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  Get an Xbox 360, Three Games, and 3-Month Xbox Live Card for $319

  Starting Nov. 27, “Cyber Week” gets underway at Walmart. So before you rush out to the stores, you might want to look at the deals Walmart is offering. Namely, the Xbox 360 “Gamer Bundle”. According to Walmart, the bundle comes with a “choice of select game plus bonus Halo: Reach, Fable 3, and a 3-month…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2011
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  A Little Portal Pepper Spray Justice

  This never gets old. Level Completed [imgur via icanhazcheeseburger] You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.

  By Brian Crecente Published November 25, 2011
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  Up-Close with the Sexiest 3DS There Is

  The Legend of Zelda has its own 3DS. It looks fantastic. And it’s not only the press photos that look great, but the actual hardware. It looks lovely unboxed on some dude’s desk. Website TikiSaurus picked up a Zelda: Ocarina of Time bundle during late night Black Friday sales and then took photos of them.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2011
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  The Fastest Way to Melt Skyrim? A Room Full of Swords and a Shout.

  YouTube user juicythezombie likes to hoard stuff in Skyrim. Unlike the junk collector we’ve seen previously, though, he only stashes weapons. Then tries to break his PC by using a shout on them. That stuttering in the clip above isn’t your flash player acting up. It’s juicythezombie’s computer screaming out in terror. You can contact…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011
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  I’ve Spent Two Months Screaming Into these Turtle Beach PX3 Headphones

  A couple of months ago, a box arrived from headphone specialists Turtle Beach containing a set of PX3 headphones. Just in time for my family to go overseas and talk to me for a month on Skype, and just in time for Battlefield 3, where I’d want my friends to hear me scream as I…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011
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  XBLA Sale: Fallout 3, Marvel vs Capcom 2 Going Cheap

  Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade is having its own Black Friday sale, with Fallout 3 25% off and Marvel vs Capcom 2 a handy 73% off. More details here

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011
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  AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!! It’s Time to Fall to Your Death!

  Free-falling white-knuckle ride AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!! now has a sort-of-sequel, which adds 43 new levels to the original’s 82 and costs just $5. Get on it. You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011
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  Diablo III Mod Makes Everything Nice and Dark

  Remember how when Diablo III was first shown off, there was an uproar over how bright and cheery the game looked in comparison to its dark and brooding predecessors? Years later, some people just can’t let that go. There’s a mod for those currently in the game’s beta which lets them darken the colour scheme…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011
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  Should You Buy Fusion: Genesis? No.

  Fusion: Genesis is a top-down, twin-stick sci-fi shooter meets old-school role-playing game. It’s developed by a handful of ex-Rare designers, one of which was the lead designer for Perfect Dark It sounds like an interesting concept. And the concept, and central game mechanic is interesting. But is it interesting enough to merit a purchase? Brian…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2011
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  What if Grand Theft Auto V was In Liberty City?

  Using the wonders of the personal computer, Mike Boulton and some friends went out and recreated the Grand Theft Auto V trailer, shot-for-shot, only instead of being set in Los Santos it’s in GTAIV’s Liberty City. You can catch the original below for comparison’s sake. GTA V Trailer Remade in GTA IV [YouTube] You can…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011
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  Skyrim is Teaching Your Kids “Homo Erotic Sex Maneuvers”

  You may look at Skyrim through the lens of a person who likes video games. Or as someone with an interest in fantasy, or Nordic mythology, or even the structure of game design. I bet you’ve never looked at it through the lens of a fake conservative Christian columnist. Parody site Christwire has, and their…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011
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  Watch Massive, Epic Skyrim Battles Like You’ve Never Seen Before

  Remember the Dragon spawning exploit in Skyrim? The one that allows you, oh I dunno, to spawn fifty dragons? YouTube user Colloseus X figured out that you can flip off the A.I., spawn large groups of characters, then flip the A.I. back on and watch them beat the shit out of each other. “Basically I…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2011
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  Ni No Kuni Isn’t Miyazaki/Ghibli’s First Video Game Appearance

  Much has been made, and rightly so, of the involvement of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli with Level-5’s PS3 RPG Ni No Kuni (out this week in Japan). It’s helped the game look amazing. While it’s a welcome partnership, though, it’s not the first time the animation legend, or his studio, have turned up in a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011
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  Watch Kotaku Live on GameTrailers TV Tonight!

  At 12:30am EST tonight, tune into GTTV Presents GameStop Unwrapped: GTTV on Spike to catch some of your favourite Kotaku editors talkin’ bout video games on the TV set.

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011
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  Even Saints Row Wants to Know Where Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Is…

  Reader Naroon sends us this snap he took of a “well-hidden easter egg” he found while playing Saints Row the Third Volition, I could tell you where most of those ships are, even the Ishimura, but your guess on the Borealis is as good as mine, sadly. You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011
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  This Skyrim Pianist Not Only Plays, She Cosplays!

  You might remember Lara from this previous Kotaku post, featuring a beautiful rendition of the Skyrim theme. That, dear reader, is only the tip of the music iceberg. And that iceberg is wearing numerous outfits. The Australian specializes in not only playing game themes (and playing them really well), she also dresses as game characters…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2011
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  The Thing About American Accents In Video Games

  American accents are everywhere in video games. Even when something is developed in Canada, or Britain, or Japan, the principal characters usually speak with one kind of American accent or another. Ever wonder what the significance of that is? As in, why they’re often used when they’re used, and in what context? You probably haven’t,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011
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  Duck Mouths and the Ladies Who Love Them

  Seventeen-year-old Mana wasn’t in school. Heck, she wasn’t even in her school uniform. Wearing a white bikini, the student-by-day, idol-by-night took the stage earlier this month at the Sofmap in Tokyo’s geek district, Akihabara. Holding her “image DVD” titled Kiss Me, one in which the DVD’s maker says she “takes off a lot”, Mana posed…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2011
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  Finally, Someone Talks Common Sense About PC Piracy

  Ubisoft has no idea on the topic of piracy and the PC market. None. It must be embarrassing for lower-downs at the company who do have an idea to have to listen to people like Stanislas Mettra open their mouths Thankfully, not everybody in the industry shares that stance. Trevor Longino, from Good Old Games,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011
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  Come on! Heroes Is Nintendo’s Sauciest Game Name Yet

  Today’s Nintendo DSi Ware features this innocuous little RPG-influenced shooter with a name that might ring a little less innocuously to American ears. Come on! Heroes is a game of tiny men lobbing projectiles at an onslaught of knights and priests, who explode in a puff of milky smoke. It’s a bold political statement from…

  By Joel Johnson Published November 24, 2011