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Local News Scares Parents With Kinect Sex Game
Microsoft has already taken action to block developer ThriXXX’s adults-only girl-groping Kinect game from PC release, but that hasn’t stopped the El Paso, Texas Fox affiliate from terrifying parents with the thought of their young children touching virtual breasts. ThriXXX began showing off technical demos for a Kinect-enabled girl fondling simulator earlier this month, with…
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Bring A Motion Sickness Bag To The 3D Revolution
Motion picture companies want you to watch movies in 3D. Sony wants you to play games in 3D. Soon 3D entertainment will be everywhere, and so will the vomit. Are you susceptible to cybersickness? Between five and ten percent of people cannot see 3D properly, and they may be the lucky ones. According to Marc…
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Lost In Shadow Demo Can Be Found At Best Buy
Lost in Shadow’s innovative shadow play gameplay must be played to be fully appreciated. Luckily Best Buy is hosting demos of the game this week, in plenty of time to get a taste before its January 4 release. I had almost forgotten that Hudson’s Lost in Shadow had won Best Gameplay Mechanic at our 2010…
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The Old Republic’s Trooper Is One Hell Of A Woman
BioWare fleshed out the Republic Trooper class for Star Wars: The Old Republic over the holiday weekend, detailing the classes advancement options, companions and starships, while giving us a glimpse of a feisty female Trooper bringing out the heavy artillery. In more recent Star Wars developers the Troopers are all male, mainly because they’re all…
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This Is Where inFamous 2 Is Made
It’s Sucker Punch Day on the PlayStation Blog, with an inFamous 2 update, a selection of the devs’ favorite superheroes, and a look at the developers’ posh new digs, where the animation team is hard at work making Cole fabulous. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
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What Game Did Wolverine Get For Christmas?
With new company Stark Resilient suffering super villain-related growing pains, Tony Stark has cut back on his Christmas spending, but that doesn’t mean Wolverine isn’t getting a gift any claw-carrying mutant should love. As seen in Deadpool MAX #3
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The Last Nintendo Download Of 2010
It’s the final Monday of 2010, and Nintendo’s first chance to wow Christmas Wii and DSi giftees with a selection of the finest downloadable games available. Do they make the most of the opportunity? You decide! There isn’t really any one game that stands out in this final Nintendo Download of the year. Multiplayer flinging…
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Nintendo Download Gallery
chick chick BOOM Publisher: tons of bits Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Cartoon Violence Price: 800 Wii Points Description: In chick chick BOOM, you throw pianos, pink elephants and sumo chicks or summon slimy giant jellyfish and real UFOs. Draw lines in the arena to defend against your opponent’s…
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The Next Pokémon Invasion Begins In March
The Japanese have been raving over Pokémon Black and Pokémon White since their release back in September. When will North American fans be playing the latest Pocket Monster sensation? Nintendo nails down a March release date. Were you so excited over the release of an updated pair of Pokémon games that you’ve already imported them…
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The Legend Of Minecraft: A Link To The Past
Kotaku reader and Minecraft player Roman DeNu delivers a retro gaming Christmas present, completely recreating the over world from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past with the building blocks Notch provided. Who wants a video walkthrough? This is an excellent example of what folks with too much free time and a deep…
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ReviewsReview: World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Shatters Expectations
Nothing ruins a perfectly good fantasy world like an enormous angry dragon tearing through the surface of the planet, destroying everything in its path. How does Blizzard’s ridiculously popular online role-playing game fare in the face of this Cataclysm? That whole dragon-ripping-through-the-planet scenario is exactly what happened prior to the release of Cataclysm, the third…
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Cataclysm Review Gallery
A musical tribute to the Worgen starting experience. The music makes the Goblin starting area. My experiences under the sea as a Worgen Mage in Vashj’ir. I wanted to use “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid for this, but Disney is high on my list of companies to not get sued by. Just oe…
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Xbox Live Indie Clips: Aphelion 2 Flies On The Wings Of Omega
In this week’s Xbox Live Indie clip we take a look at Aphelion 2, the second chapter in Lunatic Studios’ epic turn-based role-playing game. How does it compare to the first? I have no clue, quite honestly. I saw pink-haired girl and RPG and figured that was all I needed to know. Who needs a…
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Former Sims Head Becomes The Boss Of Second Life
First Rod Humble worked on EverQuest. Then he headed the EA Play label, which manages The Sims franchise. After those jobs becoming the new CEO of Second Life creator Linden Lab seems like a natural progression. Way back when I was first playing EverQuest, I’d hear about Rod Humble all the time. Back then he…
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Harley Quinn Looks Crazy Good In DC Universe Online
Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel was an Arkham Asylum psychologist who thought she had a shot at curing Batman’s insane nemesis The Joker. Obviously that didn’t work out too well. Harley Quinn is one of the more distinctive super villains to appear in Sony Online Entertainment’s DC Universe Online for several reasons. For one, she started…
By Mike Fahey