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Welcome to the first weekly installment of Freaky Fan Art, an exploration of the peculiar, bizarre, and downright peculiar places gamers' imaginations take them after the end credits roll. This week, Sonic the Hedgehog gets stuck in the toilet, cuddles the prince of the beasts, and finally grows a pair. More »
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Commenter GiantBoyDetective poses here with the replica Master Sword he received for Christmas, a harbinger of dark times ahead in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »
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Soon Xbox 360 gamers will be able to get some use out of their Kinect: Interacting with a new suite of multimedia advertising set to hit the console and its $150 peripheral next spring. More »
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Taking advantage of GameStop's current trade-in promotion, my extra copy of Mass Effect 2 netted me $56 in store credit, $1 more than the retailer sells the game used. I'd say it's a good week to trade-in your games. More »
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A psych ward patient in Holland skated on an insanity plea after he killed power to an entire hospital thinking he was solving a puzzle in Silent Hill. More »
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In case you were either holding out or saving up for Street Fighter IV on the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, now would be an excellent time to scrape up those pennies and head to GameStop. More »
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Defense attorneys for 17-year-old Daniel Petric, who stands accused of killing his mother and shooting his father in the head, argued yesterday that the teen's video game addiction directly led to the incident. More »
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The South American nation famous for its ability to create great soccer players, attractive swimsuit models and land that used to be rainforests has brought the banhammer down upon two of the world's most popular online games. Both Counter-Strike and EverQuest, each now nine-years old, were said to promote "the subversion of public order, were an attack against the democratic state and the law and against public security" by the judge enacting the ban. More »
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Lineage II turned deadly in Russia late last year, where two members of warring clans meeting face-to-face in the city of Ufa resulted in violence and death. A 33 year-old member of the Platanium clan named Albert agreed to me a 22 year-old from the rival Coo-clocks Clan (*sigh*) in persona following a nasty PVP session that left the former dead. During the meeting Albert was brutally beaten, later dying from his injuries on the way to the hospital. Upon his arrest, the young man expressed no remorse - simply explaining calmly why Albert had to die. The alleged killer has now been charged with murder. More »
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This just in from George Broussard over on the 3D Realms Forums: More »
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Actually Jack "Texas T" Thompson didn't really call the site superflous, rather he was referring to his latest suit against us. Wait, suit against us? I must have lost track of one of them, I didn't realize any were still standing. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=307538&view=rss&microfeed=true Okay people, apparently we are going a bit cake crazy as of late. I am scared to open my inbox for fear of cake spilling out all over the place, making me spend hours scraping frosting off of press releases and screenshots. Take this one, for instance, from Kotakuite Adam's wedding rehearsal dinner. More »
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That $9.99 PlayStation 3 auction that McWhertor mentioned earlier ain't nothing. Earlier this morning a Kotaku reader slapped down a Buy It Now bid on a PS3, 2 free games, an extra controller, and free shipping on top of it, all for the bargain price of $.99. Less than one American dollar! More »
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We get a lot of tips from our readers who tell us about zany eBay auctions where someone's scalping their PlayStation 3 with the help of a topless girl or, say, with the help of a topless girl. They may not all be winners, but altogether, they make for a good time. More »
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(I promise that this is the last insane PlayStation 3 line-up story I personally will post today—the rest of the crew will hold it down, posting news about humans acting like animals for a video game console. After that, I'm squirreling away to the Best Buy in West Hollywood to watch the midnight launch festivities go down. Keep in mind, I'm not getting a PS3 tonight, so don't be jealous. But look for me. I'll be the guy with the eggs.) More »
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A poster at the official Xbox forums tells the harrowing tale of his near-fatal (to his 360) crash, in what he describes as a "testament to the 360". More »
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Looks like the best place to play portable gaming just got all anti-gamey on us. Following the arrest of 21 people Thursday in connection with an alleged plot to blow up a plane, the UK officials have banned passengers from taking electronic items on board planes. More »
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