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Jesus Explains How To Deal With Negative Forum Comments
Sometiumes people say things in internet forums we don’t agree with. In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter JesusChrist tells us how to deal with these unpleasant situations. Hello my children, I am here to teach you another lesson about the interwebs. When somebody makes a comment that is directed at a company or their…
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Now There’s a Toy Dog You Control With Your Nintendo DS
Kids love video games, and kids love dogs, so Sega Toys and Activision Publishing have combined the two in Wappy Dog, a virtual pet game for the Nintendo DS that’s a little less virtual, thanks to the bundled dog robot. Teach your kids how to raise their own puppy without worrying about silly things like…
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon is More Than Meets the iPad
Activision may be handling the official movie tie-in games for Transformers: Dark of the Moon as far as consoles and handhelds are concerned, but the iPhone, iPad, and Java/BREW version is all EA Mobile. In the mobile version of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, players step into the giant metal feet of Optimus Prime or…
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These are the Big Role-Playing Games of E3 2011, We Think
Where would we be if there were no roles to play, no experience points to earn, and no levels to gain? Well we certainly wouldn’t be here, looking over the biggest role-playing games of E3 2011. While not nearly as prolific as the first-person shooter this year, the role-playing games of E3 2011 make up…
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Magicka: Nippon Trades Virtual Items for Real World Disaster Relief
Paradox Interactive drops a dollar’s worth of downloadable content today with Magicka: Nippon, three Japanese-flavored items (and a Team Fortress 2 Demoman cowl!) to aid your wizard’s quest, with 50 percent of revenue going towards the Japan Relief Support program.
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Turtle Beach Bolsters Its Ear Force at E3 2011
The audio experts at Turtle Beach are all set to rock E3 2011 next week with a pair of new gaming headsets destined to please the ear canals of countless PlayStation 3 and PC gamers, including a more affordable version of its coveted programmable PX5 Back when I was first diving into the PC scene,…
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Death Trumps War as the Hero of Darksiders II
War rode proud and strong through the battle between good and evil in the original Darksiders, but he’s only one of four apocalyptic horsepersons of interest. War, Famine, and Pestilence take the bench as Death saddles up his pale horse for Darksiders II Vigil’s resident comic book legend Joe Madureira shows off his stunning interpretation…
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What Games Can Be Played When One’s Thumb Goes Astray?
Commenter BrawlKarter subjected his left thumb to the real-world sport of basketball, resulting in a strain that leaves him effectively thumbless for weeks. What games can he play without his favorite digit? I need some help fellow Kotaku community members. Sprained my left thumb playing basketball yesterday while saving a loose ball and am in…
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New Catherine Screens Are the Stuff of Vincent’s Sheep-Infested Nightmares
When sexy time is over and Vincent is done dealing with with Katherine and Catherine-related drama, he lays down his head and the real challenge begins. Enter the woolly world of nightmare in these latest Catherine screens. Vincent and friend spend their waking hours hanging out at the Stray Sheep, a trendy little bar where…
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Portal 2‘s “Want You Gone” Sounds Even Better When Sung by Electric Guitar
Need a reason to learn how to play the electric guitar? YouTube musician FamilyJules7X demonstrates how well mad guitar skills and gaming go together in his triumphant electric cover of Jonathan Coulton’s “Want You Gone.” GLaDOS wants you gone so badly she sings a song about it at the end of Portal 2. Most test…
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The Ultimate Version of Captain America: Super Soldier Comes from GameStop
According to our own Stephen Totilo, we might be in for a pretty good Captain America experience when the movie tie-in game drops on July 19, but you won’t get the ultimate Captain America experience unless you preorder from GameStop. That’s because players that preorder the game from GameStop will score the Ultimates downloadable content…
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Uncharted 3 Wants to Be the Go-To Multiplayer Experience on the PlayStation 3
The first two Uncharted games for the PlayStation 3 established Naughty Dog as one of the premiere single-player developers on the console. That’s just not good enough for these people. The Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception developer is really serious about multiplayer this time around. They aren’t content with just having an okay multiplayer system that…
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Gaming is One Reason This Amazing Driving Technology is a Bad Idea
According to UK windscreen replacement company Autoglass, this video represents a future where augmented reality windshield displays can usher in a new era of driver safety. At least until gamers get a hold of them. In theory, this is an excellent idea. Pedestrian and cyclist warnings, arrows pointing to important landmarks, messages warning us of…
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Having a Runny Nose is No Excuse for Not Playing MineCraft
Notch’s excellent decision to make MineCraft built out of boxes creates marketing ideas he never imagined, unless he’s prone to sinus infections. Reader Frank tells us the story behind these lovely little snot boxes. “My sister started making cute covers for those cube tissue boxes and when a friend of mine said she should make…
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Skarlet Is Mortal Kombat‘s Bloodiest Kombatant Ever
Mortal Kombat fans love women. Mortal Kombat fans love blood. So here’s a woman made of blood. Born of a Mortal Kombat II Kitana programming glitch, Skarlet is the latest mortal kombatant to spring from rumor into life, joining Ermac the Scorpion programming glitch and Blaze, the burning figure from the background of the second…
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When a Great Demo Hides a Bad Game
In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Dracosummoner talks about a game that sold him with its demo and then let him down in full release. Has that ever happened to you? Have you ever played a demo that you absolutely loved, one that instantly convinced you to go out and play the real game…
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ReviewsThe Fretlight Guitar Sets a Shining Example for Hopeful Guitar Heroes
With Guitar Hero on extended leave and no new Rock Band title coming out this year, now is the perfect time to trade in our toy guitars for something a bit more substantial. Going from five colorful plastic buttons for six strings with 22 frets each is a daunting task however, especially when music games…
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