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  A Minute’s Worth of Guild Wars Lore

  With the first Guild Wars 2 beta weekend kicking off today and the seventh anniversary of the original game in full swing, The Game Station crew attempt to condense the lore of the first into an easy-to-digest one minute video. How’d they do? There are inconsistencies, at least that’s what the folks in the comments…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 27, 2012
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  This Video Puzzle Made with Four iPhones Makes My Brain Hurt

  Four iPhones are arranged, rearranged, and rearranged again to the tune of “We Are Young” by Fun. I can barely wrap my brain around how the planning and choreography it took to get this down right. I can’t fathom how much work went into creating this YouTube video, but it took them 238 takes to…

  By Tina Amini Published April 27, 2012
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  Friday Watch This, Play This

  Watch! Holy wow this video puzzle is amazing. Watch! Huzzah! Video games win this round against marriage. Play! Kate plays with words in Word Off on her iPod. Watch! Guild Wars lore dictated to you very, very fast.

  By Tina Amini Published April 27, 2012
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  EVE Online Producers Declare Player’s Attempt to Destroy Game’s Economy “Absolutely Brilliant”

  In most MMOs, if a player spearheaded a public, concerted crusade to destroy the game’s economy, the game’s producers would find a way to put a stop to it. But EVE Online isn’t quite like most other MMOs. High-ranking EVE Online player The Mittani was temporarily banned from the game after an unpleasant incident where…

  By Kate Cox Published April 27, 2012
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  The Space Shuttle Looks Awesome Flying Across New York’s Skyline

  Just like it did over the skies of Washington, D.C. last week, the Space Shuttle made a low-altitude fly-by over the New York City Area this morning. Everybody here at Gawker HQ scrambled to the roof and waited for a few chilly minutes for Enterprise to come into our field of vision. Kotaku’s own Chris…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 27, 2012
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! Today’s TAYpic gender-bends Snooty Guy into a monster…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 27, 2012
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  Ask a Game Developer Anything: Your Excellent Questions Answered.

  Hey Kotaku readers, I’m back at it again this month. Apparently things went well enough last month that Kotaku decided to keep me going… Well either that or they just forgot to revoke my press badge. Anyway, sorry if I’m a little late, my wife and I had a daughter this month! Our very first…

  Jeremiah Slaczka, Creative Director, 5TH Cell Published April 27, 2012
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  There’s a Perfectly Rational Explanation for Why I Was Doing Bourbon Shots Before Noon Yesterday

  As the games media panel at the East Coast Games Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina kicked off yesterday, moderator and Epic PR manager Wes Phillips set shot glasses in front of each of the participants. Then he filled them with bourbon. Then came the cupcakes. In the early planning stages of the “Game Media: From…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 27, 2012
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  “People Will Be Happy” Watching These Incredibly Abrupt Old-School Game Endings

  You die and die and die. Load up another save, maybe. Finally, you emerge triumphant over the boss battle or end sequence you’ve been struggling with. Nowadays, you’re likely to get a big shiny, fully-voiced cutscene topped off with swelling orchestral music. But that wasn’t the case thirty years ago. Back in the day, the…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 27, 2012
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  How Many Times Does Prototype 2 Drop the F-Bomb in One Hour?

  Owen really liked Prototype 2‘s James Heller. I can see why. [YouTube – Thanks, Tim!]

  By Mike Fahey Published April 27, 2012
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  That Game About Dating Disabled Girls is Excellent (And You Should Play It)

  When I first heard that a visual novel centered around dating girls with physical disabilities was being made, my first thought was “only in Japan.” Of course, I was completely wrong. While made in the style of a typical Japanese visual novel—and even based on a Japanese sketch—Katawa Shoujo was created by a group of…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 27, 2012
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  A Reminder of Just How Cool the PS Vita Can Be

  So PS Vita sales are nosediving. And Sony must be worried, because these are dark times for the Vita. Dark times. But just as everyone is forgetting what an impressive piece of hardware the Vita is, Sony released the PlayStation Developer Suite to allow developers to create apps for the Vita and other PlayStation certified…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 27, 2012
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  A Little Samurai Armor in the Living Room

  May 5 is Children’s Day. Since my wife and I have, well, children, we get out a set of miniature “yoroi” (armor) so that our sons grow up healthy and strong. I’ve posted about this before, so forgive me if you read that previous post! But, I absolutely love getting out this miniature set of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 27, 2012
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  So, How Those Nintendo Machines Doing, Huh? Those Games?

  Throughout its history as a game company, Nintendo has released an impressive array of game machines. Have you ever thought, hrm, I wonder how said game machines are doing? Let’s find out! Nintendo recently released worldwide lifetime sale data for its game machines as well as for its games. The data is of March 31,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 27, 2012
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  When Mother-Daughter Relationships Appear Just Awful

  This week, Chinese model Gan Lulu once again raised eyebrows. She appeared at the Beijing Motor Show in a dress that was more skin than fabric. Right along with her, every step of the way was her mom, snapping photos of her daughter on her iPhone. There’s nothing wrong with close mother-daughter relationships. But their…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 27, 2012
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  Leaked Rayman Legends for Wii U Trailer Hints at Assassin’s Creed Cameo

  Rayman Legends is headed to the Wii U, a new leaked trailer reveals. It’s bringing legendary settings, new playable characters, touch screen controls and NFC (near field communication). The trailer shows off the four-person multiplayer as well as its swiped-based touch controls. The clip shows three on Wii-Remotes, and one player using the new Wii…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 27, 2012
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  How Suicide Made This Japanese Game Developer Famous

  Suda51 (Goichi Suda) is one of Japan’s most famous game directors. In the West, this is due to his cult classic PS2/GameCube title, Killer7, or his best-selling Wii series, No More Heroes. In Japan, however, he first became famous for another game entirely: Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special on the Super Famicom. Back in 1994,…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 27, 2012
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  China To Launch a New Console. Price Tag: $600!

  For years now, there have been rumblings about the eBox, or its other moniker, the iSec. Yet, the console was pushed back, and then it seemed to vanish completely. Well, it’s back and slated to come out soon. Real soon. Now called CT510, this is the Chinese game console the Lenovo backed and co-invested in—the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 27, 2012
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  Diabolical Pitch Strikes Out

  When I first played Diabolical Pitch, it was at the Tokyo Game Show 2011. There at the Microsoft booth, I played this Kinect title in two-player coop mode with a beautiful Japanese booth babe. I had a lot of fun. It was only when I played the game at home alone this last week that…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published April 27, 2012
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  This Akira LEGO Diorama Will Make You Scream “Kanedaaa!”

  Internet person Arkøv created this wonderful Akira diorama, complete with concrete rubble, Tetsuo, a flowing cape, Kaneda, and a laser cannon. Pew. Pew. The diorama is somewhat abstract, smartly sidestepping mini-fig representations to bring Akira to life. I am…impressed. In 1988, Akira was turned into a feature film anime by Katsuhiro Otomo, who created the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 27, 2012