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Suicidal Ninja Robots Invade Steam
After ages of testing and re-testing, Beatnik Games finally unleashes on Steam and other fine downloadable PC game services Plain Sight, a multiplayer robot fighting game where the goal is to kill yourself before the other players do. Of course it isn’t quite that simple. Players take control of a ninja robot, which is all…
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PC Gamers Can Play Ball For Only Three Dollars
Baseball season is officially here, and GameStop’s first pitch allows PC gamers to score MLB 2K10 for less than the price of a hot dog at the stadium. 2K Sports’ MLB 2K10 might not have received the warmest reception when it came out, but it’s certainly worth $2.99 to any PC baseball fan. GameStop is…
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Now Video Games Cause Tooth Decay
Various scientific and medical studies performed over the past few years have shown video games to cause violent behavior, obesity, and crooked fingers among young people, but at least we still have our teeth – or do we? A new study, run by the University of Iowa, has linked frequent video game playing to poor…
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The Nintendo Download: No One Here But Mr. Driller
It’s a slow week in The Nintendo Download, with a couple of educational WiiWare titles, a NEOGEO shooter, several Game & Watch titles, and poor little Mr. Driller taking up the rear. Poor Mr. Driller. He’s potentially the highlight of this week’s Nintendo download, yet he’s buried down at the bottom of a list of…
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How Much DSiWare Have You Purchased In The Past Year?
Nintendo is celebrating the first year of DSiWare today, which gives us the perfect chance to ask our readers this question: how much DSiWare have you purchased? As far as I am concerned, the Nintendo DSi has two selling points over the cheaper Nintendo DS: the cameras, and DSiWare. If neither of those features interest…
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Day-One Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package Buyers Get Seven Days Back
Several readers sent us tips this morning indicating that Microsoft gifted them seven additional days of Xbox Live Gold for purchasing the Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package on day one. Julian sent us a picture, however, so Julian wins. What does Julian win? Well, credit, for one, along with the seven days’ worth of Xbox…
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I’m The Asshole At Starbucks With The iPad
I might seem like a friendly sort of fellow, ready and wiling to share his newly-acquired technology with the world, but really I’m just the asshole at Starbucks with the iPad. If you are looking to get anything productive done on your iPad today, Starbucks is not the place you want to be. Everyone who…
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Reviews
iPad Review: Is This A Capable Gaming System?
Apple touts the newly-released iPad as a “magical and revolutionary device.” How much of that revolutionary magic was applied towards the gaming side of the spectrum? If you’re interested in the iPad as a video/MP3 player, eBooks reader, web-surfing, email-fetching device, then this might not be the review you are looking for. We aren’t going…
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Here’s Where You Can Stick Your iPad
The iPad might not fit in your pocket, but you’ll find there are plenty of places around your house you can store it safely, like in my pants. Believe it or not, the first image in this gallery was by popular demand, perhaps hoping to create a set with Totilo’s DSi XL picture. Unfortunately, while…
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The Ultimate iPad Launch Game Round-Up
Join Kotaku as we showcase some of the best and not-so-best games available for the shiny new iPad. Check out hands-on impressions for Mirror’s Edge, Need for Speed: Shift, Geometry Wars, and more! Seeing as I am the only Kotaku editor with an iPad, the process of working my way through the twenty-five or so…
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How Big Is The iPad, Really?
Giant graphics are nice and all, but now that I’ve got the real thing in my hands, I thought I’d see how the iPad measures up to other electronic and game-related devices laying about my home. My Toshiba laptop dominates the scene, but I knew it would; I carry it with me to press events…
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iPad Unboxing: You Will Believe A Man Can Open A Box
It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here! The iPad has arrived at my Atlanta, Georgia apartment, and you can watch as I open it up, sniffing each piece of packaging individually. Apple continues its fine tradition of keeping packaging conservative. Inside the box is the iPad, a USB cable, a wall charger, and a little…
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Warpgate HD – Epic Space Exploration, iPad Style
35 different star-systems to explore; 172 different starships; more than 100 main quests – this is universal domination the iPad way, courtesy of Freeverse’s Warpgate HD. The first screenshots of Warpgate HD caught my eye, and then developer Freeverse passed along this exclusive gameplay video, and I’d say I’m hooked without even having my iPad…
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Reviews
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening Micro-Review: Almost Going Number Two
The marauding Blight has scattered, but a new, more sinister evil rises in its wake, and once again the Grey Wardens rise to face a deadly foe in the Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening expansion pack. Forget your humble or not-so-humble origin. Whether pauper or prince, imported character or newly generated for the expansion, this…
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Confirmed: The Best Final Fantasy Is Coming To The PlayStation Network
After a couple of weeks’ worth of teasing, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada confirmed during a brief Twitter video that the best Final Fantasy game ever created will soon be released on the PlayStation Network. Just in case any of you forgot which Final Fantasy was the best, it was of course, Final Fantasy IX…
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Time Readers: Penny Arcade Creators More Influential Than Obama, But Not Lady Gaga
In the race to determine Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, readers rank Penny Arcade’s Gabe and Tycho just above President Barack Obama, but they’ve got a ways to go before catching up to Lady Gaga. Every year, Time polls its readers on the artists, leaders, and innovators they believe are the…
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Split/Second Tears The Hell Out Of Downtown
Can you imagine how much creating a television show set that looked like this would cost if Split/Second was a real reality television show? More than I have in my pocket right now, I’d daresay. And that’s being conservative. Say what you will about Disney’s Split/Second – it does one of the core things I…
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PAX East Is Over, Time To Register For PAX West 2010
It seems like only five days ago that the inaugural PAX East came to a close, and now pre-registration for PAX…West? Just PAX? What the hell do we call it now? Anyway, you can buy tickets now. It looks like the official PAX website is referring to the Seattle branch of Penny Arcade’s annual convention…
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Free Realms Reaches 10 Million Users, Gives Out Free Cash
Free Realms continues to be an unrelenting engine of family-friendly fun and frivolity, reaching the 10 million player mark just short of its first birthday, with Sony Online Entertainment doubling Station Cash purchases this weekend in celebration. We’ve established by now that people love mini-games and free things, and that’s pretty much the formula to…
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A Flying Hamster Shooting Beer – Is This The Best Game Ever Created?
The Game Atelier’s upcoming PSP shooter The Flying Hamster features a hamster shooting sunflower seeds, fire, eggs, bananas, bees, and beer at enemies like pistol-packing penguins and milk-shooting cows. Fall in love with the first gameplay videos here. To be honest here, I’m a fan of anything that contains hamsters. I love those little bastards,…
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