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  Burlesque and Cosplay Come Together In Ireland

  Cosplay is not limited to just Japan or the United States, it’s a world wide art form. Meet the Chronic Candies, a Burlesque/Cosplay duo from Dublin, Ireland. Earlier this month the girls appeared at Nom-Con 2011, the annual anime convention in Ireland, to show off their unique talents in full Final Fantasy VII garb. Obviously…

  By Max Abrams Published August 11, 2011
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  The Coolest, Tiniest New Gaming Platform Hits Next Month

  Sifteo, those tiny motion-aware game playing blocks we first spotted at CES, hit this September for $150 a pack, the company said today. The toy blocks turned new game platform works with both the PC and Mac and will launch as a set of three Sifteo cubes, a charging dock and a USB radio link…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 11, 2011
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  Get Your Tickets to the MineCraft Convention Before They’re Gone

  The official website for MineCon, the first annual celebration of all things MineCraft, is incredibly difficult to get to at the moment, as tickets for the big November event have officially gone on sale for $99 apiece. Held November 18 and 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada, MineCon is a chance for MineCraft players around the…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2011
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  The Best Apps for Turning Your iPad into an iPre-School

  Kids and iPads are a better fit than you’d think—as long as those little hands are clean. Thanks to a batch of free games, storybooks and teaching tools, the iPad can be a great tool for brightening a child’s mind. And, unlike the iPad, a raft of great kids’ apps are cheap. So whether you’ve…

  By Mike Epstein Published August 11, 2011
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  Which Video Game Character Are You?

  It’s commenter Aikage‘s turn to play Speak Up on Kotaku again, or should I say Commander Aikage? He wants to know what video game character you relate to the most, and you’re going to tell him. Hello. Who are you? Which video game character do you relate to the most? Sure, you may not be…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 11, 2011
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  End of Nations Will Be Free-To-Play

  Peteroglyph Games’s upcoming real-time strategy MMO End of Nations will be the latest game to hop on the free-to-play train. At a San Francisco press event yesterday, publisher Trion Worlds’s VP of 3rd Party Development Dave Luehmann and Senior Vice President of Publishing David Reid confirmed that End of Nations would be available for free…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published August 11, 2011
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  National Rental Service Redbox Adds… Foursquare Support?

  Redbox, the in-store movie and game rental kiosk, is adding foursquare support starting next week, the company tells Kotaku The addition of more than 27,800 redbox locations makes this one of the largest foursquare retail integrations in the location-based community service’s history. “With more than 27,800 locations nationwide, mobile allows redbox to hyper-localize our engagement…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 11, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  You know that place, Talk Amongst Yourselves? Where you can freely talk about video games and no one pays attention to what I write here? I think it may be because I don’t talk about games myself. So I’ll start this time! I started replaying Final Fantasy VI yesterday (but on the SNES, so I…

  By Joshua Rivera Published August 11, 2011
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  John Goodman Welcomes You To Rage’s Future

  In this sixth video looking behind the scenes of Rage, id Software talks about the sound design of the upcoming shooter, role-playing game. That means we get to hear about how the music, sound effects and voice acting came together. In other words: John Goodman Rage is due out for the PC, PS3 and Xbox…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 11, 2011
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  A Hardcore Triber Tells You Why Tribes: Ascend is So, So Close to Being Transcendent

  I have played Tribes: Ascend. If that statement doesn’t make you jealous, provoke salivating, or awaken tense memories of last-minute flag captures that you can physically feel in your shoulders and mousing hand, this probably isn’t going to be the article for you. Tribes is my all-time favorite game series of all time. Tribes and…

  By Joel Johnson Published August 11, 2011
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  Shift 2 Unleashed is a Demanding Driver’s Ed Class

  Learning to drive a stick shift on my mother’s BMW 325 was one of the most maddening experiences in a teenage life full of them. I just could not figure out what the hell that thing’s clutch wanted out of me. It defied all verbal instruction. It was a car of undeniable quality, and a…

  By Owen Good Published August 11, 2011
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  A Man in a Prinny Hat

  Nice Hat | TOKYO, JAPAN: An event for PS Vita title Disgaea 3 was held in Akihabara. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) The Destructive Video Game Art of Coro Kaufman We’ve got another Massive Black artist for you today, which is always a treat. Coro Kaufman is one of the studio’s co-founders, and also serves as…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2011
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  Last Day to Register for Free 3DS Games

  Just a friendly reminder that today is the last day you can register for Nintendo’s Ambassador Program. You know, the program for 3DS early adaptors who paid through the nose for the 3DS, so now are getting twenty free games. In Japan, the registration program involves you entering your serial number in a website, but…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2011
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  Hello Sexy Tron Inspired Costume

  The latest Tron, Tron: Legacy, was filled with attractive actors in fetching costumes. Here are some more nifty outfits—they’re not official Tron wear, but they glow. That’ll do. These outfits come via Etsy seller ArtificeClothing, and will glows in the dark after ten minutes of sunlight exposure. If you leave the outfits under a bright…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2011
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  Goodbye Pikachu Rip-Off! It’s Been Fun.

  Earlier this month, Japanese netizens noticed that a mascot created to promote the environment in Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture looked a helluva lot like Pikachu. The character’s name is Eco-chan and was unveiled late last year. When the character’s wearable suit was created, a city staffer said that it looked like Pikachu. However, the person who…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2011
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  The Destructive Video Game Art of Coro Kaufman

  We’ve got another Massive Black artist for you today, which is always a treat. Coro Kaufman is one of the studio’s co-founders, and also serves as its art director. Needless to say, his stuff is great In this gallery you’ll see examples from many of the games he’s worked on over the past few years,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2011
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  This Is Why Games Are Going Free To Play

  Wondering why going “free to play” is so trendy right now? Consider MMO Age of Conan. In May, it launched a F2P version. It’s since doubled its revenues and increased subscriber numbers

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2011
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  The Ladies of Street Fighter Trade Face Punching for Wine and Coffee

  The delightful French artist Bastien Vives returns with another unconventional take on the Street Fighter universe. Be sure to check out his blog, linked below, for more of the same. Like Street Fighter characters dressed up like Battle Beasts. Yeah, that’s right. Battle Beasts vendredi… lorsque la rumeur dit que l’un d’entre eux ne s’est…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2011
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  The 3DS Launches at a Lower Price. Some Japanese People Buy It.

  Today in Japan, the 3DS went on sale with a new, lower price. Some people lined up at stores in Tokyo, but not that many. But that’s okay. When the 3DS first went on sale, hundreds of people lined up for pre-orders, and then hundreds more lined up to purchase the portable. Months later and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2011
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  Know Your Zelda Animals, Monsters, Beasts, Bird People and Weird Chicken Things

  Artist Jude Buffum has come up with this impressive (and informative!) piece called Magna Arbor Vitae Deku. It’s essentially a biology chart of the Zelda universe. The name means “The Great Deku Tree of Life”, and starting at said Great Deku Tree it branches out to include 200 species of creature, good, bad and in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2011