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Size Matters When You’re The Former Planet Pluto
Nearly four and a half years after Pluto was demoted from planet to dwarf planet, astronomers are still trying to figure out how big it is. The title of Largest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System hangs in the balance! Six years ago professor of planetary astronomy Michael E. Brown saw an object in the…
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Dead Space Mixes It Up With Battlefield Heroes
EA’s free-to-play online Battlefield Heroes game is filled with players running about in ridiculous outfits they’ve cobbled together out of scraps. Nothing a healthy injection of Dead Space 2 shouldn’t cure. These two new outfits for Battlefield Heroes allow players on either side of the conflict to transform themselves into sleek and sexy cartoon representations…
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Minecraft, FarmVille, What’s The Difference?
Colorfully named Kotaku commenter BubbleF**kingBuddy keeps it short and sweet in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku, asking why our readers love Minecraft but hate FarmVille. Does it seem fair that Kotakuites often shit on Farmville for being “casual” or “pointless”, and then go on to play Minecraft all day? Why the double standard? About Speak-Up on…
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Show Tunes, Shit Hogs, And My Other Favorite Gaming Moments Of 2010
From exultant triumphs to powerful rushes of nostalgia, my 2010 gaming experience was peppered with memorable moments. Here are my favorites. Presented to you here in no particular order are my favorite gaming moments from last year. It bears noting that this is not a list of my favorite games of 2010. While several of…
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Wesley Snipes Lives Vicariously Through A Video Game
Wesley Snipes may be in prison, but that doesn’t mean he can’t let his inner action hero shine. The tax evading actor is working with Lapland Studios on Julius Styles: The International, a game for the ass-kicking thinking man. Wesley Snipes is currently serving three years in prison for tax evasion, and that sort of…
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Now You’ll Forever Equate MindJack With Sniffing Dog Ass
MindJack, due out next week from Square Enix and feelplus, features futuristic technology that special agents use to jack into the minds of civilians, robots, and vehicles. Why not dogs? This viral video explains. It’s strange to think that I live in a day and age where a Square Enix game is due out next…
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This Optical Illusion Will Silence Your Vision
Think your eyes have no trouble detecting when an object changes color, size, or shape? This new illusion crafted by Harvard’s Jordan W. Suchow and George A. Alvarez might just prove you wrong. Focus your eyes on the white dot in the center of the video above. While the dots arranged in each image remain…
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How Do You Balance A New Baby And Gaming?
Commenter Jopeter explores the joys of trying to balance gaming with a newborn baby in today’s installment of Speak-Up on Kotaku. So I became a dad roughly a week ago and my initial thought was “YES. Free from work, the kid will sleep all day and I can finally complete some of the games I…
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Kinect Brings Broken Bones To A Whole New Audience
Colorado mother Nikki Harding went 35 years without breaking a single bone. Then she bought Kinect for the Xbox 360. Much like the injuries and accidents that rose from the release of Nintendo’s motion sensing Wii back in 2006, Microsoft’s Kinect has given rise to its own crop of over-enthusiastic players doing themselves harm. Take…
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The Nintendo Download: Ghosts, Goblins, Cars, And Catz
Just because I’m most excited about the release of the arcade version of Capcom’s Ghosts ‘N Goblins on the Virtual Console doesn’t mean you won’t find plenty to love in this week’s Nintendo Download. For instance, there’s the arcade version of Ghosts’ N Goblins, one of my favorite quarter munchers of all time. With Arthur…
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Nintendo Download Gallery
JellyCar 2 Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Wii Points Description: JellyCar 2, the hit driving platform game, is here and fully loaded with more than 30 levels, multiplayer action and much more. Play head-to-head or co-op in Multiplayer Flag, Gems and Tether modes. (Additional accessories are required for…
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Watch The PlayStation Phone Running PSone Games
We’ve seen the rumored PlayStation Phone in action before. Now watch as a user loads up PlayStation ROMs for Resident Evil 2 and Rage Racer on Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play. How does a PlayStation Phone load up original PSone games? Judging by this latest video of the phone in action, it loads up ROM files…
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ReviewsReview: ilomilo’s Surprising Depth Is A Matter Of Perception
A pair of friends vow to meet each other in the park each day, despite a twisted world that strives to keep them apart. This is the simple story behind ilomilo, a puzzle game much deeper than initial appearances. Poor ilo and milo. Every day they venture into the park to spend valuable time together,…
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Get Ready For Aion’s Next Big Transformation
Since its release, Korean-born MMO Aion has undergone a profound transformation as developers hone gameplay to suit the needs of a North American audience. NCsoft’s Sean Neil tells us how the upcoming 2.5 update will further refine the Aion experience. Aion is a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game that’s been striving to please its players since…
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It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! It’s The Guy With The Red Underwear!
One would think that after more than 70 years of fighting crime on Earth, someone would have worked up the courage to tell Kal-El he was wearing his underwear wrong. Behold Superman, in all his DC Universe Online glory. I guess when a guy is strong enough to bench press the planet you allow him…
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ilomilo gallery
Here’s a little co-op play of ilomilo. Mind my partner’s controller clumsiness. It’s the first time she played. In the darkness of the final chapter, light plays a part in getting ilo and milo together. The introduction tells a story of slightly confused friendship. This mini-game is unlocked once you find a certain item in…
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