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Sunday Comics: First-Person Problem
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. Dueling Analogs by Steve Napierski published Feb. 28.—Read more of Dueling Analogs Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Feb. 27.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by…
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Yah Mo Be Shopped: The Winners
The strange Michael McDonald Fight Stick that sold on eBay (for $137.50!) provided the grist for our latest ‘Shop Contest, which had more than 400 entries! Somehow I had to narrow this down to 20 finalists, but I did. They’re inside, including No. 1 winner pnkero, who might be the first ‘Shopper to go from…
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Like It or Not, the Wheaties-Box Era of Video Game Covers Is Over
Looking over the field of candidates for the Madden NFL 13 cover, I’m thinking of what William Munny said before he shot Little Bill in Unforgiven: Deserve’s got nothin’ to do with it. That’s not to say all of the 40 candidates announced so far are meritless underperformers or lack star power. But when you’ve…
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UncategorizedMari0—the Portal/Super Mario Bros. Mash-Up—has Launched!
Announced back in August, Mari0—a full game of Super Mario Bros. played with a Portal gun—has released, and it offers way more than what its premise suggests. The game just became available minutes ago by its makers, StabYourself.net The video above shows you all that you get, but my advice is to simply download it…
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UncategorizedSounds Like Those Vita-Only Street Fighter X Tekken Characters are On-Disc DLC for the Console Versions
YouTube user SoulReaperTTG has managed to get a hold of all the introductions for the 12 PS Vita-only characters in Street Fighter X Tekken which releases for PS3 and Xbox 360 on Tuesday. That above is Blanka and Sakura’s. The rest are available through the link below. The prologues have no narration, just moving art.…
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The Top 10 “Platinumed” Games on the PlayStation 3
On a question from a reader, the PlayStation Blog dug through Sony’s telemetry and produced a list of the 10 games with the most Platinum trophy winners. Platinum trophies, of course, are awarded when someone collects all of the trophies available in a title. The platinum takes a lot of persistence and skill. It also…
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UncategorizedLeaked Promo Trailer Says Forza Horizon Arrives This Fall
There’s no gameplay in this trailer, it’s just a teaser for Forza Horizon, the next entry in the Xbox 360-exclusive driving title. But it does say the game will arrive this Fall, which I suppose is to be expected. Word has it the formal announcement will be made on Monday. If the trailer is taken…
By Owen Good - Esports
See All the Action Here in this Weekend’s Final Round/Cross Assault Fighting Tournaments
Final Round XV is a fighting tournament currently under way in Atlanta, with action today and tomorrow in 10 different fighting titles. Four different live streams are available to watch; we’ve embedded all of them below. Team Sp00ky and FunkyP are handling the feeds for the main action, which is Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom…
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Street Fighter X Tekken‘s Mecha Pac-Man, Fat Mega Man Free to PS3 on March 13
The PlayStation 3 version of Street Fighter X Tekken will offer, free, the bonus fighters Pac-Man and Mega Man on March 13, a week after the game’s release, Capcom says. You can see what they look like in action in a video here Mega Man is based on the crappy box art of the original…
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Inna Gaiden Da Vida, Baby
No lie, I have been saving that headline for forever. I figured savings on Ninja Gaiden 3 was a good enough time to run that out to you. The Moneysaver has that, a deal on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 and 56 more values inside! Software • Mar. 20 release Ninja Gaiden 3 (360, PS3)…
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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Every week, we will be compiling the best of Kotaku. From our reviews and feature articles to comments from you, the community members. Highlighted first is our favorite image that we’ve found this week. The bronze, scholarly gentleman take on our favorite companion cube was a no-brainer. Want it for your wallpaper? We don’t blame…
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Pitchers and catchers reported today on my Xbox 360 when MLB 2K12 arrived. 2K Sports’ baseball simulation will be getting the most of my attention in preparation for a review this coming week. I’m not sure I’ll have much time for anything else. What are you playing this weekend?
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UncategorizedWatch Us Jump, Flap and Sidestep in Doodle Jump On The Kinect
Developers at Lima Sky dropped by our office today so that I could play Doodle Jump…on the Kinect for Xbox 360. We got an exclusive reveal of the game today, and you can watch it in action in the video above that features yours truly dancing around in front of our office Kinect. You’ve probably…
By Tina Amini
