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After writing 11,296 stories for Kotaku I find myself at a loss for words as I write this, my last for the site. More »
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Video games do cause real life violence. I know this because after a half hour of playing Drive-By: Gang Warfare for the iPad at Crecente's request, I'm Google mapping his house and checking eBay for firearms. More »
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Not only did my face manage to make it's way onto the The Colbert Report last night, as I slept, but it did so as the voice of the Twittersphere. More »
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In this final season two episode of Players Only with Scott Steinberg, Crecente and Totilo join Oddworld's Lorne Lanning, Cliff Bleszinski, and many more as they discuss the evolution of games journalism. More »
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Don't worry, the latest new character for Fairytale Fights isn't always a naked man with a sword. Sometimes he has an axe. More »
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A few months back, Robert Sanchez, a talented writer formerly of the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post, hung-out with me in my lush jungle home offices to research a story about all things Crecente for 5280 Magazine. More »
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This morning my family and I are kicking off a two-and-a-half week road trip that will have us traveling across a dozen states or so. More »
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I popped into ManiaTV Arcade's War Room show earlier this week to loom over the shoulders of their hosts and talk about the year in games and where we might be headed. More »
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Here for your viewing is another little video experiment we're tinkering with. I know people have been wanting us to do a podcast for quite sometime. And I want to do a podcast, but frankly I hate how bloated they've become. Also, I really wanted to do something with video. Oh and I like shooting people and arguing. So we came up with this. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5058723&view=rss&microfeed=true After Crecente snuck onto the PAX showroom floor he headed directly into the throne room itself to get a first hand discussion with the Kings of PAX Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. In his talk with the guys they discuss topics ranging from Crecente's socks to the future of Child's Play. This is the fifth PAX event by the way and this year's attendance estimations are going to topple fifty thousand. Rest of the interview after the jump. More »
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San Francisco. That game would have been a whole lot shorter if they had just been upfront about things. I didn't even ask you guys a geography question! Crecente is out for the better part of this week, hopping between San Francisco and LA for various events with companies such as Electronic Arts, Sony, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Eidos, and Sega. While he is out of the tower he'll still be posting, in fact he should be posting some rather interesting information, starting this evening. Keep your eyes peeled, while the rest of us concentrate on juggling keeping the site from exploding while randomly uploading videos of our pets onto YouTube. More »
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The resemblance is uncanny. That's Harjit M.'s entry, which is based on this photograph and this post. You know, that could double as a J Allard egg as well. Still, this so makes us want to do a bird shirt contest. Here's what's going on: Decorate an egg (yes, an actual egg), take a pic of it with a Kotaku sign and send it to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom. Commentland will vote for its favorite finalist. We'll kick this baby off right now, wrap it up on April 4th. Here's the loot, plus the bonus signed Fallout 3 shirt. More »
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Ian Bogost sent along this little gem, created in a moment of procrastinating from writing an article: More »
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Myself and a few other game journalists will be sitting up front during one of the Game Developers Sessions, taking questions, and perhaps abuse, from a room full of game developers. More »
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It's obvious from reading the comments posted after every Halo 3 story that some of us don't understand the appeal of the series - after all, it's just an FPS, isn't it? Over at The Rocky Mountain News, some guy named Brian Crecente discusses the broad appeal of the franchise with Bungie's Frank O'Connor, breaking the whole thing down into five, easy to understand categories. The article explores how story, character, AI, gadgets, and approachability combine to form Captain Planet make Halo the huge hit it is with fans across the globe. Keep in mind that Crecente is a freelance contributor to The Rocky Mountain News, so the article might not be up to the publication's high standards. I suggest he stick to his day job. More »
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It's September 19th, ladies and gentlemen, and you all know what that means. Whether you are a Pirate of the Burning Sea, a Pirate of the Caribbean, a Puzzle Pirate, or one of Sid Meier's stalwart band of buccaneers, today is your day. Break out the eye patch, cut off your leg and replace it with a wooden stump (do NOT actually do this), and crack open the rum, for International Talk Like A Pirate Day is upon us, may god have mercy on our souls. It's a special day for Kotaku, as it is a well documented fact that we are captained by the notorious dread pirate Crecente, whose exploits and bird shirts are the stuff of nautical legends. How are you planning on celebrating this day? As a ninja, I am going into hiding, though to be honest that's pretty much what ninja do anyway when they aren't killing pirates. Maybe I'll toss in a silent yar for the occasion. More »
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Today, a big ol' surprise announcement was expected at EA's San Francisco event. Turns out it was to show off some gameplay for the upcoming Simpsons' game. Our pirate man on the ground Brian Crecente will be posting about it later. He might even get some time with the game, so be sure to check back. Later, even! Brian Ashcraft More »
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I know this is short notice but I should be on CNBC in the next 15 minutes or so (by 7:30 p.m. Easter) to talk about Guitar Hero. More »
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Just a quick note. I'll be on Attack of the Show today discussing the implications and fall-out of the Grand Theft Auto IV trailer. More »
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Today I gave notice at the Rocky Mountain News. April will be the first month I haven't worked full-time at a daily newspaper in nearly one and a half decades, it feels kinda weird. More »
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Ahoy! Some big time bloggers attended Microsoft's "Bloggers Breakfast." Guys like Slashdot's Michael Zenke, Joystiq's Chris Grant, GameSetWatch's Simon Carless, D-toid's Robert Summa and Wired's Chris Kohler. And Microsoft picked the one who looks like a pirate to throw up on Xbox.com. Shiver me timbers. Brian Ashcraft More »
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I'll be honest. I never wanted to actually have to write about video games. I just wanted to play them for free and get nerdalicious swag like this Chocobo handkerchief. The number of fantasies I've had about coveted items like this promo giveaway for the upcoming Square-Enix DS title Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales are simply too numerous to count. More »
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This is the game of the year "debate" between Dave Thomas and I from last night's gathering that I mentioned in my post earlier today. Keep in mind we both were on our fourth-ish drink and that it was painfully loud at the bar when we did this. If nothing else, this is a good example of every conversation Dave and I have ever had at a gaming event that provides alcohol. Hit the jump for the poll we mention at the end of the podcast. Brian Crecente More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=233191&view=rss&microfeed=true Here's the clip from my appearance last night on Attack of the Show's The Loop. While I enjoyed the experience, I wish we had more time to discuss the issues and game on a deeper level. Brian Crecente More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=230798&view=rss&microfeed=true They're so nice they're having me on twice. Attack of the Show is having me on again for their Loop segment today. This time around we're talking about the whole kerfluffle surrounding Slamdance's decision to boot Super Columbine Massacre RPG! from their fest after first wooing it and then naming it a finalist. More »
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For some reason I can't get Highlander out of my head. More »
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I just got out of the half-hour-ish lunch with Bill Gates. Interesting guy. He seems most at home, not on a stage pitching a product or his company, but sitting around a table with a bunch of fellow geeks. More »
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ABC's Jonathan Silverstein has an interesting piece up over on ABC News about the Playstation 3 buying boom. The story, it sounds like, was at least partially spurred by that photo I took at my local Best Buy showing 30 of the consoles sitting out on the sales floor on New Year's Day. More »
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Last week I posted a link to a piece Stephen Totilo wrote for MTV about his personal worst moments in video game journalism in 2006. More »
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The Wii, it seems, is. The dust hasn't yet settled on the console wars, but Nintendo's new console appears as though it came out on top this Christmas. Toronto Star rounds-up a group of pundits, gamers, retailer and the obligatory pirate (yes, there are Crecente quotes). Says EB Games manager Paul Webber: More »
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The BBC has an interesting story up on the furor surrounding the release of Christian video game Left Behind: Eternal Forces. An alliance of liberal groups is trying to get Wal-Mart, among other retailers, to stop selling the game. More »
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eBayers obviously have no shame whatsoever. Chris E. sent us a link to his auction featuring hand-painted artwork of Nintendo's Miyamoto as a Mii. It's not Picasso, but it's not a bad rendition of Ninty's wonder boy at all. In fact, despite my misgivings, I put a bid down on it. Would look great in my computer room, AKA the only room in the house I am allowed to decorate. More »
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We normally wouldn't be able to post about a ninja-related holiday due to Crecente's being a high-profile pirate, but he has graciously allowed me to remind you about December 5th, the Day of the Ninja, in exchange for having his family returned safely. The Day of the Ninja is like Talk Like a Pirate Day, only we don't talk like idiots. Or at all, in fact. Just sweet, festive, deadly silence. And we have both eyes. Sometimes more than both. More »
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I just finished going through my swag pile to rustle up some goodies to ship to Joel in Brooklyn to give away at the annual Funde Razor. I'm going to be mailing him a bunch of t-shirts, including ones for Elite Beat Agents, Bully, Penny-Arcade and even an I Scored with Samus shirt. I'll also be sending him some cool swag like a Bully kickball and that sweet white Member's Only jacket Rockstar sent me for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Brian Crecente More »
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