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Chinese Domain Squatter Won’t Own ‘XboxSmartGlass.com’ for Much Longer
Before E3, Microsoft registered every possible permutation of “XboxSmartGlass” and “MicrosoftSmartGlass,” tipping off Monday’s reveal of the technology that will connect the Xbox 360 to Android and iOS devices. Well, they got every possible combination except one: “XboxSmartGlass.com.” That’s owned by one Tang Haiyue of Guanghzhou, China, who bagged the domain on June 1, right…
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Some Dude’s Trying to Play Q*Bert for a Ridiculously Long Time. Again.
OK, well, not just “some dude.” The record-seeker is Ed Heemskerk, who set the marathon record for Q*Bert at 68.5 hours back in March, and now is bidding for a 100-hour stretch on a single quarter. He started yesterday morning at 8 a.m. EDT, meaning that, by now, he’s a little more than a quarter…
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Pay Less for Your Guild Dues
The occasion of Guild Wars 2‘s second beta weekend is good enough to put the game on pre-order discount from one e-tailer. That, plus some preoders from heavily anticipated big hits this fall, and a couple of unusual combo sales, highlight the first post-E3 edition of The Moneysaver. More than 60 savings are below. Dig…
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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
If I find anything Adventure Time related, you can rest assured that I will post it. Or buy it. Or at the very least light up in response to seeing it. I even have Adventure Time earrings. One is Jake and one is Finn So this week’s best image is an ode to The Avengers,…
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Rather burnt to a crisp here, coming out of Los Angeles, and not sure I’ll be playing much of anything this weekend as I recover my mental faculties from E3. There’s still a lot left to say from what we saw down there, and it’s hard to break out of mental note-taking, since you can’t…
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Madden 13 is Mostly Law-Abiding in Its Physics—Though It Does Jaywalk at Times
If you can sit up straight and squirm in your seat at the same time, I did when I got the news Madden NFL‘s creators revealed they were going to go for it this year, with their “Infinity Engine” offering real-time physics. It is a long overdue feature, something seen even in a striver title…
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THQ Sold Out to EA Sports Because It Didn’t Break Even on UFC 3
In hindsight, it should be no surprise that THQ jettisoned its expensive exclusive license to make video games with the UFC’s imagery and fighters. The company is hurting badly and had gone through a huge, soul-searching reorganization, jettisoning its kids-stuff division and completely bailing on E3 this year as its stock price hovers around 66…
By Owen Good
