Let's Lose Weight While Playing Video Games
In today's fashionably late episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter God Hand BrynnFlynn talks about that old video game weight loss standard, the exercise bike.
Europeans can now play Ico and other games on the Vita via Remote Play. The PS3 update should be coming soon to the U.S.
A Controller Fit For God
A typical game controller might have buttons with shapes or letters, but a controller suited for The Man Upstairs has way more: revolution, flood, epidemic — you name it.
God Was A Math Problem
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Exactly how many bullets can kill a person? How many apples can one man carry? In real life, the answers vary. In a video game, real life must be explained in numbers. That includes religion: how it spreads, who believes.
The Accidental Preacher
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Traditionally, historically, video games and religion don't mix.
The God I've Been
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In the beginning, I played video games. And, often, I played the role of God.
The Rock Band Network's Very Naughty Words
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The Rock Band Network jumps into beta, with a comprehensive guide to offensive content featuring a list of "very naughty words," including "Anusdrill," "Paedophile," and "God." Be warned - this post is extremely NSFW.
Read the Bible on Your Xbox 360
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If four-hour gaming sessions of killing, stealing, coveting thy neighbor's ox or donkey, and breaking every other Commandment leaves you feeling distant from the Lord, a Bible application is coming to Xbox Live's Indie Games channel.
E3 2009 Preview: These Are The Big Action-Adventures, We Believe
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In just a couple of days, E3 will reveal just about every major game you will be able to play in the next year. For action-adventure (and RPG) fans, these are the big ones expected at the big show:
Jaffe: Gears of War 2 Versus God of War 3, PS3 Versus Wii
Famed Playstation developer David Jaffe may seem like an odd choice for guest developer for our in-game podcast about the Xbox 360's Gears of War 2.
Fifteen Minutes on Wikipedia is Like a Semester at Yale, if Yale was a …
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Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Britannica have been locked in a kind of cage match battle for relevancy ever since legions of high schoolers found the former was an excellent tool for half-assing term papers graduating on time research. One thing, however, that hasn't changed is the length of an article still means…