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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: NPH WTF
After about one commercial break, it was clear Neil Patrick Harris was just up there cashing a check last night at the 2010 Video Game Awards. What won’t Doogie host? Is he available for birthday parties? This week’s challenge: Neil Patrick Harris’ rampage continues. His awkward intrusions on video games didn’t end with last night.…
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Sunday Comics
Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Dec. 6 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Dec. 10 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Dec. 6 – Read more of Penny Arcade Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull published Dec.…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Every kiss begins with Kay, and every week begins with TAY. Nothing captures the radiant luster of your video game conversation like our one-of-a-kind princess-cut open thread. Nerf Herder is the weekend winner of the #taypics derby. There are six chances each week to get your handiwork featured. Just shop up this image and submit…
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It’s Spike Video Game Awards Time [Updated With Winners]
Equal parts Oscars and E3 keynote – well, maybe more folks are tuning in for the latter – the 2010 Video Game Awards are on, live on both coasts, on Spike TV. We’ll be breaking out news as it happens. Neil Patrick Harris is your host. Rumors for this year’s debut blitz include SSX, Mass…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Work Stoppage Winners
Last week’s challenge: Imagine a world in which negotiations broke down and video game performers went on strike. Video game characters of the world unite! You’ve got nothing to lose but your pixels. artisttheone (4) kicked off the unsafe conditions theme with a pissed off Super Meat Boy. AcidCrownie (2) continued it with the obligatory…
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Media Molecule Sends Out LittleBigPlanet2 Code — But Just One
A new batch of beta trial invitations for LittleBigPlanet 2 were supposed to go out this month, and they did, but apparently they all contained the same key. Not only that, AFPO-VCHR-CODE looks like a placeholder. Either way, it’s not valid, and those invited into the LBP2 beta went all triple down-button after entering it.…
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What’s Modern Warfare Doing In A Special Needs School?
That’s what parents near Sacramento, Calif., want to know and, you know, I do, too. Officials at East Valley Education Center in Oakdale, Calif. refused to appear on camera, but it sounds like they were using video games as an incentive or a reward to help kids with developmental difficulties socialize. That’s well and good…
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The 2011 Video Game Bowl — And Playoff — Spectacular
Do you want a college football playoff? Do you love the tradition of a New Year’s Day packed with A-list bowls? You can have both, with Stick Jockey’s video game simulation of a 16-team tournament – and 27 bowls. Note: This is a very long column. There are more than 40 games described below. I’ve…
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Box Scores: Cheesers Gotta Pay
All it takes is a couple bad experiences with a Madden cheeser to put you off multiplayer for good. So when you get a cheeser down and he’s begging for mercy, you gotta make him suffer. For all of us. Nekolas doesn’t usually play head-to-head matches often because of cheesing. Such tactics include “nano blitzes,”…
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The Moneysaver: Santa’s Baddest Deals
I think I’ve turned a corner. I beat the shit out of some kids today. But it was for a purpose. It made me feel good about myself. It was like I did something constructive with my life or something. Hardware • PS3 160GB bundle with Uncharted 2 and Medal of Honor, plus an extra…
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The Week In Review: Name That Nominee
Yesterday, we named our four finalists for Game Of The Year. Only four. As 2010 wheels in to a fast finish, we’ll be debating the best that games had to offer this year. Mass Effect 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Red Dead Redemption and NBA 2K11. That’s a role-playing game, a shooter, a sandbox…
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MotorStorm: Apocalypse’s Iconic “Skyline”
The folks putting out the party-at-the-end-of-the-world racer MotorStorm: Apocalypse revealed another course with six new screenshots today. They vow that “Skyline” is winnable by all 16 vehicle classes. I’m sure I’ll go nuts figuring out how for six of them. Billed as “‘the one with a race where you get dropped from a helicopter onto…
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It’s The Thought That Counts
Believe me, after this week, I’ve done so much thinking about gifts I could make the case I’m exempt from buying them. My father is, traditionally, impossible to shop for. He’s the most well-read man I know, so books are beyond cliché as a gift. Mom’s not much easier. She’s a horsewoman, which would seem…
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Games Beat Books 2:1 On Kindle’s Sales Chart
Here’s a curiosity: Over the past 90 days, eight of the top 12 sellers in the Kindle Store – including all of the top six – are games, dusting President George W. Bush’s memoir and heavyweight writers like John Grisham. Now, they aren’t the games that necessarily fire up you or me – Mahjohng, Sudoku…
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UFC Sues Ubisoft Over Two Words On The Back Of A Bad Game
Two words on the back cover boilerplate of Fighters Uncaged have invited a lawsuit from Dana White and the UFC, which will probably supply a fresh dose of publicity for a game bound for the bargain bin after terrible reviews. “Become the ULTIMATE FIGHTING weapon,” says the back cover of the Ubisoft game, and the…
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