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Sunday Comics: You Must Be This Tall to Raid
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Nov. 28.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Dec. 3.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by…
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The Lockout’s End Brings Peace to NBA 2K‘s Holiday Season
In Los Angeles six months ago, Erick Boenisch gave me my first look at NBA 2K12. I think I watched about a quarter of play in it, with no additional commentary or guidance. He just wanted me to see that it was a good-looking game, and indeed it was. My first question had nothing to…
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What Exactly Is “The Last of Us” Teasing?
The Spike Video Game Awards is less of an awards show and more of a smorgasbord of new game announcements. There’s another one coming here, a PS3 exclusive teased in this trailer. The URL it references, lastofus.com, has a concealed registrant and is currently not active. Update: Now it is. Whatever it is, definitely sounds…
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On Second Thought, Club Nintendo’s Platinum Gift Doesn’t Look That Bad
Announced back in July, the pin set Club Nintendo is giving free to its platinum members this year was met with the usual round of griping and complaining. One of our readers just received his and, you know, it’s actually a pretty decent gift. For starters, the display box is pretty big, as reader Jon…
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Games Animator Blames Ridiculous NHL Promotion for Vaporized Profits
A company that supplies 3D mapping technology for games like Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed saw a £3 million drop in its profits this year, and blamed the fact it spent way too much time animating a bunch of dumbass superheroes Stan Lee thought up for the National Hockey League The “NHL Guardians” was…
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Online Pass Codes Can Expire, But Shouldn’t, Says EA
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit released more than a year ago, but a NeoGAF member recently picked up a new, shrinkwrapped copy. He was upset to learn that the code inside for his Online Pass, which provides access to the game’s multiplayer features, had expired. That’s right: New-in-the-box game, unused code, and no multiplayer for…
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Lego Batman 2 Will Include Some Super Friends
A sequel to 2009’s LEGO Batman has been known since the summer, around the time LEGO and DC Comics (and Marvel) were revealing their plans for more super heroes in the toy line. Now a LEGO fan site says the title will be something like “LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes” if that image is…
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Konami Offering a “Free” Downloadable Game with Vita’s Japan Launch
When the PlayStation Vita launches in Japan in two weeks, Konami will offer a download-only title that is free at its release, with the option for gamers to buy additional levels if they enjoy it. AR Combat Digi Q is the game, reports Andriasang. It’s a 40-stage adaptation of Konami’s Digi Q vehicle series. The…
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Games Linked to—but Not Officially Blamed for—Man’s Sudden Seizure Death
Back in June in Birmingham, England, a rather large man died suddenly, a death the coroner has said was caused by an epileptic fit. Given the victim’s love of video games, they were linked to the death during a hearing, although the deputy coroner investigating the matter stopped short of citing them as a cause.…
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Happy 10th Anniversary, Jak and Daxter
Today is the 10th anniversary of the release of Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy on PlayStation 2. Naughty Dog, the game’s studio, took a look back at the game’s decade of service and wants to be sure it’s remembered for its technical merit, too. “With each outing in the Jak and Daxter series, we…
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Console-ation Prizes After Black Friday
If you’re not all shopped out from Black Friday or Cyber Monday, The Moneysaver merrily marches on with another 50 values across hardware, software and digital distribution, including $80 off that Modern Warfare 3 bundle above. That’s right, consume! THIS IS YOUR GOD. Hardware • Xbox 360 320GB Console Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3…
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British Listing Teases Combined Mortal Kombat Re-Release
The U.K.’s classification authority granted an 18-rating for a “Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition” on Friday, hinting that the title is due for a re-release that would, customarily, include previously released DLC. Mortal Kombat, which released in April, later offered a “Klassic” DLC pack that included four downloadable characters plus additional costumes for the base roster…
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
December is a fantastic month for video gaming. First, you get about four hours of daylight, so who the hell can blame you for staying inside all day. Second, all of the major releases have hit shelves, so unless you’re waiting on something for Christmas, chances are anything you want to play is already in…
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Asshole Dog Shoots Duck Hunter
For more than 25 years, one of the constant laws of nature—like the speed of light—is the fact a duck hunt dog cannot be shot. Nothing, however, prevents the dog from shooting someone else, as a Utah man learned this past weekend. Robert Cottingham had 27 shotgun pellets removed from his buttocks after his buddy’s…
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Sony Says No Malware Involved in Attack on Resistance Forums
A Nov. 11 breach of Resistance‘s official web site, including its forums, did not serve malware to visitors as some had alleged, Sony told Kotaku on Friday. Sony confirmed that an intrusion did take place, resulting in MyResistance.net’s immediate closure. The site remains offline as Sony works to rebuild it and close whatever hole the…
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Sea Stars Pulls Off an Upside-Down Joyride
After about a year of the Gaming App of the Week, I’ve been very hard on games that are nakedly derivative of existing hits. Then one comes along and literally does everything a previous success did, except upside down, and I feel like I have to tip my hat. That’s Sea Stars. This game is…
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Great, Now You Can Pay a Subscription to Play Tetris
Electronic Arts has figured out a way to make peopLe pay indefinitely for the privilege of playing Tetris. A 99-cent version of the classic puzzler just went live on the iOS store but, obviously, you’ll want more than the seven Tetrominoes that buck buys you, right? Right? Well, good news, there’s now something called the…
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Xbox Live’s UFC Pay-Per-View Support Arrives Dec. 20
Announced back in September, pay-per-view fights in the mixed martial arts UFC series will be available Dec, 20 via Xbox Live, Microsoft said today. Fights will be served through an application that becomes available on that date; the events themselves are not free, an account-holder must still purchase it. However, when viewing them on Xbox…
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Augmented Reality NBA App Makes You the King of Someone’s Driveway
An NBA-branded augmented-reality game released today for Android and iOS devices, promises to make you the King of the Court at any number of real-world basketball locations around you. So far I’m the King of a neighboring cul-de sac and a Wendy’s parking lot. King of the Court, by Ogmento, is free to play (but,…
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