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Vikings Long Snapper Is Pissed He’s Not In Madden
Pity the poor long snapper – the special-teams player who, unlike the kicker, both gets dirty and speaks English. Also, unlike the kicker, he rarely shows up in Madden NFL. Cullen Loeffler hasn’t made the game in seven years. Game Informer has filed easily the most entertaining training camp report of the 2010 NFL preseason,…
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No Guest Stars Or Polls Today
Sorry folks. We were working with some people, and then their people’s people, and it just couldn’t come together in time. Which sucks, because I hear Mer-Man from Masters of the Universe had a hell of a poll idea. That leaves me with the obligation to provide my one anecdote for the day. How about…
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Monday Night Combat Update Shortens Crossfire Wait
Not “patched,” remember? Monday Night Combat carries a “Live Update System” that allows it to tune settings without rolling a full patch through the time-consuming certification channels. Here’s what you get: • Time between Crossfire matches (the competitive multiplayer arena) has been shortened to 45 seconds from 60 seconds. • The minimum number of players…
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Sony Considers ‘Online Pass’ For MLB The Show
Sony’s European president said the company is “broadly supportive” of measures like EA Sports’ Online Pass – which enables online features through a one-use code free in retail copies – and is considering them for titles like MLB The Show. “On the principle of making online portions of the game available or unlocked from the…
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Reviews
Mafia II Review: Smelling The Roses In A Life Lived Too Fast
Morning. The phone rings, I answer. It’s Joe, chirping the usual advice. Get dressed and get my gun. I go to the fridge instead for a Master Beer. In the bathroom I flip on the light. I flush the toilet. None of these actions in Mafia II are from cutscenes, and that is both the…
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Reduced Carbon Footprint
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Back Off R2! Working from home isn’t all cotton candy, cake and pie, but it does have its benefits. Today I gassed up my car for the first time since June 29 – and only the second time since E3, which seems forever ago. Some of what you missed this…
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Italian City Pissed At Gran Turismo 5
Officials of Siena, the historic walled city in Tuscany, Italy, are unhappy that their Piazza del Campo is a race course in Gran Turismo 5’s new kart mode, and will demand that Sony remove it from the game. The issue isn’t just that the Piazza or the surrounding structures, the most notable dating back to…
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The Week In Games: Made Men
Mafia II’s arrival on Tuesday is this week’s biggest highlight, with strong downloadable offerings in Shank (Tuesday on PSN, Wednesday on XBLA) and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Wednesday on XBLA.) Monday, Aug. 23 And Yet It Moves (WiiWare) G.G Series: Ninja Karakuri Den (DS) Martian Panic (Wii) Tuesday, Aug. 24 Mafia II (PC, PS3,…
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Kotaku’s Top Five List of Top 10 Lists
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. •Top 10 Video Game Easter Eggs You Wish Existed [Planet Xbox 360] That I wish existed? Me?. No, the ones I wish existed were, in…
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Vanquish Demo Coming Sept. 2
Vanquish, the futuristic Russia-vs.-America shooter coming from Sega and Platinum Games, will get a demo on both the PS3 and Xbox 360 on Sept. 2. Atsushi Inaba, the game’s producer gave up the demo date in an interview with Gamespot Japan that Andriasang spied and translated. The demo is a prologue sequence titled “Velocity Attack,”…
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British Defense Boss Wants Medal Of Honor Banned
How tempting it was to write “Fox wants Medal of Honor banned.” For while the U.K.’s defense (sigh, defence) secretary is named Liam Fox, he’s not the fearmongering U.S. network. Fox (again, man, not network) is of course pissed that the game’s multiplayer mode allows one side to fight as Taliban insurgents against ‘Mericans –…
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Amazon Ends Xbox Live Arcade Game Sales
Amazon’s Xbox Live Store, which had allowed customers to buy Xbox Live Arcade games for their retail price instead of Microsoft Points, is no more. A notice posted on the Amazon site says it’s no longer selling the games. Says Amazon: We are no longer selling Xbox LIVE arcade game codes on Amazon.com. You can…
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Halo: Reach To Support Campaign Matchmaking
Buried in Bungie’s weekly update is a terse confirmation of an unprecedented feature for the series: Campaign matchmaking. Players now will be able to find friends or link up with strangers and fight cooperatively through the game’s campaign mode. “Totally Unrelated Question 4: Can I haz Campaign Matchmaking?” writes Bungie. “Totally Related Answer: Yes.” No…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Move Instructions [Update]
PlayStation Move is a month from release, Yet many are still unsure how to properly play it. “Should I use PlayStation Move to hit the furniture?” they’re wondering. “Should I hit other people with PlayStation Move?” Let’s help them out. Your assignment: build on Androsko’s hilarious how-to of last week. He’s started with nine, including…
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Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Aug. 16. PvPonline published Aug. 19. ActionTrip published Aug. 16. Digital Unrest published Aug. 9. EXTRALIFE published Aug. 18. Ctrl+Alt+Del published Aug. 21. Dueling Analogs published Aug. 19. Nerf NOW published Aug. 19. Rooster Teeth published Aug. 17. Monday Night Crew published Aug. 18. Virtual Shackles published Aug. 20. Little Gamers published…
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Kotaku Shop Contest: Bored To Death Winners
Last week’s shop contest set a record for entries – more than 1,000! The volume made finding 20 worthy finalists a bit of a challenge, but we did. Lots of folks made the skeleton wait on Duke Nukem, Half Life 2: Episode 3, and others. SG-17 reminds us Battlefront III has just as much of…
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The Pattern Is Full In This H.A.W.X. 2 Trailer
Ubisoft’s upcoming air-combat game isn’t just about the fancy fixed-wing fighter aircraft. The latest trailer for Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 shows you’ll be in charge of helicopters and the massive AC-130 gunship too. The demo’s already out on both consoles.
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