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The Pause That Refreshes
Concept for a Coca-Cola can celebrating video games, inspired by the art of the French street artist Space Invader. Not an actual can of the soft-drink giant, but a concept by the designer Erin McGuire. Concepts for Coke Zero and Diet Coke are at the link. Space Invader Coca-Cola Can You can contact Owen Good,…
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Borderlands 2 Takes Your Suggestions for Its Special Edition Premiums
What would you like to see in a Borderlands 2 Collector’s Edition? A box that opens up like a Crimson Lance chest? A psycho mask? Fake skaggy poo? A life-size rakk hive? That last one might be a little tough, but Gearbox Software is taking suggestions for what premiums Borderlands diehards would like to see…
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Activision Seizes “ModernWarfare3.com” from Battlefield 3 Fanboy
Two months ago, after discovering that the owner of “ModernWarfare3.com” was first using the site to spew some fanboy hate about the game, and then redirect visitors to Battlefield 3‘s official site, Activision moved to seize the domain. Yesterday, it won. Domain watchdog Fusible reports that the National Arbitration Forum ordered the name transferred from…
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Rookies Won’t Appear in NBA 2K12 Until the Lockout is Over
Interesting tidbit surfaced from a hands-on post about NBA 2K12 over at Operation Sports: None of the rookies taken in the NBA Draft will appear in the game until the league resolves its labor dispute with the players’ union. Once the lockout is over, whenever it’s over, 2K Sports will publish a roster update that…
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UncategorizedPut Da NFL Preview on My Back, Week One: Saints vs. Packers, with the Greg Jennings YouTube Guy
Remember Demetry James? The man whose breathless narration of Greg Jennings 99-yard, broken leg touchdown in Madden NFL 10 amassed 5 million YouTube views has joined Kotaku and Deadspin to announce our video preview of the NFL’s biggest game each week this season. [NSFW language] Today, we’re going back to the matchup that started it…
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UncategorizedNow Feast Your Eyes on the First Trailer for the Persona 4 Fighting Game
You’ve drooled over the gorgeous screenshots, now take a look at the first official trailer for Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena, the welcome marriage of Atlus’ role-playing with Arc System Works fighting know-how. This is the first time I’ve gotten to write about Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena since it was…
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UncategorizedPunch a Fish Right in Its Smug Little Face with Rapala for Kinect
When your trailer depicts a young man delivering a furious rain of punches down upon a potential seafood platter and the words “Incredibly Fun Fish Battles” your marketing is pretty much complete. I’m almost completely serious. Having tried fishing at various stages in my life with the only constants being a complete failure to catch…
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Another Memorably Forgettable Week for the Nintendo Download
You didn’t think we forgot about the Nintendo Download, did you? Well we did, two weeks in a row, but now it’s back with a selection of less-than-memorable titles that semi-justify our oversight! Between the Virtual Console, the eShop, WiiWare, and DSiWare, one would figure that Nintendo could manage at least one truly exciting game…
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