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Fez‘s Soundtrack is Full of Mysteries, Too
The soundtrack to Fez officially released on Friday, at a pay-what-you-like price (with a minimum of $7). Because the entire game is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, some enterprising folks went and opened the sound files in a spectrogram and, voila, they found even more clues. Or they’re Easter eggs, or…
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UncategorizedGotham City Impostors’ Next Update Delivers a Third Batch of Free Content
The gang in charge of Gotham City Impostors wants you to know another wad of cool content is dropping soon, all for the affordable price of $0.00. It has yet to release, but that video above has, which means the title update is on the way soon. You’ll get a new map, the East End…
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Oh God, It Looks Like Sony’s Fighting Game Will Be Called “PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale”
Earlier this month a marketing survey indicated that Sony was considering (draws breath) “PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale” for its rumored fighting game featuring iconic characters from the publisher’s library of titles. That nine syllables is a mouthful of marbles and would make a GameStop sales associate breathe into a paper bag after answering the phone…
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If Activision is Releasing “Call of Duty: Eclipse” They Picked a Good Day to Do It
I was on the fence about posting this because, I mean, “Black Ops 2 coming out in November?” Stop the presses, that’s like “Call of Duty is coming out this year”-type news. But the game does seem to have a clever codename, unless the codename is actually its title. Rumor has it that the marketing…
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See All of Ocarina of Time‘s Overworld Remapped in A Link to the Past‘s Style
Continuing today’s theme of “Superhuman Efforts that Deserve a Standing Ovation,” we now turn our attention to The Legend of Zelda. MaJoRa, a member of the Zelda Fan Game Central community, has rendered all of the overworld from Ocarina of Time in the 2D style of A Link to the Past This is a project…
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UncategorizedWatch All of the Uncharted Trilogy—Edited into Feature-Length Films
You know how, on Sunday afternoons, a great adventure flick you’ve seen a dozen times comes on the TV at random and you spend the next hour watching it? Well, here are three great adventure flicks, courtesy of Reddit user morphinapg. It’s the Uncharted series, joined by “the minimum gameplay needed to connect the cinematics…
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Patently Ridiculous
Some putative game designs—I think, who really knows—from the delightful Tumblr Context-Free Patent Art provide the grist for this weekend’s Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. I’m especially interested to see how you can make, as one commenter called it, “Hot Tub Whackashark” more awesome than it already looks. You’ve got four images here, Hot Tub Whackashark (thanks,…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Mike Haggar’s got some competition for the mayor of Metro City, thanks to Angryrider. Good morning and welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves. [Update:] Uh, whoops. That was last week’s pic you first saw. Heh heh … (stares at floor) … Feel free to discuss anything on the subject of video games in our comments…
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Sunday Comics: Born to Kill
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 April 19.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published April 16.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by…
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PAX Ejection: The Winners
A trio of cosplayers, two of whom were either ejected or threatened with it at PAX East two weeks ago, provided the grist for our latest ‘Shop Contest challenge. Whose boobs are bigger—B.A. Baracus or Juliet Starling? Doesn’t matter, we’ve got Pan1da7 down as the winner inside! Angryrider (1) gets us going with the best…
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Will We Have Any Baseball Video Game on the Xbox 360 Next Year?
Though I wish I could say I was smart enough to think up this ruse in advance, I really did forget my backpack somewhere inside EA Sports’ Tiburon studio during a recent visit. This became an opportunity to roam all of its upper four floors of development, though not unescorted. Madden has its own section,…
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The First Perfect Game in Two Years Doesn’t Hold Much Promise in MLB 2K12‘s Contest
The Chicago White Sox’ Philip Humber threw a perfect game against Seattle today. The matchup is available now in the MLB Today feature of MLB 2K12, which means it’s a qualifying game for the $1,000,000 Perfect Game challenge. One problem, though: It’s rated at 52 (of 100) in difficulty, so rushing right out to replicate…
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Mom Sues Facebook After Kid Racks Up In-Game Purchases
Out in California, a woman is suing Facebook because her teenage son bought the social network’s virtual currency to spend in video games, and that transaction should be illegal under the state’s consumer protection laws. Glynnis Bohannon, reports Gamasutra, is suing to have the purchases refunded to her, and for all other purchases of this…
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UncategorizedI Don’t Know if I Want to See The Avengers. But The Avengers (on a Budget)? Hell, Yes.
How the brilliant “On a Budget” trailer series by Table 8 Productions doesn’t have a million YouTube views is a mystery to me. Their latest get-together, “The Avengers (on a Budget),” is solid gold, showcasing all of the members of the comedy and filmmaking gang in superhero roles. Which is fitting, as they describe themselves…
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Sonic 4: Episode 2 Beta Accidentally Leaked to Steam Users
A user at The Sonic Stadium, a Sonic the Hedgehog community and forum, noticed that a beta version of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 was available to download through Steam earlier today. Though the leak has since been plugged its resulted in some additional screenshots of the game and early user impressions. Jumping feels…
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Uncategorized3DS Owners Getting Two AR Apps for Pokémon Black 2 & White 2
More news from last night’s Nintendo Direct announcement event: While Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 are DS games, playable via the 3DS’ backwards compatibility, there will be some apps released (in Japan, as of now) to enhance the 3DS experience. • Pokémon AR Searcher (pictured) is an AR shooting game Pokémon caught in this…
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UncategorizedBullets and Booze, Bottles and Brass Litter Max Payne 3‘s Official TV Ad
Here’s the official Max Payne 3 promotional trailer, which premiered last night on ESPN during the Los Angeles Lakers-San Antonio Spurs game. I suppose I should have been watching that, but I was playing Trials: Evolution and swearing loudly. Where was I? Well, the slow motion and the trails following every. single. round are rather…
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Oh, Dear God, Please Let an Archer Pinball FX 2 Table Happen
Granted, this is only a bunch of dudes talking over Twitter, but these dudes are ones who work on Pinball FX 2 and Archer, and both seem to favor the idea of creating a virtual pinball table for the outrageously funny espionage spoof. Major caveat: “End of the day, it’s FX’s call though,” tweeted Neal…
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Proto-Typical Savings
If you’re looking to pick up Prototype 2 on Tuesday, there’s no need to pay full retail price. The Moneysaver has found a discount on it even before the game is released. That is, unless you really want the bio-butt bomb thingie you get with the GameStop preorder. Either way, the usual 60-plus discounts, deals…
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