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UncategorizedNFL 2K5 Says New England Wins a Super Bowl Shootout
Earlier this week, the official Madden NFL 12 simulation of Super Bowl XLVI took both the underdog and the under for the first time in the past nine years, calling the New York Giants as 27-24 winners over the New England Patriots. A simulation run on dearly departed Madden nemesis NFL 2K5 returned the opposite…
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I got sucked back into Skyrim this week. My first playthrough didn’t get very far; I was tromping around as a Nord warrior, and it didn’t really connect me to my choices, and my choices to the story, as much as I would have preferred. After watching the Grosjean Brothers’ hilarious Skyrim 2012 sequel, I…
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UncategorizedHear Five Minutes of the Latest Halo Novel, Narrated by Guilty Spark
Halo: Primordium, by Greg Bear, released just after the new year, and if you’re curious what the book’s all about, Macmillan has provided Kotaku with this five minute clip from the novel’s audiobook version. Narrating this clip is Tim Dadabo, the voice of 343 Guilty Spark.
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That Old College Try
That Old College Try | All-Americans LaMichael James, Justin Blackmon and Robert Griffin III celebrate a fumble return and touchdown late in the fourth quarter of Madden Bowl XVIII. But next year’s NFL rookies left too much time on the clock, and fell to the team of Drew Brees, Tim Tebow and Jimmy Graham. (EA…
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UncategorizedYou Might Catch Some Secrets in This Final Fantasy XIII-2 Monster Video
Join me as I take a trip through my favorite new feature of Final Fantasy XIII-2, monster recruitment, snag a couple of rare creatures, and witness the beginning of a legend that will never die. Well, probably never die. Since finishing the main story of Final Fantasy XIII-2 last weekend I’ve spent the majority of…
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These Are Not the Same-Sex Relationships The Old Republic Players Were Looking For
Riffing on the Family Research Council’s outrage over same-sex NPC relationships in Star Wars: The Old Republic, talk show host Conan O’Brien and team cobble together some footage of the science fantasy franchise’s most famous gay couples. Of course the actual footage has nothing to do with the actual situation in Star Wars: The Old…
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Deus Ex Lead Designer Honored With Game Developer Lifetime Achievement Award
With nearly 30 years in game development and a career spent crafting unique gaming experiences like Deus Ex and Epic Mickey, Warren Spector has been chosen to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. The annual peer-selected award will honor Spector’s many contributions to the science and art of…
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UncategorizedThe Witcher 2 Dev Diary Might Answer Your Questions About the Xbox Version
In case Kirk Hamilton’s preview of The Witcher 2 on the Xbox left you with unanswered questions about the 360 remake, here’s CD Projekt with a professionally produced video filled with colorful lights, sounds, and people talking about making the game. Yep, nothing like a highly-polished marketing movie to show us exactly where a game…
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Tebow Works Another Fourth Quarter Miracle—in Madden Bowl
His season may be over, but Tebow Time has not run out. And if last night’s news about the Madden NFL 13 cover is any indication, get ready to see a lot more of the Denver quarterback during the off-season. Tebow, who had a breakout season leading the Broncos to a division title and the…
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UncategorizedMinecraft Captures the Non-Stop Action of Rock’em Sock’em Robots
Two robots enter, both robots stay, only one has a slightly elevated head. Minecraft craftsman Sethbling has recreated the 1964 sensation that swept an easily-amused nation, Rock’em Sock’em Robots The classic two-player big robot battles comes to life in Mojang’s pile of virtual building blocks, using a rather ingenious little pressure plate mechanic to simulate…
By Mike Fahey
