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Kitchen-Aided Consoles: The Winners.
This might be the first time we have a Kotaku ‘Shop Contest roundup in which none of the finalists used the source image. Last week’s journey to the intersection of kitchen appliances and game consoles produced nine winners, plus overall champion AirCairo. Angryrider (2) gets started with the best use for a 3DO I can…
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Gimped Madden on Wii U Doesn’t Speak Well of EA’s Relationship with Nintendo
Madden NFL was literally on stage with the Wii U, the day the console was formally revealed to the world. The unspoken message: No more cartoony, casual American football or minigame bullshit, this is a sports title you can actually take seriously on a Nintendo console. This happened more than a year ago, at E3…
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Once Again, EA is Trying to be the Big Friend on Video Gaming’s Playground
This little exchange yesterday on Twitter says a lot about why Electronic Arts is suing the Facebook gaming giant Zynga, and how the publishing giant really sees itself in doing so. Nimblebit is the outfit behind Tiny Tower, which Zynga blatantly ripped off with Dream Heights earlier this year, and did little more than shrug…
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Putting a Horse Behind the Wheel in Grand Theft Auto IV Ends Predictably
This horse, from the fount of zany mods on YouTube user Taltigolt’s channel, may have a smoother gait than ones you see in, say, Skyrim. But his hit box and mass still appear to be that of a regular person in the game. So a riderless steed charging through a public park isn’t quite the…
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Video All But Confirms SSX is Getting Head-to-Head Multiplayer—Six Months After Release
A series of not-so-subtle Tweets and screenshots on Thursday hinted that SSX, which launched in February, will be getting true head-to-head online multiplayer races in the next title update. This video, released yesterday by EA Sports, practically confirms it. You can see the screen advising that the race will start once there are two participants…
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Nintendo Bristles at Rumors That Seattle’s Baseball Team is For Sale
True or not, a baseball team owned by an aging Japanese magnate, two weeks after trading away a Japanese national hero, is an easy target for rumors that it’s up for sale. Add to that the fact Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo in its ascent to video game dominance, is 84 years old, has never…
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The Moneysaver: Go Pre
Pre-order savings of at least $10 can be found on four big upcoming titles between now and Nov. 20, so if you’ve already made up your mind, you can save yourself some jing today and still get it day one. Steam is holding a QuakeCon weekend sale giving you 50 percent off all the Bethesda…
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Backhanded Box Quotes: Pro Hater Edition
Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic, Amazon and elsewhere. Good luck getting a job with Irrational Games if your game shows up here. NCAA Football 13 Released: July 10 Critic: guillermop (Metacritic) • “This game is alpha quality at best this game is…
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There’s Nothing to Steal: Why Everyone Hates the Free-to-Play Switch
I’m not proud of it, of course, but I’ve profiled others according to skin color. You see, glowing, primary color skin on a character in D.C. Universe Online is a sure sign of a free-to-play player, especially if they’re low level. It indicates they really didn’t give a shit what they looked like when they…
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This Sega Genesis Mod Shocks You Every Time You Die
This mod is called “GeneZap,” and its motto is “No pity for bad players.” It’s a dog shock collar programmed to zap the wearer whenever he screws up or takes damage in any of half a dozen Sega Genesis games. (I’m guessing the first four letters are pronounced as two syllables, as in “Genesis,” not…
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Pod Racing and Playing GoldenEye with a Proper Dual Analog Controller for the Nintendo 64
A UK modder wanted to do a favor for his American buddy, who is still obsessed with Star Wars: Episode I Racer 13 years after it released on the Nintendo 64. In the game, if you enter a certain code you can use two N64 controllers to control the pod racers’ engines independently. So how…
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NBA 2K13 Adds Kinect Features, Says Retail Listing
Somehow, NBA 2K13 has managed to have a three-stage cover reveal. First, there were the stars. Then the cover added in Jay-Z as an executive producer, right there under the logo. Now, as first noticed by 360sync.com, we see the Xbox 360 box art, and notice it says “Better with Kinect.” Sports simulations so far…
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Flight Takes You Around the World in 120 Days , With a Paper Airplane
Flight begins on a very sweet-hearted note—a little girl writes a letter to Santa Claus, saying she wants to see her mother for Christmas. She folds it into a paper airplane and flings her wish into the sky. It’s your job to get that message all the way around the world. Earnest and even a…
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PlayStation Plus Subscribers Will Get In First During PlayStation All-Stars‘ Public Beta This Fall
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will get a public beta this fall, following a private beta that, over the weekend, was said to reveal eight more characters from the game’s roster and what appeared to be all of its stages. SuperBot Entertainment, the game’s developer, acknowledged the leak in a post today on the PlayStation blog,…
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Real Racing Wheels Out Some Damn Nice Visuals for an iPad Racing Game
I’m not sure how she handles, but Real Racing 3, sure looked fast today at Electronic Arts’ summer showcase. The game is the sequel in the cutting edge racer from Fire Monkey, the joint operation of Firemint (creators of Real Racing, as well as iOS hit Flight Control) and EA’s in-house studio Iron Monkey. An…
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“All-Out Vehicle Warfare” Roars Down the Road in Battlefield 3: Armored Kill This Fall
Jets, jeeps and turrets galore feature in Battlefield 3: Armored Kill, the next expansion pack coming for the military shooter from DICE. The extension promises “all out vehicle warfare,” DICE said at EA’s summer showcase today, and will deliver a Tank Superiority mode as well as “Armored Shield,” a map set in Russia. These five…
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First Reveal of Madden for the Wii U Doesn’t Mention New Physics Engine
Electronic Arts today offered a first look at gameplay within Madden NFL 13 for the Wii U, but in a presentation listing the game’s features, the new runtime physics engine bringing dynamic collisions to the game’s PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions was not mentioned. Refinements to the passing system and to wide receiver catch…
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