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Gabe Newell is the (854th) Richest Man on the Planet
Gabe Newell is now the 854th richest person on the planet, reports business website Forbes today. This is Forbes’ 25th annual list of the world’s richest billionaires—a list which cumulates to a record $4.6 trillion amongst its members. Newell’s $1.5 billion net worth places him amongst the 1,225 other billionaires. He joins 128 new list…
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WTPT: The Inarguably Awesome Robin Williams Movie That Predicted Predator Drones, War Games
Everyone seems to be insisting that Toys was an abomination of a movie. But I liked it! Regardless of our potentially disparate taste in movies (and if so, hmph), one thing seems to be undeniable: Toys looks like a forecast of how the military and air force are using video game concepts to operate predator…
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Draw Something, Even If It Looks Like A Two-Year Old’s Work of Art
Do you want a challenge? I’m not talking about how well you can aim a headshot, or the dexterity of your fingers that speaks to how good a platform gamer you are. I’m talking about communication. OMGPOP’s Draw Something is a drawing game that challenges your ability to take a concept—like “dolphin”—and translate that into…
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Marketplace Listing Accidentally Reveals More Scantily Clad Girl Fighters
An Xbox marketplace listing tipped off gaming website XBLA Fans today to the unintentional release of 20 new scandalous screenshots showcasing the fighters in Majesco’s Girl Fight We’ve already met nobel prize-winning scientist Wrench, but what about the other scantily clad fighting geniuses? You can peruse this gallery for some in-action shots. XBLA Fans also…
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First Medal of Honor: Warfighter Trailer is Kicking Terrorist Ass
The latest update from Medal of Honor: Warfighter is out. The first video to be released features the military operatives, and they’re as deadly as ever. They’ll come for you in the dark, water, and in between the trees. The game will be out later this year, reportedly in October, and will run on the…
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Music Video Service VEVO Streams Onto Xbox Live
Microsoft today announced that the music video application, VEVO, is now available on Xbox Live featuring 11,000 artists and 45,000 music videos. The service is also compatible with Kinect voice controls. Find out more on Major Nelson’s blog
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ReviewsI Am Alive: The Kotaku Review
There’s a book by Cormac McCarthy entitled “The Road.” It’s a somber story about a man and his young son, traveling through a post-apocalyptic world and observing first-hand the kind of toll a mysterious event has taken on humanity, or at least what’s left of it. Besides the more tangible evidence of grey, desolate lands…
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WTPT: Battlefield 3 Jet Swap Recreated in Live-Action Form
I thought I warned you guys against trying to reenact that Battlefield 3 jet swap maneuver? Which one of you did this? Apparently it was Shia LaBeouf—or at least someone who looks like him, amirite? YouTube users filmageddon have recreated the impossible with this live-action version of the jet swap. They even make a little…
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How Stretching Your Thumbs Could Make Your Games Feel Better
The University of Utah News Center reported today that their engineers are hard at work developing a new video game peripheral that stretches the skin on your thumbs. But why, you ask me, would I want little red tactors located on the center of the controller’s joystick to awkwardly move my thumb skin around? Because…
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EA Pulls Simpsons Game from iTunes Due to Overwhelming Popularity
Following EA’s pull of Battlefield 3: Aftershock from the App store two weeks ago, EA recently revealed that The Simpsons: Tapped Out is getting the same treatment. But while Battlefield 3: Aftershock was plagued with crashes and connectivity issues, EA is pulling The Simpsons: Tapped Out for an entirely different issue. Pocket Gamer reports that…
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Minecraft Creator Is Unsurprisingly the Winner of This Year’s BAFTA Special Award
The British Academy Video Game Awards will award Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson with its “Special Award” at this year’s ceremony, it said today. The annual BAVGA (ok, so it doesn’t have as nice a ring to is as BAFTA) ceremony—presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts—doles out awards to deserving games…
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WTPT: Eat Humans And Fend Off Sharks In Depth
Nom nom nom nom human flesh and limbs. That’s essentially the crux of indie game Depth where you can play either as a treasure-hungry diver or a human-hungry shark. And just as I’ll always play as a zombie in Left 4 Dead, I can see myself always choosing the offensive and playing as a shark…
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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Every week, we will be compiling the best of Kotaku. From our reviews and feature articles to comments from you, the community members. Highlighted first is our favorite image that we’ve found this week. The bronze, scholarly gentleman take on our favorite companion cube was a no-brainer. Want it for your wallpaper? We don’t blame…
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Watch Us Jump, Flap and Sidestep in Doodle Jump On The Kinect
Developers at Lima Sky dropped by our office today so that I could play Doodle Jump…on the Kinect for Xbox 360. We got an exclusive reveal of the game today, and you can watch it in action in the video above that features yours truly dancing around in front of our office Kinect. You’ve probably…
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