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The Only Reason I Still Own An Original Xbox
Every girl I date seriously must eventually pass a trial. It happens at a certain point in every relationship I have; by then she basically knows what she’s getting with me, including my tendency to get weirdly obsessed with things. The bands Titus Andronicus and Belle & Sebastian, for one thing, or Game of Thrones.…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Ultimate Exploitable
Evan gave us some fine cosplay shots yesterday, but when you need a good exploitable, sometimes you must take matters into your own hands. This is me with the Ultimate Warrior yesterday at 2K Sports’ booth here at PAX. I don’t know what we’ll get from this, but it should make all those bagsuit ‘shops…
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Mighty Switch Force 2 is Following its Predecessor Onto Wii U
3DS eShop favorite Mighty Switch Force 2 is making its way to the Wii U’s digital storefront “by popular request,” Wayforward Technologies announced this week on its blog. The developer estimates that it will arrive in October. The original Mighty Switch Force was similarly ported from 3DS to Wii U as Mighty Switch Force: Hyper…
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UncategorizedSony Offers Cryptic Statement on PS4 Voice Commands
Sony last night addressed whether the PS4 features voice command capabilities through the PlayStation camera, but the company’s statement may not reveal as much as it initially seems. The rumor that the PS4 would feature voice command capabilities popped up when video of a presentation made by SCEA’s group manager of retail training and advocacy…
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Sunday Comics: The Bigger They Are …
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics, chosen by our readership. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon in the lower right corner. Brawl In The Family by Matthew Taranto. Published Aug. 30. Read more of Brawl In The Family Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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XCOM‘s ‘Flying Spider Shark’ Wasn’t Left on the Cutting Room Floor
At the beginning of the latest video for XCOM: Enemy Within you can see some hideous tentacled thing that turns invisible and sneaks up on a lone soldier to strangle him, facehugger-style. That’s a Seeker, and its original concept looked even more dreadful. “That’s our Flying Spider Shark,” said Garth DeAngelis, putting a sum-of-all-fears capper…
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New Sherlock Footage Debuts Tomorrow
If you’re anywhere near as obsessed with the BBC’s Sherlock as I am, then you’ll be thrilled to know that new footage will debut in the morning. Season 2 ended on something of a cliffhanger, and we’re all waiting eagerly to see how exactly things will resume. That wait is almost over, as season 3…
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UncategorizedWatch the Cast of School of Rock Play That Great Song 10 Years Later
You know the song I’m talking about. “And if you want to be the teacher’s pet / Well baby you’d just better forget it / Rock got no reason, rock got no rhyme / You’d better get me to school on time!” It’s cheesy now, and it probably was back then. But I was a…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Unhappy Family: The winners
One family’s domestic discord is another person’s punchline. Who knew The Sims 4’s rather workaday screenshot of an unhappy couple would provide such inspiration to your fertile and disturbed imaginations. There’s a full set of 20 finalists inside, starting with overall No. 1 FAHtastic! Honorable mentions begin with sciteach, who rallied back after I again…
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Xbox One TV Features Might Not Require Gold Subscription After All
It’s no secret that Microsoft’s messaging surrounding the Xbox One has been convoluted, and it seems even the company’s own representatives don’t quite have a grasp on all the console’s features and policies. But some of the TV-related features that Microsoft previously said will require an Xbox Live Gold subscription might not after all. The…
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UncategorizedThis Bonkers Baseball-Fighting Flash Game is Getting a Proper Release
I had never heard of Lethal League before reading about it in this NeoGAF thread, but apparently the single-projectile fighting game made a splash during the grand finals of Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 9′s mystery game tournament back in May. Now its developer, Reptile Games, has announced that a standalone version of the Flash game…
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UncategorizedIs Miyamoto Really Responsible For Unrealistic Dual-Wielding in Games?
Did you know the infamous pirate Blackbeard (I hear he’s scarier in real life) carried no fewer than six flintlock pistols with him at any given time because they took so long to reload? You wouldn’t know it from playing Assassin’s Creed—Connor is really good at reloading those pistols—but that’s what Youtuber XboxAhoy says in…
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Tim Schafer Just Showed Off These Psychonauts Figurines in a Vine
If you’re at PAX and you’re a fan of Tim Schafer’s funny platforming classic Psychonauts, you’re going to want to stop by the Double Fine booth and pick up a few of these figurines. Schafer tweeted about the Psychonauts figurines today, linking to a 6-second Vine video in which he shows them off in quick…
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Uncategorized‘I Am Street Fighter‘ Doc Explores the Fighting Franchise for an Hour
Just in case Street Fighter didn’t get enough love during last year’s 25th anniversary celebrations, Capcom yesterday published the 72-minute documentary “I Am Street Fighter.” And it’s a doozy. Created by Area 5, the video was actually originally included as part of the $150 Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Set. This is the first time…
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UncategorizedCall of Duty: Ghosts Riffs Off Titanfall‘s Cinematic Multiplayer
Infinity Ward this week showcased the pre-order bonus for its upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts, a multiplayer map called “Free Fall” that the developer claims will add a touch of the cinematic single player campaign to the game’s deathmatch modes. Does that sound familiar to anyone? Yes, that’s the exact thinking behind Titanfall, the first…
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The Unknown Curse Of The Immortal Barry Steakfries
I’ve been playing Jetpack Joyride for what seems like a long time, but the other day I encountered something so strange and different that it set my mind spinning. It was just a glitch, but it was something that I’d never seen before, and my Googling revealed no forum threads or other users mentioning the…
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