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  War Crimes in Video Games Draw Red Cross Scrutiny

  One of the world’s largest and most respected humanitarian groups in the world is investigating whether the Geneva and Hague conventions should be applied to the fictional recreation of war in video games. If they agree those standards should be applied, the International Committee of the Red Cross says they may ask developers to adhere…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 2, 2011
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  Sea Stars Pulls Off an Upside-Down Joyride

  After about a year of the Gaming App of the Week, I’ve been very hard on games that are nakedly derivative of existing hits. Then one comes along and literally does everything a previous success did, except upside down, and I feel like I have to tip my hat. That’s Sea Stars. This game is…

  By Owen Good Published December 2, 2011
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  Watch Tekken’s Warriors Fight It Out in 2D in This New Street Fighter x Tekken Video

  So, fighting game fans everywhere know that Namco and Capcom will be pitting their marquee martial arts franchises against each other. Each company’s making one game and Capcom’s first out the gate with Street Fighter x Tekken. This new video shows how the Street Fighter publisher will be implementing the recurring characters from the King…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 2, 2011
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  Robin Hood, Redesigned

  Merry Men (and Women) | Part of concept art studio SIXMOREVODKA’s amazing set of Robin Hood redesigns. Why Modern Warfare 3 Remains an Un-Game Republished from Rock, Paper Shotgun. Last Wednesday Kotaku republished (with permission, of course) my review of Modern Warfare 3′s single player campaign. More » The Best Part of Fighting Games? The Stupid…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011
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  Skyrim Played with Motion Controls

  Did you know you can play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with motion controls? You can! Here’s the Razer Hydra, Razer’s motion control peripheral, playing through Skyrim It’s apparently possible to play Skyrim with the Hydra via downloadable software (MotionCreator Engine). Forget the motion controls for a moment. Look at Skyrim running on that PC—nice!…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2011
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  A Music Video Cosplaying as the iPhone’s Most Awesome Games

  Australian band Hey Geronimo have made a video that stars most of the iPhone’s biggest and most recognisable games. Well, it stars the members of the band dressed up as most of the iPhone’s biggest and most recognisable games. The Plants vs Zombies is amazing. Brisbane Band Replicate Every iPhone Game Ever In Real Life…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011
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  This Guy Built a Real Team Fortress 2 Gun

  Prop builder Zander Brandt, whose awesome Mass Effect rifle we’ve featured previously, has for his next project done something a little faster, a little more obnoxious. It’s the Force-A-Nature, one of the best weapons available for Team Fortress 2’s Scout. While it may not be one of Team Fortress 2’s more memorable weapons, that doesn’t…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011
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  “Nearly Decapitated” Gamer’s Collection, Consoles Being Investigated by Police

  Nearly two weeks after the brutal murder of Oregon man David Grubbs (pictured), in which he was “nearly decapitated”, local police have decided to start going through the victim’s video games to see if there are any clues to help them catch his killer. Despite the fact there are 15 detectives working the case, there…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011
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  Microsoft’s Back In The Flight Game (And You Can Be Too)

  Microsoft’s Flight, the replacement for its ageing Flight Simulator series, is now taking beta applications. You can sign up here

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011
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  Bethesda Promises to be More Careful With Patches

  Bethesda finally realises something Oblivion and Fallout 3 fans could have told them years ago. [Bethesda] (Top image by Deadendthrills)

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011
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  Minecraft: The Kotaku Review

  For all that’s been written about Minecraft over the past few years, you’d think it was one of the greatest video games ever created. A liberating experience that’s showing big-budget game developers what the public really wants and helping revolutionise the way games are developed and sold. In some ways, it totally is. In others?…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011
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  Bungie’s Other Sci-Fi Series Improved, Free

  Marathon, the classic FPS series that made Bungie kinda-famous before Halo made them really famous, has been modernised and brought kicking and screaming into the 21st century. You can get ’em on PC, Mac & Linux. For free. [Aleph One]

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011
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  How Girl Nerds Accidentally Reveal Their Inner Geek

  In Japan, the word “otaku” can be dicey. Some think the moniker carries a lot of baggage and evokes negative, even frightening, imagery. Others don’t care and proudly call themselves “otaku”. As Otome Sugoren, a website for Japanese females, pointed out, it’s hard for Japanese women to label themselves “otaku” or “geeks”. There is a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2011
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  Star Wars’ Famous Trench Run, Recreated as a Minecraft Movie

  This isn’t one of those mildly boring “look at an object I recreated in Minecraft” posts. This is hot-blooded machinima, Minecraft’s blocks used to recreate whole sequences from the end of Star Wars It’s the work of reader Grahame, aka Paradise Decay, who is not just a games musician, he’s a dude who has found…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011
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  A Tabletop Version of SimCity is Only a 3D Printer Away

  Skimbal, a man who knows his way around a 3D printer (ie a box of magic), has been designing templates letting anyone with access to such sorcery print out tiny replicas of the buildings from SimCity 2000 Which means, yes, you can print off actual SimCity…cities. The templates were built in Google Sketch-Up, and while…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011
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  Damn Good Japanese Socks Allow People To Wear Shoes Indoors

  Every year since 1957, the Good Design Award (aka “G Mark”) has been awarded to a standout Japanese product. The award marks excellence in Japanese design. A committee of sixty designers is given in a broad category of products that enter in the selection process, whether that be home electronics, apartment buildings or apparel. Today,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2011
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  This Indie Xbox Shooter is Pretty (and Cheap!)

  Orbitron: Revolution is, for an Xbox Live Indie game, gorgeous. The shmup, developed by Firebase Industries (and with music by Audio Antics, of Geometry Wars fame), is now out, and costs a ridiculous 240 MSP. Get on it

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011
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  It Might Soon be Cool to Jailbreak Your Consoles

  It’s totally cool to “jailbreak” an iPhone to get around its DRM. Apple may not like that, but the courts say otherwise, so it has to abide. Video game consoles? Less cool. But that could soon change. The reason the iPhone is exempt is because a few years back the Electronic Frontier Foundation successfully lobbied…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011
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  First Image of Brand New Square Enix RPG. Do You Give a Hoot?

  Square Enix is working on a brand new role-playing game that isn’t Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest. Pointing that out makes it sure seem like Square Enix only makes FF and DQ. It doesn’t. The new role-playing game is an action RPG and is apparently aimed at Westerners. If you are a Westerner, well, what…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 2, 2011
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  Kinectimals Isn’t Cute, It’s Terrifying

  You might think Microsoft’s Kinectimals (actually developed by the guys who made Lostwinds), is for kids. It’s all cuddles and sunshine. Nunh unh. It’s a killer

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011