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Four Base Hits
A foursome of March releases including, finally, MLB 12 The Show have all seen $10 price cuts, leading us into this week’s edition of The Moneysaver. If this bunch doesn’t appeal to you, a sale on PC downloads ends today, as another one on Kinect games begins. There are more than 70 deals, incentives and…
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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the weekend round-up of everything Kotaku that is awesome. While I was away you got some furry images from Fahey. I hope you enjoyed that. But I’m back with an image of Metal Gear Kirby. Solid Kirby? Kirby Snake? Something like that. As usual, we hit the Best Comment From The Community before…
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CultureTotal RecallThere was Once a U.S. National Video Game Team, and This Guy Was Its Captain
A leader of a national team of athletes could reasonably expect to make a few endorsements or appearances, and in his day, Donn Nauert had his. Whether supplying a pro’s advice on Gradius or judging a video gaming triathlon, the captain of the U.S. National Video Game Team offered confidence, rectitude and, of course, a…
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Super Comfy Movie-Theater Seating That You Can Fall Asleep In
Welcome to your open thread, Kotaku! And happy Friday the 13th! Since not everyone seemed to appreciate the Titanic movie-going experience I posted the last time I did open thread, I have a new movie theater suggestion for those looking more for comfort than experience. You’ll just have to go all the way to Malaysia…
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Remembering PAX East, in Splashes of Black and White
PAX is always a good time. You run into old friends, and meet new ones. You check out games before release, attend concerts featuring your favorite chiptunes bands, feast your eyes on impressive cosplayers, and play games and tournaments with strangers that share your passion. We saw a ton of this and more, but it’s…
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UncategorizedYou Can’t Help But Smile As Pinkie Pie Mercilessly Slaughters Her Enemies in Skyrim
Sometimes the Skyrim mods are so beautiful it’s almost painful. Take on My Little Pony mod, video copious amounts of slaughter, add a happy song and you’ve got a recipe for… cupcakes? To recreate this wonderous thing on your PC, just grab the Pony Weapons and Armor mod at Skyrim Nexus, or grab the weapons…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Expands Free Month Offer to Include Less Valuable Players
Yesterday BioWare made a substantial portion of Star Wars: The Old Republic‘s player base angry by offering a free month of play to its “most valued” players—those that had reached level 50 in the game. Today the developer continues to surprise and delight players by expanding the promotion as to not alienate people. While the…
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Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘A Dance Central Rip-Off’
Welcome to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don’t take that personal. Not much to tackle this week, but in video games, there is always something to complain about. Let’s look at a couple of games, one not everyone loved, and another just about…
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UncategorizedHitler Recaps the Week in Video Gaming
Godwin’s Law states that “as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” As basically all video game discussion takes place online, let’s just cut to the chase and give der fuehrer’s take on recent topics of interest to gamers. Hitler Is Informed That The Godfather 2…
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Trademarking a Dragon Shout May Be a Good Thing
There I stood, before the Greybeards, ready to learn the truth of my existence as a Dragonborn. Einarth stared down at the floor, and thus spake “Ro.” Strange runes glowed upon the stones at my feet. The last one looked like ™. If ZeniMax Media is going to trademark a thu’um—in this case, the most…
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Biff Tannen Predicts (Another) Riot in Vancouver
Hey, are you a sports fan on the go? Who has time these days to watch the big game, or bother with messy DVR, or boring highlight shows? With Biff Tannen’s Sports Almanac, we’ll give you the weekend’s biggest matchups before they happen, thanks to these highly accurate peer-reviewed scientific simulations of sports video gaming’s…
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Xbox 360 Controllers Pay the Ultimate Price for Missed Perfection
Now two weeks into Major League Baseball 2K12‘s $1,000,000 Perfect Game Challenge, nearly 275 verified perfect games have been thrown, out of more than 400,000 attempted, according to 2K Sports. Which means, potentially, hundreds of thousands of controllers, discs and maybe even consoles have been hurled, too. That’s a far less dignified response than T.J.…
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