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Patently Ridiculous: The Winners
When society is annihilated by World War IV and archaeologists from the year 3,000 examine the paperwork our society left behind, what will they think of us? Twenty smart ‘Shoppers put their best and brightest foot forward, including overall winner seivewright inside! arniejolt (2) had the best of the Earthworm Jim homages. musickkid43 (10) gets…
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Diablo III‘s Big Ad Debuts Tomorrow on Family Guy
Promising “a few juicy bits of never-before-seen Diablo III cinematic footage,” the game’s worldwide TV ad will broadcast sometime during Family Guy tomorrow, which is on Fox at 9 pm EDT/8 pm CDT. Diablo III is scheduled for general release on May 15.
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Numerology Proves Half Life 3 will be Announced at E3. Really.
Not a day passes we don’t get some “rumor,” wishful thinking, or outright bullshit about Half-Life 3‘s imminent arrival. This “tip,” sent by “Igor,” now adds numerology to the mix. Hell, it’s at least as reliable as all the other nonsense we hear. Here it is, verbatim: Gabe Newell’s Rank on Forbes’ Richest Men List:…
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Infinite Combos Scheduled for Termination when Street Fighter X Tekken Patch Arrives Mid-May
Four infinite combinations discovered last month in Street Fighter X Tekken all will be obliterated by a patch scheduled to move by mid-May, Capcom said yesterday afternoon. The combos affected Kazuya, Kuro, Xiayou and Pac-Man. Two were console exclusive characters (Kuro and Pac-Man, on the PS3) and Xiayou’s infinite hinged on a one-frame link between…
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Modern Warfare 3 is Finally Releasing New Maps for PC Gamers
Ha ha, but who plays Modern Warfare 3 on PC amirite? Well, people do in numbers enough that Activision’s finally decided to sell them the “Content Collection 1” made available to Xbox 360 gamers earlier this year. It’s the first post-release content to become available for this version of the game. Content Collection 1 will…
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No Justice, No Peace, No Ring for the Lakers, Says NBA 2K12
How important is Metta World Peace to the Los Angeles Lakers? Well, NBA 2K12 says the team would win the Western Conference with him in the lineup. As it is, he’s suspended for the next six games, and that’s exactly as long as Denver will need to dispatch the Lakers, according to the game. In…
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UncategorizedDragon’s Lair, with Kinect Support, Arrives on Xbox Live in May
Announced back in March, the Xbox Live port of Dragon’s Lair was dated for May 18 by Microsoft yesterday. The game will feature Kinect support, allowing you to jump out of the way of the Lizard King and dodge the columns on the mechanical horse, if you so prefer. Digital Leisure is handling the port…
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A Guild-ed Age for Savings
If you want to get in on Guild Wars 2‘s beta test this weekend, well, you’ll need to go ahead and pre-purchase (as in buy, like, right now) the game to get that code. Fortunately, there’s a deal on its deluxe edition if you were so inclined (the standard edition offers beta access; it isn’t…
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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome everyone, to the Best of Kotaku, where I collect all of my colleagues’ best work from the past week for your viewing pleasure. Before we jump into the best content, let’s take a look at the image above. Look at it. Isn’t it pretty? I like to imagine that Chell decided to stay in…
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In Celebration of Kirby’s 20th Birthday: Fan Art!
Twenty years ago today, Kirby made his debut in Japan on the Gameboy in Kirby’s Dream Land. Today, we celebrate the adorable ball of pink’s birthday, and some of us commiserate with his inability to drink in certain countries. Fortunately I am not amongst those that do. To celebrate, I’ve gathered some standout fan renditions…
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
As I mentioned in my review this week, I came to the Prototype continuity late. Now that I’m not hustled for time to pump out a review of a game the day after it releases, I feel like revisiting New York and finishing out the original Prototype, especially as I’ll get to stomp around a…
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UncategorizedHitler Recaps the Week in Video Gaming
Godwin’s Law states that “as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” As basically all video game discussion takes place online, let’s just cut to the chase and give der fuehrer’s take on recent topics of interest to gamers. Hitler Reacts to Sniper Elite v2 Part…
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Backhanded Box Quotes: “Metacritic Reviews Are Often Avenues for Trolling”
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 scan of proportionate reactions to entertainment products includes condemnation for something almost universally acclaimed and a scalding appraisal of a football video game from EA Sports that is not named…
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Out of Hand—Is it Ever OK to Throw a Controller?
Two weeks ago, a million-dollar contest supplied an interesting prism through which to view the reactions to different people’s failure to accomplish the same thing in a video game. In one, a gamer stretched a remarkable achievement into an inhuman streak of perfection, ultimately snapped as much by bad luck as his own physical limitations.…
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