Mark is as sick as a dog today (I swear the bacon milkshake had nothing to do with it) and has vowed to spend the whole day sleeping. Given his uber-pale and rash-covered state yesterday, I actually believe him. But I suspect that many Kotaku readers faced with a day off work sick would still find themselves drawn to their console. And that got me wondering — what games do you want to play when you’re sick enough to not be at work, but not so sick you just want to lie around moaning like a Scottish zombie? More »
It seems as though it’s been a while since I’ve had that feeling, the feeling when you play a game for the first time and you’re completely blown away, either by the mechanics or the visuals. For me at least, that ‘wow’ factor tends to occur closer to the start of console generations. What are some of your ‘wow’ moments in gaming? More »
I’m still playing through Skyward Sword (that game is way longer than it should be) and I’ve actually been stuck a handful of times. At one point I was stuck for a good hour. Which is quite shameful. It got me thinking about all those times in video games when I was just completely puzzled for hours, sometimes days. More »
I’ve been on a mental health kick recently. Partly that’s been spurred on by me getting into climbing, and partly by the fact that Kotaku’s new Associate Editor Tracey Lien has basically become my unofficial nutritionist. I’ve really enjoyed getting back into sport, so it got me wondering — does anyone here take part in any regular sports stuff? Anyone play football, go running, anything? More »
My name is Mark Serrels and I hate Olives. The last two weeks, for some ungodly reason I have been eating one of these ‘things’ a day in an attempt to force myself to like them. It’s just a little experiment. But yesterday I was asked a very interesting question: what is the gaming equivalent of olives to me? A genre or a series that others seem to love, but I can’t stand. Today, I want to ask you guys the same question. More »
By all accounts, the PlayStation Vita isn’t doing too well in Japan at the moment, despite the fact it was a real stronghold for the original PSP. It’s got me wondering — just how interested are you guys in the PlayStation Vita? Personally I still enjoy handheld gaming, and was pretty blown away by the PSP’s version of Augmented Reality, so I’m keen. But what about you guys? More »
I spent Christmas this year at my brother in-law’s place. You may know my brother in-law as ‘Ben White’, or the guy who made the Kotaku redesign look all purrty. Anyway, Ben’s just had a kid, he’s married; he claimed he doesn’t have any spare time to do anything. I almost believed him until I saw his Skyrim save file: 120 hours. It got me to thinking — what games have you spent the most time with in terms of raw hours? More »
You know, this is the last Tell Us Dammit before Christmas, and it got me to remembering stuff. What I realised was: Christmas actually holds some of my greatest gaming memories ever. I got my Super Nintendo on Christmas. I first got Ocarina of Time on Christmas. So I thought I’d ask you guys — what are your favourite gaming Christmas memories? More »
The girls in our office (and Lifehacker Editor Angus Kidman) have started busting out the Christmas music in the office and it got me to wondering — what are you folks getting up to this Christmas? And what are you hoping to find in your stocking? Oh gawd, now I sound like a really creepy Santa Claus… More »
Yesterday I did this: I left the office, hopped on the train and went straight to my local JB Hifi. They were having a sale, I wanted to buy stuff — I wasn’t sure what kind of stuff. Just stuff. I waste so much money. So I guess my question is this — what things that you’ve bought on complete impulse do you regret purchasing the most? More »
