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Sony’s VP Of Trash-Talking Sony’s CEO
What happens when Sony’s hilarious mouthpiece Kevin Butler goes head to head against Sony Computer Entertainment America’s CEO and President Jack Tretton in ModNation Racers? “Tell me more, grown-up child actor.” Kevin Butler hams it up in this extended commercial for ModNation Racers, discussing his success, creativity, and ham sandwiches, at least until SCEA CEO…
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Couple Married By Robot, Can Death Ray Divorce Be Far Behind?
These science posts at Kotaku give me an opportunity to talk about something near and dear to my heart: The Robot menace. A Japanese couple being married by a robot? What if it misinterprets “til death do us part?” The Japanese love their robots. They’ve been making them for ages, from toys on up to…
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Alan Wake: Building The Drama
As far as we’re concerned, the main drama of Alan Wake is having to wait another day to play, but developer Remedy went to all the trouble of putting together this Building the Drama trailer, so here you go. Reviewer’s love Alan Wake. Normally an oft-delayed title like Wake ends up being a jumbled mess…
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Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Dated, Detailed, And PSP Bundled
Square Enix’s vague summer release date for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep has become a definite September release date, with a limited edition PSP bundle commemorating the next star-studded entry in the beloved Kingdom Hearts series. Does September 7 still count as summer? Probably not, but it’s only missing it by a few days, so…
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It’s A Dead Bird! It’s A Red Plane! It’s Super Scribblenauts!
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment confirms that the adjective-laden follow-up to 5TH Cell’s million-selling Scribblenauts is indeed Super Scribblenauts, due out this fall for the Nintendo DS. A listing for Super Scribblenauts briefly appeared on Amazon.com over the weekend, only to be quickly taken down. Between that and the domain registration for Superscribblenauts.com, we were pretty…
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The Nintendo Download Will Totally Blow Your Mind
Remember the pseudo 3D game, Looksley’s Line Up, that everyone thought was a demo for the Nintendo 3DS? It’s on DSiWare today, and Nintendo thinks it will blow your mind. I am eagerly awaiting Looksley’s availability, 500 DSi points in hand, ready to have my mind completely blown. Between that game and the latest in…
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Is It Too Late To Preorder The StarCraft II Collector’s Edition?
Isn’t the Collector’s Edition of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty gorgeous? It’s already sold out at several major retailers, but we’ve found a few places where the $99 package can still be secured. IncGamers is reporting that the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Collector’s Edition is no longer available for preorder at several major retailers…
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I Kept Playing — A Happy Ending
In October I told the story of the EverQuest addiction that nearly a decade ago cost me my job, my health, and the woman I loved. Last weekend I asked that woman to marry me. Emily first came into my life during a very turbulent time. My world had completely changed in the span of…
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Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published May 10 PvPonline published May 13 ActionTrip published May 10 EXTRALIFE published May 13 GU Comics published May 12 Dotgif published May 14 Ctrl+Alt+Del published May 10 Dueling Analogs published May 10 Nerf NOW published May 14 Rooster Teeth published May 15 Monday Night Crew published May 14 Virtual Shackles published May…
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Frankenreview: Lost Planet 2
It’s time to return to E.D.N. III, the beautiful land of giant, heat-giving insects that serves as the backdrop of Lost Planet 2! Before you pack your sunscreen and insect repellant, check out these travel advisories from the video game reviewers. The winter wonderland of the original Lost Planet is melting away, giving way to…
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At Least The Zune HD Can Play Game Boy Titles
Microsoft’s support for the Zune HD as a game playing device has been pretty abysmal. Luckily there are hackers, one of which has the beginnings of a serviceable Game Boy Advance emulator working on the device. I purchased a Zune HD the first week the device was available, after my bother spent the better part…
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Would You Buy Rock Band: Zeppelin? Pink Floyd? U2?
Harmonix is chumming the waters to see what sort of fan reaction they get by suggesting standalone Rock Band titles for artists like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, U2, and more. Would you buy any of those? The chumming comes by way of a survey, posted by Harmonix in the official Rock Band forums, along with…
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Naughty Bear Is Going To Need A Bigger Boat
The blood-curdling screams of teddies caught in the Jaws of Naughty Bear only make him shake harder. The third “Nightmare” trailer for Artificial Mind and Movement’s stuffed slasher movie game Naughty Bear riffs on everyone’s favorite killer shark movie to chilling effect. Those teddy bear screams have a way of getting under your skin. It…
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Drive-By: Proof That Video Games Cause Violence
Video games do cause real life violence. I know this because after a half hour of playing Drive-By: Gang Warfare for the iPad at Crecente’s request, I’m Google mapping his house and checking eBay for firearms. Drive-By: Gang Warfare for iPad is the HD version of Drive-By: South Central for the iPhone. We thought it…
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The War For Cybertron Cast Is Now Complete
With the addition of Autobots Sideswipe and Jetfire and Decepticon Thundercracker, the armies participating in the War for Cybertron are now complete. Now all we need is a little energon, and a lot of luck. The war begins on June 22, when Transformers: War for Cybertron hits for the Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, and…
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Why Go Into Space To Be Bombarded By Cosmic Particles?
Bombarded by cosmic rays in space, Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm were transformed into the Fantastic Four. Now scientists in Japan are creating rare cosmic particles on demand. Where can I sign up for super powers? Like Reed Richards, I’m stretching things a bit. What a multinational team of scientist in…
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Lost Planet 2 Invaded By The Helghast
With Resident Evil, Gears of War, Monster Hunter, and Dead Rising already represented in cameo form in Capcom’s Lost Planet 2, where do we go from here? How about the ravaged surface of Killzone’s Helghan? The nightmarish Helghast from the Killzone series are the latest cameo characters to make an appearance in Lost Planet 2,…
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Modern Warfare 2’s Resurgence Map Pack In Five Pictures
It’s hard to be angry about paying $15 for another mix of new and old maps in the Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence map pack when the Funhaus is staring you right in the face, now is it? Let’s visit the carnival! Sure, Vacant and Strike are rehashes of old Modern Warfare maps, but look at…
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