TABLE OF CONTENTS August 2009 Original Exergaming Backyard Adaptations Of Video Game Classics by Brian Crecente Book ‘Em, Halo Kotaku’s 2009 Summer Reading List by Mike Fahey Beat The Heat Kotaku’s 2009 Summer Playing List by Owen Good Gee, Thanks Thanks, Hollywood, For These “Summer Blockbusters” by Luke Plunkett Space Marines Forever And Now For The Games Inspired By Summer Blockbusters… by Luke Plunkett Film Rejects School Turning Summer Movies Into Games: Dos and Don’ts by Michael McWhertor Movies In Development They Remember Jedi, Jaws and Indiana Jones by Stephen Totilo Sandy Tokens When The Best Part of The Beach Is The Arcade by A.J. Glasser Sweat ‘Til You Bleed It Dry Have We Reached Exercise Game Saturation? by [[link]] Brian Ashcraft Tales From The Deep End Sink Or Swim? The Game Designer’s Conundrum by Stephen Totilo Learn To Play A Fake Guitar, Already When A Real Band Tried Rock Band…
by Leigh Alexander The Game Name Game How To Name A Video Game Studio – And Hopefully Get It Right by Michael McWhertor Where Is The LOL? Why It’s Hard To Make Today’s Games Funny by Mike Fahey [[link]] A Slime Appears You Too Can Experience The Dragon Quest IX Launch! by Tim Rogers Master Chief’s Destiny Jackson Explains How Fate Killed Halo And Gave Birth To District 9 by John Gaudiosi REVIEWS Gunstar Heroes Micro-Review: The Perfect Shot Mecho Wars Micro-Review: Landians Versus Wingians… Really? Battlefield Heroes Review: The Great (Cartoon) War Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Review: Clench The Difference Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Review: A Fistful of Accolades Doom Resurrection Micro-Review: What In The Sam Hell Kodu Game Lab Micro-Review: Baby’s First Game Development Kit BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Review: Rebel Yell Rolando 2 Micro Review: Rolando Keeps On Rolling Waterway Micro-Review: A Little Wet Behind The Ears Droplitz Micro-Review: Dripping With Strategy Battlefield 1943 Review: Battling In The Pacific The Secret Of Monkey Island SE Micro-Review: Still Fights Like A Cow Bit Boy Micro-Review: Stuck In The Past Wii Sports Resort Review: More Motion in the Ocean Little King’s Story Review: So Creative, So Hostile Gears of War 2: Dark Corners Micro-Review: Putting the Stealth in Curb Stomps Streets of Rage Micro Review: Ragin’ Hard Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review: Almost Half-Good Madballs in…Babo:Invasion Micro-Review: Drives You Mad, Busts Your Balls ‘Splosion Man Micro-Review: An Exploding Barrel Of Monkeys
PREVIEWS Bit.Trip: Core Preview: Thumb-Aching Good Fun Death To Spies 2: Moment of Truth Preview: SMERSH is a fun word to say Red Steel 2 Preview: Whack-tastic Fun Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes Preview: The Might Of Mana… and Puzzles Rabbids Go Home Preview: Rabbids Go In Your Wiimote TMNT Smash-Up Preview: Will The Real April O’Neil Please Stand Up? Shaun White Snowboarding World Stage Preview: Snow In Summer C.O.P. The Recruit Preview: If Only Becoming A Police Officer Were [[link]] So Easy Academy of Champions Preview: It’s Harry Potter But With Soccer And Sam Fisher Aion Preview: Onward Towards Ascension Brutal Legend Preview: The Game That Ripped My Jeans Leg Half-Minute Hero Preview: Don’t Blink And Miss It Fighting Fantasy DS Preview: Choose Your Own Adventure Makes A Comeback Dragon Age: Origins Preview: About Those Xbox 360 Controls… Shadow Complex Preview: To Get Past Metroid Wizard of Oz Preview: Partying Up With
The Tin Man IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Preview: If You Think Planes Are Beautiful Champions Online Combat Preview: Challenge Accepted Dead Space Extraction Preview: What The Wii Can Do Gangstar Preview: Very Much Like GTA On An iPhone Singularity Preview: I Love The Power Glove Borderlands Preview: It Shoots Rockets! Dragon Age: Origins Xbox 360 Hands-On: Have You Considered The PC Version? Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier Preview: Air Combat, Of Course A Boy And His Blob Preview: You Will Fail Cursed Mountain Preview: Save Me, Science, Save Me WELL PLAYED My Pirate, My Friend Novel, Write Thyself Tapping Into the Power of Collective Gaming Video Games Inescapable At Comic-Con Libraries Got Game COVER Designed by Michael McWhertor