TABLE OF CONTENTS
November 2009
Massage Games Don’t Always Have Happy Endings
The Xbox Massage-Makers: Money, Sex Toys & Indie Backlash
by Stephen Totilo
Intervention
I Kept Playing – The Costs Of My Gaming Addiction
by Mike Fahey
Meet The FAQers
For Little Money And In Many Words, These Gamers Help You
by Owen Good
Gaming’s Gamblers
I Can Kick Your Butt, Wanna Bet?
by Brian Ashcraft
The Lone Gamer
Is Single-Player Gaming In Danger Of Extinction?
by Michael McWhertor
Frighteners
by A.J. Glasser
REVIEWS
Dead Space Extraction Review: Frighteningly Good
Heroes Over Europe Review: A Flying Shame
FIFA 10 Review: 30-Yard Screamer
MySims Agents Review: Sherlock Holmes Didn’t Have To Deal With This $#@%
NHL 2K10 Review: Thin-Ice Capades
Spyborgs Review: Not-So-Heavy Metal
Gran Turismo PSP Review: Steady As A Pace Car
Wii Fit Plus Review: Now I’m A Believer
MotorStorm: Arctic Edge Review: Big Game, Big Fun
Katamari Forever Review: Nothing More, Nothing Less
South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! Review: Throwing Snowballs
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Review: Crisis Hearts
NBA 2K10 Review: Ball, You – Man!
NBA Live 10 Review: Amen for a Revival
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Review: Boom Headshot!
Brutal Legend Review: Testing Its Metal
Lucidity Micro-Review: Beauty Is Only Skin-Deep
Ju-on: The Grudge Review: Curse Of The Movie Game
Half-Minute Hero Review: A Good Risk
Zombie Apocalypse Micro-Review: Paint the Town Red
Axel & Pixel Micro-Review: A Puzzling Combination
Borderlands Review: Guns! Guns! Guns!
Critter Crunch Micro Review: Gross In a Cute Way
Bakugan Battle Brawlers Review: Almost There
A Boy And His Blob Review: The Zero Nostalgia Version
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Review: Going Through the Motions
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time Review: The Leap, At Last
Marvel Super Hero Squad Review: This One Is For The Brats
Dungeon Hunter Review: Pocketful of Diablo
Rock Band Micro Review: iPhone Joins the Band
Forza Motorsport 3 Review: Definitively Maybe
DJ Hero Review: You Spin Me Right Round
GTA: The Ballad Of Gay Tony Review: Out With A Bang
Tekken 6 Review: The Lag of Iron Fist
Saw Review: Do You Want to Play This Game?
LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Micro Review: A Pleasant Gust of Fun
https://kotaku.com/dead-space-extraction-review-frighteningly-good-5372022
PREVIEWS
Eliminate Preview: Transitive Verbs Are Cooler Than Nouns
Sims 3 World Adventures: Chopsticks, Mummies & the French – Oh My!
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Preview: All The Modes, All The Chaos
Global Conflicts: Child Soldiers Preview: Show Me, Don’t Tell Me
FATALE Preview: Alluring, Alarming and Totally Ambiguous
Left 4 Dead 2 Scavenge Mode Preview: Giving Multiplayer The Gas
Jam Sessions 2 Preview: I Fought The Law And Nobody Won
Dark Void Preview: Learning To Fall With Style
Sign Up To Test Zune, Facebook, And Twitter On Your 360
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Preview: I’m A Total Space Case
Army of Two: The 40th Day Multiplayer Preview: Extract Some Fun
Avatar Wii Preview: Environmentalism Commando
Dementium II Preview: A Mature DS Game With “Hell Moments”
MAG Preview: Come Back Here With My Tank!
Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising Preview: The Darker Side Of Dawn
https://kotaku.com/eliminate-preview-transitive-verbs-are-cooler-than-nou-5371181
COLUMNS
Well Played
Why Everyone Should Be Watching the PSPgo
When the Going Gets Tough… Let the Game Play Itself
Windows 7: What Happened to Gaming?
Video Game Speakeasy Slips Into Soho for a Night of Raucous Fun
Can Bigger Screens Save a Shrinking Market?
https://kotaku.com/why-everyone-should-be-watching-the-pspgo-5372943
Stick Jockey
A Virtual Golfer Looks Back On – and Ahead to – His Tournament Career
It’s Not in the Game – Should it Be?
Re-Creating a Stadium Before Its First Pitch is Thrown
With NCAA 10, EA Guns for Two Shining Moments
https://kotaku.com/a-virtual-golfer-looks-back-on-and-ahead-to-his-tou-5373434
Leigh Alexander
https://kotaku.com/in-praise-of-hard-games-5392920
tim rogers
https://kotaku.com/ive-been-shot-5374610
COVER
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