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  It’s Like .hack, but with .sex

  Story within a story .hack isn’t only getting a CG animated film. It’s also has an erotic game knock-off called, coughs, .fuck Released years ago, the game promises to blend cyberspace, enormous eyes and one heck of a title. And this is volume four? I feel like I’ve missed something, namely volumes one, two, and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011
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  Is Nintendo Working on a Redesigned 3DS?

  Nintendo’s already slashed the 3DS’s price tag, but, according to new rumors, that’s not the only thing the Kyoto-based game maker is planning on slashing. According to French website 01Net, insiders said that Nintendo is prepping an entirely new 3DS model that “radically tones down” the handheld’s 3D, and it could even be an entirely…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011
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  Report: Nintendo Holding Pre-Tokyo Game Show Event

  Nintendo is holding a 3DS related event in Japan on September 13, days before TGS begins. Nintendo does not traditionally show at TGS, and Kotaku is following up with Nintendo for clarification. According to the Wall Street Journal, the event is called the Nintendo Conference and will be open to members of the industry, press,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011
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  Does This Fix the From Dust Disaster?

  When PC title From Dust was released, PC gamers discovered that, yes, you must have an always-on internet connection. Previous claims stated that it wouldn’t. Now, Ubisoft is ready to make amends. As Kotaku posted last week, Ubisoft originally said that reports of a mandatory always-on connection were erroneous. Yet after From Dust’s release, Ubisoft…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011
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  So I Guess This Will Be a Movie Within a Game?

  Or maybe it’s a game within a movie? Or maybe it’s just a movie—enough! Okay, .hack, the video game within a video game video game, is getting a movie version. .hack debuted as a video game with 2002’s .hack//Infection, and are part of a multimedia franchise that encompasses television anime, manga, and even music. The…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011
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  Great Street Fighter Player’s Not So Great Autograph

  Daigo Umehara, aka “The Beast”, is a pro gamer. He’s famous enough to get his picture on books he has little to do with! Umehara’s picture is on the book binding for the Japanese translation of tech thriller Daemon—he didn’t write it! But, often in Japan, photos of celebrities are used on book covers in…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011
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  Sony Gives PlayStation Home a Massive Theme Park Makeover With MMO-like Gameplay This Fall

  PlayStation Home, the digital hang out space for Sony’s PlayStation 3 that opened to the public in 2008, is getting an extreme makeover later this year. Sony’s console social network will be redesigned for the fall, reemerging as an experience that’s part theme park, part online game and part social network. The new PlayStation Home,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 23, 2011
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  If Only I Had a Door to Take Me to This Wonderful Place

  Some people love Mario. Others love Mickey. But I love Doraemon, that blue robotic cat from the future, with a pocket full of gizmos and a fear of mice. And now, the manga artist who created Doraemon, has his own museum. And it looks amazing. Fujiko F. Fujio (what a name!) is a nom de…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011
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  German Kids Go Mad For a Man With a Microphone

  The tens of thousands of people attending Gamescom on any given day were excited enough to be there as it is, but at specially anointed times, they were whipped up into an absolute fervour. And it’s quite the sight. If you need some background, this kind of behaviour (which really kicks in around twenty seconds…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 23, 2011
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  Coming Up This Weekend at PAX: Kinect Sports Baseball

  This coming weekend, Stephen, Joel and I are going to be heading to Seattle for PAX—we’ll be fighting our way around the show floor, taking pictures of as much crazy stuff as possible, playing a whole lot of upcoming games, including… well, including baseball. Microsoft, Rare and Big Park will be debuting the baseball portion…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published August 22, 2011
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  Penny Arcade’s Decide-o-Tron 8000 Knows What Game You Should Play Next

  Being the inferior meat-based life forms we are, gamers often get confused about which games they should be playing. A hardcore first-person shooter finds himself playing Bratz Ponies. It’s inexplicable. If only there were a robotic intelligence that could guide our purchases, perhaps from the creators of the most beloved gaming webcomics of all time?…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 22, 2011
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  This Thursday Retro Game Master Takes On 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō

  This week’s Retro Game Master challenge’s full title is actually Kanshaku tamanage Kantarō no Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi. (That’s Firework Thrower Kantaro’s 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō in English.) But we’re just calling it 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō! For such a fancy name—one that’s referencing a famous set of ukiyo-e wood prints, no less—it’s actually quite…

  By Joel Johnson Published August 22, 2011
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  Mad Catz’s Major League Gaming Controllers Can Change the Way You Play

  With swappable thumb sticks and directional pads, a special compartment for adjusting weight, and a cable that unscrews from the base when not in use, the Mad Catz Official Major League Gaming Pro-Circuit Controller is a serious controller for the serious gamer. Mad Catz has teamed up with Major League Gaming to create a line…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 22, 2011
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  The Most Unexpected Dragon Age Cosplay

  This dog is an entrant in a character costume contest being run by the people at BioWare, makers of Mass Effect, Knights of the Old Republic and other video games that include terrific characters. The dog, however, is cosplaying as a Mabari from the Dragon Age games. Winner? Or simply just another breed of dog…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 22, 2011
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  Go Home, Dinosaurs is the Name of a New PAX Video Game

  My co-favorite video game of the 2010 PAX East in Boston was an odd but joyous multiplayer tower-building/battling game called SlamBolt Scrappers. The people who made that, Fire Hose Games, are showing their next game at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this weekend. The new game is called Go Home, Dinosaurs. They describe it…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 22, 2011
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  A Few Favorite Things About Deus Ex: Human Revolution

  There are a couple of things that one must say about Deus Ex: Human Revolution up front to assuage the fears of the faithful. “It is true to Deus Ex.” “It feels like a PC game.” So there you go: both of those things are true. I’ve spent the past week playing the pants off…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published August 22, 2011
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  Remember When You’d Get Up Early Every Saturday Morning to Watch AwesomeNauts?

  Every Saturday morning my little sister and I would bound out of our room, grab a big bowl of sugary cereal, and lose ourselves in the latest episode of AwesomeNauts. Man, those were the days that never really existed. No, AwesomeNauts isn’t a Saturday morning cartoon from the 80s, but it desperately wants to be…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 22, 2011
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  Lefty or Righty: Human Evolution

  Fake Lefty | Deus Ex: Human Revolution is left-handed on the game box, but not in the game, according to people who have played the game. The horror! (Photo: Stephen Totilo) When GLaDOS Asks You To Marry Someone, You Say Yes Gary Hudston commissioned three spectacular custom-built Portal 2 levels complete with fresh dialog from…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 22, 2011
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  When GLaDOS Asks You To Marry Someone, You Say Yes

  Gary Hudston commissioned three spectacular custom-built Portal 2 levels complete with fresh dialog from the voice of GLaDOS, Ellen Mclain, just to ask his girlfriend to marry him. After watching the glorious spectacle unfold, I’m ready to marry the guy. Over the course of this three-level marathon of pre-marital proportions, GLaDOS manages to find a…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 22, 2011
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  Finally! Video Game Clothing That’s Stylish, Understated, and Perfect for Daily Wear

  Deus Ex: Human Revolution is already getting great reviews, though it doesn’t release until tomorrow. And now a Deus Ex clothing line has been announced for what promises to be a blockbuster game. The clothes, created by online fashion retailer Musterbrand, are what we’ve all decided can only be described as “pretty snazzy looking”. We’ve…

  By Jen Schiller Published August 22, 2011