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The Pokémon Trading Card Game Moves Into Cyberspace
After more than 12 years of success in the real world the Pokémon Trading Card Game goes virtual this April with the Pokémon Trainer Challenge. Finally a way for older fans to play without looking completely creepy. I’m a staunch supporter of trading card games, but I’ve never had a chance to play the Pokémon-flavored…
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Would These Film Genres Make Good Video Games?
Video games cover a lot of ground, but commenter Lannyandcarl believes there are still many untapped genres just waiting for some gaming love in today’s. That’s the touching coming of age story in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. A strange thought occurred to me this past weekend, there are a lot of genres that are used…
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Get Ready To Play Dress-Up With Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Now that Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds is on store shelves, Capcom can start doling out the downloadable costume packs. Check out upcoming costume changes for Captain America, Iron Man, Dante, Thor, Chris Redfield, and Ryu. The first batch of download costumes for Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 hits on March 1, the…
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The PlayStation Network Prepares For A Little Hot Girl-On-Girl Fighting Action
Twenty-three fatal and furious female fighters battle for the fate of Japan in Arcana Heart 3. The all-girl fighting franchise returns to North America this spring on the PlayStation Network, complete with full-featured online multiplayer. North America hasn’t seen hide nor hair of the Arcana Heart series since Atlus released the PlayStation 2 version of…
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Movie Green Lantern Looks Slightly Less Ridiculous In Video Game Form
] While real-life Ryan Reynolds looks a tad bit goofy when donning his computer-generated Green Lantern super suit, the video game version of Reynolds might just be able to pull it off. While I’m still holding out hope that the live-action Green Lantern movie will be a runaway hit, every time I see Ryan Reynolds…
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A Tower Defense Game With A Climate Change Twist
By the time it really hits you that flash-based tower defense game Rizk is actually teaching you about climate change, you might be enjoying yourself too much to care. On the outside, Rizk is a strikingly stark and stylishly simple example of tower defense. You begin each level with a plant, tasked to ensure that…
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You Decide Which Video Games Are Displayed At The Smithsonian
Which video games deserve to be honored for their art? Heavy Rain or Final Fantasy? Grim Fandango or Fallout? In the Smithsonian’s upcoming “The Art of Video Games” exhibition, gamers decide which titles make the cut. “The Art of Video Games” is an ambitious exhibition launching at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.…
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The Nintendo Download Spreads The Love With Ninja Kisses
It’s Valentine’s Day, and you know what that means: It’s time to kiss your favorite ninja. And should your favorite silent killer prove too elusive, Nintendo has you covered with a WiiWare ninja kisser. They’re so thoughtful! Or maybe they were just grasping for straws, trying to find anything remotely Valentine’s Day related to release.…
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Come Take A Ride In Our Jelly Love Machine
The third installment of everyone’s favorite squishy physics simulation is here! Jelly Car 3 delivers new levels, enhanced car customization, ghost racing, and replay saving, but do these added features make up for the ones taken away? Jelly Car 3 is the third entry in a series of soft world physics puzzle games. The first…
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Can Multi-Platform Games Share A Single Box?
Commenter Samakar wonders if it wouldn’t be easier to package multi-platform games in a single box for a little extra, rather than release multiple packages in today’s episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku. So, I’ve been in a quandary lately, mostly because of the way things have been going money wise with gaming and revisiting some…
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This Is Why You Should Sign-Up For The Darkspore Beta
In case our hands-on with Darkspore’s action-packed single-player and competitive multiplayer battles weren’t enough to whet your appetite for the game, perhaps the full beta trailer will do the trick. Watching this trailer for Darkspore’s beta test makes me wish I had more time last week to delve into the customization facet of the game.…
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Darkspore Splices Fresh DNA Into Online Multiplayer
Spore is an amazing creative experience diluted by a broad gameplay focus. Darkspore has one focus: Building a better killing machine. I took my monster squad to task in story mode and player-versus-player combat and lived to tell the tale. Darkspore takes the popular creature creation tools from Spore and weaponizes them. That’s the simplest…
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Culture
Sunday Comics
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Feb. 7 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Feb. 10 – Read more of Nerf…
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This One Goes Out To All The Monday Night Combat Dreamers Out There
Uber Entertainment’s “Steamy Valentine” update for Monday Night Combat is filled with features and fixes, but this steamy love song is what’s really at the heart of the matter. Heart-themed Crimson Gear is lovely and all, with its flower-petal deaths and broken-heart sniper headshots, but the real love in Uber’s “Steamy Valentine” update for the…
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Breaking Contraceptives Has Never Been So Entertaining
This week on Xbox Live Indie Clips we’re taking a look at Spermatozoon, a game that’s all about inferior products and making horrible, horrible mistakes. While I’m sure I mention it in the video, I feel I must reiterate that this is not how contraceptives are supposed to work. If your preferred method of contraceptive…
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The inFamous 2 Karma System Dramatically Changes The Way You Play
The Karma system in the original inFamous gave players a choice between being bad or being good, but for the most part the game didn’t change much depending on the path you took. inFamous 2 addresses that issue explosively. Rather than simply having Karma effect how you make certain choices in the game, in inFamous…
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This Pokémon Was Too Controversial To Live
A recent interview in Best Buy’s official @Gamer Magazine reveals that plans for a Pokémon based on the lovable creature above were scrapped after being deemed too controversial. What’s controversial about Dolly the sheep? She’s a clone. Or she was a clone, at least. Dolly the sheep, often referred to as the world’s most famous…
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