Kotaku Census 2010: The Games You Love [Research]
The machines you play on are one thing, but what really captures a gamer's heart is the games they play. So let's see which are your favourites. MORE >>
The Silver Age: Is Valve The New (Old) Marvel? [Syndicated]
Jason McIntosh, producer of television show The Gameshelf and writer of the blog of the same name, explores the similarities between the video game and comic book markets of the past and present. Here, his second entry on the subject. MORE >>
The World's Most Badass Exercise Video Game [Motion Fighter]
The game you see here will include a calorie counter. Lose weight by delivering a punch to the gut, followed by a head butt. MORE >>
One Step Closer To The Mathematical Formula For Fun [Innovation]
No, in this post you will not find the algorithm of entertainment, the theorem of thrills or the postulate of pleasure. But you will find details on how one unlikely game may, accidentally, calculate fun. MORE >>
Max & The Magic Marker Micro-Review: What If The DS Was My TV? [Review]
Next week, Nintendo will release the largest Nintendo DS yet seen in America, the pocket-busting DSi XL. But I have played a DS game that no DS can display — on my TV with a giant, virtual stylus. MORE >>
Playing Political Games [Syndicated]
In a large theater at the 2010 Game Developers Conference, ten thousand game makers gathered for the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice awards ceremonies, where the best indie and mainstream games of the year are celebrated by and for their creators. In between the two, an unusual video was shown. Aneesh Chopra, the United States's first Chief Technology Officer, made an unusual address to the game development community. MORE >>
Is USB Storage In The Xbox 360's Future? [Rumor]
Is Microsoft planning to drop its overpriced Xbox 360 Memory Units in favor of more affordable USB mass storage devices? According to documentation obtained by Joystiq, the answer is yes. MORE >>
PlayStation Move Party Report: The Muffin Dumpster [Ps3]
Muffins are the unsung hero of the games industry. They are the glue that binds publishers, PR, and the media together. MORE >>
Yam Hand? Jelly Man? BioShock Monsters That Might Have Been [Gallery]
If you thought BioShock had some creepy enemies, wait until you get a look at the enemy concepts that didn't make it into the game. MORE >>
Metroid: Other M Isn't Completely Off the Rails [Metroid: Other M]
Playing through a section of Metroid: Other M last week, I couldn't help but notice that the Wii title felt at times very much like the sort of game the developers said it wasn't: An on-the-rails shooter. MORE >>
A New Darkstalkers Would Be Street Fighter Producer's Dream Project [Capcom]
The man behind Street Fighter IV doubts that Capcom would want him to work on a Hyper Street Fighter IV after iterative Super Street Fighter IV hits stores this year. Instead Yoshinori Ono has something else in mind: Darkstalkers. MORE >>
Star Wars MMO Pricing Plan May Have "Some Twists" [Money]
For about fifteen bucks a month, you can play World of Warcraft or most other massively multiplayer online games. That's the genre standard. Could the next big MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic shake that up? MORE >>
Cry Your Way Through Age of Conan's Asian Empire [Pc]
Wolf and Tiger mounts, choices and consequences that roll out branching storylines and bosses that need to be conquered with emotional outbursts are just a few of the new concepts coming to Age of Conan later this year. MORE >>
Quantum Mechanics Made Easy With Manga [Japan]
For years now, manga textbooks have been explaining things like the English language and cooking. So why not electronic circuitry, quantum mechanics or even thermodynamics? MORE >>
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