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  When You Don’t Know Jack Asks You To Marry Your Boyfriend, You Say ‘Yes’

  Now here’s an adorable story. The folks at Jellyvision, the company behind wonderful Facebook game You Don’t Know Jack, sent us the above video along with the following: John Zekind reached out to us via @youdontknowjack on Twitter for help with a “secret mission” Jellyvision DMd him and his request was that he and his…

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  Hey, I Streetpassed You. And This Is Crazy. But Here’s My Friend Code. Swapnote Me Maybe?

  Kirk says Call Me Maybe has expired. I disagree. What do you think? (via TinyCartridge)

  By Jason Schreier Published July 27, 2012
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  I Went to the Theater to See Duck Hunt and D&D. So Can You.

  For years, we have seen filmmakers tap into video games as a source of inspiration. And the relationship certainly contains a certain degree of logic. Many have long viewed games as interactive, movie-like experiences, so it makes sense to attempt something that’s the other way around. Yet the end result, as we’ve seen time and…

  by Matt Hawkins Published July 27, 2012
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  Now I Want Pokemon, Star Fox and Metroid to Happen In Feudal Japan

  We’ve already had a look at artist Jed Henry’s great reinterpretations of video game characters as they would’ve appeared during the age of samurai. But the shots above ramp things up even more. I can’t decide if the Starfox or Pokemon art is my favorite. See more of Henry’s Ukiyo-e styled images here

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 27, 2012
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  There Was a Nintendo 3DS In the Olympics’ Opening Ceremony For Some Reason

  The opening ceremonies for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games had their share of surprises, but we certainly weren’t expecting to see a Nintendo 3DS among them. Get off the stoop, young man, and go do some sports! I’m a fan of the 3DS myself, but I think I’d have a hard time sitting on the…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published July 27, 2012
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  Here’s What the Live-Action Hawken Series Looks Like. I’d Rather Be Playing the Game.

  Directed by Gears of War art director Jeremiah O’Flaherty and starring the guy that played Darwin in X-Men First Class, this teaser trailer for the 2013 web series based on indie mech game Hawken is nearly as impressive as the actual game. Since getting my hands on Hawken at E3 last month, my only Hawken-related…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2012
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  Unfortunately It’s Too Late for You to Play Journey the Way This Guy Played It

  Have you ever wished you knew less about a video game before playing it? Commenter Sloopydrew played through ThatGameCompany’s magnificent Journey twice before realizing he had missed an important bit of information. Imagine his surprise in today’s episode of Speak Up on Kotaku. I just finished Journey for a second play through, sat through the…

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  This Might Be the Most Well-Rounded Week in Gaming Apps Ever

  Two iOS games, one iOS / Android combo, an Android exclusive and a special Windows Phone 7 version of a game that’s now out on all three. How’s that for diversity? Shut up, Blackberry. As part of my never-ending quest to cover all segments of mobile gaming, I’ve gone so far as to take it…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2012
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  Fall of Cybertron Abuses a Great Moment in Transformers History to Push Retailer-Exclusive Preorder DLC

  This is not a moment you screw with, Activision. This is scripture. This is the ultimate chapter in the Book of Optimus. This is not — I cannot stress this enough — not an advertisement for GameStop exclusive preorder downloadable content. Now I’ve talked to folks at Activision and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron developer High…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2012
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  Things Don’t Look Good For Sean Bean In The New Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Trailer

  Poor Sean Bean. Dude can’t really catch a break, can he? Good things rarely happen to the characters he plays. We don’t quite know anything for certain yet, but it looks like nothing good will happen to him in Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, either. It sort of looks like a lot of pretty not-good things…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published July 27, 2012
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  Stewie Terrorizes Frat Boys in These Family Guy Video Game Screen Shots

  We already know that the toddler genius and talking dog from Seth McFarlane’s hit TV show will be the star of the upcoming Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse game. (Mike Fahey says it’ll probably be good for a laugh.) The screens above show off more of what the in-game action will look like, with…

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 27, 2012
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  RPGs Deserve A Better Class Of Criminal

  Like much of America, I saw The Dark Knight Rises last weekend. Like much of America, I left the theater completely enamored with the vicious (and occasionally ridiculous) villain Bane. My first thought: “Holy crap, Bane sounds exactly like Deckard Cain.” My second thought: “Why don’t RPGs have villains this awesome?” Okay. Maybe it’s unfair…

  By Jason Schreier Published July 27, 2012
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  This Action-Packed Sleeping Dogs Trailer Will Make You Go ‘Woooo’

  See what I did there? Because Woo. This ad for the upcoming action game Sleeping Dogs even goes so far as to call its gunplay “Hard-Boiled.” In case you weren’t picking up on the cinematic influences. Lots of sweet environmental destruction going on, too. I guess that’s what I’m into these days. Show me a…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published July 27, 2012
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  1PP: You Might Not Be Getting What You Want When You Help Fund a Game

  Let’s say you’ve thrown some cash behind a promising game project on Kickstarter or IndieGoGo. And let’s say you get the game and it’s not what you wanted. Do you demand a refund on your investment? This is one of the questions that comes up in the latest installment of First-Person Perspective, where everyday players…

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 27, 2012
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  This Kitten-Powered Kickstarter Might Fail, But the Video Has Already Won

  21st Street Games wants to take it’s Techno Kitten Adventure to the next level, so 20 days ago the Kickstarter page for Super Tecnho Kitten Adventure was launched. It’s not going particularly well, but damn if the project video isn’t amazingly bizarre. I’m not endorsing Super Techno Kitten Adventure. I’ve played the iPhone version of…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2012
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  Multiple Law Firms Are Now Investigating Zynga For Possible Stock Shenanigans

  Bad news just got worse for the makers of FarmVille. It looks like a whole lot of lawyers are about to pounce on one of gaming’s biggest companies. Following news that Zynga insiders sold large amounts of stock three months before it crashed this week, multiple law firms have announced that they will investigate claims…

  By Jason Schreier Published July 27, 2012
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  The Main Man Behind the PlayStation 3’s Trippy Dyad Is Answering Your Questions Now

  There is a game called Dyad that we at Kotaku are crazy about. And there is a man named Shawn McGrath who made Dyad. Is he just crazy? Shawn will be here from 1pm-2pm ET to answer any good questions you ask him below. So, please, ask away. I think this might be one occasion…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2012
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  Meet the Real-World Counterpart to StarCraft‘s Explosive Zergling

  StarCraft‘s Baneling is a sub-species of Zergling that, upon approaching an enemy unit, triggers a violent chemical reaction that causes the sacs on its body to explode, spewing acid. Science fiction meets science fact in Neocapritermes taracua, a species of termite that uses similar sacs to suicide bomb enemies of the colony. Native to the…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2012
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  A Glitch Turns Deus Ex: Human Revolution into Funktastic Pop Art

  Say what you want about its lackluster boss battles, but no one can say that Deus Ex: Human Revolution wasn’t a great looking game. However, the glitch that Reddit user TheFightingDumples encountered stripped away all of the shooter’s detailed textures and replaced them with eye-popping colors. If only there were more games that had this…

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 27, 2012
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  Finally! Proof That Dead Space 3 Will Definitely Be Scary.

  I’ve gone on record here on Kotaku telling you all that I have confidence in Dead Space 3. But others are not so confident, worried that the horror franchise will be mutilated by its new co-op addition, similar to the downward spiral Resident Evil experienced. But the guys over at Mega64, um I mean “Visceral,”…

  By Tina Amini Published July 27, 2012