In Real Life

This Cosplay Photographer Is A Hero

Cosplay isn’t only about the costumes. It isn’t only about the cosplayers. The photographers are key.


October 4, 2011
PC

A Closed World, A Role-Playing Game About Growing Up Queer

For someone growing up gay, life can be a challenge. So the team behind A Closed World decided to turn it into one of gaming’s most institutionalised ordeals: the Japanese role-playing game.


April 20, 2011
PC

Singapore’s Got Its Head In The Clouds. Gaming Clouds.

Singapore’s SingTel kicked off a subscription-based cloud gaming service called ESC, which allows players to play high-powered games over the net via desktops or notebook computers with Pentium 4 chips.


March 12, 2011
News

Contribute To The First Major Study Of Sports Video Gamers

The games development research lab GAMBIT, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has launched a study of sports video gamers, one a researcher believes will be the first comprehensive, independent examination of a very large video game segment, but one often seen as an outlier to the wider culture.


January 17, 2011
In Real Life

Study: Child After Child Is A Gaming Junkie

Playing video games is normal. A new study tries to pinpoint when it isn’t, claiming that 1 in 10 are addicted. Oh really?


July 28, 2010
In Real Life

Singapore’s Weepy StarCraft II Fan

Thousands apparently lined up, but it was the first guy in line who cried after waiting in line over 24 hours. As seen on Geekbot.


July 19, 2010
News

Where Isn’t StarCraft II Launching?

On July 27, 2010, real-time strategy game StarCraft II is going on sale in over thirteen countries. There are more than thirteen countries on Earth.


June 20, 2010
In Real Life

Games Not Announced At E3, But We Wish Were

What would be bigger news, a GTA-Spider Man crossover, or an E-rated GTA? Knockoff spied by a friend of Kotaku reader Sid T. in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on the Singapore border.


April 29, 2010
In Real Life

The Scary Luigi Public Restroom

As seen by reader ZackFair at Pasir Ris Park, Singapore.


April 7, 2010
News

Professor Layton Movie Getting Western Release

All video game movies suck? Not so fast. The anime based on the Professor Layton puzzle series is quite good.