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  Poor Americans are Gamers, Too

  In case you didn’t know, there are poor gamers. Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation has published a report on what it means to be poor in America today. According to the report, households living in poverty have many modern amenities including air conditioning, cable TV and video game consoles. The report is meant to…

  By Sam Winstrom Published July 22, 2011
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  Why Root for the Chimera in Resistance 3?

  In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Armstrongjx4 expresses his desire to see humanity fall to the Chimera in Resistance 3. Why? Because we expect to win. Am I the only one who wants the humans to…you know, lose the war in Resistance 3? I blame Killzone for this. Killzone has been a backwards game…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 22, 2011
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  Kinect Makes This Music Video Sing

  There are no post-production effects added to this video, everything, happening on singer Olga Bell’s face is happening in real-time, we’re told. How did they do it? (And not blind Bell’s singer in the process?) With a Kinect hack of course. Zach Liberman writes on the Vimeo landing page for this video that they used…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2011
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  Google Says Game “Stream” Coming to Google+

  We’ve heard rumblings that some form of, perhaps social, gaming was coming to Google+ but it hasn’t really been verified officially until today. Found today under a description of the service’s streams is this nugget: “If you’re looking for updates shared from games, check out your Games stream.” The link for Games Stream send browsers…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Maybe Socrates is in San Diego. If you’re there too… bring us home some swag like a good friend, will ya? The rest of us will keep our spirits up by swapping video game stories. Thanks very much to Brian H. May for what has clearly become his hobby while on tour. To get your…

  By Jen Schiller Published July 22, 2011
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  Two More Shots of Modern Warfare 3 Emerge

  It looks like, if Google Translate can be believed, that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 got a recent outing in Munich, giving press there a chance to go hands on with the game, and releasing two new screenshots from the game. The presentation involved checking out the game presented on a 65-inch television in…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 22, 2011
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  Creativity and Community Drive Dream Track Nation Towards Greatness

  A charming little stunt racing game with a slick cartoon style, Dream Track Nation‘s track creation and sharing community is where Chillingo’s latest laps the competition. The play, create, share concept Sony established for community-powered games like LittleBigPlanet and ModNation Racers is alive and well on iOS. Developer PowPow has infused Dream Track Nation with…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 22, 2011
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  Mr. Dragon Quest with Mr. Metal Gear Solid

  Con | TOKYO, JAPAN: Yuji Horii and Hideo Kojima at this year’s Comic-Con (Photo: @Kojima_Hideo | Twitpic) Segata Sanshiro, the Greatest Video Game Ad Man Of Them All Sony’s fictional executive Kevin Butler has won himself a legion of fans. Which is great! Kevin Butler, though, ain’t got shit on Segata Sanshiro. Batman, Master Chief,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2011
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  The Good, the Bad, and Ugly of Working Xbox Tech Support

  Website Idle Hands has a lengthy series of pieces up of what it’s like to work tech support for Xbox. There are insights on customers, policies, and refund info. Read part 1, 2, and 3. [Idle Hands]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2011
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  One of Capcom’s Biggest Games Gets…Glasses

  Japan loves glasses. Japan also loves Sengoku Basara. Enter officially licensed Sengoku Basara prescription specs. Glasses retailer Zoff launched Sanada Yukimura and Date Masamune limited edition Sengoku Basara specs for ¥3,150 each (US$40). The actual heroes of Sengoku Basara might have been stylish for samurai, but they sure weren’t sexy. If only they had these…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2011
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  Dead Rising Creator’s Newest Game Is…

  Well, it’s a social game. But that’s not unexpected—Keiji Inafune already said he was working on a social game. The game is called The Island of Dr. Momo. The game follows Dr. Momo, lover of cute things, on a quest to collect cute animals to make the cutest thing on Earth. Sounds cute. Don’t expect…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2011
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  Craig Mullins Is One Of The Best Artists On The Planet

  Tonight's Fine Art post showcases a titan in the field

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011
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  Use Words as Punches With Word Fighter

  Street Fighter is a game for fast-paced twitch junkies. You’ve got to be quick to get your shots in. Word Fighter, on the other hand, is a little more pedestrian. Think of it as Jane Austen meets M. Bison. Word Fighter is an iOS and Android game by Feel Every Yummy, where you take control…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011
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  Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

  Metal Gear’s Hideo Kojima and Gears of Wars’ Cliff Bleszinski enjoy a tender moment at Comic-Con. [Cliff, via Gamefreaks]

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011
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  Star Wars: The Old Republic Won’t Launch In Asia, Australasia

  As though we were still living in the 1990’s, it’s come to light that when upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is released, it’ll only be released (at first) in North America and Europe. If you live in Australia, and expected to be playing when those in the US, Canada or Europe were playing,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011
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  What’s Better Than Radical Fishing? Ridiculous Fishing

  Last year a game was released called Radical Fishing. It was fun, and had a great name, but didn’t look so hot. The developers (Vlambeer) are now back with another fishing game, and this one looks great It’s called Ridiculous Fishing, and is a sequel for the iPhone. You’re still fishing, only now with some…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011
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  This PixelJunk Game Isn’t On a PlayStation

  PixelJunk Monsters was a 2007 PS3 game. Actually, every PixelJunk game has been a PS3 game. Until now. Q-Games has announced that PixelJunk Monsters will be re-released as a free-to-play browser game later this year.

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011
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  The Video Game Cosplay of Comic-Con – Day One

  Did the Comic-Con crowd bring its cosplaying A-game to this year’s convention? Well… some did. We saw some great video game fashion homages while crawling the halls in San Diego on day one of the pop culture con, some of which you’ll see here. We like to think that Comic-Con attendees were just warming up…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 22, 2011
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  You Can Use Steam Keys On Origin

  Here’s an interesting, if random, aspect to the brewing war between Valve’s Steam service and EA’s new rival, Origin: you can use keys from the former on the latter. Running some tests on the competing platform, PC Gamer found that some Steam keys (the codes you can use to activate a downloadable copy of a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011
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  Collapsing Buildings, Giant Dildos & Breakdancing Explosions

  This new trailer for Saints Row The Third is equal parts stupid and ridiculous. But then, this is Saints Row we’re talking About. It wouldn’t want it any other way. The comical open-world action game will be out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in November.

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2011