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  How About Some New Zelda: Skyward Sword Screens?

  These latest The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword screens show our hero Link in Lake Floria. The area is inhabited by a squid-like tribe. Squids! Besides squid people, the game also has bug collecting. The bugs can be used in potions. Another area is called Fun Fun Island, which sounds, for lack of a better…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2011
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  Felicia Day’s Dragon Age II Character Tallis Needs a Virtual Fashion Makeover—Here’s How She Should Look!

  Iris Ophelia’s ongoing review of virtual world and MMO fashion This week BioWare released the latest downloadable add-on for Dragon Age II, Mark of the Assassin, timed with the start of Felicia Day’s highly anticipated Dragon Age: Redemption webseries, which features her character from Redemption, an elf named Tallis. The details are still a little…

  Janine Hawkins Published October 14, 2011
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  Hello Morrigan, You’re Looking Lovely Today

  Indonesian artist Admira Wijaya pays tribute to one of the most popular ladies on the fighting game circuit, Darkstalkers’ Morrigan, in this great piece of fan art. If you like this, you should head to Wijaya’s site linked below, along with his DeviantArt page, especially if you’re a comic book fan. I’ve always found Morrigan…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2011
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  Take Your Console Games on the Road With the GAEMS G155

  Most of you are probably like me. You get a console, you plug it into a big TV, maybe a surround sound system as well, and that’s where it stays. Forever. Some of you, though, are nomads. You’re always on the move. Your consoles will move from the living room to one bedroom to another,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2011
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  Zelda Fans Made These Incredible Cartoons (on a DS!)

  To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda series, Nintendo asked fans to submit some Flipnote videos to the franchise’s official website. These are some of the highlights! Flipnote videos are made using a downloadable application for the DSi. They’re crude, but as you can see above, crude can’t stand in the way…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2011
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  Gaming With The iPhone 4S (And Proof Siri Can’t Understand A Proper Scottish Accent)

  “What is Ubisoft,” I ask Siri. The only reason I ask that question is I have an package from Ubisoft on my desk. And I have no imagination. “Would you like to do a websearch for ‘You Be Soft’,” replies Siri. “Try talking in a proper Scottish accent,” says Tracey, sitting beside me. “Go full…

  Mark Serrels Published October 14, 2011
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  How Different Will Final Fantasy XIV Version 2.0 Be?

  The original Final Fantasy XIV was a total bust. FFXIV Version 2.0 promises to be better. Much better. Version 2.0 will feature a complete redesign of the game’s current repetitive maps. “The current maps in Final Fantasy XIV are not only massive, but allow for seamless passage across wide expanses of the realm,” wrote the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2011
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  First Look at Final Fantasy XIV Version 2.0

  Final Fantasy XIV Version 2.0 is Square Enix’s revamp of FFXIV. Today, the Tokyo-based game maker released images of what’s to come in Version 2.0 The concept screens and concept art show interface, world maps, characters, and weapons, among other things. Have a look and see how it stacks up to the current version of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2011
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  Beleaguered Final Fantasy XIV Reborn with Version 2.0

  Online role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV‘s launch was an enormous disappointment. Not only did Square Enix president Yoichi Wada apologize for the game and boot the original team from the project, he also said FFXIV had damaged the Final Fantasy brand. That may change, because today, Square Enix is relaunching the game as with a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2011
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  Does Studio Ghibli Have the Best Beer Label? Yes, Yes It Does.

  Studio Ghibli, known for classic anime like My Neighbor Totoro and now PS3 game Ni no Kuni, has a museum. And at that museum, there is beer. And that beer is awesome. The label reads “Kaze no Tani”, a reference to Japanese title of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1984 anime Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2011
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  A Great Car Chase is now a Great Toy

  You’ll be seeing a lot more toys over the next few days, because the New York Comic Con will be full of them. This one, however, won’t be. It’s coming from Japan, and commemorates what I think is one of the best car chase sequences in cinema history. It’s so great, in fact, that it’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2011
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  Dancing Mario Is Guaranteed To Make You Smile. Promise.

  The Japanese version of Just Dance Wii features Mario dancing—no, better yet, doing the Mario to the Super Mario Bros. theme. Delightful! Just Dance Wii is out this October in Japan and is being promoted with Japanese idol group AKB48. Should’ve used dancing Mario! You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2011
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  Hey Moron, Just Because you Like Arkham City Doesn’t Mean You can be Batman

  Stick with this Batman: Arkham City trailer past its awkward first moments. It builds momentum, very slowly, until it there’s so much awkwardness you can’t help but crack a smile. Funny Batman Arkham City advertisement [Super Punch]

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2011
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  The DS Game, Japan Will Forgive. The Sexy Orgy, It Won’t.

  One thing I’ve never understood is why people care what others do with their fellow consenting adults. Unless it, say, wrecks their home. Yet, people do care, especially who their politicians are bonking. In September, just as politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn was cleared of a sex scandal, Reuters released a study on which nation was the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 14, 2011
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  Adorable Mario Weddings Warm Even the Coldest Hearts

  When Esther and Ryan got married, they wanted to incorporate video games into the celebration. So they got artist Larry Quach to come up with a bunch of stuff that didn’t just blow their guests away, it’s blowing us away with them. He did invitations shaped like NES cartridges, complete with black sleeve. He made…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2011
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  Over Ten Minutes of Syndicate Gameplay Footage, Dude Saying “Chips”

  This Syndicate clip runs for 11:06. Which is enough time to show you one mission from the upcoming shooter. It’s also 11:06 of you walking around just…holding a gun. It’s not just me, right? That gets distracting. This is a slow level, more like something from Deus Ex than an action game, with very little…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2011
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  Zynga Responds to Mafia Wars Drone Scare

  The keystroke-capturing computer virus that infected the networks used to pilot U.S. Air Force drones had nothing to do with Mafia Wars despite early reports to the contrary, Zynga tells Kotaku Earlier this week the Associated Press reported that the credential stealing virus that infected those Remotely Piloted Aircraft operations computers was one routinely used…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 14, 2011
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  This has Been a Sad Year for Football Games

  Owen was right. I don’t think sports games are worth reviewing. But the battle between FIFA and Pro Evo, the biggest annual contest not just in sports but in all of gaming, is too big to ignore. Having played both of this year’s games, then, I figured I’d write something up on the state of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2011
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  GoldenEye’s Paintball Mode is Preorder DLC Only, Even Though It’s on the Disc

  GoldenEye’s “paintball” multiplayer mode, something won at a hard cost on the Nintendo 64 original, is a pre-order downloadable content exclusive, GiantBomb reports. It is not unlockable without a code from GameStop, which will be given out only for preorders of GoldenEye 007:Reloaded on PS3 and Xbox 360. Earlier in the week, word spread that…

  By Owen Good Published October 13, 2011
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  A Good Day to Die Hard

  Well, folks, we’re just about to wind down here on the nightly open thread. Tomorrow’s should be more interesting than tonight’s—unless you really take the reins and deliver some seriously memorable off-topic discussion! Yeah, let’s do this! Here’s a couple movie-centric items of interest to get the conversation going. The end. Die Hard 5 is…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2011