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Video game developers take great care in creating rules and restrictions that define the gameplay of their virtual worlds, but sometimes those rules aren't good enough. In today's rule-breaking edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Pibbles explores the joy of playing under your own self-imposed strictures. More »
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Few sports implement rule changes as frequently as the NFL, but they're often subtle. This year the league made a major change to its playoff overtime procedure and, as expected, Madden NFL 11 will reflect that. More »
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Word from the Scrabble makers at Mattel is that proper nouns will be fair game for Scrabble players as of this summer. [UPDATE: Not so fast concerning this "rule change."] More »
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There's a fun little piece over at the Escapist on social networks (real ones, not the virtual variety) and gaming. The social aspect of gaming lends itself to the creation of complicated rules and unspoken codes of behavior: More »
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This, my friends, is why people still go into the sign business. Because even as we enter the digital world in which every surface custom advertises to us in response to retinal scans, there will always be a need for the quick and crude Wii pun on hard paper, where one's freedom of speech stems only as far as the Scotch tape will reach. More »
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And so. Having totally burnt myself out on contests in June and July, I managed to sort of skip August in the way of contest. Sure I gave away a couple of things, but I was burnt out. More »
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Personally, I couldn't care less whether there are booth babes at E3. I don't have any great desire to stop and take photos with women in tiny clothes while I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to see all of the relevant stuff on the show floor. This year there was a much ado about the booth babe crack down. According to one insider source, the big change, besides enforcement, was the addition of one new rule to the contract companies sign when they rent space on the floor. The addition basically said no bikinis. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=174570&view=rss&microfeed=true TeamXbox reports that the World Cyber Games will accept input from competitors before finalizing rules for this year's games. In order to chip in their two cents, gamers will be asked to register at the official site. More »
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