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What Defines A Huge Video Game Fan?
In today’s highly collectible installment of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Korio8 wonders what the requirements are to be considered a “huge fan” of a video game or game series. What games do you consider yourself an above average fan of, and why? How do you consider yourself as a “huge fan” of someone or something?…
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Video Game Ratings Board Lets Computers Do The Rating
Last year the Entertainment Software Ratings Board reviewed approximately 1,600 video games prior to their U.S. release, painstakingly poring over video game footage before arriving at a final decision. Starting today, the board is passing a great deal of that responsibility on to computers. Here’s how the Entertainment Software Review Board’s process generally works. A…
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GLaDOS Is Powering Up, Is Portal 2 Imminent? [Updated]
The potatoes on the GLaDOS@Home web page are counting down, and a cryptic email from GLaDOS herself arrives. What does it mean? Is Portal 2 about to open? We’ve just received an email here at Kotaku Tower from [email protected], warning us of what could very well be our impending doom. Subject: The time has comf92xnsaielghdsm28…
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The Witcher 2 Casts A Sexy Spell On Polish Playboy
The Witcher’s fiery redheaded sorceress Triss can’t seem to pull a complete outfit together in the May issue of the Polish version of Playboy. Does she get this naked in the game? Why yes, yes she does. In the preview build I am currently playing you get to see naked Triss within moments of starting…
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Rage‘s Dead City Is Surprisingly Lively
Just because there’s an apocalyptic event doesn’t mean the world’s great cities crumble into dust. They just get a few new residents, as demonstrated in Rage’s Dead City gameplay trailer. Rolling deserts and dust bowls are good enough for smaller games, but id’s Rage is no small game. Sooner or later you’ve got to give…
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Mega Man X Marks The Nintendo Download
In a Nintendo Download populated by baby simulations, demos, and piano tutors, only one ancient robot has the power to make this week’s downloadable Nintendo games not completely suck. That robot is Mega Man X, making his Virtual Console debut in the form of the original Super Nintendo game. Dr. Light has been dead for…
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New Skyrim Shots Feature Orcs, Cat-People, And The Dreaded Giant Spider
Giant spiders are a staple of fantasy role-playing games, be they pen-and-paper or console-and-controller. Bethesda shows off perhaps the most terrifying giant spider of them all in this latest batch of screens for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Kotaku didn’t make it to Bethesda’s recent BFG event, where Skyrim was on display for all to…
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Department Of Justice Deals Out Indictment To Top Online Poker Sites
In case you needed proof that online poker sites were shady, the Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment against the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker, charging defendants with bank fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
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Latest Silent Hill: Downpour Screens Don’t Skimp On The Gondola
The first set of screenshots released for Konami’s Silent Hill: Downpour only featured two shots of a gondola creeping across a chasm. That’s nowhere near enough gondola. Thankfully this next set gives us a couple more. Silent Hill: Downpour’s main character is one Murphy Pendleton, an unfortunate man whose prison transport bus overturns on a…
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Parents Concerned Over High School Students Play-Acting Call Of Duty
“It’s too real and too much like the Columbine tragedy,” says one concerned parent regarding a video shot at Rocklin High School in California depicting students pretending to play Call of Duty with imaginary weapons. Oh come on, really? There are no guns in the YouTube video “COD Black Ops JamT productions”, which features students…
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F.E.A.R. 3‘s New Multiplayer Modes Urge You To Fu**ing Run
When John Carpenter tells you to Fu**ing Run, you better well fu**ing run. Warner Bros. Interactive details the terrifying new multiplayer modes appearing in the third installment of the paranormal first-person shooter F.E.A.R. The creators of F.E.A.R. 3 didn’t just tap horror masters John Carpenter (The Thing) and Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) to…
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Mortal Kombat‘s Shang Tsung’s Got Soul, Unfortunately It’s Yours
It’s wonderful to see the traitorous sorcerer Shang Tsung up to his old transforming tricks again, isn’t it? He may be ancient, but he’s still got moves. Shang Tsung, as I mentioned last Friday, is a vile sorcerer that betrayed EarthRealm in order to achieve the sort of power it takes to transform himself from…
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The Science Of Buying New Video Games
In today’s episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Phantomlink ponders the research that goes into buying a new game, and proffers a mathematical formula for determining if a game was worth your time and money. I was just wondering how fellow Kotakunites go about on purchasing their incoming games, especially with everyone being conscious about…
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Chris And Jill Went Out To Kill In Resident Evil Mercenaries VS
And wouldn’t you know it, Wesker came tumbling after. That’s so Albert. Two Resident Evil heroes and one villain take mobile zombie fighting online in Resident Evil Mercenaries VS for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Resident Evil’s Mercenaries mini-game first appeared in Resident Evil 4 as a special offline game mode. Resident Evil 5 brought…
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Resident Evil Mercenaries VS. Brings The Fight To The iPhone
Capcom releases its first online iPhone game in Resident Evil Mercenaries VS., in which players battle zombies and human opponents as Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield, or Albert Wesker. It’s on sale now in the iTunes App Store for $2.99.
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Witness The CCP Chessboxing Match Of The Century
Last month in Reykjavik, Iceland, two employees of EVE Online developer CCP seat each other mentally and physically in front of a crowd of bloodthirsty spectators. This is Chessboxing, and half of it is exciting to watch. Two 3D artists, Björn “Left Rook” Jónsson, CCP’s resident chess expert, and Daniel “Pretty Boy” Þórarinsson, Iceland’s 2009…
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Full Battlefield 3 Trailer Being Held Hostage On Facebook
Want to get an early look at the full trailer for Battlefield 3, complete with producer commentary? Then you and several hundred thousand friends need to like the Battlefield Facebook page. At least they aren’t threatening to shoot puppies.
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