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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Pan1da7’s adaptation of Bakery Ninja Kinect serves us breakfast in bed this Mother’s Day. I hope everyone here has called his or hers to wish her a happy day or, better yet, said so in person. Good morning and welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves. Want a piece of the TAYpic action atop this six-day-a-week…
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Sunday Comics: Simple Math
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published May 9.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published May 7.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by…
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Suspects of the Old Republic: The Winners
The moving-violation misdaventures of a California man actually named Obiwan Kenobi formed the inspiration for our latest Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than the 20 finalists inside, plus overall winner musica! Plenty of movie poster themes here. Toolsoldier (17) had the best of all of…
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Is This Year the Last Hurrah for the Games Expo as We Know It?
I had lunch with a friend and colleague on Thursday, a guy who has been to every E3—and before that he was going to the Consumer Electronics Show when it was the gaming industry’s big expo. Absent some miracle hardware reveal, he thinks we could see the quietest and most depressing E3 ever this year.…
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Games Industry Analyst Michael Pachter Estimates Gamers Outnumber Complainers 100 to 1 [Corrected]
I like Michael Pachter. I really do. I get Castleville requests from him all the time. Seriously, though, I do go to Pachter for comment occasionally in my sports columns, mostly because the deals cut in that genre are complex and often rely on a publisher partnering up with older businesses, and he understands those…
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Pro Wrestling Talent Search Series Relocates to Games Design School
Here is an oddball news item, but it’s legit. WWE NXT, a kind of talent-search/reality show featuring wrestlers looking to become the circuit’s next new star, will now be taped at Full Sail University of Winter Park, Fla. Full Sail is recognizable to many video gamers as one of the main universities teaching game design…
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Which Microsoft Creation is More Despised: Clippy? Or Games For Windows Live?
Maybe I’m the only one keeping score every time this is noted, but Max Payne 3 is the latest game to say fuck no, we’re not using Games For Windows Live. A tweet Wednesday from Rockstar, as noticed by PC Gamer, says it straight up. Being not a PC gamer or a Windows user, I…
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UncategorizedGo ‘Behind the Wall’ on the Seven-Year Effort to Make a Game of Thrones Video Game
When Cyanide Studio began working with George R.R. Martin on adapting a role-playing game from his fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, the Game of Thrones television series was “only a rumor.” That was seven years ago. Certainly, the fact Game of Thrones has become such a mainstream sensation helped speed things along.…
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If You’ve Pre-Downloaded Diablo III in Europe, Read This to be Sure You Can Play the Game
A notice on Battle.Net’s European web site says that Blizzard recently became aware of an issue in the digital installation downloader for Diablo III‘s English and German versions. This affects European versions only, not North American. They’re asking that anyone who downloaded the game before Saturday (today) at 10 a.m. Central European time/9 a.m. GMT,…
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Say It With Rage
If you’re still out of ideas for Mother’s Day, well, all we’ve got here are video games. Which, who knows, maybe your mom does want a game or two for her special day tomorrow. Not much in the way of new or upcoming releases, but there are some golden oldies and digital download deals among…
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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Hello, Kotaku! Let’s dive right into the bests this week, starting with the image above. Mario and his cute princess are featured above, in the form of very interesting graffiti art. If you look closely you can see the bubble letters that make up each part of the drawings. Thanks to XombieDIRGE for finding the…
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
You have any idea how hard it is to get off a phone call discussing options to install a heat pump, or fire insurance discounts, or school district taxes, and then pick up Prototype 2 and pretend you’re still an adult? Sorry, I’m going through house-buying crap right now. That’s right, I’m gonna be a…
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Robot Unicorn Attack Evolves into Something Even More Glorious
The single greatest thing to come out of Adult Swim since Adult Swim just got even greater. How could Robot Unicorn Attack get any better? Panda, Wolf, Gorilla, and Dragon. Yes. The sequel to the award-winning (probably) Flash, Facebook, and iOS game doesn’t screw with a good thing. It still features a Robot Unicorn, gracefully…
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Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘A Steaming Pile of Mundanity’
Welcome to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don’t take that personal. This week’s review of measured disappointment and constructive criticism includes condemnation for a widely admired brand in independent games development, and sympathy for Hitler. Minecraft Xbox 350 Released: May 9 Critic: ChodeyMitchell…
By Owen Good
