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  You Know What Video Games Need? More Wise, Witty, and Lecherous Old Men

  Commenter Paradox Me believes there’s plenty of room in video games for more wise, experienced, and humorously nostalgic old men, leading the charge or just kicking back and telling us all about how Speak Up on Kotaku was better when they were kids. Video games need more old-timers, like the three gentlemen you see to…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2011
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  I Wonder What the Skyrim Lawyers Think of This

  The movie Immortal will arrive in movie theaters on 11/11/11, according to a poster I saw at my local subway stop in Brooklyn. I associate that date with another upcoming release: the video game Skyrim I may have made the connection because effective marketing has ingrained the 11/11/11 release date in my brain as the…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves: Off the Record

  Today’s Talk Amongst Yourselves is the same as last year’s TAY, except for one thing. This is still our daily forum where you can talk about games. But last year, Chuck Greene was welcome. Not this time. No, this time, we welcome Frank West. Thanks to reader Pan1da7 for today’s image (and who also did…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2011
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  Should You Buy Rocksmith? No.

  Today marks the release of Ubisoft’s Rocksmith, a music game that may seem a bit on the late end of the Great Music Game Craze of 2009. All the same, it comes with a tantalizing promise: it allows players to plug a real guitar into their game console via a 1/4 inch-to-USB cable and play…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published October 18, 2011
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  Mooncraft is Like Minecraft. On the Moon.

  There’s a point that a shameless rip-off of a more well-known, established game can be not quite shameless enough to be barred from Apple’s App Store. And Mooncraft knows the point well. The game is a shameless rip-off of indie smash hit Minecraft. Utterly shameless. From the world design to your inventory management to your…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 18, 2011
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  Real Cars Versus Virtual Ones

  The Benz | TOKYO, JAPAN: Sony held a GT5 event in Roppongi. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) Don’t Get Mad at Need for Speed: The Run‘s Biggest Star Mad Men star Christina Hendricks’ latest role? Need for Speed: The Run According to PopWatch, the actress will play a character by the name of Sam Harper. More »…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2011
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  China’s First Game Console Dated and Priced

  The iSec, Lenovo’s home game console, was supposed to be out this fall. According to Chinese reports, it will get a limited release this December in the Mainland. Previously called the eBox, the iSec has Kinect-style controls and will cost 3,000 yuan (US$470). How iSec’s release will factor into China’s ban on game consoles, we…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2011
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  Japanese English Versus Siri

  Siri is not only miffed by Scottish English, it also doesn’t follow English spoken with a Japanese accent. “Work” and “walk” are notoriously difficult for Japanese speakers—largely because the Japanese loan word for “work” is “waaku” (ワーク). Japanese people are used to saying “waaku” for “work”. The gentlemen who recorded this video has a good…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2011
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  3DS Monster Hunter Won’t Have Online

  One of the things that impressed me most about the 3DS was its online. With the 3DS, Nintendo has delivered a solid online experience—an experience that will be M.I.A. for Monster Hunter 3G It is possible to get online with Monster Hunter 3DS to do things like download event quests. You just won’t be able…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2011
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  Professor Layton: The Arcade Game?

  Level-5, the studio responsible for Professor Layton, is working on a new piece of game hardware: An all-purpose arcade cabinet for its games. Dubbed “Level-5 Station”, the cabinet will be capable of playing customized versions of Level-5 console games altered specifically for this general purpose cabinet. The cabinet features a 32-inch monitor and the ability…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2011
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  New Syndicate Trailer Tries to Remind us About the Old Syndicate Game

  This new trailer for Starbreeze’s upcoming Syndicate shooter tries to show the common ground between the 1993 original and this new reboot. Those who really have no idea about Syndicate, but enjoyed Starbreeze’s work on games like Riddick, it’ll be interesting! Those who enjoyed the original Syndicate and loathe the idea of a first-person shooter…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 18, 2011
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  There’s a Mystery DC Superhero Game Coming in 2012

  In an interview with the LA Times, Warner Bros.’ Martin Tremblay, president of the company’s video games division, gets to talking about their “tent-pole strategy”, based around big, quality games. Tremblay of course name-drops Batman: Arkham City, and another Warner hit of 2011, Mortal Kombat, but near the end of the interview mentions something interesting.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 18, 2011
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  Don’t Get Mad at Need for Speed: The Run‘s Biggest Star

  Mad Men star Christina Hendricks’ latest role? Need for Speed: The Run According to PopWatch, the actress will play a character by the name of Sam Harper. “She’s got a relationship with the main driver player,” explained Hendricks, about her role with the game’s protagonist Jack Rourke. “They come from the same hood. She gets…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2011
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  Gran Turismo 5’s DLC Delayed in the US

  Asia has Gran Turismo 5’s latest downloadable content already. Europe gets it very soon. But in the US, it’s been delayed until October 25. To make up for the wait, players will receive a “special bonus”.

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 18, 2011
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  The Cartoon Concept Art of Mass Effect & Dragon Age

  Matt Rhodes is an artist who has worked on two of BioWare’s biggest games in recent years, namely Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age 2 What I love about his style, and why we’re featuring it here today, is that it’s often not as “realistic” as other pieces of concept art you’ll see. It’s more…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 18, 2011
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  Is Assassin’s Creed’s Ezio In Soulcalibur V?

  So we’d be led to believe, going by this single screenshot. Just the one. No video. Taken at a reportedly recent Soulcalibur V press event. I’m so suspicious I’m furrowing my brow, but we’re checking with Namco Bandai just to be sure. Ezio Auditore a guest fighter in Soulcalibur V? [Scrawl] You can contact Luke…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 18, 2011
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  An Official Portal Turret Replica (That you can Snuggle With!)

  This Portal 2 turret stands 14.5″ tall. It’s soft. It’s cuddly. And it talks. Due out in mid-December, it’s an officially-licensed product available at ThinkGeek, and will go on sale for only US$30. While the plush’s product listing doesn’t specify which phrases the little darlings will utter, they do say the turrets will know all…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 18, 2011
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  This Ryu Cosplay Is an Animated GIF Waiting To Happen

  Cosplay is not easy. And this Ryu cosplayer gets the costume part totally right. He also does a solid job uttering “Hadouken!” It’s when he actually starts trying to pull off Ryu’s moves when things go south. Also, cartwheels? Wait, what? You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2011
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  Lord of the Rings Online’s Forums Might Have Been Hacked

  Turbine, developers of Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online, have sent out an email this evening warning users that the studio’s forum accounts may have been compromised. The guts of the message read like this: Turbine is concerned that a third-party recently may have attempted to access forum account information. There…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 18, 2011
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  LEGO Gears of War is as Amazing as it Sounds

  Animation team Kooberz Studios figured, you know, all LEGO ever cover is kid’s franchises. There’s never anything with real gore in it. So they whipped up their own LEGO Gears of War video. And it’s pretty great. Clocking in at just under two minutes, the Locust could have been better, but Marcus and the way…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 18, 2011