Joel Johnson

  • I’m Playing RAGE At 5760×1080 Pixel Resolution

    When Nvidia was in the Kotaku offices the other day showing off, well, something we can’t quite talk about yet, they noticed we didn’t have a dedicated gaming PC. (All of Kotaku‘s gaming rigs are in the homes of our writers, including mine.) So they had Falcon Northwest cook up a nice little rig —…


  • Minecraft 1.8 Is Out All Official-Like

    Although it had been more-or-less officially leaked last week, Minecraft beta 1.8 is now for real, available for download, adding (among other things) an refreshed Adventure mode. [Minecraft.net — Thanks Jonathan!]


  • Faux Futurists Want To Keep PC Gaming In The Past

    Some day soon, Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is going to walk on stage at some obscure electronics industry event and say these words: “We love PC gaming. Our heritage is in 3D gaming hardware. And that’s why we’re more excited than ever to announce we’re never making another gaming video card again.”