In Real Life

Japan Shows The Beauty (and The Craziness) Of The Solar Eclipse

This morning in Japan, kids and adults alike paused momentarily. They wore funny glasses and turned their eyes to the skies. This Monday morning, just as a new week started, a solar eclipse was visible. And Japanese television chronicled the whole thing the best way it could: sometimes serious and sometimes anything but.


May 20, 2012
In Real Life

Ousted Community Showrunner Heads Off To Play More ‘F***ing Great’ Prototype 2

Yesterday night, the world of TV comedy got a bit of a drama injection when news broke that Community showrunner Dan Harmon had been fired by Sony pictures Television.P


May 19, 2012
In Real Life

Community’s Abed Finds Love With An NPC

Do you love NBC’s comedy show, Community? I love Community. Though the show often pokes fun at film and television tropes — typically through the dorky, yet loveable character Abed — the characters sometimes toy around with video game jokes, too.


May 16, 2012
In Real Life

The Cast Of Community, Immortalised As Video Game Characters

With the almost-final season of Community wrapped up, it can feel hard to come to terms with the fact that we won’t get to hang out with Annie, Troy, Abed and Dean Pelton much longer.


Xbox

Foxtel On Xbox 360 Adds Kinect Voice And Gestures

Kotaku AU

If you’re a subscriber to the Foxtel app on Xbox 360, you might have noticed that basic Kinect voice controls don’t work so well. An update due to roll out today should fix that, making Foxtel fully Kinect compliant.


May 10, 2012
In Real Life

Simon Cowell Is Impressed By Your Laser-Harp Performance Of The Tetris Theme

Sometimes the headline says it all, doesn’t it? On Britain’s got Talent, contestent Greig Stewart, a 27-year-old software developer came on to do a musical performance.


May 9, 2012
News

Video Games Are Getting More Like TV, And That’s Actually Good

When casting about for media to compare gaming to, most minds land on film. Action movies and action games still draw inspiration from each other, and when game budgets and incomes draw comparisons, it’s always to Hollywood.


April 19, 2012
In Real Life

Skyrim’s ‘Arrow In The Knee’ Makes A Guest Appearance On NCIS

I used to think the CBS Naval Intelligence procedural NCIS was a show aimed squarely at the extremely mature crowd, until a recent episode took an arrow in the knee.


April 6, 2012
In Real Life

CSI: NY Tackles The Deadly World Of Competitive Gaming In The Cleverly Titled ‘Kill Screen’

On tomorrow’s investigation-packed episode of CBS’s CSI: NY, Spengler, Mattock and Lady Minerva attempt to solve the murder of a pro-gaming champion in “Kill Screen”. Gives you tingles, doesn’t it? “Kill Screen”! So menacing.


April 1, 2012
PlayStation

Sony Australia Adds SBS On Demand To The PS3

Kotaku AU

PlayStation 3 users should now have access to SBS On Demand, according to a Friday press release from Sony Computer Entertainment Australia. 360 owners have had access since last year, but this is the first time PS3 owners have had the ability tune in as well.