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Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is apparently flying off store shelves in Japan. Gamers can beef up their Final Fantasy music game experience with some pricey DLC. Sister site Kotaku Japan put the game through its downloadable content paces. More »
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YouTube user KillaKarisma realized something. Give him a few minutes, and he'll tell you about the time he saw a Chinese man set a paper on fire with only his hands and about how you, yes you, can become a Super Saiyan. Just like he did. More »
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Kate Upton's boobs made the front of yesterday's annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, fairly bursting from that smedium-size top. She took time out of her supermodeling to show all-star pitchers David Price and Justin Verlander just what kind of twirling motion she wants them to do with their thumbs. Cincinnati's Jay Bruce looks like he still can't find the button she's talking about. More »
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Don't expect to see Deputy Rick Grimes make an appearance in the first episode of Telltale's comic-based The Walking Dead video game series. The hero of the series will be sleeping away the first installment in a coma while creators explorer what supporting cast members were getting up to at the time. More »
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38 Studios founder Curt Schilling uses tales of baseball triumphs past to hook Late Night host Jimmy Fallon and then brings Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning in for the kill. More »
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Everyone's heard about high score runs, but how about the opposite? In this video, NicoNico Douga user Haru@Yotsuba sets out to get the lowest possible score in Super Mario World on the SNES. Mario World becomes a very different game in this challenge, where killing Koopa Troopa or breaking a brick is the same as failure. But not content with this already insane challenge, he added a few more rules: More »
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Vita launch title Little Deviants is a portable game on a portable system. But some mini-games in this collection aren't exactly suitable for your average morning commute… More »
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While it may seem like a video of me singing to my two children as they bounce along to a song Will.I.Am did for Sesame Street a few years back, this is a video about SoulCalibur V. More »
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The might warriors circle each other warily, keen eyes searching for the slightest chink in their foe's armor. The tightness of an overtaxed muscle. The telltale twitching of an over-eager sword arm. An over-reliance on purple gems. More »
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I've not played any of Sega's upcoming sci-fi shooter Binary Domain, so it could be the best game ever created by human humans for all I know. I'm having an incredibly difficult time mustering any excitement at all for the title, and this new multiplayer trailer isn't helping at all. More »
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Have you heard that video is a big thing over at Gawker Media? It's true, we watch and post a lot of videos each week. Here are some of the best videos of week, culled from an array of Gawker Media sites.
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We reported late last year that Silent Hill 2 was getting an HD makeover. As a fan of that game, I see myself as a bit of a purist and snob. Honestly, I think it comes with the territory. So I kinda scoffed at the idea of someone re-dubbing the entire game for it's re-release in the Silent Hill HD Collection. "Sure everyone sounds like they're on Dayquil; That's the whole point!" I said to myself. More »
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 comes with a multi-chapter, fully voiced summary of the plot of its predecessor, which is extremely convenient for fans that decided to pass up XIII in favor of not getting involved in a giant argument. It does not feature pixel breakdancing or any sort of lyrical rampage. This one does. More »
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Graphic design company MokuMoku Factory also makes live-action shorts. They're fantastic. Why, you ask? Well, I'll give you thirty-one seconds to watch this clip—and that should do all the explaining you'll ever need. More »
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Ignorance is bliss—an adage worth keeping in mind for any Pokémon trainer. If you've subdued, captured, and are now deploying a faithful Diglett, just don't ask questions. Picture its subterranean sections being identical to the cute upper-torso you see sprouting above the earth so cutely. More »
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Look, Bowser, we all know that plumber-killing and princess-snatching can take a lot out of you, but come on. If you're going to buy an expensive clown helicopter, at least get your wife's permission first. More »
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The PlayStation 3 and PS Vita share the sort of relationship that the Previous Sony Portable could only dream of. Maybe the PS3 thought the PSP was the one, but now it's found something much more intimate and personal. More »
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I was going to title this post "The Romance and Enchantment of Rift's In-Game Marriage System Makes Me Throw Up a Little in My Mouth", but that's far too long, and while spoil the cake? More »
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Will there be a slimmer PlayStation Vita sometime down the line? Sometime soon? More »
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When Lavos is in the timestream, drop him like it's hot. I believe that's what Snoop Dogg would say if he were alive today. We'll check back with him tomorrow to see if anything's changed. More »
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If you've played Final Fantasy IX, you know Kuja is the main bad guy. Like many Final Fantasy characters, Kuja has a stylized appearance. This video is an in-depth look at how to recreate it. More »
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What the latest Inside PS Vita is trying to say is that by purchasing a Vita you're becoming a member of a global gaming community connected by glowing threads of gaming-infused light, wrapping about you like a brilliant cocoon in which you'll never feel lonely ever again. I might be reading a bit much into it. More »
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Cave's newest shooter DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou recently got its first arcade location at Japanese game center Taito Hey! in Tokyo's Akihabara. More »
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Have you heard that video is a big thing over at Gawker Media? It's true, we watch and post a lot of videos each week. Here are some of the best videos of week, culled from an array of Gawker Media sites.
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Last summer PC peripheral maker Razer introduced the world to the Razer Blade, a device CEO Min-Liang Tan boldly described as "the world's first gaming laptop." Well now the world's first gaming laptop is in my dining room. Let's open this baby up, shall we? More »
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Join me as I take a trip through my favorite new feature of Final Fantasy XIII-2, monster recruitment, snag a couple of rare creatures, and witness the beginning of a legend that will never die. More »
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Riffing on the Family Research Council's outrage over same-sex NPC relationships in Star Wars: The Old Republic, talk show host Conan O'Brien and team cobble together some footage of the science fantasy franchise's most famous gay couples. More »
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In case Kirk Hamilton's preview of The Witcher 2 on the Xbox left you with unanswered questions about the 360 remake, here's CD Projekt with a professionally produced video filled with colorful lights, sounds, and people talking about making the game. More »
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Two robots enter, both robots stay, only one has a slightly elevated head. Minecraft craftsman Sethbling has recreated the 1964 sensation that swept an easily-amused nation, Rock'em Sock'em Robots. More »
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The most important thing I've learned from watching this premiere single-player gameplay trailer for Ubisoft's Ghost Recon Future Soldier is this: Be sure to turn down your dubstep before attempting a stealth kill. More »
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Coming soon to Pinball FX 2 and Zen Pinball platforms everywhere,. Epic Quest is a pinball table that merges the science of the silver ball with the loot gathering, experience points, and leveling of a role-playing game. How dangerous is that concept? More »
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Apple is in direct competition with Google's Android. Steve Jobs hated it. He once told Walter Isaacson, "I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this." More »
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Terry Gou, head of Foxconn, gets the Next Media Animation treatment, complete with an umbrella that deflects suicide jumpers. More »
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After making a big splash during its first showing at the 2011 Game Developers Conference, 5th Cell's dizzying cover-centric 3D shooter Hybrid was dragged back behind closed doors in May in order to make sure it was the "highest quality title possible". Let's see what changed the past eight months have wrought. More »
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Get to know your Mass Effect 3 voice cast, which is a great deal like the Mass Effect 2 voice cast, only slightly older and just a tad bit more Chobot-y. More »
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SoulCalibur V is in stores today across the U.S., where players are a lot less likely to dress up as a whip-wielding Ivy or Ezio Auditore de Firenze than the special gamers inhabiting the world of the SoulCalibur V launch trailer. More »
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All around good guy Patrick Macias, voice actress Yuu Asakawa, and the Otaku Verse Zero crew visited Sega to check out Toylet—you know that Sega game you can tinkle on. More »
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Kotaku reader Riccardo whipped up this HD version of Mother's opening credits. It, like the game itself, is fantastic. If anything should get you excited about an HD Nintendo gaming system, it's this. More »
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Filed under news I was too busy playing Final Fantasy XIII-2 to notice last week, Rovio's pig-popping physics-powered sensation Angry Birds makes its Facebook debut on February 14, just in time to give the loveless something to do on Valentine's Day evening. More »
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While doctors and psychologists continue to debate whether or not such a thing as online video game addiction exist, those of us that have been through it continue to chronicle our tales. Anthony Rosner's short film IRL demonstrates what happens when World of Warcraft becomes your life. More »
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