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Game Boy Houses 80 GB “Super Hard Drive”
From the just-because-I-can department: This modder stuffed an 80 GB drive inside a Game Boy, USB-enabled the case and then, for good measure, printed out that screen design and stuck it to the glass. He even went so far as to match up the drive’s LED indicator with the Game Boy’s battery indicator. It’s fooled…
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XBL Avatar Golf Game is Now Available
Hey, remember the “leaked footage” of the Xbox Live avatar golf game? Mystery solved. It’s available on the Marketplace in the Indie Games channel. Avatar Golf is its name, because, well, it’s golfing with your avatar. It’s definitely a character-swap game for Easy Golf, as some guessed when the footage was released. The good news…
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Chinese Gamers, PO’d at MMO, Shut it Down
Hot Blooded Legend is not the name of a skinflick, but rather, one of the most beloved online games in China. Last week, its publisher released a “nostalgia edition” of the game, and players revolted against the make-a-buck rehash. On Aug. 28, hundreds of them, feeling that publisher Shanda used “false advertising” to “take advantage…
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Playing Games as a Form of Travel
In light of the fact this is a holiday weekend, here’s a lighter look at how video games are a context for our cultural experiences, and may one day be a substantial basis for them. Confronted with his ex-girlfriend’s rather facile reduction of two experiences – travel and video games -to somewhat common traits, writer…
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Study Manages to Make Game Ads Even More Obnoxious
Hey you got your video game violence in my in-game ads! You got your in-game ads in my video game violence! Two great trends go great together in a study that says blood-spattered brands are more memorable. Well, duh. A team of U.S. and European researchers found that, even though players spent less time looking…
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In the Preseason, 2K Sports Reports First
The preseason may not matter in the standings. But look at the NFL’s, look at baseball’s spring training. It matters to those sports, and to their bottom lines. And it’s starting to matter to video games. NBA 2K10’s Draft Combine released Thursday for the PS3, a week after it went out to Xbox Live. The…
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Weekend Coupons: Sniagrab
Back in Denver, Labor Day weekend was when the Gart sports castle downtown ran the legendary “Sniagrab” -“bargains” spelled backward. Any skier in that city knows what I’m talking about. In its honor, we present this weekend’s coupons. Hardware • If you’re willing to take out a new credit card – and you should think…
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Kotaku Originals: Is a Man Not Entitled to the Sweat of His Brow?
No, says the man in Seattle. It belongs to PAX. Labor Day might be the working person’s holiday, but persons such as Fahey, Totilo and Adam will be working there this weekend. Otherwise, we’ll be having an abbreviated holiday weekend. Here’s your programming guide. My posts will run every two hours beginning with this one.…
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Company Says It Can Predict Review Scores a Year in Advance
A U.K. company named Vertical Slice claims it’s able to predict video game review scores a year in advance of release, by reverse engineering magazine reviews, combined with an analysis method used by marriage counselors. Speaking to Eurogamer – you really should read the entire story – Vertical Slice director Graham McAllister boils down the…
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The Games Not Invited to Wii Sports Resort
Wii Sports Resort‘s dodecathlon includes events such as skydiving, sword-fighting and ping-pong. But there were a few games that missed the final cut. Such as? Fishing, a “water slide activity,” and a game built on a type of cup-and-ball toy, producer Katsuya Eguchi told Wired.com “We considered fishing and a water slide activity before deciding…
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Approval Ratings: Readers Like the RPG, but Hold the MMO
Our third installment of Approval Ratings covered a dozen questions regarding role-playing games, a staple genre of video games going back to their earliest days. And like an RPG, you have to dig a little deeper to get the real story. 1. Do you want to play Fallout 3? (any platform) Yes: 72 percent (12,052…
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Atari Responds to Turbine Suit
Atari responded to today with a sharp denunciation of the breach-of-contract lawsuit filed last week by Turbine, calling it a frivolous action that does “a great disservice” to MMO gamers. Turbine sued Atari in New York state court on Aug. 24, more or less alleging the Atari invented a ruse to terminate Turbine’s sublicense contract…
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Peter Moore: No More NASCAR Games from EA
In an interview, EA Sports boss Peter Moore says his division’s plans for doing more NASCAR games have, like Ray Earl Don’s No. 78 Chevy in turn four at Rockingham, done blowed up. “There are no plans right now for NASCAR from EA,” Moore told GameSpot. Moore said the people who worked on EA’s NASCAR…
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iPhone Gets First Pissin’ Shooter
Oh boy. Somehow, a game called iPeePee got approved by the iTunes App Store. Yes, if you find target practice in your own home too easy, now you can try drunkenly hosing down seven virtual environments with the accelerometer. In iPeePee, by Mobiguo, you play an inebriated male trying to get your stream into a…
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Gaming Social Network Launches Revamped Site
The game-oriented social network GamerDNA launched an enhanced version of its site today, promising it not only delivers gamers to the kinds titles they’d enjoy, but also other gamers they’d enjoy playing with. GamerDNA, profiled by Kotaku in january and one of the first sites to meld social media with video gaming, will comb its…
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In a Terrible Economy, the Hopeless turn to Gold4Jetpack
Bionic Commando’s cheeky YouTube ads were pretty alright; the game, eh, it had problems. But Capcom’s right back at it with this pitch, giving your pre-order of Dark Void from GameStop all the fulfillment of visiting a pawn shop. And just like Cash4Gold, you get nothing for something with this offer, too! Well, not really.…
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Who’s Who in the NHL 2K10 Player Ratings
2K Sports gave out its player ratings today for NHL 2K10 and, fun-with-spreadsheets style, we present you this year’s superlatives – dubious included – among the 1,225 players on this year’s roster. • Best Player: Evgeni Malkin, center for the Pittsburgh Penguins is a 98. Behind him is teammate Sidney Crosby at 97, no wonder…
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Craig Ferguson’s Roundabout Backhand Praise Labels Warcraft as ‘Hip’
Craig Ferguson of The Late-Late Show on CBS last night got a reader’s invitation to join a Warcraft guild, and responded somewhat circuitously. In the end, what he’s really saying is that playing World of Warcraft is hip. It is? Replying to: “Stephanie from New York City,” Ferguson says, more or less, guys his age…
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The Most Epic ‘M’ Rating Any Game Ever Got
Brütal Legend’s ESRB rating summary just went up, and damn right it got an M – for MËTÅL. Double Fine’s reaction, according to the Brütal Legend Twitter, was something along the lines of a “hell yeah it is!” The ESRB’s full listing is honest and straightforward, but I can’t help but be taken back to…
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