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Imperfect Game: Big Problems With Million-Dollar Video Game Contest Lead to Accusations of Cheating
It is now four days since the conclusion of qualifying for the MLB 2K12 Perfect Game Challenge and there has been no official declaration of the final eight contestants. Scott Young thinks he should be one of them. And, he says, someone who is going to New York—for a shot at a million dollars—cheated. Young,…
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The Future of Mobile Gaming Begins with One Week in Gaming Apps
It’s not about bringing console games to mobile phones anymore; it’s about transforming traditional console genres to suit the smart phone format. See what I’m rambling on about as you browse the Week in Gaming Apps. Mobile games are beginning to embrace what they are rather than attempt to emulate what they could never be.…
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Facebook Games are the Worst Way to Tell Stories
The overlap in intended audience between Empire and The Hunger Games Adventures is probably vanishingly small. Both are found on Facebook but, in tone and in content, aim themselves completely different ways. It seems unlikely that very many players would approach both for long enough to realize that the two are, in every way that…
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Post Your Comment of the Week Nominations Here
Kotaku: Lay upon me your Comment of the Week nominations here, please. I need to know who was the wittiest this week. Who was the funniest. Who was the most handsome. Tell me in the comments down below, and link to their comment. Otherwise tomorrow’s Best of Kotaku will be a lonely, lonely place for…
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“Psychopaths” at LucasArts Led to Cancellation of Star Wars: Battlefront III, Former Studio Exec Says
Star Wars: Battlefront III was once a game well and truly in development, at UK studio Free Radical. Since its 2008 cancellation, it has been supposedly off and on more times than anyone can count. Like many studios, Free Radical had its fair share of ups and downs, hits and misses over the years. But…
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UncategorizedThis Is What It Would Be Like If Batman Was Trained To Be A Fruit Ninja
A journey for vengeance takes one man down a wild path that he can’t overcome on his own. He needs to be trained. In the ways of the…Fruit Ninja? Why a Fruit Ninja? Because think of all the incredible puns you can be making, that’s why! You laugh now, but you’d probably be quite the…
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UncategorizedI’ve Seen the Future of Mobile Sports Gaming and, for Better or for Worse, It Looks Like Big Win Hockey
After two years of playing console ports with virtual control pads on my iPhone, I think I’m starting to grasp the future of team sports video games on mobile devices. And it is nothing like what I play in my living room. It’s more like what I expect to play on Facebook, and Big Win…
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UncategorizedTo Think Batman Was Just an Instagram Pic Away from Being an Avenger
Sure, he’s a founding member of the Justice League, but does the Justice League have a Hollywood blockbuster film in theaters? If there’s one thing Bruce Wayne knows, it’s where the money’s at. Too bad he doesn’t know Instagram. Boo Ya Pictures‘ latest Avengers short raises some compelling questions about the whole Marvel / DC…
By Mike Fahey
