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  Check Out What’s New On Off-Kilter, Our Very Own Comedy Section

  Brought to you every Monday, from 3:30pm-5pm (EST), Kotaku ventures to lighten your spirits in Off Kilter. The most recent batch of stories include: Unlikely Fan Fiction Crossover Battle: Link Encounters Resistance Let’s Hope This Wedding Had a More Satisfying Ending Not-So-Great Moments in Video Game Humor: How Much Dana Gould is Too Much? The…

  By Tina Amini Published April 16, 2012
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  Tupac Lives On In This Holographic Performance

  Raise your hand if you miss Tupac. I certainly do. Fortunately the West Coast genius lives on in more than just memories and conspiracy theories of him still being alive. Proving just how iconic a rapper he was, the popular California-based music festival—Coachella—featured this hologram version of Tupac performing one of my favorites, “Hail Mary,”…

  By Tina Amini Published April 16, 2012
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  Pokémon Mod For Borderlands Is Actually a Great Idea

  I love animal companions that fight on your side. The mabari you get in Dragon Age is a great example of why; they’re adorable, loyal, and not too shabby as fighters. Borderlands could also benefit from this concept. After all, skags are such a huge part of the universe that you might as well give…

  By Tina Amini Published April 16, 2012
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  The New iPad was Made for Board Games Like This

  A few weeks ago I took a look at the iPhone version of classic board game Ticket to Ride. It was great, albeit practical only for a single user. The fancy new iPad edition is much better. Recently enhanced to take advantage of the latest iPad’s retina display, Ticket to Ride now uses the same…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2012
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  Minecraft‘s Enderman and Creeper are Exponentially More Terrifying in Real Life

  Folks that don’t play Minecraft often laugh at fans of Mojang’s blocky building game, wondering how they can be terrified of primitive constructs like the Creeper or the Enderman. This live-action short film series by Benjamin Combes captures that terror in a way non-players can understand. There are the screenshots you see while browsing the…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2012
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  This Zelda Musical Is So Good It Should Be On Broadway

  Shame this Zelda musical is only four minutes long. It’s so well-done, I wish it was a full-fledged theatrical production. Hope you’re watching, Broadway. Zelda: The Musical (Original) [YouTube — thanks, Mitchell!]

  By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2012
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  Monday Watch This, Play This

  Watch! Borderlands and Pokémon make a great couple. Watch! Minecraft in real life. Play! Luke enjoys an iPad-enhanced Ticket to Ride. Watch! A musical just for Link. Watch! Tupac never really died.

  By Tina Amini Published April 16, 2012
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  Watch This, Play This Begins Now

  Stuff to play, stuff to see, here comes Watch This, Play This. Confused? Read this

  By Tina Amini Published April 16, 2012
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  Dragon’s Dogma Demo Debuts Next Week

  You will be able to download and play a demo of Dragon’s Dogma on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 on April 24 if you live in North America, Capcom revealed today. Wait one day longer if you’re in Europe.

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 16, 2012
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  That Sleek Red PlayStation 3 Is Finally Leaving Japan

  The super-hot red PlayStation 3, which came out in Japan last year, is making its way to the U.K. soon, Sony said over the weekend. Amazon has it listed for April 27 I’ve reached out to Sony to see if it’ll come here too. We’ll update if we hear back. PlayStation 3 320Gb Model –…

  By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2012
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  Pro-Hitler Video is a Call of Duty Elite ‘Staff Pick’

  You’d expect to see videos showcasing epic killstreaks and particularly inventive death-dealing chosen to be highlighted as staff picks on Call of Duty Elite‘s Theater pages. You might not expect to find Adolf Hitler there, though. And yet, there he is. Alongside how-to videos where players show other players how best to wield certain weapons,…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 16, 2012
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  Resident Evil‘s Biggest Fan Is Mostly Optimistic About Resident Evil 6

  Editor’s Note: Alex Aniel is a huge Resident Evil fan. He’s even pre-ordered the $1300 special edition of Resident Evil 6 But he is not a man who loves all RE games. What does he think of the next big one? I asked. In this guest editorial, he answers: From the point of view of…

  Alex (CVXFreak) Aniel Published April 16, 2012
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  It’s Monday. Bleah. Also, the Americans among you have one more day to get your taxes filed and sent away. Double bleah. Nevertheless, there are video games. They will comfort you. If you want to talk about that comfort, you’re in the right place. Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves.…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 16, 2012
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  Guy Teams Up With His Mother To Defend Video Games

  A Canadian gamer has partnered with his mom, a psychology professor at Grant MacEwan University, to self-publish a book in defense of gaming. The 27-year-old Teace Snyder teamed up with his 65-year-old mother, Jayne Gackenbach, to write Play Reality, a book that examines the positive effects of video games and attempts to combat some of…

  By Jason Schreier Published April 16, 2012
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  Celebrate Five Years of Lord of the Rings Online with Free Stuff

  Has it really been five years since Turbine took the world’s most beloved fantasy world and transformed it into a massively multiplayer online game adored by a handful of players until it went free-to-play? Well I sure hope so; otherwise this post is pretty pointless. Lord of the Rings Online launched on April 24, 2007,…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2012
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  What the Hell These Game Developers Did with Your Kickstarter Money

  The folks at War Balloon Games thought that they had it made. After asking for 20 grand on the web’s most popular crowfunding site, backers shoveled all of that and 16,000 more to help make the dev studio’s Star Command mobile game a reality. Smooth sailing from here on out, right? Not exactly. In a…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 16, 2012
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  Crysis 3 Transforms New York City in 2013

  This morning EA and Crytek have officially unveiled Crysis 3, the third installment of the high-tech military shooter franchise and the second set in New York City’s lush rainforests and teeming swamps. Wait, what? The first Crysis took place on a tropical island. The second Crysis took place in New York City. The third mashes…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2012
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  Let These Beautiful Fantasy Images Kick You in the Face

  And they’re not just sci-fi. As you can see in the above image, there’s fighting game Tekken, too. Whether it’s World or Warcraft or Avatar, photographer Michelle Monique mixes photos and art for her wildly vivid pictures. “I wouldn’t call myself a ‘traditional’ photographer because I like to create not interpret,” Monique wrote on her…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2012
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  Spurned Singer Arrested for Computer Crime

  The Japanese entertainment industry is crawling with young women who hope to become the next geek idol. With her anime songs and maid outfits, Mako Okita might seem like any other hopeful, but she stands out. How many idols can say they’ve been arrested for cyber crime? Late last week, Okita was arrested by Japanese…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2012
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  The Decline of the Chinese Gaming Industry. One Dude’s Opinion.

  China’s game industry to many, is nothing more than copy and pasting Western and Japanese games. China knows it, the world knows it. A Taiwanese game developer named “Marco” came out and talked about the possible death of the Chinese gaming industry. The following are excerpt explains Marco’s change from Taiwan to the Mainland, and…

  By Eric Jou Published April 16, 2012