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The Cub Scouts Get Video Game Badges
Scouting is no longer just about the outdoors – roughing it, blowing up a can of beef stew in a campfire or drinking kool-aid that tastes like chewable aspirin. The Cub Scouts are now awarding pins for video games. Not for Gamerscore, trophies, or beating God of War III. The Cub Scouts have put together…
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Madden 11 to Explore the Difference Between Simplified and Easy
Two videos and some screens released today give visual context to Madden NFL 11‘s “Gameflow”, described in Totilo’s preview yesterday, and other features that designers say will halve the amount of time required to play a game. Play-calling gets a big streamline and not just within Gameflow, the new mode in which an offensive coordinator…
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Fourteen Halo 2 Fans Refuse to Let It Die
Lots of people continued playing Halo 2 past the midnight deadline Microsoft gave 12 days ago for discontinuing original Xbox multiplayer support. Fourteen have managed to still keep their consoles connected and running since, prolonging the game’s final goodbye indefinitely. Console overheating concerns and dropped Internet connections have whittled their numbers, but so far, neither…
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UFC Undisputed Demo Arrives April 29
Last week THQ mentioned early access to the UFC Undisputed 2010 demo but didn’t mention a release date and was vague on the terms. Now we know it’s Thursday, and anyone registering at the Undisputed community site gets a code. The UFC Undisputed community blog promises that signing up gives you one code per person,…
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Visualize the Halo: Reach Beta With 13 Minutes of Video
Today was video day for Bungie and the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta, which begins in a week. The studio dropped 13 minutes of raw footage showing several of the available modes. Yeah, I probably should chop it up, but believe me, technical difficulties on my end are why this thing is so late in the…
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Suburb Tries Its Hand at Regulating Games
Operators of gaming centers would have to write and file a policy on how they enforce game ratings at their establishments when applying for a business license, under an ordinance being considered by a Detroit suburb. The owner of a Rochester Hills, Mich. gaming center – the Game Over Lounge (pictured) – isn’t too thrilled…
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Looks Like We Got a Mexican Standoff Here in Red Dead Redemption
Rockstar pumped out a few more screens of Red Dead Redemption this time showing us the competitive side of its multiplayer setup. On the jump, a video also fleshes out what to expect. According to the official site’s updated multiplayer page, Redemption will be getting Shootout (a deathmatch mode) Gold Rush (objective collection), Team Shootout…
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NHL 11 to Feature Canadian Hockey League?
Sports radio in Calgary and a team’s marketing employee are saying EA Sports’ NHL 11 will feature teams from the Canadian Hockey League, the top tier of junior hockey in that country. Although there is minor league hockey in North America, Major Junior hockey, as it’s known, is played by 16- to 20-year-olds, and the…
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The Cat Came Back
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Surprise Snow I’d semiadopted a neighborhood stray back during a terrible cold snap in the winter. She doesn’t get along with my indoor cat at all, so she spends most of her time outside. Friday I noticed she didn’t show up for dinner. Turns out she’d gotten locked in a…
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A Compendium of Lame Excuses from the Banned
There’s only so many ways you can blame your Xbox Live profile saying nasty or verboten things on someone else. The truly creative are able to depict it as something beneficial to society. Like breast cancer awareness. Kotaku reader LOL It’s Bert got bored, apparently, and began sifting through the Xbox Live forums, finding several…
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Get Clean With Old School Cartridges
Novelty soap maker Geeksoap has a new line of bars – they can’t market them as NES, Super Nintendo, or Gameboy cartridges, trademark reasons. But that’s obviously what they are. The NES and Super Nintendo soap are $6.50 , weighing eight and nine ounces respectively; Game Boy soap is $2, weighs 1.5 ounces and more…
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Week in Games: Super Spring Harvest
It feels like there’s something for everyone in this week’s batch of new releases. Super Street Fighter IV is a big name, but not the only one. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa also drops, along with some choice DLC. NIER and Dead to Rights: Retribution give heft to a solid Tuesday; Tecmo Bowl Throwback…
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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. •Top 10 Video Game Tribute Raps [The Kartel] We routinely get tips to the latest video game rap tribute; here’s a helpful compilation of 10…
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More than Guns Go Bang in Red Dead Redemption
The ESRB’s served up a no-surprise M for Red Dead Redemption but enlightens us as to why – drugs, blood and a whole bunch of words Roy Rogers never said to Dale Evans. Redemption gets the full buffet of mature content: Blood, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs. Here are…
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Jet Set Radio Coming to Xbox Live Arcade?
Someone named “Xbox360 Leaker” dropped a screenshot of a French-language Xbox Live Marketplace that shows the Dreamcast classic Jet Set Radio available as a demo. The picture, of unknown provenance, adds weight to rumors that other Dreamcast classics are inbound. Jet Set Radio was the game’s Japanese name (Jet Grind Radio was its name in…
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“The Passing” Also Gives a Shout-Out to Plants vs. Zombies
We knew that Left 4 Dead 2‘s new expansion, “The Passing,” paid a graffiti tribute to Dead Rising‘s Frank West. It looks like the game’s creators admire Plants vs. Zombies as well. Reader Stephen H. sent in this grab – we’re trying to get a bigger image – but evidently Crazy Dave is the guy…
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