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What’s So Fun About Games, Anyway?
Rather than ponder games’ artistic merit, Brian Hertler tackles a question that’s a little more lighthearted, yet no more answerable: Just why do we find video games – even the simplest ones – so fun? The answer isn’t in their novelty, says Hertler, a graduate student at Georgia Tech. Writing for GameCrashers, Hertler says that…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Madden Curse Edition
Thursday, EA Sports revealed the cover athlete for Madden NFL 11, and the player they selected certainly is deserving. Now let’s consider some of the less deserving athletes out there. Ben Roethlisberger immediately comes to mind. His six-maybe-four game suspension for trying to hump a drunk 20-year-old in a bar crapper was announced a day…
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Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published April 19 PvPonline published April 19 EXTRALIFE published April 19 GU Comics published April 21 Dotgif published April 19 Ctrl+Alt+Del published April 19 Dueling Analogs published April 22 Nerf NOW published April 21 Rooster Teeth published April 20 Monday Night Crew published April 21 Virtual Shackles published April 21 Little Gamers published…
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Kotaku Off-Topic: If You Can’t See the Tread …
My tires haven’t been replaced since I bought my car in 2005. There’s more than 50,000 miles on them. I’m scared to put a penny in the tread, knowing the answer will probably cost another $399.99. Back in my hometown there was a businessman named Fred Norman, who fought with Patton’s Third Army in World…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Legal Warfare Edition Winners
Activision and Infinity Ward’s founders are going through an unbelievably nasty, painful divorce, and as the children caught in the middle of it, we decided you should draw some pictures to describe your feelings. Remember, Mommy and Daddy may not love each other but … well they probably don’t love you either. Especially after seeing…
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CultureShop Contest
How to Create Old-School Video Game Box Art
Since its introduction in January, the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest has been a popular weekend feature. If you’re looking to brush up your skills creating a subject marginally relevant (spoiler alert) to tomorrow’s challenge, here’s an excellent tutorial. Power commenter Deanbmmv sent along this step-by-step how-to for making box art reminiscent of the 1980s console days.…
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Turn a PSP Into a PS2 With This Controller Hack
I swear I keep having this dream where I’m playing my PSP and its controls have somehow morphed into a full-blown PS2 controller. This mod isn’t exactly that, but it comes close. This hack didn’t require any hardware alteration in either the PSP or the PS2 controller – just a custom-made plug-in that enables the…
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Reward Offered for Footage Stolen from Super Street Fighter IV Launch
Footage from the Friday night launch of Super Street Fighter IV was on several pieces of video equipment stolen from I Am 8-Bit, the production company of the renowned video game expo. They’re offering a reward for its return. An email sent early Saturday morning by Jon Gibson, the founder of I Am 8-Bit Productions,…
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Can I Stop Worrying, and Learn to Love the Juice?
My hardline stance against performance-enhancing drugs in sports is a convenient one, informed only by my experience as a fan. I’ve never been faced with the choice or even the opportunity to get an unfair edge in baseball. Until now. This week I started over as a new player in MLB 10 The Show‘s immersive,…
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The Top Ten QBs in Madden NFL 11
A feature on the NFL Network today discussed “Building the Perfect Quarterback” with EA Sports, and ratings for the top quarterbacks in next year’s game were discussed throughout. Super Bowl XLIV quarterbacks Drew Brees and Peyton Manning are overall 99s. Pasta Padre collated all of the numbers from the broadcast; no big surprises, and of…
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University ‘Overwhelmed’ by Interest in Games Design Degree
Some believe that having a big-time college football team is the key to boosting enrollment. George Mason University has found that offering a degree in video game design does the trick, too. GMU, located in Fairfax, Va. and the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, says the Fall 2010 anticipated enrollment in its newly created Computer Game…
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Website Registrations Tease GoldenEye, Driver Sequel
It doesn’t mean such games are in development – at most the companies owning these marks have moved to protect them – but new domains for GoldenEye and Driver have been registered by Activision and Ubisoft. Superannuation, of course, discovered both this week. Most recently, the URLs goldeneyegame.com and bloodstonegame.com were registered on Wednesday. Bloodstone…
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Weekend Coupons: I Got a Hunch, Fat Man
I dreamed about these games, fat man. I dreamed about these deals every night on the road. Five ball. You know, these are my Weekend Coupons, man. I own them. Hardware • The Xbox 360 Elite Forza/Halo: ODST bundle is only $239 with a coupon Dell launched Friday that ends Wednesday, or after 500 uses.…
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Kotaku Originals: Howareya Five-O?
A raft of news floating back from Capcom’s event in the 50th State dominated the week, but don’t forget StarCraft II, Halo: Reach, or Roger Ebert ranting at those damn kids playing out in the street, in Kotaku’s Original report. Top Stories StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty: Once More Into The Campaign Marvel Vs. Capcom…
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Early Demo Access Offered for UFC Undisputed Community
Members of the UFC Undisputed community will get a shot at early access to that game’s demo, which THQ says will be ready “in just a matter of days.” A post on the game’s official blog says that registered Undisputed community members will get a chance at a batch of download codes for the demo…
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NCAA Football 11 Serves Up an Offensive Video
More than any other sport, haves and have-nots define the culture of college football. But in this video, second-tier programs like Nevada, East Carolina and the Maryland Terrapins show that you really can win with anyone in NCAA Football 11
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Alcoholics Stay Out of Trouble Thanks to Video Game
If I’m Not Drunk, the satire “game” about DUI, was too subtle in its message of how pathetic you are when you’re drunk, there’s now Guardian Angel, which takes a more proactive stance in helping alcoholics avoid relapse. Writing for the Orlando Sentinel, Marisa Ramiccio of the University of Central Florida describes Guardian Angel, a…
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Licensed Pro Lacrosse Video Game Arrives for Xbox 360
Promised for delivery by April 30, NLL Lacrosse 2010 arrived a week early on Xbox Live’s Indie Games channel. The $5 download delivers all the players on all 11 teams of the National Lacrosse League. NLL Lacrosse 2010 is the first fully licensed title to appear on the Indie Games channel, and the first pro…
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