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Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man is genuinely rapping about Sour Patch Kids in this video, "World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids)." Why would the man who played "Cheese" on The Wire and starred in Soul Plane rhyme about Sour Patch Kids? More »
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It was captured on film—OK, cell phone—by one of the many contributors to People of Walmart, archive of discount store shoppers with questionable fashion and lifestyle choices. And here it is. More »
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What do Lady Gaga and CCP Games, maker of massively multiplayer online role-playing game EVE Online, have in common? They've both worked with fashion director Nicola Formichetti and his muse, the model with a full body corpse tattoo, Rick Genest. More »
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A disagreement over an Xbox Live Indie game has resulted in what may be the ultimate grief, with one gamer sending a SWAT team to another gamer's home after phoning in a bogus murder-suicide 911 call. More »
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Mad Catz, perhaps best known now for its fighting game joysticks and flight sim controllers is getting into the game development game, aiming high with the creation of Thunderhawk Studios. The newly formed studio's focus is... an MMO flight sim. More »
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Remember Gangs of London? You're forgiven if you don't, because it's a 2006 PSP game from Sony's Team SOHO—The Getaway guys!—that very few people actually liked. But one British filmmaker was a fan and has since optioned rights to make a movie based on the game. More »
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More weirdness is coming to Nintendo's DSiWare platform from the people who make Guilty Gear and Blazblue games. Following up on cutesy fighting game spin-off BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale comes Pro Jumper Chimaki's Hot Spring Tour Guilty Gear Tangent!? And just what the hell is that? More »
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Who would want to co-opt Ubisoft's bothersome mascots, the Raving Rabbids? Russian salad maker Belaya Dacha, apparently, who have swiped the leporine mischief makers—or a very, very close approximation—to shill their pre-packaged salad greens. More »
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Why did Sega's beloved and ambitious Shenmue series fail to progress beyond its second game? Because Sega never really promoted one of Shenmue II's most spectacular features: underground duck racing. More »
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Because you demanded it, Namco is finally bringing the 1980 arcade sensation Pac-Man to unscripted television. Think Wipeout (the pratfall-soaked game show) or the Amazing Race, not so much Jersey Shore, for Pac-Man's "reality" TV outing. More »
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Here we go. Jared Lee Loughner, the Tucson man accused of attempting to kill Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, has been identified as a "big video gamer" by former classmates. Oh, and he really enjoyed reading Mein Kampf. More »
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EA may be trying to create a video game movie based on the most unexpected property, its Madden NFL franchise. Specifically, the infamous "Madden Curse" that afflicts cover athletes is being mined for a "sports comedy," according to one report. More »
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This is the DEK and it may be the first video game peripheral designed to work with the latest, wildly unpopular Tony Hawk skateboarding and snowboarding games that require dedicated skateboard controllers to play. More »
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Set aside your concerns about Mark Wahlberg portraying PlayStation 3 action hero Nathan Drake in the big screen adaptation of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, because it doesn't sound like this movie is based on the video game at all. More »
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OK, hold onto your hats and duct tape your socks on, Sony Computer Entertainment of America tells us that Gran Turismo 5 is going on sale in North America on Nov. 24. More »
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Loving husband. Caring father. Secret octopus. This is the tagline for Octodad, an adventure game in which players struggle to raise a family, maintain a secret octopus identity and somehow walk upright on tentacles. More »
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Indie hit puzzle-platformer Braid has come to retail in Russia, thanks to MumboJumbo and Russobit-M/GFI, giving us the box art giggles with its delightfully inappropriate and mischievous take on Tim and gang. Thanks, Maritan! More »
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D3 Publisher is bringing more hostess dating simulation to the Xbox 360 (in Japan) with Dream Club Zero later this year, adding the option to feed nubile, doe-eyed girls sausages. We'd expect nothing less from Oneechanbara developer Tamsoft. Kudos to them. More »
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I don't want to tell you how to spend your money, but don't ever spend thirty bucks of it paying someone else to upgrade the firmware on your PlayStation 3. (I'll show you how to do it for free!) More »
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LucasArts has revealed a somewhat unexpected addition to the cast of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the star of comedic adventure game series Monkey Island. Either some cloning procedure has gone horribly wrong or Guybrush really is that mighty. More »
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Or so implies the latest e-mail from the folks at PlayStation, who are clearly aware that pink plastic video game accessories are not cross-gender compatible. As seen in my e-mail inbox. More »
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Telltale Games' tease that featured a cryptic crossover between Homestar Runner, Penny Arcade, Sam & Max and Team Fortress 2 turns out to be the developer's latest gambling game, Poker Night at The Inventory. Yeah. More »
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In some respects, an anatomically correct Poison from Final Fight cosplayer, seen lounging outside the Comic-Con halls. I'm sorry for showing you this picture. More »
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Attention! This is Privates, a new game from the developers of Time Gentlemen, Please! coming to the PC and Xbox 360, one that will give many hardcore video gamers a second chance to encounter a vagina. More »
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A post on Burnout developer Criterion Games' website reveals plans for downloadable content that never made it to fruition, including boats, helicopters, time travel, and yes - Burnout on the moon. More »
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According to the official Duke Nukem Facebook page, "Duke Nukem doesn't stay down for long." Or so a newly released screen shot of something labeled "D-Day" would imply. More »
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With New Super Mario Bros. Wii hitting this weekend, you'd think the bros would be on their best behavior. But cops are on the lookout for Mario and Luigi following an assault on a New York cabbie. More »
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Plumber and princess recovery specialist Mario has secured the year's most coveted game award, a silver medal from ASEFOSAM, Spain's professional plumbers association. How convenient, given this weekend's release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. More »
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How much would you pay for this New Kids On The Block sample box for the NES game that was never released? If you're off your rocker for NKOTB, then surely $589 isn't too high a price. More »
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Upcoming Wii release Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers will get a taste of Jersey for its Japanese release. Rock band Bon Jovi will be lending its flavor of rock to the game's overseas TV advertising. More »
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Spending $15,000 or even $17,500 on a collectible Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge, that we can understand. They're covered in gold! But $20,100? That's simply too much, even factoring in Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991's rarity. More »
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God of War III art director Ken Feldman says he lobbied the PlayStation 3 game's director, Stig Asmussen, to consider switching the third-person hack and slash action game to be a first person shooter. Oh, Ken! More »
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Surprise! The introduction to Brutal Legend contains a cameo appearance from the band Kabbage Boy! What? You've not heard of Kabbage Boy? More »
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You? Well, there you go, one helping of sinewy LEGO minifig Iggy Pop coming right up. Looks like the former Stooges singer will get blocky in-game representation in the younger skewing Rock Band game from Warner Bros. More »
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While news of the PlayStation 3 price drop to $299 USD appeared to have been met with universal praise, it appears that one group isn't so thrilled with Sony. That would be the entire country of Nigeria, apparently. More »
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Sony is now casting for the PlayStation Network's first reality show, a competition series dubbed "The Tester." Instead of D-level fame and fortune, contestants on "The Tester" will compete for a "gamer's ultimate dream job." That's a QA position, dreamers. More »
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Something is clearly amiss, to put it lightly, at GameStop corporate, as evidenced by the game retailers latest Wii promotional bundles. One comes with a squirt gun, the other with a rubber ducky. You know, for... bathing, maybe? More »
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Listen up, fools! ZootFly and Mr. T have formed a licensing A-Team, announcing that the developer will create a series of games "packed with the trademark over-the-top adrenaline-pumping action of Mr. T." Don't do drugs! More »
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With GamePro magazine on the cusp of its 20-year anniversary and having already trailblazed the magazine-editor-as-action-figure space, it's expanding its reach to actual video game publishing. Get ready for GamePro Labs. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5167049&view=rss&microfeed=true In another case of "Because it's there", some brave/misguided soul has gone to great lengths to get Windows Vista running on a PlayStation 3. How? Emulated via Linux, of course. That translates to blazing speeds, making the Microsoft OS boot in a mere 25 minutes. Notepad opens in just 12!! If you're interested in the techniques required to get Vista on your PS3, PS3HaX has a handy tutorial. Just think — you could be playing Minesweeper in just a few days, at single digit speed percentages! Impress your friends! More »
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