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Week in Games: Two Sequels and Something New
Lost Planet 2 (above) and Skate 3 highlight the coming week. But let’s do this roundup a bit differently and, I hope, in a way that’s a little more useful and interesting to you. Monday (May 10) • Photo Dojo (DS): It’s a chop-socky side-scroller/fighter, but more importantly, it gets you into the action, with…
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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. •Nine Things I Learned from the Halo: Reach Beta [GamerCrave] No. 10: They should just change the game’s name to “Powerhouse Slayer.” •15 Life Lessons…
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More Sonic 4 Video Spills Onto Internet, Threatens Wildlife [Update]
About a month ago several videos purporting to show gameplay from Sonic the Hedgehog 4 leaked out. This one, visually consistent with the others, shows a new stage: “Mad Gear Zone.” YouTube user SuperBlizHedgehogRev got these up on Friday and they’ve managed not to get smashed down by a Sega copyright claim since then. Skip…
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If Not Creating Truth, Then Suspending Disbelief
Ultimately, the challenges the “uncanny valley” poses to motion capture and animation will be overcome by technology. But suspension of disbelief is just as important to a game’s storytelling, writes the actor who portrayed Ethan Mars in Heavy Rain Pascal Langdale, writing on his blog Motives in Movement, examines the latter concept, which he reasons…
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Weekend Coupons: Deserve’s Got Nothin’ to Do With It
I’ve killed women and children. I’ve killed everything that walks or crawls at one time or another. And I’m here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you done to my Weekend Coupons. Sorry they’re a day late Mr. Munny. Here are your coupons. Now, if you’ll just lower that shotgun … Hardware • Reminder:…
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Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published May 5 PvPonline published May 4 ActionTrip published May 3 Digital Unrest published May 3 EXTRALIFE published May 5 GU Comics published May 6 Dotgif published May 3 Ctrl+Alt+Del published May 7 Dueling Analogs published May 6 Nerf NOW published May 3 Rooster Teeth published May 8 Monday Night Crew published May…
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Kotaku Originals: A Day Late
But, like this guy, not a dollar short. We still had plenty of news – LucasArts’ power outage, Activision’s financials, Fallout: New Vegas and the Black Wii – worth rounding up in the five-star final edition of Kotaku’s original reporting. K Monthly – April 2010 Kotaku Talk Radio Top Stories LucasArts President Resigns Activision Boss…
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Kotaku Off-Topic: Home is Where the Smells Are
Just got back from five days away on assignment. Is anyone else weirded out by how their home smells different upon returning from a trip? Like, “Holy Toledo, does it smell like that to visitors?” This time, however, I’m pretty sure the weird aroma was not of my own making. It’s largely attributable to the…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Merit Badge Edition Winners
The Cub Scouts are now offering pins and belt loops for meritorious study and applied knowledge of the subject of video gaming, but they failed to consult with Kotaku on the lesson plan. That’s where the ‘Shop Contest comes in! The chance to offer a wry take on a familiar subject – achievement whoring, in…
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Apparently We’re the Refs of the Game Testers’ Speed Eating League
This Sunday I facetiously suggested that an Activision game tester had claimed the world record fastest time for eating a horrible meat sandwich called the Double Down. Disney Interactive Studios wants it known they have just obliterated the mark. While I acknowledge this joke might be played out, the very last thing I want said…
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All the Ratings for the UFC Undisputed 2010 Fighters
Gamezone picked through a preview build of UFC Undisputed 2010, found and posted the overall rankings for the game’s roster of named fighters. Among heavyweights, Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir and Cain Velasquez are tied for top honors. Here’s the full listing. Note that it tops out at 79 and goes no lower than 67, meaning…
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Forget About a Patch for Tecmo Bowl Throwback
Tecmo Bowl Throwback disappointed multiplayer enthusiasts when it appeared that ragequitting didn’t count in players’ records, among other complaints of online problems at launch. Originally Tecmo was said to be working up a patch. The publisher now says it isn’t. Phil Villarreal, a writer for the Arizona Daily Star, originally reported the patch plans last…
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Indie Developer Caught in the Blast of Arizona’s Immigration Law
Outrage over Arizona’s controversial immigration-enforcement law figures to have a comprehensive effect on all business there, video games included. One indie developer says he must move operations to California because the actors he needs won’t travel to the state. G4 noticed a report by local Arizona television in which the CEO of a casual-games developer…
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On Deck For Millionaire Gamer: Starting a Family
When Katy McGilberry of Semmes, Ala. came home from work Monday to find her husband, Wade, surrounded by cameras, holding a ridiculously large check for a ridiculously large amount, she felt like she was going to have a baby. Literally. On March 2, Wade (pictured) had tossed a perfect game while playing MLB 2K10 on…
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Report Says Canadian Hockey League Confirmed for NHL 11
Last week EA Sports declined comment on a rumor that NHL 11 would include all top-flight juniors teams from the Canadian Hockey League. The Canadian Broadcasting Company is now reporting the inclusion as fact. Quoting a team official, the CBC says all teams from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League have been asked to supply…
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Slaps to the Death — and Stop Looking at My Screen!
Honorable people agreeing to the terms of a duel to the death. As this spoof shows, and as any one who’s ever played Goldeneye knows, the negotiations take forever, and the outcome is well more ridiculous than suspenseful. The College Humor gang is back on the video game beat, taking a movie franchise made into…
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Map Kit Gives You a High-Level View of Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Much as I want to headline this as a “free map download,” that would be misleading. Because these aren’t playable maps, but they are high resolution overhead shots of the 10 used in Battlefield: Bad Company 2‘s multiplayer. The Battlefield guys made ’em available through the game’s download page, figuring some folks might appreciate the…
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Got a Problem? Odds Against You? Download The Equalizer
Tomorrow, two bucks will get you a set of tricked out armor for Mass Effect 2, that turns Commander Shepard into “The Equalizer,” and we don’t mean this guy. Billing the loadout as turning Shep into a one-man army, The Equalizer delivers the “Capacitor Helmet,” the “Archon Visor,” and the “Inferno Armor” to your armor…
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