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A Marriage Built On Love, Respect, And The Need To Catch Them All
In today’s love-fueled Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Maureliuswolf explains just how amazing his Pokémon-loving wife as they ramp up to their second anniversary. I was planning on waiting to get the 3DS until OoT comes out; however, my wife had other plans. You see, two weekends ago, we saw the deal on Kotaku for Pokémon…
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Our First Peek At Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Gameplay Looks Vaguely Familiar
Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios pulled together some of the biggest names in fantasy to create Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning, so it should come as no surprise that the game in motion looks like several excellent fantasy role-playing games rolled into one. So this is what happens when comic book artist and toy designer Todd McFarlane,…
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These Portal 2 Boots Were Made For Not Dying Painfully
The fourth and final Aperture Laboratories investment opportunity video is here, harping on the benefits of not having Chell’s shins forced into her nasal cavity when falling from great heights. You don’t want your shins inside of your nasal cavities. You do not even want The Shins inside your nasal cavity, which is probably why…
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Guess What Tablets Are Mainly Being Used For
Tablet devices are on the rise, giving tech savvy consumers a convenient way to check their email, search the web, read the news, and shop online, after they’ve finished playing games. A recent survey shows tablet owners are using their high-tech toys to play games more than any other activity. Google’s AdMob subsidiary polled tablet…
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Pinball FX2 Goes To Mars
Zen Studios is launching a new table into their Xbox 360 pinball platform on April 20, when Mars comes into orbit around Pinball FX2. Pinball FX2 isn’t a pinball game. It’s a pinball platform, freely downloadable by anyone that can access the Xbox Live Marketplace. Once downloaded, players can pick and choose which tables they…
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In Which Link Dies A Truly Heroic Death
Princess Zelda is in tears, a kingdom mourns, but at least we can rest easy knowing that Link died fighting the good fight, trying to save the world from unfathomable evil. I’ve suffered a similar fate myself during my travels in Link’s shoes. I can’t help it. If you put something in a video game…
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This Is What Xbox Live System Update Testers Are Getting In The Mail
Hopes of trading in the copy of Halo: Reach Xbox 360 system update testers are getting for participating flew out the window this morning, as these lovely warning covered Reach discs began arriving on testers’ doorsteps. Several testers have sent us pictures of the mailings this morning, as the disc-based wave of the next Xbox…
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This Coffee Table Is A Giant Working Nintendo Controller
The original Nintendo Entertainment System controller is a thing of beauty, an exercise in simple elegance and efficiency. Apparently that’s exactly what Reddit user Cybergern’s friend Jocke was looking for in a coffee table, so he built this. With only $200 in materials and 70-100 hours of labor, Jocke transformed pieces of wood and some…
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The Escalation of Call Of Duty: Black Ops Confirmed For May
Confirming last week’s rumors, Activision and Treyarch have officially announced the Escalation map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, bringing four new maps and another harrowing zombie experience to the Xbox 360 on May 3. Here’s the news direct from Xbox Live’s Major Nelson: Today Activision has announced Escalation, the next game add-on for…
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How Can Nintendo’s Next Console Possibly Compete?
In today’s gloomy and doomy Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter MtlAngelus wonders how Nintendo’s next console can possibly stay competitive in today’s gaming market. Let’s speculate, shall we? There’s rumours of a Wii 2 going around, and it’s certainly possible that such a thing might be announced soon(ish), considering that the Wii is basically a zombie…
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This Nintendo Download Goes To The Birds
Nintendo’s downloadable game output continues to be relatively small as we wait for the 3DS store to hit, but at least they’re giving us a theme to play with. It’s birds three ways in this week’s Nintendo Download. How do you get birds three ways? It all starts off in WiiWare, where today’s sole non-demo…
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Preorder Dungeon Siege III Through Steam, Get The First Two Games Free
Dungeon Siege III might be delayed, but that just gives Steam users more time to play through Dungeon Siege and Dungeon Siege II. They’ll get both games free as soon as their preorder goes through. That’s a lot of dungeons.
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MineCraft-Inspired FortressCraft Is Building Excitement On Xbox Live
While it may look and smell like Mojang’s hit PC building game MineCraft, ProjectorGames’ FortressCraft, now available via Xbox Live Indie Games, is a slightly different animal. Is that a good thing, or a bad thing? If you love the building aspect of MineCraft but aren’t too keen on the actual harvesting of materials, then…
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Everything You Need To Know About The Story And Setting Of Space Marine
Fans familiar with the Warhammer 40,000 universe are incredibly excited about THQ and Relic Entertainment’s Space Marine for the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3. Players not familiar with the universe have no idea what’s going on. This video fixes that. Kotaku employs gamers and geeks from all walks of fandom, and sometimes it’s hard…
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You Know What Would Make EyePet Better? Two EyePets, Licking Each Other
What do you do when you get tired of playing with your new pet? You buy it a friend! Sony takes this fundamental pet handling tip to heart in the sequel to its PlayStation Move powered virtual pet, EyePet & Friends. The EyePet was a charming little fuzzball that harnessed the power of augmented reality,…
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