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When Will a Modern Military Shooter Let a Woman Lead the Charge?
Will we ever see a Call of Duty game with a female protagonist? Commenter Nameloi wonders if the modern military shooter genre will ever give females a starring role on the battlefield in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Will there ever be a modern military game with a prominent female character(s)? This is something that…
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Manila Counter-Strike Match Ends in Murder
A round of Counter-Strike at an internet cafe in the Philippines capital of Manila turned deadly on Monday, when a member of the losing team was murdered after an argument over the payment of approximately seven dollars in winnings. According to authorities the friendly wager of 300 pesos took a decidedly unfriendly turn, with a…
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British Retailer GAME Admits It’s Worthless, Prepares to Enter Administration
After an extended struggle with finances that resulted in the year’s hottest titles skipping store shelves, the GAME group prepares to enter administration, as the video game retailer’s board accepts the fact that “there is no equity value left in the Group”. What could be the end for one of Europe’s largest video game retailers…
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Game Critics Raid the Garbage of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
For decades those pesky raccoons have been sneaking about at night, digging through our trash cans and generally making a mess of things. It’s time the game reviewers of the internet strike back. To Raccoon City! It may sound like a nice place to live and cuddle, but like the furry fiends themselves, Raccoon City…
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Telltale’s Walking Dead Adventure Can Be Yours for Five Installments of $4.99
Telltale explores the dark recesses of an already dark universe next month, when the first of five monthly installments of The Walking Dead hit PC, Mac, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation 3. That’s right, no staggered release for this Telltale epic. The Walking Dead is officially a thing, creator Robert Kirkman officially looks cuddly, and…
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Deus Ex Designer Warren Spector Isn’t a Real Spectre? I Feel Cheated.
Earlier this month at the Game Developers Choice Awards, Deus Ex and Epic Mickey designer received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the gaming. This Mega64 tribute to Spector featuring Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski aired during the program. I’m surprised they didn’t take the award back on the spot. I mean come on, Warren…
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The Greatest Achievement of This Console Generation is… Warm Hands?
What’s the single greatest achievement of the current generation of video game consoles? While some might say motion control or the rise of online multiplayer, in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku commenter Aikage is just happy to keep his hands under the covers. What do you think has been the current generation of console’s greatest…
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Game Critics Punish Ninja Gaiden 3 for a Change
For years the folks at Team Ninja have been making poor game reviewers battle their way through some of the most ninja battles in gaming history. With the release of Ninja Gaiden 3 the tables are finally turned. In order for the tables to be turned the game critics would have to make their game…
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The Boys of Silence are BioShock Infinite‘s Most Terrifying Heavy Hitters Yet
In a normal situation, hanging out with the boys in the band is a welcome occasion. BioShock Infinite does not present a normal situation, and the Boys of Silence are not your average band geeks. We’ve seen robot George Washington; we’ve seen Big Hands and sworn he was the one. Now the Boys of Silence…
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Kid Icarus: Uprising Flies in the Face of Game Critics’ Expectations
It’s been 21 years since the release of the last original Kid Icarus game. That makes hero Pit old enough to drink. Let’s see if the assembled game reviewers gave him reason to start. Kid Icarus: Uprising takes the original heavenly action-platformer from the NES days and transforms it into a third-person shooter. That sentence…
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Unlikely Fan Fiction Crossover Battle: Sly Cooper Versus Yoshimitsu
When you love two things as much as fan fiction author slyfan1030 loves the Sly Cooper and SoulCalibur franchise, you can’t resist the urge to have them both at once. Like the more “romantic” version of such a conundrum, the solution is often more trouble than it’s worth. What I admire most about slyfan1030 is…
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One Piece of Classical Mass Effect Fan Art is Worth 1,000 Words [Update}
This was once Édouard Manet’s controversial work “Olympia”. Now it’s this. So how does this work, do you folks choose the 1,000 words, or do I throw out a few to get you started, like “What” or “The” or maybe “Fudge”. It’s probably best if you just choose your own. Discovered via a NSFW website…
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CultureChocolate Creme Twinkies: The Snacktaku Review
Consider, if you will, the Twinkie—that classic combination of golden sponge cake and creamy filling. It’s a solid, dependable snack cake. You always know what you’re getting when you sink your teeth into one of Hostess’ legendary creations. But what if you don’t? What if, in the throes of an uncontrollable snack attack, you reach…
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The Dorkly Weekly: Wait, Dazzler is One of the X-Men?
Konami’s 1992 arcade game X-Men featured five of the most popular mutants to ever wear the X: Cyclops, Colossus, Wolverine, Storm and Nightcrawler. Oh yeah, and that roller-skating disco singer. Now I’ve got nothing but love for Alison Blaire, AKA The Dazzler, with her ability to convert sound into light, a power I suspect was…
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Great Moments in Gaming Humor: There, It’s In All the Way
In Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia, young knight Lyner Barsett must insert his life-extending crystal into the back of Aurica Nestmile, an artificially-created being known as a Reyvateil. It’s his first time but don’t worry, he’ll be gentle. Another triumph of localization, the North America version of Ar Tonelico and its two sequels were just…
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Pigeon Pioneers: How Flying Rats Made it to Mass Effect‘s Citadel
With all of this focus on Mass Effect 3‘s more human failings, it’s easy to overlook the true heroes of this epic space adventure: the pigeons that traveled to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, spreading their universal message of “give us food or we’ll poop on you”. How did these brave birds make it…
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Who Wants to Tell the Metal-Etching Laser It’s Singing Portal‘s “Still Alive” Off-Key?
If Portal taught me anything, it’s that any machine possessing even the most rudimentary degree of artificial intelligence is a potential threat, so I think I’ll just sit back and quietly enjoy the Automated Laser Corporation 20 watt fiber laser’s rendition of Jonathan Coulton’s “Still Alive”. Reader Chris DePrisco had the incredibly irresponsible yet somewhat…
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