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LucasArts Names New President
LucasArts today named Paul Meegan, the chief executive of Epic Games China, as its new president, a source told Kotaku. Meegan replaces Darrell Rodriguez, who abruptly resigned the position in early May. Meegan, the CEO and co-founder of Epic Games China, also was a senior executive for Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Montreal, and Jaleco Entertainment. He…
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Newsflash: Study Reveals Pro Gamers are Out of Shape
British scientists recently studied pro gamers’ physiology and reflexes to determine if what they do could be classified as a sport. One gamer in his twenties was described as having the lungs of a 60-year-old chain smoker. The University of Essex’s Dr. Dominic Micklewright worked out several “elite cyber-sportsmen” and found that while their reaction…
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Your Second NCAA 11 Demo Matchup: Florida vs. Florida State
Another thing the NCAA Football 11 demo is good for is revealing the new fall fashions. I wasn’t aware Jimbo Fisher took FSU to garnet and black, evidently to make Florida think they’re playing South Carolina. Boy, that’ll scare ’em. Granted, I’m colorblind as all hell, but from a distance that looked like Virginia Tech…
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Twenty-Five Years Later, Goonies Still Never Say Die
With no sequel, no reboot, no spinoffs – just one movie and one video game – The Goonies is a rarity, a phenomenon supported by two decades of nearly unexploited nostalgia. The film’s 25th anniversary of its release is today. This weekend in Astoria, Ore., the real-life setting of the 1985 film saw a gala…
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Pissed-Off Parents Find Math Game Too Violent for School
An action-packed math game students enjoy playing is a little too fun for some parents of the Albuquerque schools, one of whom went as far as accusing it of fostering video games addiction. KOAT-TV of Albuquerque ran a piece earlier about DimensionM, an edutainment game produced by Tabula Digital, which promises “all the action and…
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Transportation Strike Delays Battlefield Bad Company 2 Patch
A transportation strike in Romania, of all things, is being blamed for a delay in the next Battlefield: Bad Company 2 patch on the PC. In a thread on the EA UK forums, DICE producer Barrie Tingle confirmed the patch has been sent to EA Europe’s QA department in Romania, but it isn’t being worked…
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Ozzy Makes Rock Band DLC Debut Next Week
Ozzy Osbourne makes his Rock Band debut next week, a before his next album releases. Three tracks from Osbourne’s Scream join three classics for a total of 6, because that’s 1/111th of the Number of the Beast. The songs from Scream will be exclusive to the Rock Band Store from June 15 through June 22.…
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Ohio State faces Miami in NCAA 11 Demo [Updated]
Normally the demo for NCAA Football pairs participants from the national championship game, and the latest one, releasing next week, still does. It just features the combatants from the 2003 BCS championship game. Update: Plus six more teams. Pasta Padre is now reporting that there will be eight teams total, citing additional information from an…
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Mushroom Pancakes Just for Us
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Butterflies Earlier today we posted the Tetris creation by Jim’s Pancakes. He was so flattered by all the love our readers showed him and his other creations that he cooked that 1up Mushroom pancake for everyone here to enjoy. So, grab a fork, everybody gets one bite. One very small…
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Nine More Groovy Screens of Earthworm Jim in HD
Earthworm Jim‘s hi-def port to Xbox Live Arcade arrives Wednesday. You’ve gotten a look at the trailer already; here’s another batch of screens to help you decide if the trip down memory lane’s worth 800 Microsoft Points. [Via JeuxVideo, thanks to WrightCJ for the Tweet]
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Predator Used Call of Duty to Coerce Kids Into Sending Nude Pics, Say Authorities
Prosecutors say a New Jersey man managed to convince four 13- and 14-year-olds to send him pictures of their genitals by saying it was a membership condition of the clan he was starting in Call of Duty: World at War. Jonathan Prime (no relation), a 20-year-old from New Jersey, faces four felony counts of “communication…
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The Week in Games: Give Peace a Chance
The PSP takes the spotlight with the platform-exclusive Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker this week. Tiger Woods returns from a bruising year in the tabloid eye with his latest console offering, and Green Day goes on tour with Rock Band Monday, June 7 Flametail (DSiWare) Tuesday, June 8 Green Day: Rock Band (PS3, Wii, 360)…
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Kotaku’s Top 5 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. •The 102 Worst Video Games Ever [UGO] If you think adapted movie games now suck, remember Hudson Hawk and, worse, Platoon on the NES. I’m…
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Hold It There Soldier, That Tattoo’s Not Serviceable
This might sound nitpicky, but it’s not to veterans who game. And those who served in Vietnam might wonder why Call of Duty: Black Ops personnel in “denied” areas would want to advertise an American military unit on their forearm. That’s the point behind Aaron Schol’s interesting research into the unit insignia tattooed on the…
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Ice-T Says He’s Gonna Be in Gears of War 3
You may recall last April, Ice-T and Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski discussed casting opportunities for Gears of War 3, before that game was even announced. Last night, Ice let slip that he has a speaking part, but quickly retracted it. Giant Bomb noticed Ice’s comments during his regular live Ustream broadcast. After saying he was…
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What’s This ‘Nerkas’ Trailer Playing Outside Near E3?
Anyone in L.A. going down by Staples Center at all? Head over and check this out in person, maybe you can tell us what “Nerkas” is, and what kind of game it appears to be describing. In real life, there’s a domain Nerkas.com registered to Square Enix Europe. That’s all we know about that. In…
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Tetris Blocks — They’re for Breakfast Now!
They’re pancakes – wow! Jim’s Pancakes is a blog started by a dad spending his weekend mornings making cool pancakes for his three-year-old daughter. Yesterday morning’s theme: Tetris. I’m not sure if this makes me hungry or if it makes me want to take the squiggly on the left and just … jam it ……
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Makin’ License Plates Edition
Alright, I promised a more accessible ‘Shop Contest challenge this week, and though this one is also automotive in theme, it should lend itself more to one-off wisecracks and dry humor than last week’s NASCAR idea. Earlier this week, someone snapped a picture of a car bearing the North Carolina license plate GRSOFWAR (above) and…
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Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published June 4. PvPonline published June 4. ActionTrip published May 31. EXTRALIFE published June 1. Dotgif published June 4. Ctrl+Alt+Del published June 4. Dueling Analogs published June 3. Nerf NOW published June 4. Rooster Teeth published June 3. Monday Night Crew published June 2. Virtual Shackles published June 4. Little Gamers published May…
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Kotaku Off-Topic: Garage Sale
My downstairs neighbor, whom you might remember from past episodes of KOT, held a garage sale out of the carport we share over the past two days. One item caught my eye, but I didn’t buy it. He had a big, bright orange pitching machine up on a tripod, though, looked like it could handle…
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