Night Patrol

CAMP MERCURY, IRAQ – Marines embark on risky night patrols around their base in one of Iraq’s most dangerous zones to prevent attacks and keep insurgents at bay. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) https://kotaku.com/pipclock-has-you-duck-and-covered-in-case-of-apocalypse-5819768(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"); }); PipClock Has You Duck-and-Covered in Case of Apocalypse With the exception, maybe, of VATS calling out your headshots, our modern mobile devices are shades more useful than the Pip Boy. Nonetheless, the Fallout universe’s wrist-borne computer seems so much more essential and dramatic, probably because its analog hum, scanlines and fluttering screen make… More » https://kotaku.com/the-reinvention-of-literature-5819929 The Reinvention of Literature There’s something seemingly scandalous, irreverent about Simon Meek’s notion of “playing through” novels like Crime and Punishment or Wuthering Heights But in practice, Meek’s work transforming the world’s great literature into something experienced on a gaming console is more akin to performance… More » https://kotaku.com/how-steam-brought-a-console-convert-back-to-the-pc-gami-5819947 How Steam Brought a Console Convert Back to the PC Gaming Fold In this Monday morning episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Cobaltios tells the story of how he drifted away from PC gaming, only to have Valve’s downloadable PC game service drag him right back in. More » https://kotaku.com/green-lanterns-light-comes-at-a-price-in-dc-universe-on-5819881 mc888 Green Lantern’s Light Comes at a Price in DC Universe Online To become a member of DC Comic’s Green Lantern Corps, a being must be willful beyond imagining and fearless to a fault. Should they meet that criteria and the time be right, one of the fabled power rings may just find its way to them. More » This is the Correct Way to Beat a Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Boss When last we showed you the boss battle in the demo of the next major riches888pg Zelda game, the boss won. Link died. Very sad. Today, in New York City, Nintendo’s J.C. More » https://kotaku.com/9-minutes-of-us-trying-to-play-the-legend-of-zelda-s-5811942 Nearly Six Minutes of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City This is like no Resident Evil game you’ve ever played: You run, you gun, you eat through boxes of ammo. In Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City the creep dead are less an inevitable death and more a tactical weapon that can turn on you. More » https://kotaku.com/resident-evils-dip-into-action-is-more-experiment-than-5813558 https://kotaku.com/i-was-wrong-to-blow-off-this-new-kirby-wii-game-5820063 I Was Wrong To Blow Off this New Kirby Wii Game One month ago, in the Nintendo booth at E3, I asked Nintendo people to tell me which Nintendo game I shouldn’t overlook. Kirby Wii, they told me. But I was never a Kirby fan. More » https://kotaku.com/the-authoritarian-control-of-labor-in-tiny-tower-5819054 The Authoritarian Control of Labor in Tiny Tower While playing Tiny Tower, do you worry about your Bitizens’ happiness, or ignore them in jinda44 favor of staffing your shops? Blogger Jorge Albor at popmatters.com examines the Marxist implications of doing well in Tiny Towers As Albor explains, playing Tiny Tower works, is not difficult, all it takes is… More » https://kotaku.com/the-pea-shooters-and-samurai-of-the-wiis-rhythm-heaven-5820100 The Pea Shooters and Samurai of the Wii’s Rhythm Heaven We checked out the upcoming Wii version of music-infused Rhythm Heaven at E3, but we weren’t able to let you listen to it because it’s was so loud. This time around we’re in the relative quiet of Nintendo’s New York offices, where Stephen Totilo tried his hand at stabbing peas with a fork and… More » https://kotaku.com/a-game-called-achron-and-the-theory-that-games-would-be-5820164 A Game Called Achron and the Theory That Games Would be Better With Time Travel In the first mission of the upcoming computer game that Chris Hazard, PhD, has been trying to make since 1999, our hero, a man named Holloway meets himself. More » We like tips! Got tips for our editors? Want to show the world your latest creation? Ready to anonymously share an unannounced game? Email us at [email protected]. Or leave us an anonymous voicemail at (612) 568-2581. Want a different layout? Click here for the Speak Up or Tips forums. Want a more “blog-like” look? Click the button up top next to “Top Stories.” Get more Kotaku! Want even more Kotaku? Want to know which of your friends read us? “Like” us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter