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  Should You Buy Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception? Yes

  Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is the follow-up to inarguably the best game released in 2009. That predecessor managed to lock in more than 200 game of the year awards, including ours. How do you think Uncharted 3 will fair in the long shadow of Among Thieves? Here’s our gut check on Uncharted 3, due out…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2011
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  FIFA on PlayStation Vita Uses Touch Panel Control Makes Ball Handling Literal

  It’s no surprise that EA’s making its PlayStation Vita debut with a portable version of the FIFA franchise. Association football’s the world’s most popular sport and recent years have seen EA make strong strides in its rivalry with Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer series. They’re looking to take that resurgence to Sony’s new handheld and will…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2011
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  Why Not Just Do Away With Boss Fights Altogether?

  Some people love boss fights; others dread them. Commenter TheBlackHole25 is in the latter camp, and he’ll explain why in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku Does anyone else here really dislike boss fights? I don’t know why this is the case, but I always enter boss fights with a feeling of dread. And the dread…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 24, 2011
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  Pinball Teeters on the Brink of Obsolescence and a Resurgence

  Pinball played right is an act of violence. Violence against that steel ball trying to slip past your paddles. Violence against gravity urging that escape along. Violence against the glass top that contains everything happening within and violence against the wooden casket packed with hundreds of moving parts, lights and noise. You don’t play a…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2011
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  Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s Changes, Through the Eyes of a Pro

  So, we know that Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3‘s going to have more, well, everything. More backgrounds, more modes, more new characters. But, part of how Capcom’s been positioning this update has been to talk about the tweaks and changes that will make UMvC3 a better more ultimate game than its predecessor. This video by…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2011
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  This Live-Action Short Brings Skyrim to Dragon-Roaring Life

  As if you needed more reason to anticipate the comping of the next Elder Scrolls game, here’s a look at what the dragon-infested world of Skyrim would look like if it came to flaming, screaming, smoke-filled life. Yes, I’ll take two please.

  By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  There are so many terrifying things about this TAYpic, with Halloween only a week away it all seems perfectly fitting. Between that awesome leather purple jacket and the crushed ribcage, that dude is going to show up in my nightmares. Anybody else ever get majorly creeped out by a TAYpic? A certain photoshopping leaving them…

  By Chris Carolan Published October 24, 2011
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  The Queen of Blades is No Match for the New and Improved Blizzard DOTA

  Kerrigan. The Queen of Blades. The most feared woman in the known universe, destroyer of worlds, and murderer of millions. The greatest leader the Zerg has ever known. Kerrigan is one of the twelve heroes recruited by the Blue and Red gods to battle in the Blizzard DOTA arena for their amusement, chosen for her…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 24, 2011
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  That’s Katamari Amore!

  Katamari rolls on to the iPhone. Again. This time, the result is better. While it’s still not as good as the original console games, this is finally an iOS Katamari title that does the the King of Cosmos proud. I Love Katamari came out on the iPhone in 2008, and it was broken at launch.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2011
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  Here’s How Game Soundtracks Got Recorded Back in the Day

  Old-school heads out there may remember Iron Helix, a sci-fi CD-ROM game that did survival horror in the FMV format that was all the rage then. If you played it, you’ll remember how the music tweaked your nerves with a tense layering of synthesizer chords. Well, composer Peter Stone’s uploaded a video that details just…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2011
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  This Is a Nintendo Sign Photo. Taken Today.

  任天堂 | KYOTO, JAPAN: A Nintendo (任天堂) sign spotted today while driving through Kyoto, near Nintendo’s headquarters. (Photo: Mrs. Bashcraft) For Some Game Saves, the Vita Needs Help Help comes in the shape of a memory card. According to sister site Kotaku Japan, a handful of PlayStation Vita games can save onto the game cards…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2011
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  This Persona Figure Has a Crazy Crotch

  It’s not everyday that you see a Persona 4 figure on Kotaku. It’s also not everyday that you see a Persona 4 figure with a crazy crotch. This is Izanagi. If you’ve played the Persona games, you probably know Izanagi and his metal crotch. If you haven’t, go ahead and read this The Izanagi Persona…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2011
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  Which Looks Better: Gran Turismo 5 or Forza 4?

  Forza Motorsport 4 was released this month. It’s a great game—a great-looking game, too. Gran Turismo 5, released last year, is also a great-looking game. But which one looks better? These kinds of questions ultimately end up being subjective. It’s a bit like asking, who is a better painter Camille Pissarro or Paul Gauguin? Your…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2011
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  Final Fantasy Versus XIII Dude, You’ve Changed

  Back in 2009, Square Enix showed a Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailer. In it, FF Versus XIII hero Noctis Lucis Caelum sported a silly name and some magnificent hair. His name is still silly and his hair is still amazing, but dude’s changed. Over the weekend, screens from Final Fantasy Versus XIII appeared on Japanese…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2011
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  EA Gives Hope to Original Syndicate Fans

  The Syndicate of 1993 was a strange beast, part strategy, part action. The Syndicate of 2012 is all action, leaving those who preferred the strategy of the original wanting. And yet there is hope, no matter how small, in the following comments from EA’s Jeff Gamon, who told Eurogamer, “The original was such a classic.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 24, 2011
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  Misti Dawn Talks Geek Girls

  Adult star Misti Dawn is touted as the ‘Nerdiest Girl in Porn’ and has been a gamer nearly her entire life. Sporting tattoos of some of her favorite games and indulging in role-playing games regularly, Misti feels that gaming is not just a hobby but a virtual trip through worlds, lives, and time. Everything one…

  EncodeD Published October 24, 2011
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  This Week’s Cosplay is Out of This World (and Galaxy, and Universe…)

  As usual, there was a lot of great cosplay on show around the world last week, but I’d like to specifically point out the Samara (Mass Effect) in the image above. Yes, that’s cosplay. Not a screenshot. The reason it looks so close to the “real” thing (and why this is so awesome) is that…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 24, 2011
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  TV’s The Office is Engaging In a Little StarCraft Dress-Ups

  This Thursday night, what looks like an entire night’s programming on NBC is going to involve TV show characters dressing up for Halloween. And StarCraft is getting some love. Towards the end of the above clip you’ll see The Office’s Dwight Schrute wearing, of all things, a Sarah Kerrigan outfit (the star-turned-villain-turned-spoiler of the StarCraft…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 24, 2011
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  Isn’t It Too Early for a Battlefield 4 Trailer?

  Not if you are Freddie Wong, it ain’t. The Internet nerd hero is back with another video. This time, it’s Battlefield 4. Due out in 2017. Or not. The trailer, which of course isn’t the actual BF4 trailer, was shot on the set of reality series The Controller. You can watch that, here. If you…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2011
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  These Aren’t Video Game Screenshots, They’re Postcards

  Iain Andrews’ site Steam Postcards has long been my wallpaper supplier of choice. Why? Because he plays games and takes screenshots that aren’t the kind of thing you’d find in a magazine or popular internet video game website. He instead takes, well, postcards. Scenic shots of the background, or the walls, or the sky, or…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 24, 2011