

Don’t Call This New York Arcade An Art Exhibit

Is it art, or is at an arcade? Kunal Gupta, the co-creator of New York City’s underground indie games exhibition explains why Babycastles is more arcade than art.

April 23, 2011
Mobile

Play iPhone Games On The Train At Your Own Risk

There is no mobile phone service on most of the mostly subterranean New York City subway. So when the New York Police Department says that thieves are snatching more mobile phones from the hands of distracted riders than ever before, you’ve got to think Angry Birds is involved in this.

March 5, 2011
News

Presidents Of The United States Of America Book Sweet Pokémon Launch Gig

Forget Red Rock or Caesar’s Palace. The only true indicator that you’ve made it as a band is when Nintendo asks you to play the launch of its new Pokémon game in New York. Welcome to the big time, Presidents!

March 1, 2011
Retro

The Last Moments Of A Dying Arcade

Having failed to work out a last-minute deal with its landlord, the historic Chinatown Fair arcade in New York City closed its doors on Sunday night. Here are some images of its last hours.

In Real Life

It’s Boba Fett. Playing A Zelda Song. On The Accordion.

If you can’t find something to like in this video, there may be something wrong with you.

February 21, 2011
Retro

Two Of The Last Great American Arcades (Might Be) Closing Down

Fans of arcade gaming in the United States might be on the receiving end of a one-two punch, with both New York’s Chinatown Fair and Los Angeles’ Arcade Infinity in danger of closure by the end of the month.

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