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Half of All Netflix Users Watch Movies on a Games Console
In May, we learned that Netflix’s console traffic—just movies streaming to consoles now—accounted for 20 percent of Internet bandwidth usage in the United States. We have more data backing up the phenomenon: Half of all the service’s users watch movies on a games console, says Nielsen. What’s more, 42 percent of Netflix users watch directly…
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Expert Says Blaming Massacres on Video Games Smacks of Racism
When tragedies such as the recent massacre in Oslo, Norway occur, the first place many look to lay blame is in the video games the perpetrators played. According to clinical psychologist Christopher Ferguson, when white males kill and games are blamed, there may be racism at play. While there is concrete evidence that accused Oslo…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
It’s Lexicon Like Donkey Kong
Having nothing better to do, evidently, Denver’s Westword set out to chart the comprehensive history of “It’s On Like Donkey Kong,” and found that Ice Cube has much to do with the social currency of the phrase, whether a call to celebrate or a challenge to fight. It was copyrighted by Nintendo last year. The…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
D.C. Universe Online Should See ‘Subtle’ Tie-Ins with Comics’ Relaunch, says Jim Lee
In September, D.C. Comics’ lineup of monthly titles all will restart at issue No. 1, some delivering major changes to their continuities, all of them rebooting—or relaunching, as Jim Lee gently insists it be called. None of this will affect the video game bearing the D.C. name, nor should it. “It’s the platonic ideal,” Lee,…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Help Me Think of a Title For This
A buddy is writing a book and enlisted me and a bunch of other friends in a quest to find the perfect title for it. (I can tell you what it’s about but then I’d have to kill you.) This is a hard freaking job, much harder than coming up with superhero names when we…
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UncategorizedWhen Two Fighting Game Producers Go To War, Asses Get Punctured
Yesterday Owen teased us with tales of the series of bizarre challenges that led up to the epic Street Fighter X Tekken battle between Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono and Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada at Comic-Con 2011. Turns out it’s even stranger than he made it sound. Remember, this may seem odd to video game…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Rooney Again Anchors FIFA Cover in UK, Australia
Wayne Rooney is again on the cover of EA Sports’ FIFA series, joining Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere on FIFA 12 for release in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia and the Middle East. In Australia, he will be partnered with Tim Cahill, the Australian star who plays for Everton in the English Premier League. No word yet…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
EA Sports Would Consider Publishing an Indie Game
As the genre’s undisputed 1,000 pound gorilla, EA Sports knows that independent games developers are not looking to build sports games if it means taking on that kind of label. That’s why Andrew Wilson, EA Sports’ top development executive, says they would be open to publishing an indie sports game, although probably on mobile platforms…
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In Debt Halo Cosplayer Takes His Armor to Pawn Stars
How much would you say a used suit of MJOLNIR assault armor, from Halo, is worth? This guy thinks about $2,000. The History Channel’s Pawn Stars thinks it’s a bit less. Maybe if it was actual functioning armor could Chumlee here come up to that kind of asking price, which the guy already figured was…
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Why I’m No Fan of Stripgamer
The Date-a-Gamer website GameCrush is supposed to be about friendly gaming with sexy singles. However, it’s new companion site Stripgamer doesn’t bother even trying for innocence. Stripgamer is a new service created by Whamspot, the same people who created and own the GameCrush site. We’ve written about GameCrush before, but here’s a brief recap: you…
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UncategorizedLose Hope for Wesley Snipes’ iPhone Game in Two Lines of Dialog
“I live in the shadows. Shadows are dark places.” I’ve only seen one minute of footage from Wesley Snipes’ Julius Styles: The International, and already I’ve learned an important lesson about darkness. Thanks, Blade. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and…
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How Unusual Was The 3DS Price Cut?
Many people in the gaming community were taken aback by Nintendo’s announcement last night that the 3DS would be dropping price from $250 to $170 only five months after its initial launch in America and after fewer than 900,000 units have sold in the U.S. But that cut wasn’t completely without precedent. Nintendo’s cut seemed…
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Apparently I’m Not Allowed to Sell My Children for Online Gaming Money Either
The internet is abuzz with the story of a Chinese couple that’s gotten in trouble for selling their three children for money to spend on online games. As it turns out, that’s not the sort of thing people take kindly to no matter where you live. According to Sanxiang City News, young couple Li Lin…
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How to Join Kotaku’s Next, Civilized Game Club
Welcome everyone to the next edition of the Kotaku Game Club. We’re going to do a little experiment this month, playing CivWorld, the sophisticated social version of Sid Meier’s Civilization In case you’re new to the group, our mission is to play video games together as a group, discussing the narrative, mechanical and human aspects…
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GameStop Brings the Convenience of Digital PC Game Delivery to Retail
Not everyone that purchases downloadable PC games does it because they prefer shopping at home. Some of them just hate discs and boxes. Maybe it’s an environmental thing. Perhaps their father was killed by a DVD. Whatever the case, GameStop’s in-store digital PC game purchase method is perfect for those types. It makes sense, I…
By Mike Fahey
