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Detectives Explore Video Game Fantasy As Motive For Brutal Teen Murder
Detectives in Seattle look to Dungeons and Dragons Online for answers to why, according to police, an 18-year-old high school student choked a 16-year-old developmentally disabled teen girl to death last Tuesday. Warning, the details of the crime are disturbing. Police say Tyler Wolfegang Savage admitted to authorities that he lured Kimberly “Kimmie” Daily to…
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Brad Pitt To Star In Red Dead Redemption Movie?
Hollywood rumor mill ShowbizSpy says sources indicate movie star Brad Pitt is first in line to play John Marston in a big screen adaptation of Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption. How could any one movie capture the scope and grandeur of Red Dead Redemption? Getting Brad Pitt to star in it could be a good first…
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Guild Wars 2 Necromancer Revealed
Now that I’ve posted my impressions of playing one at Gamescom, ArenaNet has gone ahead and posted the official reveal of the next Guild Wars 2 class, the Necromancer. Once I got home from Gamescom, I hopped onto the original Guild Wars, which I purchased following my post on the Ranger class that everyone loved…
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Speak-Up On Kotaku: Extreme-Gs, The Wireless 60, Kotaku Sneakers, And Sadness
Yes, we’re back to this again. This week on Speak-Up on Kotaku, Subterpunk, AnnexOne, StrategyMonk, and Mr. Pie! punctuate the return of this feature with Extreme-G, console knock-offs, some awesome shoes, and the sad state of the Dreamcast. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku:…
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Zynga Sued Over Mafia Wars Name
Popular Facebook game Mafia Wars comes under fire today as creator Zynga is sued for trademark violation by Digital Chocolate, the creator of the Mafia Wars mobile phone game series. Digital Chocolate, a developer of mobile and PC games founded by EA founder Trip Hawkins, is the creator of the Mafia Wars mobile phone game…
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How To Succeed As A World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Beta Tester
Getting into the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm beta is all about having fun and experiencing new content, right? Wrong! Machinima.com sets Cataclysm beta testers straight in this guide to winning the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm beta test. Beta testing is your chance to have a say in what direction a game goes in, while helping…
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Apple Holding A Musical Special Event Next Week
It’s time for another Apple event next Wednesday, with music themed news of some sort teased by this fruity guitar picture. What other news could be coming on September 1? Our sister site, Gizmodo, speculates on several different bits of news that could come of next week invitation-only, internet clogging special Apple event in San…
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Digital Devices Are Reducing Your Brain’s Processing Power
Getting in a quick hit of gaming on the bus or in the bathroom may seem like a good thing, but playing with your portable devices could be depriving your brain of important downtime needed to process memories. Technology is everywhere today, and we’re using it constantly. I sit in front of a computer all…
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Final Fantasy XIV’s Play-Limiting Fatigue System Explained – Update
A game mechanic that drops the amount of experience points earned after a set amount of play time has Final Fantasy XIV fans in an uproar. Game director Nobuaki Komoto explains the eight hour a week limit. Fans have been railing against the Final Fantasy XIV experience limiting system for a while now, but Komoto…
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Dragon Age: Origins Ends With A Witch Hunt
BioWare ties off a major plot thread in preparation for the coming of Dragon Age 2 with Witch Hunt, the climactic ending to the Origins storyline where players will finally uncover the secrets held by Morrigan, the incredibly under-dressed witch. “Never follow me.” With these words, Morrigan vanished into the shadows. Her plans and her…
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Sonic’s Mushroom Hill Zone Looks Lovely In 2.5D
Sonic fan Robert Medina uses his experience in creating 3D video and imagery to reinvision Sonic & Knuckles’ Mushroom Hill Zone as the 2.5D game we always wished Sega had released. The only thing bad about this 2.5D rendition of Sonic & Knuckles’ Mushroom Hill? It’s only a video, and not a playable game. Uploaded…
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Dungeon Defender Is Tower Defense Of The Ancients
Combine the strategic planning and placement of tower defense with the leveling, skills, and fast-paced combat of defense of the ancients, and you’ve got Dungeon Defenders, coming this fall to Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, and PC. Developed by Trendy Entertainment using Epic’s Unreal Engine 3, Dungeon Defenders might have a generic name, but…
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Atlus Gets Into The Naruto Business
The publisher known for bringing quirky Japanese titles stateside is getting into the Naruto business this fall, with two new Naruto Shippuden games coming to the Nintendo Wii and DS this November courtesy of Atlus. The company that brings us regular installments of the Shin Megami Tensei series has signed an agreement with Tomy to…
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One Mother Loving EarthBound Cosplayer
If you think Linda Le aka Vampy’s EarthBound cosplay is adorable, wait until you get a load of her Morrigan from Darkstalkers. Vampy is an incredibly attractive cosplayer who loves the classic Super Nintendo role-playing game EarthBound, the anime Lone Wolf and Cub, and of course, dressing up as characters from anime and video games.…
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It Doesn’t Get Much More Noir Than Negative Zone Spider-Man
In the shadows of the Spider-Man Noir universe, you can barely even see the Negative Zone alternate costume for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, but it’s definitely there. As we mentioned last month, Best Buy customers get a code to unlock Negative Zone Spider-Man in Shattered Dimensions when they preorder the game. That doesn’t lock other purchasers…
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Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom Wants To Be Your Friend
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom producer Daisuke Uchiyama is tired of over-the-top violence in games, and thinks he’s found a different motivation for playing his new game: Friendship. Daisuke Uchiyama is a friendly sort of person. He wants me to call him Uchi, which I will gladly do. He’s spent the past 15 years producing…
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How Many People Are Playing APB?
Scottish developer Realtime Worlds recently entered administration, and it’s rolling out play and pay stats for the recently released All-Points Bulletin to sweeten the pot for potential buyers. Who’s playing, and what are they paying? Realtime Worlds went into administration last week after being hit with massive layoffs the week previous. That means they need…
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James Cameron Is Earth’s Official Spokesperson
After showing us through the magic of 3D how human beings could potentially screw up an entirely new planet, James Cameron has signed on with NASA to help show how the agency is keeping us from screwing up our own. Cameron stars in a series of three new commercials to help promote NASA’s contributions to…
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