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He Forged Fire Emblem‘s Falchion, Then He … You Get the Idea
Video game smithy Tony Swatton has, for the past year, forging blades from Kingdom Hearts, the Legend of Zelda, God of War and even Adventure Time. Closing out 2013, he tackles a project fans have been clamoring for all year: Chrom’s Falchion from Fire Emblem: Awakening. This took a lot of work as Tony explains,…
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He Played Missile Command for Nearly Three Consecutive Days
Earlier this year, Victor Sandberg broke Missile Command‘s all-time world record—a mark that had stood since 1982 and was believed to be unassailable. This weekend, he shot for another goal most thought unreachable. In the end, it was. Sandberg didn’t make it to 100 hours of gameplay on a single credit—which would have been 16…
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America Pays More For Slower Internet and Less Capacity
The average Internet connection speed in the United States may be well more than what’s needed for multiplayer gaming or watching streaming video. But the country’s infrastructure still lingers well behind what other nations enjoy, according to a slew of recent studies. It’s a textbook your-mileage-may-vary setting, of course, but the average U.S. connection speed…
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Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: E1Salvador rounded up the 10 best answers to some random questions, including Luminous on starting Pokémon and Spacegar on the Iron Chefs. Dexomega just up and reviewed Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer And Steve Bowling examines whether Nintendo is hungry or desperate. Don’t…
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Sports Video Games in 2013: A Year in Decline
To a video gamer, the pairing was so natural that I didn’t recognize how unusual it really was. On Oct. 12, ESPN broke up its top two announcing teams to put Brad Nessler and Kirk Herbstreit in the booth for the network’s Texas A&M-Ole Miss nightcap. The two have, virtually anyway, worked millions of games…
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They Put a Racing Game in a Race Car So They Could Race While They Race
This is so stupid it’s awesome. Viagame pit one of the world’s top racing video game drivers against a real-life professional to see who was better. But the best part is Frederik Brolin, the video gamer, is driving the course, virtually, inside a car that is driving the course in real life. The real-life driver…
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Resident Evil Fanbase Also Old, Decaying, Capcom Tells Investors
Resident Evil is old enough to vote as of March. (That means its 18 years old). Its fanbase also has aged commensurately, Capcom said in a recent investor guide. This is not really a good thing, the company delicately points out. “The longevity of the Resident Evil title also comes with problems,” Capcom said in…
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He’s Played 57 Straight Hours of Missile Command. His Goal is 100.
If you want to watch a Swedish guy tear Missile Command a new one, tune in to this. Around 11 a.m. EST, he beat his world record of 81,795,035, but that’s not the goal now. He’s trying to play the game for 100 hours, on a single credit. That would be a record across all…
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Nintendo eShop Back, Online Problems Fixed, Pokémon Apps Still On Hold
Nintendo’s eShop is back online for all systems following repairs to many online services that had failed over Christmas. Nintendo gave the all-clear moments ago. The eShop had been on-and-offline for some platforms and regions since Dec. 25 as the company worked to resolve the problem. On Facebook yesterday evening, Nintendo said the outage had…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The 2013 Year-End All-Star Extravaganza
We’ve had 48 ‘Shop Contests this year, and now comes your 49th—our annual roundup of the best exploitables to kick off the new year with a buttload of callbacks to the old one. The 10 source images for this roundup were chosen because they fit a number of criteria, including how many entries we got…
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Live-Action Minecraft Brings the World Into Higher Resolution
Here’s another way to look at the world of Minecraft—through the eyes of its protagonist, “Steve,” if he were a real person. The video is by Ben Combes, who delivered an earlier two-part series on the creepers. Combes’ creeper/enderman series began with a guy waking up in a strange world, fighting for survival. This one…
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CultureSunday Comics: The Magic Word
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best gaming-themed webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published Dec. 26. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Dec. 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: ‘Shop Talk: The Winners
Nintendo’s first electronic toy bravely took the bullet for this week’s ‘Shop Contest. We’ve dialed up 21 winners for you, plus overall No. 1 QCSRK! One note: It’s just not the same without uscg_pa, who didn’t enter this week for the first time in forever. Last week’s disappointing roundup may have had something to do…
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A Christmas YouTube Tradition: Tricking Kids With a Fake Console Gift
There’s a Christmas morning video spreading over the Internet the past two days, in which a naughty boy gets the modern lump of coal: an empty box instead of a PlayStation. It looks outrageous. Remember, though, this is on YouTube. And this kind of prank has gone on there for years. The latest one has…
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Hello Games, the indie studio flooded out on Christmas Eve, said its insurance company won’t cover the damage to its office. Even if work on No Man’s Sky was backed up remotely, this doesn’t sound good. We’ve reached out to ask how things are going. A beloved office couch is among the casualties.
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Indianapolis: Home of Next-Generation Console Heists, Apparently
A month after bandits stole nine PlayStation 4s from an Indianapolis GameStop, armed robbers stormed another store in the same city, making off with 15 Xbox Ones in a pre-Christmas heist that left employees and customers tied up in a store room. The robbery happened just after 10 p.m. on Monday, Indianapolis police said. Two…
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Ten Grand Theft Auto Online Jobs Get Rockstar’s Seal of Approval
Ten user-created jobs in Grand Theft Auto Online were “officially certified” by Rockstar Games yesterday, meaning all players on all platforms will be able to play them. They’re the first gigs to get the Rockstar stamp of approval since the GTA Online Creator toolkit released. Six races and four deathmatches compose the first 10, chosen…
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Battlefield 4 ‘Illegal’ in China, But It Wasn’t For Sale There Anyway
To the surprise of no one, China’s Ministry of Culture has formally banned Battlefield 4—though “condemned” may be a more accurate term considering the game never was formally for sale there. Anyway, the game is henceforth “illegal,” according to reports from the country. China.com, one of the country’s oldest and largest online news sites, reported…
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Merry Christmas! Did Your Presents Make You This Happy?
By now, most households should be buried in shredded wrapping paper, unless yours is home to a fastidious person always ready with a trash bag and a dustbuster for those flecks of styrofoam packing that get everywhere. Anyone get any games? Anyone get a console? My parents live in town, and before I drove over…
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