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  Bayonetta Teaches Our Children a Dirty Lesson

  In today’s very special episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Aikage warns of a very dangerous message lurking in the otherwise pure and innocent Bayonetta. What are we teaching our children? Oh my goodness I can hardly believe it! As I’m a monogamous gamer, I will only play or make comments on one game,…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2011
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  ‘Free+’ Does Seem A Little More Honest Than Free-to-Play

  People who are fans of words that mean what they’re supposed to mean are probably not fans of the rhetorical loophole exploited by the term “free-to-play”. Many of the most popular games on PCs, cell phones and tablets are “free-to-play”, or “free 2 play”, as the phrase is often spelled in order to free it…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 28, 2011
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  Battlefield 3 Tanks Invade London’s Rush Hour

  A line of commuter-transporting, 16-ton tranks took to the streets of London earlier today to carry commuters to work and celebrate the release of Battlefield 3 in the UK. The “tanksis” didn’t charge any fares for navigating the packed streets around Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, Westminster, and Buckingham Palace. “Tanksis have been brought to the…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 28, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Happy Friday! Another weekend is ahead of us, and I’m optimistic that it will be a good one! Do you have any interesting plans to share with everyone? What will you be playing on these much-needed days of rest? I’m going to finally sink my teeth into Battlefield 3 for a significant chunk of time.…

  By Matthew Buzzi Published October 28, 2011
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  What Game Handled Weather Changes the Best?

  Whipping rain that dots your screen in a firefight. Fog that hides lingering zombies. Sheets of ice that cause you car to spin out of control. Weather can be an important part of video games. Over the years there have been some amazing takes on gameplay-impacting weather. In this, our inaugural “NeoGAF Asks” story, Gaffer…

  ScOULaris Published October 28, 2011
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  Every Day is a Struggle to Survive with Zombie Tools

  Nuclear apocalypse? Zombie apocalypse? Whichever you think is more likely, the makers of August’s PipClock have you covered with a new suite of iPhone tools sure to come in handy when society completely disintegrates, yet again. Zombie Tools, for all iOS devices, is like its PipClock sibling, an alternate reality game that allowed me to…

  By Owen Good Published October 28, 2011
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  Nintendo Adding Playable Demos, eShop Web Interface and Sleep Mode Downloads to 3DS

  We live in an era of demos and freemium games now and one thing that’s probably hampered the fortunes of the 3DS game library is that users can’t try anything before they buy it. There’s no ability to sample and see if a title might be worth your ducats. After apparently getting requests from Nintendo’s…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 28, 2011
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  The Lost Vikings Slug It Out

  Pixel artist João Victor G. Costa reimagines Blizzard’s classic platformer, giving it a more modern touch. Should You Buy PixelJunk SideScroller? Yes PixelJunk SideScroller is the latest PS3 title from Q-Games. The Kyoto-based game studio continues to churn out high quality digital games for the PS3 under its PixelJunk banner. More » Looks Like Somebody has…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  The Best Catherine Cosplay Just Got Better

  Last March, Kotaku posted cosplaying superstar Omi Gibson’s take on Catherine, noting that it was a “masterclass”. But now it’s better. Cosplayer Shin’ is Vincent and does a fantastic job of bringing the neurotic character to life. Vincent is as commitment-phobic, indecisive as ever. This cosplay even has sheep horns, and how often can you…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2011
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  Dead Rats Reborn as Pokémon

  Tokyo has a rat problem. Shibuya is crawling with “super rats”. They’re called “super”, because the rodents seem highly resistant to rat poison. One thing these rodents aren’t impervious to? Artists. A few years back, Japanese art collective Chim Pom caught rats in Shibuya with nets and rat traps. According to the Huffington Post, the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2011
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  StarCraft Fans Make Their Own Kick-Ass Cinematic Short

  In 2010, a bunch of keen and talented StarCraft fans decided to make their own cinematic short based on Blizzard’s blockbuster strategy franchise. It went down OK, so they’ve made another one. It’s called StarCraft: Final Metamorphosis, and instead of being a corny live-action clip or cheesy 2D animation, it copies the style of Blizzard’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Xenogears Lives On In This Awesome Painting

  Artist Jake Murray pays tribute to classic RPG series Xenogears in the best way possible: with heroic fan art of star Elly Van Houten. Isn’t it great? It’s like something you’d see on the cover of a sci-fi novel in the late 80’s, all giant robots and strong women and hair For reference, this isn’t…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Hori’s TAC3 Brings a Mouse and (Tiny) Keyboard to the PS3

  Play a first-person shooter on a PC and you get the precision of a mouse. Play a first-person shooter on a console and you get the precision of a small plastic thumbstick, which is nowhere near as precise as a mouse. For years hardware manufacturers have tried to bridge this gap, coming up with all…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Let Team Fortress 2 Tell you a Ghost Story

  Team Fortress 2 is getting some updates for Halloween: Objects, items, hats, you know the deal. It’s also, though, got something a little more exciting: a new Team Fortress 2 comic. One that tells the tale of how the Demo lost his eye. And how cute a Saxton Hale costume looks on a little fat…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Microsoft’s Vision of the Future Includes Talking Glasses and Virtual Cake Recipes

  This promotional video, released by Microsoft earlier this week, is simply called “Productivity Future Vision 2011”. It’s the latest in a long-running series the company comes up with on an annual basis, imagining what the world of tomorrow will look like based on advances from the world of today. God I love this stuff. Real,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Let’s Play Peekaboo with Guns

  Here, in this Rage clip, wonky A.I. leads to deadly child’s play. Peekaboo? More like peekabang. Rage was released on Oct. 4. Read Kotaku‘s review here このＡＩは誰得？『RAGE』に登場する最強のチラチラ戦士 [へちま via Atomic Gamer] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2011
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  The Wii U at E3 2012 Will be the Finished Product

  Even though Nintendo’s new Wii U was playable at this year’s E3, the console wasn’t exactly looking its best. Control pads were tethered, and most demo units were hollow cases, the games actually being played on dev kits. There’s even the possibility that the design we saw at the show won’t be what the Wii…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Should You Buy PixelJunk SideScroller? Yes

  PixelJunk SideScroller is the latest PS3 title from Q-Games. The Kyoto-based game studio continues to churn out high quality digital games for the PS3 under its PixelJunk banner. SideScroller is a vector-infused side-scrolling shooter. You shoot at enemies with one of three weapons you have, which you can upgrade through power-ups. The game scrolls as…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2011
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  Looks Like Somebody has a PS3 Copy of Modern Warfare 3 a Little Early

  It’s not just pirated, downloaded PC versions of Modern Warfare 3 that are turning up ahead of the game’s November 8 release. Seemingly legitimate retail copies are now in people’s hands as well. Sure, there’s the chance the above video is a fake, but if it is, it’s a damn good one. There’s just a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Blizzard Totally Sorry for Showing Offensive Blizzcon Video

  World of Warcraft developers Blizzard upset a few people with their decision to screen an expletive-filled rant from Cannibal Corpse frontman George ‘Corpsegrinder’ Fisher as Blizzcon 2011 came to a close. And for that, the company has apologised. In a letter to website GayGamer, Blizzard president Mike Morhaime writes: Dear members of the Blizzard community,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011