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  Oh Hi Street Fighter x Tekken Gamescom Trailer

  Time for another Street Fighter x Tekken trailer! This one is for Gamescom. The trailer goes into detail about how the game system works. So if you were curious about that, here you go. The trailer is good, sure, but it’s not as good as Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono and Tekken Katsuhiro Harada putting…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011
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  “Came Home to My Mom Playing Zelda Drunk at 2am”

  Submitted by [deleted] on Reddit. No need to be embarrassed! Parents play video games, too! Just ask my kids. And this is way better than coming home to your mom playing Zelda drunk at 2pm Came home… [Reddit] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011
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  This Minecraft Phone Is Ugly

  I like Minecraft‘s retro, blocky graphics. They work. But man, this phone is hideous. The Sony Ericsson Xperia isn’t a good looking piece of hardware to begin with! So a Minecraft Xperia phone, no matter how good it looks, is already starting at a disadvantage. Maybe it’s the Minecraft logo near the phone’s camera lens.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011
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  The Lollipop Chainsaw Debut Trailer Has Sparkles and Vivisections

  Lollipop Chainsaw is the upcoming title from Goichi Suda’s Grasshopper Manufacture and Hollywood’s James Gunn. This is the game’s debut trailer. The game follows the exploits of an 18-year-old zombie-slaying cheerleader, which sounds cool and all, but for goodness sake, the game better not have her repeatedly delivering cheesy lines like “Eat it” and “Bring…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011
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  Another Day, Another Hideo Kojima Tease (This Time Z.O.E.)

  When not making video games, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima teases gamers. It’s not that he makes fun of them (he doesn’t…I don’t think), but he dangles carrots in front of his fans like no other game designer working today. And sometimes it’s interesting, and sometimes it’s annoying. But it’s what he does. He’s Hideo…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011
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  This Soulcalibur V Trailer Slices Up Gamescom

  As gamers from around the globe descend on Cologne for Gamescom, Namco Bandai is releasing the latest trailer for upcoming weapon-based combat title Soulcalibur V The game is the seventh entry in Namco’s “Soul” games, and is set 17 years after Soulcalibur IV. Which means that Ivy is middle-aged and should look old. But she…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011
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  Minecraft – Pocket Edition Hits Select Android’s Xperia Play Today for $7

  Minecraft – Pocket Edition hits the Android Xperia Play today exclusively for $6.99 with later Android versions hitting in the near future. The best part? Staying true to their roots, the game’s first version is an alpha build. The first version, Alpha 0.1, will focus on the “creative aspects of Minecraft,” The folks at developer…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 16, 2011
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  45-Year-Old Bikini Pin-Up: Get Laid for Your Career

  Youth is at a premium in Japan. Video game characters are often in their teens (or younger). And in candy-coated world of idols, girls start young. But decade after decade, there’s been one pin-up who keeps on keeping on: 45-year-old Natsuki Okamoto. And there’s a reason for that. She puts out. Not to be confused…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011
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  Your First Look at Borderlands 2 Teaser Footage

  Gearbox Software, makers of Borderlands 1, is making Borderlands 2. This is the game’s first teaser. Borderlands 2 was first revealed earlier this month. “Combining invention and evolution, Borderlands 2 features all-new characters, skills, environments, enemies, weapons and equipment, which come together in an ambitiously crafted story,” said publisher 2K Games in an official statement…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 16, 2011
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  This Daily Beast Reader is Annnnngry About Angry Birds

  Daily Beast political blogger Andrew Sullivan likes a lot of things. He likes views from your window and midday pop-culture digressions; he likes mercilessly ripping on Sarah Palin. He also likes Angry Birds, and often takes breaks from reacting to the political news of the day to share super-cute pictures of things relating to Chillingo’s…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published August 16, 2011
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  Classic Halo Map “Blood Gulch” Re-Created in Minecraft

  Aah, such fond memories of Blood Gulch. It was easily the most enjoyable CTF map in the original Halo, and it’s never been far from Halo players’ hearts; it’s even playable in Halo: Reach YouTube user HitmarkerVS agrees, and has gone so far as to immortalize the classic map in Minecraft. Lookin’ good, HitmarkerVS. You…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published August 15, 2011
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  If you Squint, these Four DOTA Games All Look the Same

  I’m sure that, like snowflakes or explanations for the finale of Lost, no two DOTA games are alike. But when a non-DOTA player like me sees a pair of group shots of DOTA games, I can’t help but wonder about the range of visual variation in one of gaming’s hottest genres. These shots show, clockwise,…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 15, 2011
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  I Just Wanted to Let My Brother Know there’s a New Elevator Action on the Way

  When I was young and couldn’t really stop my older brother from playing whatever he wanted to play next on our cousin’s Nintendo, my brother liked to play Elevator Action. If we went to our cousins’ house for the holidays, he went to the basement to fire up that game. I wanted to play other…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 15, 2011
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  New Wii U Controller Patent Shows Magnetic Sensor and Flash Memory

  New patent documents for the Wii U’s controller reveal all manner of bells and whistles, including a couple that we hadn’t heard about. Sure, it’s got a screen; of course it’s got a camera. It’s got an accelerometer, too, whoop-dee-do. But it’s also got flash memory, though how much memory has yet to be revealed.…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published August 15, 2011
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  Rick Perry’s Idea of American Ingenuity is a Canadian Video Game

  Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry is as wholesome and American as they come. He believes in hard work, patriotism, faith in god, and good old American ingenuity, even if we have to import it from Canada. Rick Perry’s first web video since joining the presidential race is mostly as generic a political ad…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 15, 2011
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  Let’s Get Ready For Gamescom!

  Gamers from around the world descend upon Cologne, Germany this week for the world’s largest public celebration of gaming, and Kotaku will be bringing you live coverage starting tomorrow and lasting until the last Euro-cosplayer washes the color from their hair. Festivities kick off tomorrow with a series of pre-show press events thrown by the…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 15, 2011
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  Stealth Gameplay Isn’t Enough: Give Me the Thrill of the Hunt

  I finally finished Crytek’s Crysis 2 last week and surprised myself by immediately firing up a new game and starting it over from the beginning. Sure, Crysis 2 is a slick, well-made first-person shooter, but it’s fairly unremarkable on the surface. So why, when I had so many other games I could (or should) be…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published August 15, 2011
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  If Bioshock Infinite Encourages Cosplay Like This, I’m All For It

  Russian cosplayer Ormeli offers her take on Bioshock Infinite‘s “Elizabeth”, the emotive sidekick that accompanies you throughout your adventure in a time-rent floating city. It’s a little bit Alice in Wonderland, a little bit Alice in Wonderland at the adult costume shop. Either way: bring on the Lizbots! Elizabeth Cosplay [Flickr via Reddit]

  By Joel Johnson Published August 15, 2011
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  Galaga and Germany Are Calling!

  Ms. Galaga – Spotted this Galaga Ms. Pac-Man machine right outside the gate for my flight to London. The spirit of video gaming is calling me. These Orangutans Play with iPads Orangutans, it turns out, love the iPad and its games just as much as some humans do. A budding program at the Milwaukee County…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 15, 2011
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  This is How Spider-Man: Edge of Time Does Mary Jane

  Clark Kent’s Kryptonian cousin Laura Vandervoort crosses the DC / Marvel line this October in Spider-Man: Edge of Time, trading her Supergirl undies for the damsel-in-distress role of Mary Jane Watson. It’s nice to see Laura cast as a more down-to-earth character for once. The problem with possessing otherworldly beautiful is you soon get typecast…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 15, 2011