Kotaku Originals: Hot Fun in the Summertime [Kotaku Originals]

This will be the first time I’ve ever worked on Crecentral Time, as I’m in Colorado hanging with Kotaku alum Adam Barenblat for the weekend. It’s also a shortened two days thanks to July 4. But to everyone who might be kicking back, lighting up and/or grilling out this weekend – Francophones, we realize you’re waiting on Bastille Day – we start with a roundup of our reporting highlights, led by the Summer of Gaming package. McMike also got a look inside Blizzard and Starcraft. Hey, wasn’t Frank O’Phone a reliever for the New York Mets? I digress. The week in original coverage. Summer of Gaming Sink Or Swim? The Game Designer’s Conundrum Kotaku’s 2009 Summer Reading List Kotaku’s Summer of Gaming Blizzard/Starcraft No LAN Play For Starcraft II Three Things We Weren’t Allowed To Photograph At Blizzard HQ Ogle Blizzard HQ’s Epically Mounted Orc StarCraft II Beta Planned To Last 4 To 6 Months What’s Inside Blizzard’s Library? StarCraft II Hands-On: Round Three Features How To Name A Video Game Studio – And Hopefully Get It Right In Defense Of The Classic Controller Previews, Reviews, Hands-On and Impressions Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Review: Clench The Difference Battlefield Heroes Review: The Great (Cartoon) War Frankenreview: The Conduit Mecho Wars Micro-Review: Landians Versus Wingians… Really? Sony Expands “Official Licensing Program” Let’s Take A PlayStation Home Survey! Captain Blood Preview: Errol Flynn He Ain’t – But He’ll Do Dreamkiller Impressions: “Emotional Painkiller” Doesn’t Sound As Cool The Conduit Review: A Bland, But Enjoyable Shooter Death To Spies 2: Moment of Truth Preview: SMERSH is a fun word to say Bit.Trip: Core Preview: Thumb-Aching Good Fun Gunstar Heroes Micro-Review: The Perfect Shot MySims Agents Preview: Spy vs. Sims Fight Night Round 4 Review: Boxing Beautiful Rumor Foot Controlled Silver Surfer Game? News PS3 Bundle Includes MGS4, Killzone 2 Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma Premium Box Pack Premium Price How Many Hours People Play Nintendo’s Wii Games (Sorry, Donkey Kong) Square Enix Brings Hammer Down On French Retailer Midway Sale To WB Clears Court, Staff At Two Studios Given Notice Grand Theft IV Auto Goes Discount In Japan Xbox 360 Game Creation Tool Kodu Now Live – Got Any Ideas? Dave Perry: How Gaikai Goes Beyond OnLive, Could Spread Gaming Everywhere Square Enix Mystery Solved – The Four Warriors Of Light Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Dated And Detailed For Japan Damnation Developers Laid Off Nintendo Patents WarioWare Take On Othello Carmack: Just About Everything id Makes Coming To iPhone Doom Resurrection: The iPhone Game That Nearly Wasn’t Would Natal Enable User-Generated Mo-Cap? Kotaku Reader K6 Swag and Toys Wish I Had A Record Player Kotaku Kard Man Check Out This Awesome Akuma Statue At the Half 2009 Is Half-Done: What’s Been Great So Far? Facts and Figures How Many Hours People Play Each Wii Sonic Game, Music Games Too The Ten Most Avidly-Played Wii Games In America (As Of July 1)

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Kotaku Originals: Hot Fun in the Summertime [Kotaku Originals]