Well... in the past I've been very critical of Rockstar and GTA, but having said that, the multiplayer has grown on me over the course of the past year. At first, it's pretty frustrating because you don't have access to very many interesting vehicles or powerful weapons. Also, it takes a while for your character's…

If you aren't really even feeling compelled enough to know which one to buy, why not wait? Prices will only get lower later on, and there'll (hopefully) be more games to get excited about.

If you aren't really even feeling compelled enough to know which one to buy, why not wait? Prices will only get…

Kohl's says it's currently out of stock.

Kohl's says it's currently out of stock.

I heard a rumor that Yakuza Zero is going to have English subtitles included, primarily because it's going to be released in China. At least that'll make it easier to play, when imported, for those of us who don't speak Japanese.

That's Sunset Overdrive in a nutshell, too: a series of increasingly frenzied battles set in a bleached-out dreamscape so ornately twisted that it forces you, quite literally, to always think on your feet. Its gameplay carves a deep, particular groove one must learn to fit into for any of it to be fun. But once you…

It seems like there were more options for peaceful/helpful ways of playing in earlier GTA games. IIRC, It used to be possible to go around in a fire truck putting out fires, driving taxis, and picking up people in ambulances.

I'm curious if you consider it newsworthy when a game like this one receives very wildly varying review scores?

The Walking Dead Season 4 Limited Edition preorder is down to $84 today, its lowest price so far. [Walking Dead Season 4 LE, $91]

Well, there are certain guidelines. First and foremost is that you have to keep your distance, because the alien's eyesight at long distances isn't good. Presumably the game will be fair in the sense that the alien can't just instantly spawn in a location right next to the player - it has to move realistically. So you…

Jeez, Stephen. You've got the exact same button in the top left corner of Kotaku.

Kaz, I remember you from the Sega forums. I just want you to know that your stewardship of the Yakuza series was absolutely superb. Now that there aren't people like you and RubyEclipse at Sega of America anymore, I just don't know if there's anyone there who cares enough to advocate for localizing this series. But…

This has always been a low-skill button-mashing kind of fighting game. It has never had any of the depth and nuance of games like Virtua Fighter and Street Fighter, so this is what they have to do in order to get attention. So, it gets shelf space at K-mart.

"That's just an example, because it's the example that we showed. Let's run getting a pure physics model in the cloud, because we can use multiple CPUs there and then locally using the power [of the console] to render and make things look good locally.

In what ways has it changed?

Obviously a kid's artwork, and not bad, either. If the kid keeps working at it, they'll become a great artist.

Does anyone have some first-hand experience with the Neo Geo X? Unfortunately what I've heard second-hand is that it has some poor video issues. The handheld has a badly stretched image, and the console's AV outs are subpar. All of which is counter to the original console's emphasis on premium AV quality. Also, I've…

Interesting, it was like a product endorsement in ancient Rome. I guess I never thought about when that type of practice may have actually begun, prior to mass media advertising.

On the exterior, it's mostly in the backgrounds of the friezes and the panels along the 'ceiling' inside the columns. On the friezes inside it's on the statue of Athena and more on the characters in the friezes themselves - here's an example picture:

That reminds me of this: In Nashville, Tennessee, there is a reproduction of the Parthenon, the temple of Athena in Athens, Greece. The one in Nashville was originally built as part of a Centennial Exposition many decades ago, and was made permanent due to its popularity. In recent years there have been efforts to…

Man, when I was a kid I did just that. Then a week or so later when my mom and brother got a book about solving the Rubik's cube, and the instructions didn't work, I had to 'fess up about it.