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  Reacting to Mass Effect 3’s Ending: The Adorable Comic

  I never got the anger people had towards Mass Effect 3. I can’t remember the last time a video game made me angry. Sad, though, maybe even crushingly disappointed, yes. I remember that well. I remember it like it was last month, actually, because it was when I finished Mass Effect 3. Something this wonderful…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012
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  PS Vita Firmware Updated to 1.65

  Sony has pushed live an update for PlayStation Vita users. Don’t get too excited. – A “Notification Alert” option will be added to Settings, so you can toggle alerts on or off – “After 10 minutes” will be added to the time options under Power Save Settings – An Arrow icon will now appear when…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012
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  If Nintendo Made Children’s Books…

  …they wouldn’t just be awesome, they’d be this awesome. They’re the work of artist Caldwell Tanner, and it’s making me incredibly upset that these aren’t real books that can be bought and read to children who will grow up thinking the wrong story is so damn right Video Game Childrens Books [LOLDWELL, via Super Punch]

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012
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  Your Kickstarter Probably Sucks. Here’s How to Make it Better.

  You would not believe how many Kickstarter ideas we’ve been shown in the last few weeks. Ever since Double Fine (and then Wasteland 2) showed there was serious money to be made on the service, every man, his dog and his dog’s workmates from the IT department have been sending us their idea for the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012
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  Virtual Boy-Carrying Champion Gatecrashes Pop Star Dance Audition

  Keith Apicary, who in the absence of anything neater I’m just going call a video game comedian, is my new hero. We’ve featured Apicary’s work before, but this takes things to a whole new level of laugh your ass off, as he visits a backup dancer audition for a role in a Kimberly Cole music…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012
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  Porn Site Wants to Sponsor Fighting Game Events [Update]

  Brazzers, a media network that specialises in internet porn movies, wants to get into the video game scene. But not by making a game. They want to sponsor fighting game players and fighting game events. Over on the Twitter feed of Brazzer’s director of special events, Rob Steele, some fighting game fans are going bananas.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012
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  Gotta Catch ‘Em All!

  Not the Pokémons. There’s too many of them, and just when you think you’ve got them all, Nintendo goes and creates more. Catching all (or most) of the coloured variations of the Nintendo 64 control pad, though, that’s probably easier. And more impressive. And practical! [via is it real]

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012
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  Nothing Says Steroids, or Awesome Box Art, Like Two Crude Dudes

  Two Crude Dudes is a terrible game. Just terrible. I remember trying to play it as a kid, on a number of occasions, and every time I picked up a controller I’d be floored by how poor it was. So, uh, why did I keep picking up a controller? Because I so badly wanted it…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012
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  Katniss Everbean, The Beanie Baby Who Was On Fire

  Hello there, Kotaku! Welcome to another week of open threading. I hope you had as relaxing a weekend as I did. Here, gathered from the corners of the internet, are some things to delight and entertain you. Seems like there were a lot of good trailers released today. The Onion has launched a gaming-centric website…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 2, 2012
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  Sword & Sworcery is Officially Coming to the PC

  Good news, everyone! Confirming earlier rumours, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, one of the best games out there on the iPad and iPhone, is officially coming to the PC and Mac via Steam. It’ll be out on April 16 (on PC, the Mac is coming a little later), and for the most part will be…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012
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  A Real Shooting Range for Call of Duty Fans

  Machine Guns Vegas, a company in…Las Vegas which lets you shoot…machine guns, likes to entice customers with themed package deals. One of those is called the “COD”, and lets fans of Activision’s Call of Duty series squeeze off rounds from some of the series’ most prominent firearms. For $170 per person, you get 25 rounds…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012
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  This Skyrim Tower-Defense Mod Looks Surprisingly Great

  I’ve been having a lot of fun with Skyrim mods lately, from subtle graphical enhancements to complete texture and gameplay overhauls. But as much as, say, the “Warzones” mod changes the shape of the game, the upcoming “Ultimate Tower Defense Mod” looks like an even more radical overhaul. In it, players will be tasked with…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 2, 2012
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  Why Mass Effect 2 Was My Favorite Mass Effect

  When all is said and done, I’d say that Mass Effect 2 wound up being my favorite of the three Mass Effect games. It wasn’t so much the story, the characters, or the gameplay that put it over the top—it was the TV show-like structure. More than the games that preceded and followed it, Mass…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 2, 2012
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  Rich Game Developer Didn’t Notice That Magician Robbed Him of Half a Million Dollars

  Richard Garriott, shown above brushing his teeth in zero gravity, helped birth the world-conquering MMO genre. The success of his early Ultima games make him enough money to essentially rent a rocket to go into outer space. But, smart and rich as he is, the man known as Lord British can still get oodles of…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 2, 2012
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  EA Makes The Final Round of ‘Worst Company in America’ Contest

  March Madness has reached its finale, and so has The Consumerist’s tournament to determine the worst company in America Game publisher Electronic Arts has officially made it to the Finals, where it will face off against Bank of America in a reader vote to determine which company is the worst forever and ever. The winner…

  By Jason Schreier Published April 2, 2012
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  Xbox 360 Gets Two Shiny New Chrome Control Pads

  Complementing the limited edition chrome controller released previously (the one with the improved d-pad), Microsoft will be releasing two more of the model next month. There’ll be a red one and a blue one, to go with the existing silver model. All three will feature a chrome finish and the better d-pad, and all three…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012
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  Hey, They Got Splinter Cell In My Justified!

  You guys watch Justfied, right? You should. It’s an awesome show. I was catching up on last week’s episode when I heard a familiar voice—a gun thug from Detroit showed up to menace the series’ hero, Raylan Givens. The minute he opened his mouth, I thought, “Hey! I know that voice. That’s Sam Fisher!” In…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 2, 2012
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  Capcom is Proud to Charge You Extra For Game Content That’s on the Disc You Already Paid For

  Earlier this month, Capcom drew controversy when Street Fighter X Tekken, released in the US on March 6 and in other regions later that week, proved to have locked, future “DLC” content on the retail launch disc Capcom claimed there were benefits to the disc-based DLC, saying the content on the disc would ensure “compatibility,”…

  By Kate Cox Published April 2, 2012
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  Deadmau5 Represents Aperture Science At An Awards Show

  This year’s Juno Awards, Canada’s ceremony that honors Canadian musicians, kicked off yesterday with a ton of musicians you might not recognize. And then there was Toronto-based electro/house DJ Deadmau5. Of all the more recognizable artists that were mentioned at the show, Deadmau5 gets a highlight from us for his awesome fashion sense. The famed…

  By Tina Amini Published April 2, 2012
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  This Game Offers Discounts to Men Who Play As Men

  The Nival-helmed strategy game Prime World will encourage you to stick with your own gender by giving discounts to men who buy male characters and women who buy female characters. “Basically we have discounts for some of starter characters depending on gender of a player,” Nival president Sergey Orlovskiy said in an e-mail to Kotaku.…

  By Jason Schreier Published April 2, 2012