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Pac-Man Played With 111 Human Pixels
Guillaume Reymond, the mad genius whose “Human Tetris” “Human Pole Position” and “Human Space Invaders” have spawned many imitations, has at last followed up the series with “Human Pac-Man.” To create this video, 111 humans acted as pixels, moving from seat to seat over four hours at the Trafo cinema in Baden, Switzerland, on Aug.…
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Will Have Just One Dedicated Server Option
Stung by PC gamer outrage over the lack of dedicated server support in Modern Warfare 2, Activision has responded with something they’ll appreciate about as little: An exclusive deal making GameServers.com the only dedicated server option for Black Ops. IGN reported the news on Friday. A ranked dedicated server will cost $14.95 per month, with…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Duke Nukem Past
Duke Nukem 3D released Jan. 29, 1996. On Sept. 3, 2010, Gearbox and 2K Games finally announced the sequel, Duke Nukem Forever. How did Duke occupy his time in between? That’s where you come in. No source images for this one, because nearly 15 years of history is far too much to cover. Surely there’s…
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Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Sept. 8. PvPonline published Sept. 7. ActionTrip published Sept. 6. EXTRALIFE published Sept. 7. Dueling Analogs published Sept. 7. Nerf NOW published Sept. 6. Rooster Teeth published Sept. 7. Virtual Shackles published Sept. 8. Little Gamers published Sept. 6.
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Ah, if only animals could talk. resonance462, this weekend’s winner in the #taypics derby at least reads their minds. Keep those funny captions coming, gang. And, oh yeah, talk about games. You heard me, talk! Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Weekend Circular Winners
Labor Day weekend is a traditional blowout-sale holiday, and Capcom’s chuckalicious “Greene’s Hardware” party at PAX 2010 provided the fuel for our latest call for entries. Here are your winners! Leading off, Bouzi smooched some buttcheek with his Kotaku Shop ‘shop, genuflecting to Crecente’s hair, McWhertor’s shirt biz, and my appearance in Glamour. Let me…
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Survey Says 17 Percent Of Facebook Gamers Call Themselves ‘Addicted’
A marketing research firm found that 17 percent of social gamers – Farmville, Mafia Wars and the like – consider themselves “addicted,” though it’s not clear if they say that regretfully or as a lighthearted self-description. Anyway, when the likes of Lightspeed Research (a global firm) delves into the latest it-topic in social media and…
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PlayStation Move Takes Another Poke At Kinect
Earlier this week, Kevin Butler, Sony’s (fake) V.P. o’snark, took a dig at Kinect in the latest TV commercial for PlayStation Move. Now there’s an entire site up implying that buttons in motion control result in games that “don’t suck.” Yaybuttons.com drives home the point by making you click a button 48 times to get…
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Donkey Kong Columbia Prank Called Off
That student who was scheming to turn the student center at Columbia University into the girder level of Donkey Kong ended up like the dog who caught the car. The scheme’s been called off, and all donations have been refunded. Well, they were never collected in the first place. The site where he was organizing…
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A Game Harder Than Its Hardcore Fans
A friend visiting me recently is a lifelong NHL fan with season tickets to the San Jose Sharks. He doesn’t play video games, but he was intrigued when he saw NHL 11 on my desk, a couple days before release. “Oh, wow, you got this?” he said. “What’s that like? Can I play it?” “Sure,”…
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Stolen Console Leads Cops To Meth Surprise
A Florida woman swiped and pawned her roommate’s console, and when the cops came over to ask questions, they noticed a “large white chemical cloud” wafting out of the house. Better living through chemistry! Today’s fun-filled crime report comes from St. Johns County, Fla. (the greater Jacksonville area). Cops say a 36-year-old woman sneaked into…
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The Haunting Of A Majora’s Mask Cartridge
So there was this guy, and he bought a Majora’s Mask cartridge from a creepy old guy, and it had wicked scary glitches in it, like Link would burst into flame while the Song of Healing played backward, and … Someone posting to 4chan’s /x/ board (its paranormal forum) has concocted a whale of creepy…
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Box Scores: Role Reversals
Dennis Dixon is Pittsburgh’s starting quarterback tomorrow while Ben Roethlisberger begins serving a four-game suspension. What if neither of them were under center? What if it was the punter? Kotaku reader TheBobby is a pretty strong Madden player. Not a Steeler fan, per se, he decided to test how good the Steelers would be sans…
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All 50 Playboy Centerfolds Of Mafia II
Mafia II’s got some issues, but give the devil its due, it’s got some nudity in it. Hot Blooded Gaming, to my knowledge, is the first to round up and gallerize all 50 of its collectible Playboy centerfolds. A collection guide on GameFAQs has been complete since Sept. 2 and lists where you can find…
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The Moneysaver: Negative Ghost Rider, The Deals Are Full
Son, your ego is writing coupons your body can’t cash. You’ve been busted, you lost your qualifications as section leader three times, with a history of high speed passes over five air control towers, and one admiral’s daughter! Hardware • Playstation Move Starter Bundle (controller, camera, Sports Champions game) is $94.99 from Buy.com through Sunday.…
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The Week In Review: So Long, Summer
A short, quiet week bridged PAX and the traditional end of summer leisure with the run up to Tokyo Game Show and next week’s heavily anticipated release of Halo: Reach. Kotaku’s PAX 2010 Coverage K Monthly – August 2010 Kotaku Talk Radio Top Stories New Xbox 360 Bundle Includes Kinect, 250GB Hard Drive Columns Well…
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Mammoth Madden Roster Update Now Live
More than 500 player movements and changes comprise Madden NFL 11’s final pre-season roster update, which is now live for both Xbox 360 and PS3. The moves account for a lively NFL training camp period. In addition to the usual trades and releases (232 cut), the game added 165 players to its overall roster. The…
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ESA Brief Rips California Law As Threat To Free Expression
Blasting a California statute regulating sales of very violent video games as a threat to the freedom of creative expression, the Entertainment Software Association today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the law, once and for all. The law, which sets penalties for selling or renting titles with especially violent content to minors,…
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