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  Final Fantasy VII Stop Motion Is Eight Minutes of Holy Shit

  YouTube user counter656 (aka John Huang) is quickly making a name for himself online with his stop motion videos. The 30-year-old likes making these videos for fun and is trying to upload a new one every 2 months. In the gallery, check out his Mega-Man and Gundam videos (one of which we’ve featured before).

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 6, 2011
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  The GameFAQs of 1994 Was Way Cooler

  These days, if you’re stuck in a game, you hit the internet. YouTube and GameFAQs are your best friends. Back in the 1990s, things weren’t so simple! Your options were more complicated. You could ask your friends for help, but they were likely to either not know or be full of shit. You could call…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2011
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  Japan’s Pop Princess Wants to Give You Tales Loot

  On August 31, Ayumi Hamasaki is releasing a new EP called Five. Since Hamasaki is singing the theme for upcoming role-playing game Tales of Xillia, a limited edition version of her new mini-album will come with a redeemable download code. The code can be entered into Tales of Xillia for an in-game, rabbit-eared “Song Princess”…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 6, 2011
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  Would You Play a Game Called Chad Ochocinco’s Barely Legal Thigh Master?

  No? How about Scottie Pippen’s Battle Typing? Mormon Drop? Nurse Party? Those are just four of the combinations you’ll get when you waste minutes of your life clicking on the Video Game Name Generator, which throws together random celebrities, verbs and the word “Chronicles” to give us names that are only so absurd because they’re…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2011
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  Like Shenmue? You Must Visit This Cafe.

  Masaya Matsukaze has an impressive resume. He’s voiced Teru in Death Note, Morty in Pokémon and Blues in Mega Man NT Warrior. But that’s not his most famous role. Matsukaze voiced Ryo Hazuki in the original Japanese version of Shenmue and Shenmue II. Wouldn’t it be great if you could meet him? You probably can!…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 6, 2011
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  Hope You’re Ready For Some New PlanetSide

  We already know Sony Online Entertainment is working on a new Planetside game. That’s…about all we know. We should know more come July 8, though, as that’s when a countdown clock on the series’ website expires. Yes, a countdown clock. I am truly sorry for drawing attention to the laziest and most frustrating marketing ploy…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2011
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  Deus Ex Hackers Hit With Lawsuit (and Here’s how They Got the Game)

  A preview build of Deus Ex Human Revolution, containing a rough version of the early sections of the upcoming game, was leaked onto torrent sites in late May While publishers Square Enix have publicly been cool with the release, even quietly encouraging of it, behind the scenes they’ve been hunting down those responsible. Now, believing…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2011
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  When South Park Got an EA Sports Game Pulled off the Shelves

  Long before golfer Tiger Woods thought it’d be a good idea to go sticking his dick in anything with a hole and a pulse, his video game franchise was embroiled in a scandal of a different kind. The harmless kind. Involving Jesus, Santa Claus and a cartoon. In 1998, a young Tiger Woods was bursting…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2011
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  Helpful chart explains the difference between “good” hacking and “bad” hacking

  Hacking is a noble pursuit — it’s what tinkerers do to create cool new machines and innovate. But the media is obsessed with using the word “hacker” interchangeably with “criminal.” That’s why IEEE Spectrum magazine has created this helpful chart (click to enlarge), in which they try to separate out the good hacks from the…

  By Annalee Newitz Published July 5, 2011
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  Up In Smoke

  Welcome back, Kotaku readers. Did you have a good/festive/drunken 4th of July? Or was it just another day to you, as you celebrate your independence on a different schedule? Well, we take all walks of life in our open thread, so… welcome. Mine was great, thanks for asking. I gorged on sliders, hot dogs, guacamole,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 5, 2011
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  These Mystery Fighters Are Your Next Two Soulcalibur V Characters

  At least two more souls will be revealed later this month at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con, promises Soulcalibur V director Daishi Odashima. But since Comic-Con doesn’t hit San Diego for another fortnight, all we get now are silhouettes. Odashima tweeted the above teasers today, saying that the pair would be unveiled at the con.…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 5, 2011
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  EVO 2011 Tournament Schedule is Live

  The EVO 2011 fighting tournament schedule is now live, with a breakdown of when the pools, semi-finals and finals occur. Things get started on July 29 and wrap up on July 31 with the EVO 2011 World Finals at 9 a.m. sharp!

  By Brian Crecente Published July 5, 2011
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  Discoverer Is An Unreal Engine Powered iPhone Game from the ex-Sonic Team at Prope

  Former Sonic Team lead Yuji Naka and his Prope studio aren’t solely focused on bringing new fishing games to the Wii. They have plenty of iPhone and iPad projects under their belt, including the newly released, Unreal-powered Discoverer Prope’s Discoverer, released on iTunes last week, looks similar to the also Unreal Engine-powered tech demo Epic…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 5, 2011
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  Minecraft Users Build Multi-level Replica of Penn Station

  This time-lapse video shows you just how diligently an entire server’s worth of Minecraft players worked for their art. After three days solid of non-stop building, this multi-level replica of New York’s Penn station is truly impressive. Not only did players create the above-ground portion of the transportation hub, but they dug deep below (as…

  By Jen Schiller Published July 5, 2011
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  The Fiery, Nose-less Images of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

  With part two of the one-part Harry Potter book finale making its way to theaters, it’s time to take a look at the video game based on the movie based on the book… and the portable based on that. Confused? Just look at the pictures for the console versions and the DS version. 😀

  By Brian Crecente Published July 5, 2011
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  A Beautiful New Perspective on Grand Theft Auto‘s Liberty City

  Thanks to PC mods, people can still impress us with the beauty of 2008’s Grand Theft Auto IV. Lighting and weather effects can go a long, long way in making Rockstar Games’ crime epic very, very pretty. It’s even prettier as a postcard. The screenshot-snapping artistry that is Dead End Thrills—previously featured on Kotaku—recently refocused…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 5, 2011
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  Skymall Inspires Classroom Computer Games

  Scott Laidlaw is slowing down the pace on educational math games. Laidlaw, who is CEO and co-owner of Imagine Education, created Ko’s Journey to help teach math to middle schoolers using a rite-of-passage story he heard while traveling in Peru. Now, with a $500,000 grant, he’s taking the computer game across the country and helping…

  By Jen Schiller Published July 5, 2011
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  Death Number 13

  Rockets’ Red Glare | It’s crazy how elaborate home fireworks are getting. (Photo: Brian Crecente) The Archbishop of Denver Tells You about Violent Video Games and the Rights of Parents In this essay originally penned for First Things, Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput discusses the recent Supreme Court decision that granted video games First Amendment protection.…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 5, 2011
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  Ms. Splosion Man Priced Reasonably, Maybe Coming to Steam

  Two things we’re quite sure of regarding Ms. Splosion Man, the next game from Twisted Pixel and semi-sequel to Xbox Live Arcade game ‘Splosion Man: it is coming to Xbox 360 this Wednesday, July 13 for 800 Microsoft Points. That’s straight from the developer’s press release on the matter. The other thing we’re not so…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 5, 2011
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  Try Catherine Before You Buy, Just Like Vincent

  In Catherine, Vincent tries to get a little something something for nothing, cheating on his long-time girlfriend Katherine with the evil slutcake Catherine. Atlus gives fans a little something for nothing on July 12 with a downloadable Catherine demo for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Atlus has put quite a lot of effort into…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 5, 2011