Games with what you could call celebrity endorsements are not unknown. But Richard Dawkins: Evolution is something of a different breed. Professor Dawkins is one of the world’s foremost scientists as well as perhaps its greatest populariser of science – fitting into a noble tradition of thinkers who went the extra…
In the first years of my career as a games writer, I got used to a certain reaction from my parents’ friends when they were told about what I was doing for a living. It was usually along the lines of “what a waste”. I imagined them shaking their heads as if they’d just been quietly informed that I was shooting heroin. I was a smart kid, gregarious, academically inclined. Why would I devote myself to these violent, mindless things?
In the first years of my career as a games writer, I got used to a certain reaction from my parents’ friends when they were told about what I was doing for a living. It was usually along the lines of “what a waste”. I imagined them shaking their heads as if they’d just been quietly informed that I was shooting heroin. I was a smart kid, gregarious, academically inclined. Why would I devote myself to these violent, mindless things?
I love when Nintendo games aren’t afraid to be weird. Paper Mario: Color Splash is funnier and more irreverent than anything else on the Wii U, occupying a strange, occasionally conflicted territory somewhere between platform-adventure and RPG.
I love when Nintendo games aren’t afraid to be weird. Paper Mario: Color Splash is funnier and more irreverent than anything else on the Wii U, occupying a strange, occasionally conflicted territory somewhere between platform-adventure and RPG.
Kotaku UK wrapped up their Star Citizen investigation today with two new pieces. There’s a look at what happened to Star Marine, the game’s missing module, as well as a good summary of Kotaku UK’s entire series.
Kotaku UK wrapped up their Star Citizen investigation today with two new pieces. There’s a look at what happened to Star Marine, the game’s missing module, as well as a good summary of Kotaku UK’s entire series.
Kotaku UK continues their Star Citizen series with two new pieces. The first looks at Star Citizen’s superbackers, and the second is about a 24-year feud that’s dogged the game.
Over at Kotaku UK, Julian Benson went inside the troubled development of Star Citizen. He interviewed numerous people involved in the project, including Chris Roberts. Read more…