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Bobbyball Winners
The big moosie slobbering all over me, that was Bob. Kotick. Rattled by the Activision CEO’s cameo appearance in Moneyball, we decide to revise Hollywood history before it was revised for us. That meant inserting Bobby Kotick into Brad Pitt movies in last week’s ‘Shop Contest, or vice versa if necessary. Turned out vice versa…
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Don’t Hate the Game, Hate the Player
The lie I faced on the seventh green at Costa Navarino was so steep, it’s a wonder I didn’t need rappelling gear to address the ball. My caddy, who has recommended twisting shots that skip over bunkers and thread between trees, suddenly had no advice. Without any starting point for my read, I had no…
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The Week in Gaming Apps
Whoops! Week in Gaming Apps returns, sans your usual host Fahey, who has been playing with the high-stakes tamagotchi called “newborn babies.” When they cry, you had better goddamn well feed ’em. What games offer less risk (and, admittedly, not as much reward?) This week I flicked some balls on a virtual golf course, Luke…
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Chrome Skins are Gears of War 3‘s Unlockable Reward for Loyal Gears Players
In December, Epic Games creative boss Cliff Bleszinski said Gears of War 3 would feature unlockables that fans can acquire by playing other Epic games, such as the first two Gears of War. Yesterday, Gears 3‘s executive producer let slip what some of them will be. “If you did something in ‘Gears’ PC you get…
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Is ‘Familyville’ Zynga’s Answer to The Sims on Facebook?
Some URL sleuthing by the domain-watching site Fusible revealed that the domain familyville.com has changed hands and hosts in a manner similar to URLs for Zynga properties like Cityville What most ties familyville.com to Zynga was its brief ownership, in March, by IPCybercrime, which acquired the domain cityville.com on behalf of Zynga in June 2010…
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By Wisdom and Courage
Giving hope to a hopeless franchise is part of what makes season modes in sports video gaming so fun. But in FIFA, a side that comes up from nothing finds itself with new big-league obligations, and when the money runs out, can answer them only with heart. Sean (Kotaku user seanomatopoeia) created an 18-year-old Be…
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Video Game “Poems” Get a Luxurious Special-Edition Release
A Slow Year, the anthology of “video game poems” Dr. Ian Bogost wrote for the Atari 2600, has published a special edition befitting a work of art. The box is hand-crafted and bound in red leather, with foil-stamped gold lettering. The set sells for $500 and only 20 are available, but admiring it is free.
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You Can Learn a Lot, Watching Things Eat
When you decide to be something, you can be it. That’s what they don’t tell you in the church. When I was your age they would say we can become cops, or criminals. Today, what I’m saying to you is this: when you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference? The FBI bagged Whitey Bulger…
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Microsoft Sounding Out Developers for Free-to-Play Xbox 360 Games?
From Develop comes a rumor that Microsoft is now contacting studios “to discuss possible free-to-play game deals,” while it builds an operating system for the 360 that incorporates a microtransaction service. Develop says Microsoft offered no comment when contacted about the plans. The report attributed the rumor to “several sources connected to the matter.” This…
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Furious Over Microtransactions, EVE Online Community Explodes with Rioting
I don’t pretend to understand the culture of EVE Online, but when a fiasco gets a Downfall-meme video, that’s a kind of visual Esperanto for “this shit is officially fucked.” Our tips box has been exploding with reports that EVE’s culture is on the verge of collapse over publisher CCP’s decision to sell microtransaction items…
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Labor of Love Brings Marathon to the iPad for Free
Thanks to the spare-time efforts of a single coder, Marathon the beloved FPS from the zenith of Mac gaming’s days, will be released on the iPad by Bungie for the low low cost of zero dollars and zero cents. You may thank Daniel Blezek, who is a computer engineer “for a large medical center,” and…
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They’re Called “Goodbye Cookies”
Goodbye Cookies | Today was to be my last as a Kotaku intern. I brought cookies…but only three of us were here to eat them. (Photo by Drew Cohen) The New, Better Beast Mode is Gears of War 3’s No-Longer-Secret Weapon Much has changed in the year since Epic Games last showed Beast Mode, the…
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