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This September, the "Come Out & Play" festival that has rocked New York in the past, is coming to the Netherlands via Amsterdam. The two day ( September 22-23) event creates a playground out of the very place you live: More »
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Mrs. Pac-Man is doing what any famous entity does as they are entering retirement, using her celebrity status to sell product. I spotted her in all her edible hard-candied glory at Papabubble in Amsterdam accessorized with some pac dots and super-cute, but doomed ghosts. Many people have wandered into the store after smelling the sweet fruity scents wafting out the door and tried to buy the vintage Atari in the display out from under them, but had to settle for a couple of bags of hand-made candy. More »
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There have been several posts about Invader on Kotaku before, so everyone is probably familiar with French Graffiti artist, Invader. As an artist, he gets a lot of praise for having the ability to paste these tiles up all over the world, which is an amazing feat of course, but perhaps he doesn't get enough credit for what it does for his audience. I just moved to Amsterdam two weeks ago and it was incredibly comforting to see something familiar that reminded me I was still part of the world (barf bag, anybody?). And, being only a whopping 54" in height, I was really surprised that it was pasted up in a place where I could actually touch it and find out just how cemented down it really was (very cemented). Just wanted to share with everyone, I'm on a mission to find the other 25. Make fun of my sappiness at your leisure. Kim Phu More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=248891&view=rss&microfeed=true Gamespot reports that the Smith & Jones Addiction Consultancy has opened an eight-bed gaming addiction treatment ward: More »
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