photo: MLADEN ANTONOV (Getty Images) A man out Robertson County, Tennessee, was playing a video game during a storm Saturday night when a nearby lightning strike caused him to be outright shocked the cable of his controller. As WKRN Reports, the man played after dinner when he was hit and called the ambulance for help. ...
It is not necessary to look back many years to understand how the video game world. It is only by comparing the latest generation consoles with their predecessors that we can see how quickly technology has influenced this sector, the difference being much greater if we go a few years further. Part of the reason ...
Game news PS2: Canceled by Sony, an old prototype of a game box with special design surfaces Published on 07/30/2021 9:32 PM In the 90s, Sony pulverized the competition by unveiling its PlayStation and timeless titles housed in a square plastic case along with a booklet. A sketchy but effective design that Sony wanted more ...
PS2 game boxes were completely unremarkable because they looked like any other plastic case available at the time, from Xbox games to DVDs. But an earlier design that Sony ended up abandoning was a lot more interesting. Earlier this year Phil Salvador wrote a fantastic piece about The obscuritor via Hock Wah Yeo, a designer ...
Gif: Syscom / Midas Interactive / Kotaku I am not a speedrunner. In fact, I’ve never loved a video game enough to try and speed it up until recently when I found the oddity of the PlayStation 2 X-treme-Express. But after nearly a week of watching my last-minute promising attempts fizzle out and my affection ...
picture: Valve / gear At the very end of Half-life: decay there’s a tiny Easter egg to be found, but only if you change your perspective and pay close attention to a broken computer. This secret was discovered by Half a life Expert and YouTuber, MarphitimusBlackimus. This morning they uploaded a short video demonstrating and ...
picture: Nintendo / Kotaku America’s birthday is just around the corner, and you know what that means: it’s time to blow things up loud so we can drown out the embarrassed voices in our heads reminding us how strange and bad America can be . In honor of it all, this week week Split screen ...
Pictured: 2.5 megabytes of colorful vintage game memory.picture: Simon Lock The original PlayStation wasn’t the first video game system to use removable memory cards for game saves, but it certainly made the idea mainstream. Lots of people amassed little piles of things as PS2 rolled around, in a variety of styles and colors. And now ...
picture: Sony / Kotaku The prehistoric 1990s was a different time for video games. Mascot platformer roamed the untamed jungles, with Mario and Sonic fighting forever, while Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Croc, Rayman and countless copycats were strewn underfoot. Fast forward to today, and “mascot platformer” is hardly a genre anymore. There are still a handful ...
The arrival of the Kingdom Hearts franchise to PC was the end of an unusual event: it was the only platform that could not be played officially to a title of the saga. That ended in March, nearly 20 years after the first game was released. As it cannot be otherwise, the modders community they ...
