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  A Guy Who Used to Be a Dragon Is the Star of This Week’s Nintendo Download

  Stumbling back to work after the holiday break? Take this friendly tip: don’t mouth off to your boss. Because if you do, next thing you know, he’ll cast you out from the heavens, forcing you to shed your glorious dragon form and ally yourself with all manner of neurotic human striplings. Or maybe you’ll get…

  By Evan Narcisse Published January 3, 2013
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  Why Spelunky Should Be Game of the Year

  On the surface, Spelunky is a roguelike platformer where you become like Indiana Jones, going farther and farther inside ancient caves holding untold riches and perhaps even lost civilizations. You have some rope, some bombs, a whip and whatever else you find along the way. It’s a difficult game, and you will die a ton.…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published January 3, 2013
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  Oh God, This Terrible-Looking Gaming Movie Is Actually Coming Out

  Since it’s been nine months since the last trailer, we’d assumed/hoped that the movie Noobz (sigh), a tale of online gaming and… bad comedy, had been consigned to the garbage disposal unit of history. Nope. It’s out soon, and here’s a new trailer. Tina described the first one as “ghastly”. I’m going to call this…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2013
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  Foreign Cosplayers Are Welcome In Japan

  Cosplay: the amalgamation of the words “costume” and “play”, and the act of dressing up as a character from comics, manga, movies, anime… Pretty much anything from popular culture or a subculture that people like. For Japanese cosplayers, the culture of cosplay can be a world of fun, photos, and sometimes bitter and petty rivalry.…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published January 3, 2013
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  Threats Against Manga Artist Lead To Empty Tables At Comiket 83

  Kuroko’s Basketball has been having it rough. The popular basket manga, or rather its creator, has been continuously threatened since last October, which has led to the cancellation of all Kuroko’s Basketball-related events, including a stage event at Jump Festa. More recently, Japan’s biggest independent doujinshi event, Comic Market (better known as Comiket), announced that…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published January 3, 2013
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  Inside Comiket: I Didn’t Have To Line Up To Get Into Comic Market 83

  Comic Market, better known among the subculture in Japan as “Comiket,” is currently a bi-annual 3-day event that takes place in Japan. This past December 29th to 31st was the 83rd Comiket, and Kotaku East had a chance to delve into the underbelly of what is currently the largest comic pop culture convention for the…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published January 3, 2013
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  This Was 2012’s Most Accessible Game For Disabled Gamers

  AbleGamers, a “a nonprofit that helps gamers with disabilities”, has revealed their winners for its 2013 accessible game of the year. Overall, top prize went to the PC version of EA Sports’ FIFA 13, for its customisable controls, high contrast colours, visual cues and, best of all, a mouse-only control scheme. For disabled gamers with…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2013
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  Giant Five-Foot NES Controller Is Made Out Of LEGO. And Actually Works.

  LEGO builder Baron von Brunk, who you may have seen here from time to time, is back with something a bit bigger. A little more ambitious. He’s built this enormous five-foot LEGO NES controller. Which works. I don’t know what to be more impressed by, the build itself or the fact he owned enough grey…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2013
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  A Game Inspired By All Your Other Favourite Games

  “I blended classic Zelda and dark science fiction and drank the ensuing mixture”, writes indie developer John S Park, aka 6e6e6e. “It was Radio the Universe.” And it looks terrific. “Players will feel aesthetic and gameplay influences from titles like Yume Nikki, Symphony of the Night, Hotline Miami, and Dark Souls“, Park adds describing his…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2013
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  Far Cry 3’s A Lot Sunnier Than Dark Souls II

  Joshua James Shaw works at Blur, those guys responsible for many of the prettiest cinematic trailers and cutscenes you see for games today. Some of the games he’s worked on include Far Cry 3, Dark Souls II, Star Wars: Old Republic and Force Unleashed (though there are also images from a personal graphic novel project,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2013
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  Nathan Drake Is Being Immortalised In Polystone Form

  Sideshow will be releasing, sometime in the future, this gorgeous premium format statue of Nathan Drake, star of the Uncharted series. It’ll be expensive—we’re talking hundreds of dollars—but as we’ve seen with similar pieces from the range, you’re getting something of suitable size/heft for your buck.

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2013
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  This $79 “Game Console” Has A Fight On Its Hands

  I admire their spirit. Their heart is in the right place. But I can’t help but feel that the makers of the GameStick—the “the most affordable, open and portable TV games console ever created”—are going to be up against it. While the premise is sound, and the $79 price tempting, claims like the fact it…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 3, 2013
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  He-Man, Remade In Glorious Pixel-Vision, Is A Sight To See

  Canadian animation director Caleb Hystad made this short animated He-Man clip, and said “You may ask why I have done this thing, but I ask why no one else has.” Pretty much. While the clip simply recreates the classic series’ opening credits, I can’t help but think a game that looked like this, and not…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 2, 2013
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  Demo For Panzer Dragoon “Sequel”, Crimson Dragon, Leaks Onto Japanese XBL

  Yesterday, a demo for upcoming Kinect action game Crimson Dragon was accidentally released on Xbox Live in Japan before being swiftly pulled. But not before people could download it and record it being played. The actual demo itself isn’t new, it did the rounds last year, but this is the first time we’ve been able…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 2, 2013
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  These New Year’s Eve Fireworks Are Even More Beautiful In Reverse

  On the grand list of Things That Look Awesome In Reverse, it’s not a huge surprise that fireworks are right up there near the top. And indeed, the Melbourne New Year’s Eve fireworks look just lovely in reverse, as demonstrated in this video by Julian Tay How’s everyone doing? How is your 2013 so far?…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 2, 2013
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  Dead Space Cosplay So Real You’ll Want To Hide In A Closet

  Somewhere under all that Isaac Clarke armour is French cosplayer Kevin. He’s joined in some of these photos by compatriot Léa, dressed as Dead Space 2’s Ellie Langford. Some are from 2011’s Japan Expo in Paris, others from the latest show, which is held across the new year’s break. Kevin’s suit is so good that…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 2, 2013
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  BioWare: Putting Same-Sex Romance Into The Old Republic ‘Will Take A Lot More Work Than We Realized’

  In September, 2011, the folks behind online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic promised to add same-sex romance after the game had launched Today, in January of 2013, same-sex romance still isn’t in the game. This has made quite a few The Old Republic players angry. They’ve been petitioning and writing angry posts on…

  By Jason Schreier Published January 2, 2013
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  Because Nintendo Land Really Did Need A Good Drinking Game

  The Wii U launch title Nintendo Land is just RIPE for a quality drinking game. And lo, the folks behind Drinking Games For Gamers have come up with one. Three, really. They’re pretty good, too—I particularly like the one for the Luigi’s Ghost House minigame. I’m going to move to a new apartment with more…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published January 2, 2013
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  How To Avoid Being Creepy While Interacting With Real, Live Women At A Convention

  Sometimes, folks have trouble figuring out what to do with themselves when around attractive women. Nevermind when said woman is dressed as your favorite character from something or other. This video by Ardella Cosplay is here to walk you through everything from meeting a Real Live Girl to perhaps even taking a picture with a…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published January 2, 2013
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  Of Course Penn State is Leading EA Sports’ NCAA Football 14 Cover Vote

  Ostensibly put up to a series of fan-voted Facebook polls, NCAA Football 14‘s cover also will be influenced by other, as yet unexplained, social media forces. A field of all 126 Division I-A Football Bowl Subdivision teams was supposed to have been thinned to 32 candidates after Monday, but we don’t yet know who the…

  By Owen Good Published January 2, 2013