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Commenter GiantBoyDetective has posted the winners of the 2011 Speakys, the unofficial video game awards of our Speak Up forum community. Now all that's left to do is vote for Game of the Year. More »
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While high atop Kotaku Tower we sit in high-backed chairs around a marble and gold inlaid table pondering our official Game of the Year, commenter GiantBoyDetective and friends organize their very own awards, and you can help in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »
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Well, we did ask. Our heavily inked readers have sent in a plethora of pictures detailing the game-related tattoos with which they have adorned themselves. As expected, they run the gamut from impressive to slightly baffling. Magnet Genocide wears Chun Li on his arm, Rob Thrift has matching mega man and heat man, Melissa Stiltner sent us her impressive Master Sword back piece - she has Okami piece on the way. Nick Purdy sent us pics of his girlfriend Robyn's Super Mario Galaxy star, Sebastian Zethraeus wears a foxy MGS 4 insignia, An anonymous reader has the Sith code in UV ink. More »
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When Brian first told me what I was going to be doing, I'll admit I was a little overwhelmed at the thought of going through potentially hundreds of photos, and making them presentable for all the world to see. But now I understand why Crecente called the first gallery his "labour of love". It was really exciting getting hear from you guys and receiving stories about your gaming setups from all over the world. I'm a little sad I couldn't include all the great stories you guys provided me with, but I think many of these pictures speak for themselves. More »
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What you know about us: I live in Japan, Crecente is a pirate, McWhertor needs to shave, Fahey gives away cookies to strangers, Plunkett has "LOVE" "HATE" tattoos, Mark Wilson's real name is actually Wilson Mark and Flynn is always five minutes late. Always. More »
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Earlier, we posted a letter from a reader detailing what went on during the Japan PS3 launch. Homeless people lined up for consoles as well as select Chinese who then turned around and tried to sell the machines. The story got substantial internet play, including being picked up by the BBC, who interviewed me as well. But, was the coverage racist? More »
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Yo, peeps. Up in da Ko to da tak to da you, we all be mackin' some love on Gamestop. Sometimes, we sparks a blizz, puts on da bling and we just go mackin' on down to Gamestop. "Yo, foh shizz, lez get da PS3 pre-order IZ-ON," we be sayin' to the Gamestop peeyimp behind the counter. "Sold out... BEEYOTCH!" he responds. "Hell NO, negro!" I'm all like, because we both be bein' black brothas. "Help an African-Irishman albino brudda out..." And den he all be like BLSADJDFSKKDJSK;LDSKDLS;F... More »
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Going by the random IMs and emails, it would seem that most of our readers were at least 14 years-old. That, or inmates. Not so! Apparently, we beam into grade schoolers. Inspired by yesterday's Wii post, ten year-old Anthony sent us a couple hand-drawn pictures of the Nintendo Wii. We think they're pretty charming in a serial killer sort of way. I mean, he is ten. We think. More »
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Rhys Hale wrote us with this charmingly wrought diagram of the medical consequences wreaked by PlayStation ergonomics. Right click, select "View Image" for PlayStation Claw in it's full glory. More »
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Nothing important is going on in gaming today, so why not post more gaming related paraphernalia no one gives a flying crap about. In response to our earlier post on Bubble Bobble coasters Kotakuite Ryan sent us these pics of some other game related coasters he did. Pretty snazzy... one for each beer I have open at once! Thanks, Ryan. Florian Eckhardt More »
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I think this is my favorite bit of gamer themed street art we've ever posted. I like to think that this is less deliberate art than a miraculous coincidence — the sole remaining piece of a Byzantine mosaic's millennia-spanning decay. The rusted pipes give it an air of almost Turkish squalor. More »
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The Amazing Mr. Pee — a Wildeian wit — sent us this shot of some graffiti in Melbourne, New Zealand. That's not just any Link you're seeing there: that's Link from The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap! More »
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Kotakuite Michael C. forwarded us this message from the Rainbow Six Vegas viral game, Save Vegas. More »
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Mmm. Xbox Fruit Roll Ups. "Every day glow green snack has a hint hidden under the wrapper." And a strawberry red ring of death inside! More »
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Kotakuite Robin was doing some surfing, when he or she (who can tell within the context of an email signature?) found this fairly funny comic strip called God's Plan The vast, cosmic implications of deity combined with a fun gaming bent! I'm not really sure if steps 1 - 4 are necessary for a decent high score, though. Florian Eckhardt More »
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Oh great. Ash has done it again. By plucking something from the tips jar (in his ineffable laziness) that no one else thought was even interesting enough to post, he's caused an avalanche of similar crap to come rumbling down on the site, to bury you all. More »
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Jonathan B. of the Gamebang Blog wrote us in about a curious Xbox 360 College Tour that occurred at his university on the fifth anniversary of September 11th... right across from a Red Cross Blood Drive. More »
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As seen on the recent 1UP Show , at an interview with the Insomniac team, I give you... the PS3 dev kit. More »
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Duct tape solves all woes. It's great in special ops missions, either as a make-shift gag, pair of handcuffs, or just to patch open the long, oozing slit that an enemy bayonet just tore up your belly. As all men know, Apollo 11 was only able to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere by patching a hole in the shuttle with duct tape. And so on. More »
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And one intrepid reader saves me and my all-consuming punctuation pet peeve a bright, shiny bullet: More »
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Gamer love doesn't merely cuddle close to the homerotic. After we posted the tattoo of a Hot Topic employee's Luigi tattoo and explained that it was a testament to his passion for his best friend (their love ripped asunder by different college acceptance letters), Kotakuite David S. wrote us: More »
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Writes Kotakuite Yosubis: More »
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Kotakuite George1234 saw this pic over at the Gaming Age Forums of that first rumored, now confirmed Wii Sync button. It also shows the SD card slot more clearly and, if you squint, what George theorizes is a round button for the ejection of the card. Which certainly beats prying it loose with a flathead screwdriver. So there you go. Florian Eckhardt More »
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Kotakuite Julien D. wrote from France, informing us the the FNAC series of megastores are apparently filling DS Lite pre-orders one day early: More »
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A week back or so, we enthusiastically burbled on about the Shredder, a third-party Guitar Hero controller that made the liquid in our crotches glow through the skin like a lava lamp. We said we'd go buy one. This was a lie. It was part of a devious plot to get you to spend your hard-earned money for us, then send us a review so we wouldn't be out a cool forty beans. More »
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Kotaku reader Daniel K. sent us in this mysterious photograph of a flamboyant man dressed entirely in gaudy leopard print duds hanging out with Koji Kondo at E3. Do you recognize him? Who is he? One of our on-site editors probably knows, but they are all sucking their thumbs whilst embryonically nuzzled in a booth babe's tequila-filled womb right now. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=173335&view=rss&microfeed=true Yes, yes, I'm pathetically slow when it comes to posting up contest pictures. Here's images from the 29 entries we received for the coolest reader game room. Check em out and then post your comments so we can narrow it down to our favorites and start a vote to see who wins the Kilowatt. I wasn't totally shocked that we received one toilet game room photo, but two? Of course, you know my heart was won by the home arcade featuring the pinball machines. More »
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It's the weekend. For some, weekends involve getting drunk, or skydiving face-first into the bosoms of strippers, or jumping flaming monster trucks over the grand canyon. But we're gamers. For us, it means two blissful days of cathode irradiation — fighting monsters and demons in imaginary worlds while our pale blue skin shimmers and crackles. More »
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