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Nominate Someone — or Some Game — for the Hall of Fame
Three video game titles will be enshrined along with the second class of honorees at the International Video Game Hall of Fame in Ottumwa, Iowa, which is seeking public input as it assembles nominees for final voting. Nominations close on March 15. A group as large as 18, comprised of living persons, organizations, and game…
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Minecraft‘s Creator Says Piracy, Theft Aren’t the Same
Generally, those who create monster indie game hits don’t follow up by spouting, well, corporate attitudes about their games when in public. So the fact Markus “Notch” Persson has a more liberal view of the piracy issue isn’t that surprising. But he does have strong words for it. “Piracy is not theft,” he told the…
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The Games of Tomorrow, in San Francisco Today
Kotaku’s reporting team is in its second day of news-wrangling at the 2011 Game Developers Conference, bringing back details, screens, footage and anything else bubbling up at one of the industry’s leading conferences. The conference is scheduled to last through tomorrow, but that won’t be the end of news coming back from San Francisco, For…
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NCAA Football 12‘s Cover Goes Up For a Vote
Four collegiate standouts – Washington’s Jake Locker, Oklahoma’s Demarco Murray, Alabama’s Mark Ingram, and Nick Fairley of the national champion Auburn Tigers – are candidates for the cover of NCAA Football 12 in a fan-voting contest EA Sports is conducting via Facebook. The winner will be announced April 19.
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ReviewsFighting on New Terms, but Still a Champion
I’ve taken head butts and held on through jaw-cracking, brain-rattling missiles; I’ve fought against runners and cowards and cheats and made them all pay. Never have I fought in a place this unfair, with these terms dictated to me. “He’s a penitentiary sergeant,” says my corner man, “that ref ain’t gonna do nothin’. Which means…
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The Return of Demon Tits
I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to type four words in my life. Famously referenced in Dragon Age: Origins’ original ESRB ratings certificate, the demon protuberances were believed absent from its sequel. We were wrong! At 0:41 of this Dragon Age II trailer, we see a pair of mephistophelian boobies, albeit with pasties. As…
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Burger Time Reboot Adds More Enemies from the Major Food Groups
BurgerTime, that lovable WTF acid-trip from the food-genre minifad of the 1980s [Food Fight, Pressure Cooker] is getting a high definition reboot, according to the ESRB. It’ll have more than an fried egg chasing your ass around, too. The game will be released on all three consoles and the PC. It looks like a downloadable…
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Super Meat Boy’s Wii Version Officially Dead
When last we heard from Super Meat Boy’s plans for the Wii, the game simply couldn’t be squeezed into the size limitations imposed on WiiWare titles. The game’s creators tried to line up a publisher for a retail release, but have now given up, finding none. “We really tried hard to make this happen but…
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Homefront Balloons Don’t Fly in San Francisco [Update]
A Homefront promotion for the Game Developers Conference involved releasing hundreds of red balloons in the downtown of one of the most environmentally conscious cities in America. Many floated into its neighboring bay. Bad idea? Yeah, you could say that. [Update] GameStop has released a statement, saying publisher THQ initiated the promotion and used environmentally-friendly…
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The Final Night of a Great American Arcade
Caught in a dispute over business licenses, Los Angeles’ Arcade Infinity was forced to close this weekend after 11 years. The arcade was well known for its robust collection, specializing in imported Japanese cabinets and rare finds. Videographer Hubert Cheng composed this loving tribute to one of North America’s finest arcades. Godden, the star of…
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The Nintendo 3DS’ Time Is Now
The 3DS isn’t just another Nintendo portable. It’s the successor to the Nintendo DS, one of the most successful gaming machines ever. A big act to follow. Next month the 3DS will go on sale in the West. Until then, there’s this guide to tide you over and tell you what to expect when it…
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The 3DS, Spörtsnarök, and the Instant Ham Sandwich
A grand jury will indict a ham sandwich. It’d also indict me for making this. The Nintendo 3DS’ Time is Now The 3DS isn’t just another Nintendo portable. It’s the successor to the Nintendo DS, one of the most successful gaming machines ever. A big act to follow. Next month the 3DS will go on…
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The Fight of Your Life
EA Sports’ raging bull crashes into shelves on Tuesday, with an M-rated look at the sweet – and brutal – science. Monday (Feb. 28) Bit.Trip Flux (WiiWare) Tuesday (March 1) Fight Night Champion (Xbox 360, PS3) – EA Sports’ storied fight franchise brings 50 boxing greats and an all-new, gritty narrative, “Champion Mode,” in which…
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Top 5 of 10: Easter Eggs and Presidents’ Day
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The Top 10 Video Game Easter Eggs [Perez Start] Easter is more than a month off – it’s April 24 this year (I had to…
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It’s Not Overdoing It Unless Freddie Wong Overdoes It
Can you really overdo these things, though? Raining guns, spawning cars, banishing planets, master moviemaker Freddie Wong – behind such videos as Real Life Mario Kart, Chrono Trigger, rocket jumping, aimbots, the Portal Gun and others – shows everybody it may be our world, but he’s just rendering in it. [thanks a.sievewright]
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Nikkei Says Japan Retailers Sell Out Their First 3DS Shipments
Some 400,000 units of the new Nintendo 3DS sold on Saturday, reports Nikkei, veritably selling out the first shipment and requiring reinforcements on Sunday. Long lines for the device were a common sight on debut day. Andriasang, which noticed the Nikkei report, noted that stores in Tokyo’s famed Akihabara district, didn’t disclose they had units…
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Another Use for the Konami Code
Some who have wrangled with Netflix customer support are aware of this, but it isn’t widely known. When it came time to give the movie service’s PS3 application a bailout menu to de-list the device from an account, they used the Konami Code. A modified version, that is, as there’s no B or A on…
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The Source of the Call of Duty Hoax is Revealed [Update]
The source of the stir created by a Modern Warfare-themed countdown site – believed to be announcing another sequel, or a competitor’s – has been traced to a Canadian troupe set to debut a Modern Warfare film next week. Geoff Keighley of GTTV reports that “We Can Pretend,” a Toronto-based artist’s collective, is behind both…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: 3DS Warnings
The Nintendo 3DS arrived in Japan Saturday, bringing with it a couple dozen hee-larious safety warnings, in the kind of universal visual esperanto-for-illiterates that you see on airplane safety cards. If this isn’t the most exploitable batch of drawings we’ve ever offered, we should just stop having ‘Shop Contests. Browse that gallery for one you…
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