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I've associated flying whales with music for a long time. I'd say that this has everything to do with the second sequence in Fantasia 2000, in which a family of whales takes to the air accompanied by Respighi's The Pines of Rome. What sounds like a goofy idea on paper becomes uniquely beautiful onscreen—the improbable soaring of those giant animals becomes strange and moving, and it's all accompanied by the surging triumphalism of the orchestra. More »
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Cut the Birds is awesome. Not the game itself, mind you. Just the premise. I mean, it's not often you see a cheap knock-off go after not one game, but two. More »
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It's been nearly 30 years since Galaga stormed onto the arcade scene, delivering to fans of fixed shooters an arguably better version of Galaxian. More »
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The game makers behind mega Facebook games Farmville, CityVille and Mafia Wars today filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission to take Zynga public in hopes of raising $1 billion. More »
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A third-party public relations firm tweeted last night that they would be "reviewing who gets games next time and who doesn't" based on the bad reviews pouring in about Duke Nukem Forever. More »
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Yesterday, chaos gave way to empty concourses as E3 2011 ended not with a bang, but with its customary whimper. More »
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With the major press conferences done and dusted, E3's second day (well, third) let us get on with what we came here to do: kick some ass and play some games. More »
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The first proper day of the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo was dominated by one thing: a new Wii console with a silly name. More »
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I played Nintendo's Wii U earlier this week, the exciting successor to the Wii that not only plays a lot like the Wii—now with a new, unique twist—but a console that plays nicely with the Wii controllers and accessories you already have. More »
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In case you're only just joining us, or simply want to relive the whole day again, here's a roundup of all the news, media and other interesting stuff from E3 2011's "Day Zero". More »
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Almost four years ago today, the people who made Pac-Man tried to make Pac-Man better, by giving the game a techno aesthetic and altering—intensifying—its rules of play. Game developer Milan Nikolic's Knight Defensenow does that for chess. More »
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These photos (and they are genuine photos, not a photoshops), of Grand Moff Tarkin, were taken in 2011. Yet the man who played the Star Wars villain, screen legend Peter Cushing, died in 1994. More »
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Close your eyes and play an iPhone game. With Stem Stumper, a game made for both blind and sighted gamers, you can do that. Play it by sound, and you can win. More »
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Have you ever played a Final Fantasy or a Dragon Age? Actually, have you ever had to slog through a bad role-playing game, one in which the characters just go on and on about their problems and the evil that's going to destroy the world? More »
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Sony has not yet determined if the personal information or credit card numbers of users on the still-offline Playstation Network have been stolen, according to a Sony spokesman. More »
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It's happened to everyone at one point or another. You're playing your favorite FPS and minding your own business when your character finally succumbs to that pesky stream of bullets that's been bouncing off his face for the past two minutes. "Aw man," you say aloud while a big, ominous Game Over screen stares you down. "Well, at least I can jump right back in and..." But you can't. Suddenly, you're 30 minutes away from where you kicked the bucket – your previous progress rotting at the bottom of some virtual wastebasket. "Well, at least I can vary up my tactics and see the game from a different angle this time." Nope. So many invisible walls that you may as well be a mime. "Well, at least I can—" Nuh-uh. Can't do that either. So you pause to take a breather, but they immediately start suffocating you. Games For Windows logos. Everywhere. And then you wake up drenched in a cold sweat, safe in your own bed and free of the nightmare's cruel clutches. "It was just a dream, " you mumble before dozing off again.   More »
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Final Fantasy Tactics. X-Com. Shining Force. All games that do turn-based strategy very well. If you have an iPhone or iPad, add Hunters to that list. More »
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Overkill is what happens when Duck Hunt meets the cold, fiscal reality of the App Store. More »
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People who are in the know have been waiting for Sword & Sworcery for many, many months. More »
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Sharpening a divide between the version of the games industry they like and the version in which they don't want to participate, Nintendo has stated that it doesn't want to work with "garage" developers. More »
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The Nintendo 3DS is the next big thing in video games. The new portable gaming system from Nintendo lets you play games in 3D, without the need for special glasses, but there's much more to it than that. More »
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I'm the guy on the subway who is playing Collision Effect. I used to be the guy on the subway playing Drop 7. (Everyone else is playing Angry Birds.) Since I downloaded Collision Effect a couple of weeks ago, it has been my iPhone obsession. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5783506&view=rss&microfeed=true Simple truth about the iPad 2: Maybe it won't make you feel the way it makes me feel. Maybe it won't replace your laptop. Maybe it could be even thinner and lighter. But there is nothing else like it. [Gizmodo] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5783044&view=rss&microfeed=true The original Nyko Charge Base was like my personal team doctor, making sure my controllers were ready and charged for game time. But could Nyko improve on something that's near perfect? (Yup.) [Gizmodo] More »
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The iPad 2 is here. And yeah, it's pretty great. Despite the early looks, we're still finding surprises. Like? The screen is definitely better than the original iPad's. That's just the beginning. More »
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Some LEGO games are expansive voyages built on exciting properties. This is not one of those games. More »
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I've been playing with the 3DS all day for much longer than Nintendo's recommended allotment of time. My head isn't killing me, and I'm not barfing. Yet. More »
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Continuing the trend of Kinect doing awesome things in everything but video games, take a look at this web browser that's been built specifically for Microsoft's motion-sensing camera. More »
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Later this week, the glasses-free Nintendo 3DS goes on sale in Japan. A Chinese site already has its hands on the hot portable, and it's ripped it into pieces. More »
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Remember when George Hotz, aka "GeoHot", appeared on television? He sounded so intelligent and well-composed, and Sony's lawsuit just seemed unwarranted. Now, Hotz doesn't nearly sound as well-composed, but rather NSFW and petulant. Well, at least he's got flow and rhymes. More »
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Like many, I find it difficult to balance my gaming habits and my professional life. I don't, however, have the most normal day job. I'm in a band called HelloGoodbye and we tour many months out of the year. More »
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There is something deeply satisfying about relying on a steady hand, not agile thumbs, to win a gun battle in a graphically stunning world. More »
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In 2007, Apple unveiled the first iPhone. It featured a revolutionary "pinch" gesture, which found its way into other phones and devices. Likewise, Sony's NGP is ready to shake up the way we interact, just by letting us rub its back. More »
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"Game Over". It's a term synonymous with video games, yet right now in Egypt, it's also a rallying cry for mass political action. More »
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Here's how the new PSP2 (or NGP) sizes up compared to its competition in the handheld gaming space. More »
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There's a new PSP! And it needs games. Lucky, then, it's getting some, and it's starting at the very top of the PlayStation tree. With Uncharted. More »
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The PSP2 is finally here. Sony revealed its brand new PlayStation Portable at an event in Tokyo today, our first official look at the PlayStation maker's next foray into handheld gaming, the NGP or "Next Generation Portable." First details below. More »
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Julias Jackson is an 11-year-old boy living with autism, whose only real social interaction comes from playing online multiplayer games on Xbox Live, an activity that became more difficult when the Xbox Live team labeled him a cheater. More »
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This week I found myself doing something I've never done before with an iPad. Playing a game, not to pass time, but because it was fun, frightening and I wanted to see what was going to happen next. More »
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While the PSP2 is not yet official, there have been fan Photoshop creations. Apparently, this is not a fan-made creation. Apparently, this is a Sony-made one. But is it? More »
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