6 hours ago in Technology & Software - This article on GamesRadar has me wondering if violence in video games has gotten more intense – or is it just more vivid as a result of technology making blood brighter and guts more realistic. The question matters to me because I just got done ...

tags: originals, fallout 3, goty, grand theft auto iv

9 hours ago in Technology & Software - Earlier today we posted our annual Game of the Year awards. The deserving winners were the results of group thought, discussion and vote. The Judge's Awards, though, are all about one person's choice. When we went through the process of picking our ...

tags: best of the rest, best of 2008, kotaku s judges choice awards, original, top

10 hours ago in Technology & Software - This year we decided to try something different with our Game of the Year awards: The GOTYS. We came up with categories that exemplify the areas of gaming that we think should be highlighted. Instead of awards meant to serve as a shopping list for ...

tags: golden goaties, goty, kotaku s games of the year 2008, nqgoty, original, top

12 hours ago in Technology & Software - I ran into the Gunnar Optiks folks last year during the Penny Arcade Expo. The idea of glasses designed to reduce eye-strain from extended computer use or gaming sessions appealed to me. Not only were the glasses supposed to cut down on the ...

tags: review, gaming glasses, gunnar optiks, hardware, original, pc, wi five

22 hours ago in Technology & Software - Upon their death, great men are afforded a sending off befitting of their stature. Pity Tabular Rasa, then, as EB Games in Canada seems more content to roll its lifeless corpse into the nearest ditch. Reader Shane sends these pics of a dumpster ...

tags: rest in peace, culture, humor, original, richard garriott, tabula rasa

1 days ago in Technology & Software - We got tipped by an anonymous Gamestop employee that the chain won't accept original Xbox games, consoles and accessories as of Feb. 9. Looks like this is officially it for the console. Says our tipster: "The Marketing kit for this coming Sunday ...

tags: rumor, gamestop, original xbox, xbox

2 days ago in Technology & Software - We rounded up the year in Kotaku Kontent, did some podcast postapalooza, and unveiled our nominees for the Goaties this week. Oh, and managed to get in posts about farting and pee-pee. Here is your week in original coverage, with another reminder ...

tags: original, kotaku originals

3 days ago in Technology & Software - As some of you were confused about the difference between what Second Life denizens call furries and what they call nekos, or hybrids, I thought I would take a moment to clear things up. Since the dawn of time, man has had close bonds with the ...

tags: furries, nekos, and tinies, furry, hybrids quot, neko, original, second life, tinies, top

3 days ago in Technology & Software - The latest special issue of People celebrates the Atari 2600 as the console that “ruled the interactive gaming world” in the 1980s – no mention of the original Nintendo, Sega Master System or even Coleco Vision. I’m not sure why People ...

tags: originals, atari 2600, nintendo, people magazine, sega

3 days ago in Technology & Software - The Vibras Five.One from Track Scan delivers big Dolby Digital surround sound in a tiny package. It boasts that it's "the only headset to earn Microsoft’s authorization as 'Licensed for Xbox 360'." Is that enough? While the Vibras does give gamers ...

tags: review, hardware, headphones, original, vibras 5 1

3 days ago in Technology & Software - From the makers of Gas Attack, a pinball machine that teaches about flatulence, comes Urine the video game. Our visit to the touring Grossology show netted me not one, but two video games. Last week/year I pointed out that Grossology had a neat ...

tags: urine the game, education, educational gaming, edutainment, grossology, original, serious gaming, top

3 days ago in Technology & Software - The man at the heart of the Second Life story, which Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski seeks to turn into a movie, was caught off guard by news of the film adaptation. After Crecente posted the news of Verbinski's purchase of the ...

tags: virtual romance, gore verbinski, movie, original, second life, top, wall street journal

3 days ago in Technology & Software - The man at the heart of the Second Life story Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski is looking to turn into a movie was caught off guard by news of the film adaptation. After Crecente posted the news of Verbinski's purchase of the rights ...

tags: virtual romance, gore verbinski, movie, original, second life, top, wall street journal

4 days ago in Technology & Software - We've given you the site's most popular videos, features and reporting, but what single story was the most read on Kotaku in 2008. And which story elicited the most comments? Surprise! The most popular involves nudity! Most Read Playboy's Jo Garcia ...

tags: year in review 2008, 2008, best of 2008, original

4 days ago in Technology & Software - Last night I shot off a few Kotaku resolutions, things I hope to do on the site during 2009. But what about you? We're officially a short sleep into 2009, so you've had plenty of time to ponder your slow death and gamer failings. What do you hope ...

tags: tell us dammit, 2009, original, resolutions

5 days ago in Technology & Software - Ever since PlayStation Home was first announced in January 2007, people have been calling it Second Life for the PlayStation 3. We take a look at what separates these two very different virtual worlds. Having been immersed in Second Life for the ...

tags: feature, furries, linden labs, nsfw, original, playstation home, second life, sony

5 days ago in Technology & Software - 2008 was the year that we decided to get off our butts, start reviewing games and finally tell the game blog reading populace exactly what we thought of Haze. It was a very good year. While we'd "reviewed" games in the past, we didn't have a format ...

tags: year in review 2008, original, top

5 days ago in Technology & Software - As 2008 comes to a close (or has already for those of you in The Future) it's always fun to look back on a year's worth of purchases and obsessively list twelve months of consumption. This year represents, as far as I know, my biggest haul. The ...

tags: tell us dammit, lists, original, pick ups, the year in games

5 days ago in Technology & Software - Q Entertainment has given its Nintendo DS puzzler Meteos new life on Xbox Live Arcade with Meteos Wars. Why the "Wars" distinction? It's certainly no bloodier than the standard Meteos (or even Meteos Disney Magic.) In fact, Meteos Wars doesn't do ...

tags: review, meteos, meteos wars, original, q entertainment, xbla, xbox 360, xbox live arcade

5 days ago in Technology & Software - I've seen plenty of edumacational games and I'm always delighted to explore how hey surreptitiously teach people as they play a game. But this is the first time I've played a edu-pinbal game. Early on in the touring Grossology exhibit there are two ...

tags: gas attack, educational, edutainment, original, pinball, serious gaming