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Culture
Robot Learns How To Play Pitfall
6:30PM Luke Plunkett
We. Are. Doomed. While Japanese robots divert our attention with cute faces and coffee-making, the real work is being done at places like Rutgers University, where a robot has learned how to play Pitfall. More »
Culture
Kotaku Robot Wars Round 2: The Quickening
6:20AM Mike Fahey | The first round of Kotaku’s Robot Wars have left four U.S. cities in ruins and four video game robots nothing more than mounds of melted plastic and metal. Who survived to fight again? More »
Culture
Our Missing Video Game Robot Hero
6:00AM AJ Glasser | Osamu Tezuka’s beloved boy robot, Astro Boy, defined an art form, inspired a nation, and is a cultural icon worthy of the Robot Hall of Fame. So why doesn’t he get more video games? More »
Culture
Mega Man Losing To The French In Robot Hall Of Fame Race
10:00AM AJ Glasser | Mega Man is a man among robots, but is he spiffy enough to top a French robot built in 1810 that writes poetry for a spot in the Robot Hall of Fame? More »
Media
The Mystery of the Stupid Fun Club
6:00AM Brian Crecente | Maybe the website for Will Wright’s entertainment think tank is just a website. But given that it has three games of sorts hidden on it, I’d like to think there’s more to it than that. More »
News
Sony Computer Entertainment Patents Robot Peripheral
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Last June, Sony Computer Entertainment filed a patent application for a real robot that interacts with video games. Think of it as Sony’s take on R.O.B. More »
News
Giant Robots Help Kill Tabula Rasa
12:20AM Mike Fahey | NCsoft’s doomed massively-multiplayer online science fiction game Tabula Rasa may only have weeks to live, but the developers are making those weeks count, with giant player-controlled mechs storming the title’s final moments.
News
Plain Sight Open Beta Launches, Robots With Swords Kill Themselves
1:40AM Mike Fahey | Beatnik Games has officially launched the Open Beta for Plain Sight, the multiplayer online PC game that pits bouncing robot against bouncing robot in a sword-swinging fight to the finish. More »
