K Monthly - August 2010

Welcome to the August 2010 edition of H25 K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original coverage, including reviews, previews, features, weekly columns and more, from Kotaku. With summer winding down, we looked to the games of the future at the annual Gamescom convention, playing some of 2011’s biggest games, including Brink, Dragon Age II and Crysis 2. August also offered a peek at one of 2012’s most anticipated titles, BioShock Infinite(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); https://kotaku.com/brink-is-the-breakthrough-that-makes-2011-feel-so-far-a-5617291 We also kicked off Gun Week, our in-depth feature on the who, what, why and how of the virtual firearm. Catch up on just some of the original highlights from August 2010 with our handy wrap-up. —- TABLE OF CONTENTS August 2010 FEATURES Behind The Boom! The History of Headshots, Gaming’s Favorite Act Of Unreal Violence by Stephen Totilo Unreal Estate Building The Perfect Kill House With Video Games by Brian Crecente REVIEWS Metroid: Other M Review: Our Unexpected Future Castlevania Puzzle: Encore Of The Night Review: Alucard’s Puzzle Quest Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Review: Share In The Despair Face Pilot Review: The Video Game That Only Plays Well On My Toilet Madden NFL 11 Review: A Run For Your Money Fierce Teflon & Steel Mouse Pad Review: Slip Slidin’ Away Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game Review: Four-Player Fan Service Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Movie Review: You’re Gonna Get It Monday Night Combat Review: The Happy Warriors Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Review: Grime Story Lara Croft And The Guardian Of Light Review: Gotta Wear Shades Mafia II Review: Smelling The Roses In A Life Lived Too Fast Top Gun Review: Minus Tom, Minus Loving Feeling, Plus DualShock, Plus Multiplayer h25 com สล็อต​ Shank Review: He’ll Cut You The Incident Review: It’s A Happening & It Freaks Me Out Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Review: The Case Of The Zombie-Killing Demo PREVIEWS & IMPRESSIONS BioShock Infinite Goes Beyond The Sea & Into The Skies Eyes-on With Infamous 2’s New Cole, New Tricks Forty-Five Minutes As A Bunny-Loving Guild Wars 2 Necromancer Playing With The Force Unleashed II’s Jedi Mind Tricks and Limb Lopping Crysis 2 is Like “Parkour Free-Running With Guns” Gouging Eyes in Killzone 3 Multiplayer Can You Mix Scribblenauts With LittleBigPlanet Successfully? Super Scribblenauts And My Lost Wedding Ring In His Next Game, Batman Is A Cartoon Character 400 Turns Of Civilization V My First 30 Minutes With Fallout: New Vegas Playing Through Medal of Honor’s Apache Helicopter Level What If Marcus And Dom Actually Helped Each Other, And Were Fantasy Heroes? Playing Spider-man: Shattered Dimensions In The Year 2099 James Bond 007: Blood Stone Looking Smarter, Better, Bonder A Day With The Finished Halo Reach Nothing Bad To Say About The New Castlevania’s First Chapter There Will Be Orc Blood In Lord of the Rings: War in the North Hunted: The Demon’s Forge: I’ve Seen This Before At Last, A Different Kind Of Retro Game, An Intelligently Childish One The Next Tony Hawk Game Is For Kids The Good And Worrisome About Rock Band 3’s Keyboard How Virtua Tennis 4 Plays In Move Motion Controlled 3D Unusual Call of Duty: Black Ops Solo Campaign Hides Secrets Kicking It With Kinect Sports Soccer Might And Magic Heroes VI Might Be Magic Brink Is The Breakthrough That Makes 2011 Feel So Far Away Sims Medieval Doesn’t Stray Far From Its Roots Ratchet & Clank’s New Co-op Game Is Good (For Griefing) Why Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood’s Multiplayer May Seem Familiar Motorstorm Apocalypse Makes A 3D Believer h25 com เข้าสู่ระบบ​ Of Me Hands-On With The Faster, More Brutal Dragon Age II I Played Darkspore And I Loved It A Face Full of Hat in GoldenEye 007 Multiplayer TimeShift Weighs Heavily On Inversion Kinect Controls Work Great… in a Bubble LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Features Massive Ships, Minor Upgrades Hands Cramping On with Call of Duty: Black Ops DS Burnout: Hot Pursuit COLUMNS How Fast Should We Play Games? by Lisa Foiles Are Video Games Just Soap? by Leigh Alexander ‘I’m a game designer’ by Tim Rogers Stick Jockey by Owen Good The Game Of A Lifetime Go Back, Patch, And Do It Again Finding a T, E, A and M, in “Multiplayer” Would You Really Call This A Screw Job?