• game design

    On the Less Ambitious and More Accessible

    While I'm a fan of the fresh and innovative, I'm more likely — depending on time and monetary constraints — to run screaming for the safe, the familiar, the ... boring games on my shelf? Well, there's something to be said for the comfort of the familiar, and Tom Cross takes a look at why there's something to celebrate in the less ambitious, safer and more familiar games out there. Cross looks at Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age. What it is about those well-worn, "uninventive" titles?: More »

    2:30 PM on Sun Nov 9 2008
    By Maggie Greene
    6,806 views, 57 comments

    Most discussed Joe_Williams: Unfortunately, more developers seem to be dumbing down their games to make a broader audience of players. The old Baldur's more »

  • Beta Watch

    Good Old Games Launches Open Beta

    CD Projekt's classic gaming revival service has opened its doors to the public, as Good Old Games moves into the open beta phase. Now everybody can head over to the website at http://www.gog.com and spend their money on DRM-free versions of popular older titles, instead of just those select few privileged enough to attain a closed beta slot.

    They've got a pretty nice selection of titles, generally falling between the $5.99 and 9.99 price range, though they seriously need to get hopping on adding in some adventure games to the mix. The Fallout series is nice and all, but I crave pointing and clicking. Bring me Dark Seed and BloodNet and we'll talk.

    11:20 AM on Thu Oct 23 2008
    By Mike Fahey
    2,851 views, 58 comments

    Most discussed ZFGokuSSJ1: Every game works with every modern machine. more »

  • hot flashes

    Retro Sabotage's 20th Edition: Missile Command

    Our disturbed friends at Retro Sabotage are all suspender-popping about their 20th sabotage since the site launched shortly before New Year's Eve. Remember, these are flash games that play normally (or close to it) before something goes horribly, comically wrong and beyond your control.

    The latest is the "Missile Command Docudrama" although its message is, surprisingly, kind of serious. Tof from Retro Sabotage explained to me in an e-mail: "We wanted an "anti-sabotage" to celebrate the 20th release, and it's kind of a mirror to Mockumentary (though we got mails of people who somehow believed in that one)."

    In the past I know we've linked to some of their other clever redos of classic arcade games. The Xevious Autopsy in particular is worth a look, and I think it's new since RetroSabotage last got a mention here.

    Missile Command Docudrama [Retro Sabotage]

    4:00 PM on Sat Jun 14 2008
    By Owen Good
    4,363 views, 24 comments

    Latest by SpiralJacobs: @badasscat: Definitely, everyone had fears in this era. I, too, played Missile Command at the arcade. I was more »

  • hot flashes

    20-year-old Memories of a Life Not Lived

    Gamers of my generation may remember Activision's Alter Ego, released in 1986. It was a text-and-graphics, choice-based somewhat-precusor to later games like The Sims or Second Life. The game fascinated me, even as a 13-year-old, with the idea of living another life — and helping to create such a rich narrative — or just living that far forward. I feel like I actually have memories of the virtual lives I led in the game: More »

    6:00 PM on Sat May 17 2008
    By Owen Good
    8,643 views, 74 comments

    Latest by pfavaro: Thanks for all of the kind words folks. It is a source of both amazement and joy that people still more »

  • adventures

    The Last Express Gets Re-Distributed Through GameTap

    Even the most gouged CD is repairable. Hold it up to the light. If you can see light actually prickling through in luminous quills, you can safely throw it out. Otherwise, it can generally be sanded and polished to playability again. More »

    6:00 AM on Fri Sep 22 2006
    By kotaku.com
    217 views, 7 comments

    Latest by khy: i still have this game on my comp... really should get around to finishing it at some point. more »

  • clips

    GamePro TV Episode Unearthed, Embarrasses Entire Internet


    Gentlemen, this is your punishment for cramming my Kotaku box with approximately 600 comment requests in the past half-day, outstripping even the pleadings from exotic royalty, the promises of prodigious semenal output, and the offers for very reasonably-priced t-shirt manufacture. More »

    3:40 PM on Tue Jul 18 2006
    By egauger
    1,131 views, 36 comments

  • classic games

    Ubiquities: a Game Staples Retrospective

    1up has compiled a list of game features that, at the time of their releases, influenced the entire industry and all the games that came afterwards. Features that have become staples, in-jokes or both. The only things suspiciously absent are the ubiquitous crates and 'sploding barrels of FPS fame. More »

    7:20 PM on Tue Jun 27 2006
    By egauger
    49 views, 5 comments

    Latest by peanutismint: Yea, and there's a brilliant wiki-like site: http://www.gameinnovation.org/ that chronicles pretty much every gaming 'first' in much greater detail. WARNING: more »

  • food

    Game Over! Stop-Motion Food Rocks Frogger

    Stop-motion impressario PES lets loose with food and Frogger in this classic-gaming stop-motion carnival of deeeeelight. More »

    7:20 PM on Tue Jun 13 2006
    By egauger
    432 views, 2 comments

  • feature

    FEATURE: Think Before Selling Your Used Games

    By Kyle Orland More »
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  • xbox 360

    360's Power and Graphics are Nice, But ...

    So I've had the Xbox 360 for a couple of weeks now. It's a great machine. I played through Kameo and loved it. A gorgeous game. And I'm playing a lot of Project Gotham Racing 3 — another stunner with excellent Xbox Live integration. More »

    11:57 AM on Tue Dec 6 2005
    By kourosh
    201 views, 7 comments

    Latest by Gaz: I've played the classic games for a while, but I came back to the retail games I bought rather quickly. more »

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