Mobile

Watch One Unpredictable Match Of Skulls Of The Shogun Right Now

Every time I write about Skulls of the Shogun, I use the same buzzwords: “Advance Wars”. “Wu-Tang Clan”. It’s one of the most stylish turn-based strategy games on the horizon. And it plays really well.


March 3, 2012
In Real Life

The Video Game That Survived A Flood

Jake Kazdal did not go to work on Thursday expecting a water main to break over his head — or whatever it was that sent water cascading into his offices while his team was working on their video game.


September 19, 2011
In Real Life

What Do Rez And Space Channel 5 Have In Common? This Guy

Artist Jake Kazdal has been working in the video game industry for around 15 years now, for companies like Electronic Arts, Zombie VR and Big Boss.


July 23, 2011
Xbox

This Is Skulls Of The Shogun. You Should Be Aware Of It.

Some people have called Skulls of the Shogun the best strategy game of E3. I’ve called it a “Wu-Tang Advance Wars“. Let’s here how the game’s lead creator, Jake Kazdal, describes the game in this exclusive developer documentary provided to Kotaku by Kazdal and his crew.


April 6, 2011
PC

Skulls Of The Shogun Is The Wu-Tang Advance Wars We Didn’t Know We Needed

It helps if you can hear the soundtrack. It helps if you loved Advance Wars. It might even help if you liked listening to the Wu-Tang Clan or watched Kill Bill a decade ago and developed a love for an old martial arts movie like Shogun Assassin.


September 21, 2010

Skulls Of The Shogun Hands-on: The Art Of Advance War

When indie developer Jake Kazdal told me his studio’s game, the still in development Skulls of the Shogun, was heavily inspired by his love of Nintendo’s Advance Wars series, I was already on the hook.