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  Let’s Cook Tasty Pork Treats with Capcom’s Big Cheese

  Kenzo Tsujimoto is the CEO of Capcom, one of the world’s most famous video game developers and publishers. But that’s not all he does! He’s also mad for a drop of the ol’ claret. Oh, and he makes a mean okonomiyaki as well. Okonomiyaki is a versatile Japanese treat, something akin to a pizza, sandwich…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2011
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  Is This the First Competitive Gamer To Endorse a Laxative?

  Kayo Satoh is not only a very talent fighting game player, she’s also a model. Kayo, who fights under the moniker “KayoPolice”, recently appeared at the Evo 2011 fighting championship. Lots of models say they like video games, and some are pretty good. But Kayo isn’t just a good player, she’s great, taking down the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 5, 2011
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  The Best Story Ever Has Sonic, Giant Boobs and Mountain Dew

  Brian has a story to tell you. Of love, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Brian’s story is totally true. Only, Brian’s mum, don’t read it, OK? I’ve never seen a work of fiction take the worlds of childhood fiction, video games and teen romance novels and just…span them. Like a giant bridge. Like a narrative colossus…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2011
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  Japan Suddenly Wants Used 3DS Units

  After clogging up shops for months, used 3DS units are suddenly become hot (well, hotter) with the 3DS now ¥4,000 cheaper and sales doubling. It’s thought the spike is because of the free games Nintendo’s offering. [Media Create]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 5, 2011
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  Modern Warfare 3 on Wii Is in Familiar Hands

  The upcoming Modern Warfare 3 is being developed by Infinity Ward. Or, at least, what’s left of it. The Wii version, however, is being developed by somebody else, somebody just as familiar with the series, if not quite as popular with its fans. That developer is Treyarch, the team behind Call of Duty 3, World…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2011
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  There Are Rambo Games Coming

  Reef Entertainment, publishers of games like Sniper Elite, Rogue Trooper and Shadow Grounds, have picked up the rights to release games based on the Rambo movies. Sadly, none of them will feature certified badass Segata Sanshiro.[MCV]

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2011
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  When and Where Will the PS Vita Be Dated?

  The PS Vita won’t be out in the West until next year. But it will be out in Japan this year. But when? Sony hasn’t said yet, but it looks like Sony will be revealing the game’s release date at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, namely, Sony’s TGS keynote “The PS Vita’s Full Details”. Sony…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 5, 2011
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  These Designers are the Height of 8-Bit Fashion

  The fashionistas at fashion site Fashionary have come up with a range of 8-bit fashions based on their favourite designs from their favourite fashion designers. Fashion. Fashion. Some of those included are Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Gucci, Prada, Yves Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton. All iconic designs, now pared down to something you’d see in Swords…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2011
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  A Tour of Retro Japanese Toy Porn

  Japan has a long, proud history of making toys. The Bandai Museum in the rice fields of Tochigi Prefecture catalogues the amazing playthings the country has produced over the years. Can’t make it out to sleepy town of Mibu to check out the museum? No worries, Kotaku‘s got you covered. Kotaku reader Bakagaijin visited the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 5, 2011
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  Capcom Is Charging for a 3DS Demo

  A demo is like a sample sachet of shampoo. A piece of sausage a lady at a supermarket offers you. It’s a small, free thing, designed to lure you into buying a product. It is not, and never should be, a product itself. Yet Capcom is testing the waters in Japan with a paid demo…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2011
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  Activision Is Getting Sued over a Music Game. Again.

  A few years back, it was all the rage for musicians to sue Activision over appearances in Guitar Hero. Courtney Love was doing it, The Romantics were doing it, No Doubt was doing it, even Axl Rose was in on the action Now, Johnny-come-lately Adam Levine, lead singer for Maroon 5, wants a slice, suing…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2011
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  The Weird & Wonderful World of Australian Video Game Commercials

  Before the internet put the entire planet on the same page, there were certain nations on Earth that were a little…slower than others. Places where the latest trends would turn up late, or turn up filtered through a few different sets of hands. Australia was one of those places. Owing to our extreme isolation, particularly…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 5, 2011
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  Supreme Court Justice Opens Up About Her Vote on California Video Game Law

  Justice Elena Kagan [back row, far right], whom Stephen Totilo said “did seem to get it” during oral arguments in Brown v. EMA, called the case the most difficult of the Court’s most recent term, one in which she felt she was constantly in the wrong no matter her current state of mind. Ultimately, Kagan,…

  By Owen Good Published August 4, 2011
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  EVO Delivers Its Biggest Viewership Eva

  More than two million viewers tuned in for the Evo 2011 World Finals last weekend, tournament organizers declared today. In a news release sent out this afternoon, the finals, held July 29 to 31 at Las Vegas, recorded more than 2 million unique viewers on its Ustream.tv feed, serving more than 1.9 million hours of…

  By Owen Good Published August 4, 2011
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  Skyrim Chief: More Games Should Cost $29, But Not Skyrim

  It’s a safe bet that Bethesda’s upcoming RPG Skyrim will offer enough hours of gameplay to merit its $60 price tag. However, while speaking to PSM3, Skyrim director Todd Howard shared his belief that while his game will be worth every penny, many other games are not. “I do think industry-wide we would benefit from…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published August 4, 2011
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  John Carmack Explains How to Make Rage Look Terrible

  This afternoon, in an empty conference room inside the Hilton Anatole—a bizarre amalgam of hotel, conference center, and shopping mall—John Carmack sat alone in an uncomfortable metal chair, staring straight ahead. The technical director and co-founder of id Software, the company that invented the first-person shooter genre that now dominates much of the hard core…

  By Joel Johnson Published August 4, 2011
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  Kinect Fun Labs Adding “Air Band” Soon

  Kinect Fun Labs, the free-to-download toys for Xbox Live Arcade (and Kinect) that have delivered optimized avatar generation and zany object animation (but not advanced penis recognition heuristics) look to be joined by an air-band application getting you and your friends in on a pantomime jam session. Germany’s ratings board has passed judgment on “Air…

  By Owen Good Published August 4, 2011
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  Watch Game of Thrones in Magnificent 16-Bit

  There is a fair amount of overlap between “Video Game Fan” and “Game of Thrones Fan” on the venn diagram of life, and so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that someone has merged the two to great effect. College Humor has posted a truly fantastic video called “Game of Thrones RPG,” which re-creates the…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published August 4, 2011
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  Choice Quotes from John Carmack’s 2011 QuakeCon Keynote

  Rage has been in the pipe for six years. “We invented this genre and we followed it a long ways…Maybe we shouldn’t have been quite as ambitious.” On Rage: “It really is probably the most enjoyable id game, from my perspective, we’ve ever made.” “I’ve never been one who played deathmatch for 8 hours.” “Everything…

  By Joel Johnson Published August 4, 2011
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  Torchlight 2 is Too Big for Xbox Live’s Memory Limit

  Torchlight did land-office bidness on Xbox Live Arcade, but Torchlight 2 is so far above the memory limit on an XBLA game that the developer is focusing instead on a MacOS port after its upcoming PC release. Max Schaefer, the Runic Games CEO, told Eurogamer that the first Torchlight just barely fit under XBLA’s file…

  By Owen Good Published August 4, 2011