PC

Oh Look, Another Multizillion-Spacedollar Scam Hit EVE Online

Only in an MMO is a gigantic financial crime a) subject to absolutely no punishment and b) a sign of the community’s health because hey, it’s all role-playing, right?


June 19, 2011
In Real Life

Someone Is Selling THQ’s E3 Debris For $2,000

This year, I came home from E3 with a Kinect Sports shirt, a Jurassic Park-inspired fake Barbasol shaving cream can to hide stuff and a Cooking Mama 4 oven mitt. Everything else I chucked, including my press pass and lanyard. Maybe I should have considered selling it on eBay.


August 18, 2010

It’s Like Portal Meets Team Fortress 2

Gate Online, a South Korean online game Kotaku previously introduced, appears to take its cues from two Valve titles: Portal and Team Fortress 2.


July 19, 2010
In Real Life

South Indian Assassin Movie Looks Kinda Familiar

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Looking at a trailer for Velayutham, a Tamil-language film that opened this week, I’m betting its story is not canonical to the Assassin’s Creed continuity. It’s made by a producer famously unconcerned about infringing on others’ marks as well.