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The First Screens of Sour Patch Kids: World Gone Sour Leave a Pleasant Taste In My Mouth
The promise of the sweet and sour Method Man video comes to chewy fruition this spring as Capcom picks up publishing duties for Sour Patch Kids: World Gone Sour for Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, and PC. What a ridiculous concept; I must play it. Sure it’s a gigantic candy marketing tool, but it’s…
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It’s High Time For a Best Video Game Motion Capture Actor Award
In today’s lifelike edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter MarcianTobay says it’s time to honor the motion capture actors, without whom our professionally-voiced video game characters would be nothing more than well-spoken robots. Let’s discuss Motion Capture. This will involve minor spoilers from a side-plot in Arkham City, so helmets on. Watch this clip.…
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Street Fighter‘s Bosses Are Much More Menacing in Mecha Form
Artists BossLogic and Reza have teamed up to give the big baddies of Street Fighter a mecha makeover, creating a set of characters I’d gladly purchase another version of Street Fighter IV to play. While the sinister hunch of Mecha-Sagat brings chills and the sleek lines of Mega-Vega hint at a deadly efficiency, it’s Mecha-Bison,…
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It’s Clear That Not Every Reviewer Appreciates a Good Plumber-Based Kart Racer
Racing into stores to end a fall gaming season filled with shining gems is Mario Kart 7, Nintendo’s final shot in the war to make the 3DS relevant in 2011. Does it hit the mark? *eyes chart* Mostly? What can I say about Mario Kart, the series that captured the hearts of millions of gamers…
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Scientists Prove Once Again That Playing Violent Video Games Alters Young Men’s Brains
In a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America earlier this week, researchers believe they’ve found proof that violent video games alter the portion of the brain responsible for controlling emotion and aggressive behavior. How many times are we going to prove this? For a while there it felt…
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These Hideous Custom Red Dead Redemption Controllers Were the Reward for Doing Something Good
For winning the Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition PSN event Rockstar Games held on November 18, Florida’s Alvin Ogando walked away with a pair of custom PlayStation 3 controllers that look like someone tossed them in a clothes dryer with a black Sharpie. Congratulations? As the image indicates, these are a pair…
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Roll 3D6 To Occupy Philadelphia
What do you mean we’re not taking the occupy protests seriously enough? Some folks have even interrupted their weekly Dungeons & Dragons sessions to show their support. And some haven’t. Reddit user TVsNoah and friends made the trip to the Philadelphia Occupy protest event, where they showed their love of all things percentage-based by breaking…
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What Skyrim Could Learn from Skyward Sword
The Zelda Vs. Orc image from our calm, rational discussion on the merits of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim triumphantly returns for commenter SageofMusic‘s explanation of what makes the Zelda title a better game. *spoilers below* After playing Skyward Sword for 20 hours and Skyrim for 40, I…
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Sleepy Jack Is a Tunnel Vision Trip Through the Dreams of a Young Boy
Every NiGHT Sleepy Jack travels into his dreams to do battle with his favorite toys, taking players on a delightful journey that elicits the joy and wonder of childhood. Wouldn’t Peter Molydeux be proud! It’s one part Sega classic NiGHTs into Dreams , on part classic tunnel shooter (think Tempest or my personal favorite, N2O).…
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In Case You Haven’t Formed An Opinion About Minecraft By Now…
Sometimes game reviewers only have a couple of days to play and weigh a major game release before releasing their reviews. With indie sensation Minecraft they’ve had over a year. This is going to be the best Frankenreview ever! Minecraft is a tool / toybox / video game about building things with blocks, built lovingly…
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Xseed Successfully Fishes for Fishing Resort Coverage
Around this time of the year the surprise UPS and Fedex shipments begin to fade and the flow of new games fades to a trickle, making it an excellent time to fish for the illusive video game blogger with a mysterious rainbow suitcase. This is a rather cute little package for a game I wouldn’t…
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The Busy Single Mom Who Wants to Sneak in Some Game Time
Being single is an excellent excuse to spend every spare moment you have indulging in your taste for gaming, but tack on ‘mother’ after ‘single’ and the opportunities to get your game on dwindle appreciatively. Here are a few gift ideas to help a single mom get her gaming groove back. Babysitting Coupons A large…
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Skyrim Patch 1.2 Discreetly Disposes of Dead Wedding Guests
Already available on the PlayStation 3 (though masquerading under the name 2.01), the 1.2 patch for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is due out for the PC and Xbox 360 on Wednesday, and the plague of marital corpses finally comes to an end. Containing perhaps the most entertaining bug fix listing I’ve seen since they…
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Prepare to Pay Through the Nose for the Vita’s Proprietary Memory Cards
Rather than adopting one of the many memory card formats readily available on the market, Sony is launching a special proprietary format for use in the PlayStation Vita. A format so magical it’ll run you anywhere from $29.99 to $119.99 at GameStop. With memory cards having dropped in price drastically since the launch of the…
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Show Us Your Space Sim Spirit For a Spot in the SOL: Exodus Closed Beta
Seamless Entertainment’s upcoming space combat sim SOL: Exodus is a game built for the most dedicated fighter pilots; the kind that long for the days of Wing Commander and Freespace, Privateer and X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter. If you can prove your space sim passion, then we might just have a spot in the SOL: Exodus…
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Customizer Fixes the Biggest Problem With Skylanders Toys
While the plastic characters Toys For Bob created to populate the world of Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure are certainly cute, colorful, and well-made, zero points of articulation makes them less action figure, more tiny statue. Action figure customizer supreme Jin Saotome brings four Skylanders to life in a whole new way. With a steady hand and…
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America, France, and Britain Ruin Everything in Total War: Shogun 2 — Fall of the Samurai
Earlier this year The Creative Assembly took Total War: Shogun 2 players into the past with the Rise of the Samurai downloadable content. In March the company heads in the opposite direction with the standalone Fall of the Samurai expansion pack. Set in the 19th century some 400 years after the events in the original…
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It’s the Perfect Time to Beg for More Advent Rising
With advent season beginning yesterday, commenter Fontane couldn’t have picked a better time for the annual plea that someone, anyone, finish the Advent Rising saga There is nothing, and I mean nothing, I wouldn’t give to see the rest of this trilogy. About Speak Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say, and…
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The Bewildered New Father
He used to be so well-groomed, full of life, and laid back. Now he hasn’t shaved for days, his clothes are covered with milky-white vomit, and he is constantly shifting between half-dead and high alert. He’s a bewildered new father, and he doesn’t even know what he wants anymore. Being a new father slightly more…
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I Went to the GameStop Black Friday Midnight Launch So You Didn’t Have To
Having never attended any sort of Black Friday sale and finding myself with a plethora of free on Thanksgiving evening, I decided to see what GameStop is like when the deals go live. Behold my tale of giddy triumph and tragic line-standing. I spent most of my nearly three hour wait in line outside the…
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