In Real Life

Ultima Creator Transforms Into A Robot To Work From Home

With his new wife living and working in New York and his company and home base in Austin, Texas, how does legendary game developer Richard Garriott split his time between the two? He doesn’t, that’s what his robot is for.


June 9, 2011
In Real Life

The Sights And People Of E3 2011′s South Hall

I’ll E3 this: It’s colourful. We did a few laps to see the big dogs: Square Enix, Activision, Ubisoft, Konami, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft… Robot Entertainment. (I can’t help it. Orcs Must Die looks really fun!) Photos by our fearless photog, Isaac Viel.


June 3, 2011
Nintendo

Now There’s A Toy Dog You Control With Your Nintendo DS

Kids love video games, and kids love dogs, so Sega Toys and Activision Publishing have combined the two in Wappy Dog, a virtual pet game for the Nintendo DS that’s a little less virtual, thanks to the bundled dog robot.


April 21, 2011
In Real Life

Robot Throws Pitch At Major League Baseball Game

Kotaku AU

Video: Robot throws first pitch Hmm. This isn’t technically about video games. How can I introduce this… Erm – Portal 2 has robots and now, so does Baseball as this little dude, who could actually be Johnny 5 from Short Circuit, has been granted the honour of throwing the first pitch at a baseball game.


January 28, 2011
In Real Life

See The Most Face-Melting Action Scenes From The Indian Terminator

We’ve been ridiculously excited for the Tamil science fiction blockbuster Enthiran once we heard that it was totally bonkers. And indeed, these clips prove that the movie delivers scads o’ madness. Robotic orb of machine gun death = total delight.


January 8, 2011
In Real Life

CES 2011 Can Only Get More Impressive After This

Morphing cars, dancing Tiger Lillies? They’ve got nothing on this AC/DC-loving robot.


December 30, 2010
Xbox

Kinect Gives Life To This Humanoid Robot

Using Microsoft’s Kinect to control a modified Roomba is impressive. Using it to get a kit-built humanoid robot to mimic your actions is pretty damn amazing.


September 18, 2010
In Real Life

R2D2 Now Packs 10 Consoles, Projector, Holstered PSP As Backup

Friend of the site Matt Hawkins spotted this unbelievable R2D2 unit at PAX Prime earlier this month.


August 12, 2010
News

No Level Cap Increase In Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution

Borderlands players might be disappointed to learn that next month’s new downloadable content will not include a level cap increase. Perhaps two screens from Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution will help ease the pain?


May 18, 2010
In Real Life

Couple Married By Robots, Can Death Ray Divorce Be Far Behind?

These science posts at Kotaku give me an opportunity to talk about something near and dear to my heart: the robot menace. A Japanese couple being married by a robot? What if it misinterprets “til death do us part?”