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Culture
What Do Gay Gamers Want From Their Games?
1:40AM Mike Fahey | A DigiPen gaming school student has created a new “Gaymer” survey, hoping to determine what homosexual, bisexual and heterosexual gamers look for in a video game. More »
Rumours
Survey, Web Site Indicate Planetside 2 Is In The Works
5:00AM Owen Good | Huge buzz going around the Planetside community today as a survey email said to come from Sony Online Entertainment reveals plans “to expand the Planet Side universe with another game”. Also, someone found SOE registered Planetside2.com on September 21. More »
Culture
Let’s Learn About American Otaku
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The results of the Otaku USA readership poll were published in the most recent issue of Japanese game mag Famitsu. Ready to have a look? Are you? More »
Regulars
Kotaku Approval Ratings: Taking It Online
11:30AM Owen Good | After a week off for Labor Day, Kotaku’s Approval Ratings are back again to measure your attitudes and preferences regarding online play and downloadable games. More »
Culture
What Game Console Do Japanese Schoolgirls Want?
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Totally unscientific data time. A Japanese marketing company has polled mostly Japanese schoolgirls about their console tastes. Here’s the breakdown: More »
Culture
Approval Ratings: Readers Like The RPG, But Hold The MMO
11:00AM Owen Good | Our third installment of Approval Ratings covered a dozen questions regarding role-playing games, a staple genre of video games going back to their earliest days. And like an RPG, you have to dig a little deeper to get the real story. More »
Culture
Are You 20-Something? Do You Want To Love A Game Character?
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Konami Digital Entertainment polled 500 Japanese men to find out. More »
Culture
A Snapshot Of The World’s PC Gaming Rigs
1:40PM Luke Plunkett | I just logged into my Steam account, and was asked to take part in a hardware survey. You all know what that means. It means it’s time to take a look at Valve’s latest hardware survey results! More »
Culture
Kotaku Approval Ratings: The RPGs, MMO And Otherwise
11:30AM Owen Good | No secret we have console- and shooter-heavy preferences here. But one genre, antipodal to run-and-gun action, but still found in heavy rotation, and with a long tradition on the consoles, is the RPG. Let’s see how you feel about them. More »
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