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R2-D2 Birdhouse? R2-D2 Birdhouse
I Bet Birds Actually Understand R2 | Hand-painted R2-D2 birdhouse by Nirdhouse of Etsy. NirdHouse also has C-3PO and Mario designs. (via Neatorama) Pokémon Black 2, Pokémon White 2 Coming This Summer As promised, Junichi Masuda, the director of Pokemon Black and White appeared on Japanese TV show Pokémon Sunday today to announce the next…
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UncategorizedI Bet I Know Why You Will Play Kinect Star Wars’ Dance-Off At Least Once
It’s going to take a hell of a turnaround to get me to change my tune on Kinect Star Wars. Yeah, Totilo said the game’s improved over what I played at E3, but, come on, a dancing game? I mean, how stupid is that. Do I look like a guy who wants to— fast forwards…
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UncategorizedThe Pac-Man Saturday Morning Cartoon is Coming to DVD Next Week
Despite how silly it looks, the Pac-Man animated series broadcast on ABC in the early 1980s was a modest success. It lasted only two seasons, but that can partly be attributed to the crash of home console video gaming taking the subject off people’s minds. What’s crazy to me is that it was an animated…
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Looks Like Kingdom Hearts 3D Comes West in Late July
Square-Enix’s official French store briefly listed Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream, Drop, Distance for release on July 27 before the company pulled back the listing and replaced it with “Summer 2012.” Either way, it’s a more precise release window than what we’d heard before. Square may be pulling back the Western release date just to give…
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Someday the Mountain Might Get ‘Em
The franchise restart of SSX carves this week’s fresh powder, joined by the North American release of Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2 and WAKFU‘s arrival on PC. Monday •PokePark 2: Wonders Beyond (Wii) Tuesday •Binary Domain (PS3, 360) •Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition (PS3, 360) •The Lord of the Rings Online: Mithril Edition (PC) •SSX…
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OK, Now We’re Just Being Trolled About Fez
How long has Fez been in development? I can remember my pal Sander going all OMFG showing me this video of the thing while we were goofing off at work. That was before I worked here Fez, the perspective-switching indie platformer, has wowed gamers for more than four years with its “long postcards” showcasing it’s…
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UncategorizedThis Probably Isn’t What EA Sports Had in Mind for SSX
In my demo impressions I suggested that you lay off the stick because the physics lends itself (themselves?) to oversteer. Some dudes in Europe took that advice to the extreme and this what they got: You can finish a race without touching the controller. Racing Whitehorn Mountain in the demo that released last week they…
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Yah Mo Be ’Shopped
Michael McDonald’s WTF appearance on a fight stick is so off-the-wall, it’s like a ‘Shop Contest entry in real life. But can this be improved? We’re going to try. Yes, McDonald, the singer/songwriter, member of the Doobie Brothers, backup singer for Steely Dan and former session pianist for Toto, was given this custom fight stick…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves, your one-stop alternative for bantering, chatting, conversing and rambling with your like-minded colleagues here on Kotaku. Our subject today is the same as every day: video games. As for today’s TAYpic, gang, Pan1da7 is sweeping up the end of the month here. Don’t wait for a new picture, get…
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Sunday Comics: Kicked on the Curb
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. ActionTrip by Borislav Grabovic and Ure Paul published Feb. 20.—Read more of ActionTrip Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Feb. 20.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!!…
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Boldly Gone: The Winners
The suborbital marketing stunt experiments of Mass Effect 3 provided the palette for our smart ‘shoppers, who took the game to the reaches of the universe—and absurdity. We’ve got 20 Kotaku ‘Shop Contest finalists inside, including seivewright! Leading off, TuxedoFox (20) came in with a brilliant conclusion to this space spectacle. mentuss (14) returned from…
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Pokémon Black 2, Pokémon White 2 Coming This Summer
As promised, Junichi Masuda, the director of Pokemon Black and White appeared on Japanese TV show Pokémon Sunday today to announce the next entries in the Pokémon series. They are Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 The games are scheduled to release in June for Nintendo DS systems, in Japan. DSi and 3DS players…
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The Rookie Mistake Most Video Games Make
Whether they won the club championship or they’re the sixth man on their Y league team, most recreational athletes would accept that they are, by definition and by depth of skill, amateurs. It’s not a bad word. But it sure feels like it in a video game. “Amateur,” “Rookie,” “Freshman,” “Beginner.” These are all the…
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Amazon France Outs 10th Anniversary Xbox 360 Bundle with Three Digital Downloads
France’s Amazon.com marketplace is listing a 10th Anniversary Bundle for the Xbox 360, commemorating (by a few months late) the 10th anniversary of the original system’s launch. It runs €280 and includes digital versions of three full games. So, don’t worry, this configuration also comes equipped with the 250 GB hard drive to store Gears…
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Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 DLC Delayed a Week on PS Vita
After getting “a number of reports” that the day-one DLC for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was missing from the PlayStation Vita store, Capcom did a little looking and, yes, it ain’t there because of “last-minute issues.” The problem is with making sure that a PS Vita and a PS3 with the same game and…
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UncategorizedHere’s a Fight Stick Modded to Work with a PS Vita
There’s some input lag, and it doesn’t really fit with the theme of the game-anywhere “the world is in play” marketing theme of the PS Vita. But then again, its sticks and buttons just don’t have that clicky-click of a fight stick, either. So this enterprising Japanese modder whipped up a solution allowing the user…
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