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Lessons Learned with a New York Comic-Con Press Badge
Disclaimer: This was not, by any stretch of the imagination, my first ever convention. NYCC 2011 was, however, my first convention as a member of the press. As it turns out, there isn’t much difference between a badge that says “4-day” and a badge that says “press”—unless the person wearing said badge makes that difference.…
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Be There Using the Magic of the Internet! Call of Duty XP Live Stream
The first ever Call of Duty expo, Call of Duty XP, is being held today and tomorrow in Los Angeles. If you didn’t score a ticket, you can still feel like you’re there via live coverage on both days. The site says that there will be one hour of live coverage today and tomorrow beginning…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Hey, I knew you guys would rise to the occasion! We’ve already got a handful of TAYpics to choose from! If you can keep this up, you get… to keep talking amongst yourselves. Big thanks to TheBlackHole25 for the first ever September 2011 TAYpic! Want to have your TAYpic featured here? If you think you’ve…
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Watch Your Friends Watching You Beat Them at Starfox 64 3D
Nintendo has uploaded a new trailer video from Starfox 64 3D, which highlights what battle mode will look like in the game. Of course, the video is only in 2D here, but it already looks so damn pretty that I’ll take it. Like so many other Nintendo games before it, Starfox will let you battle…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Hey everyone, it’s my last official day in Kotaku tower. Sad, I know. More importantly, there’s a new TAY image for a new TAY month! Diplomatic Intervention, by Charles Venneman, has been selected from among the submissions for the new TAY base image. Thanks to Kaploy9 for the submission! When creating your own TAYpic, don’t…
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Assassin’s Creed Fans and Game Writers Team Up To Build An Encyclopedia
Assassin’s Creed has never been a game series short on backstory. But now Ubisoft is taking all that backstory and putting it in one glorious place. The encyclopedia grew from what was supposed to be an art book, but the project easily grew far beyond that. Ubisoft brought in writers from the Assassin’s Creed community…
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Playdead Used The Limbo Profits to Buy Itself From Investors
Denmark-based indie developer Playdead was created with one goal—to produce Xbox Arcade game Limbo. Since the game premiered in 2010, it has been also been developed for the PlayStation Network, and for the PC on Steam In order to complete and expand Limbo, Playdead founders Arnt Jensen and Dino Patty called on the Danish government.…
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“Fired for Planking” Is More Complicated Than You Think
About a month ago, we got an email from our reader John Mazzocchi who found himself recently unemployed. He had apparently been fired for planking while on the job at the Gamestop where he had worked for almost four years. Mazzocchi posted two pictures of himself planking inside what looks like an otherwise empty Gamestop…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Believe it or not, August is over. For a lot of you, that means school starts again. Good thing TAY is here to satisfy your video game needs. Thanks to Brian H. May for the last Jester-themed TAY. September begins tomorrow, and we’ll need a new image. Don’t forget to choose a painting in the…
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An Open Letter to Team Pottermore
After almost fifteen years of waiting, I finally got my Hogwarts letter. At least, that’s what early registration to Pottermore, the new online extension of the Harry Potter world, should feel like, shouldn’t it? When Pottermore opened for early registration three weeks ago, I “tracked down the magical quill”. I validated my account. I registered…
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Grab Life By The Boulders in Zynga’s New Adventure World
Just when you thought Zynga was out of ideas, it appears they’re… not. Adventure World, the newest addition to the Zynga family, seems to be channeling Indiana Jones, complete with threatening snakes. The trailer ends with a call to “play today”, but the game won’t launch for another couple of weeks. From the trailer, it…
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Gabe Newell Wants to Call ‘MOBA’ Game Genre ‘ARTS’
Valve’s Gabe Newell on the genre of DOTA 2. The Valve Way: Gabe Newell And Erik Johnson Speak [Gamasutra] You can contact Jen Schiller, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find her on Twitter, and lurking around our #tips page.
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This Custom Arkham City Xbox Could Be Yours
I love custom 360s. The best custom jobs take into account all the details of the console, transforming the 360 instead of simply applying a new skin. Xbox’s facebook page now includes a mysterious photo album titled ????. The images in the album are a gorgeous custom Batman: Arkham City Xbox 360, which is up…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves- The Sleepin’ on the Job Edition
After today, we’re tapped out of TAYpics. If you’ve got a great idea, or a good idea, or a kind of okay idea, SUBMIT! Thanks to Prof. Gast for today’s TAYpic. Hopefully our pick for next month’s TAYpic will inspire more of you to edit away. Mostly because if you don’t Brian will eat your…
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Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension Captures the Best of the TV Show
Ah, Phineas and Ferb, the TV show made for kids that’s charming the pants off of everyone. We’ve seen Doofenshmertz’s suggestions for how to play Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension. Now it’s Major Monogram’s turn to assist O.W.C.A Agents who find themselves in “various alternate dimensions in which the entire tri-state area has…
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Disney Cosplayers Get Creative at D23 Expo
This past weekend, Disney threw its third annual convention, called the D23 Expo. And like any good convention, the Expo came with plenty of great cosplayers. Popculturegeek.com uploaded a whole bunch to their flickr page, but you can find a whole lot more if you poke around online long enough. Russell and Carl, from Disney/Pixar’s…
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The Disney Insiders Expo Had More Video Game News Than You’d Expect
It seems like everyone has their own convention these days, so it should surprise no one that Disney’s insiders club hosted the third “D23 Expo” last weekend in Anaheim, CA. The expo is centered on showcasing the best of Disney, with previews of upcoming games and movies, speakers from all walks of life, and plenty…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Bongos have meant many things to many people, but never as much to anyone as Donkey Kong. Discuss. Also discuss video games. Thanks again to GeshGav, who created today’s positively musical TAYpic. Want to see your TAYpic featured here? If you think you’ve got what it takes, or even if you don’t, here’s what to…
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Learn to Play Guitar Like a Gamer
We covered Ubisoft’s terrifying marketing ploy for Rocksmith two months ago. As it turns out, there was a much less scary marketing campaign going on all summer long. Van’s Warped Tour 2011 has wrapped, but at all 44 locations rockers and wanna-bes alike had the opportunity to rock out using their 3DS. Rocksmith, the first…
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