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UncategorizedIt Takes One Deep Breath to Change the World in From Dust
Breathe in, drain a lake. Breathe out, flood a valley. The battle between god-graced humanity and unforgiving nature is distilled down to two simple actions in Ubisoft’s From Dust An ancient spirit tasked with protecting its tribe and helping its people to advance, The Breath is fully capable of reshaping the world as it sees…
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These Angry Birds Cakes Look Disgusting, Taste Amazing
Mouldering green pig heads aren’t typically appetizing, but these Angry Birds cakes don’t look half bad. Submitted for the 2011 Threadcakes competition, this depiction of birds perched on a dead pigs head like crows pecking at roadkill is both disturbing and delightfully colorful. Threadcakes is a competition put on by Threadless T-Shirts that asks bakers…
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A Hilarious Horror Game and Other Xbox Live Indie Surprises
Every two weeks, we weigh in on our favorite selectons on Xbox Live’s indie channel, and this week we found some truly impressive games. These are not Microsoft-approved games—they’re created by everyone from the average Joe to upstart game companies, and reviewed by users like you. We list the stand-outs here and in the Kotaku‘s…
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UncategorizedL.A. Noire Trapped in the Vile Clutches of Reefer Madness
In 1940’s Los Angeles, cannabis was not the subject of comedy movies. It was serious business, and Cole Phelps aims to take that business down in Reefer Madness, the next downloadable content case for L.A. Noire These days smoking pot carries far less of a stigma than it did in the 1940’s. I attribute this…
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Just Jam, Qix, and Fortified Zone Are Part of This Complete Nintendo Download
This week’s Nintendo Download is here, bringing with it a double dose of overpriced Game Boy classics and a load of other things you’ve probably never heard about. Let’s get right to it, shall we? When I first heard that the Nintendo 3DS would allow gamers to download and play classic Game Boy titles, the…
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Dishonored Is Bethesda’s New First-Person Action Game
Developed by Arkane Studios and slated for release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in 2012, Dishonored is a first-person action game, and that’s all we’ll know until the new issue of Game Informer comes out. Thanks, Bethesda.
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Why Won’t These Legend of Zelda Characters Talk To Us?
Today’s Speak Up on Kotaku actually involves speaking up, as commenter Tengen Toppa Duck Face laments over the lack of voice acting in the latest Zelda game. To be totally honest, I’m really disappointed that (The Legend of Zelda) Skyward Sword doesn’t feature any voice acting. In my opinion, Skyward Sword will be the best…
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UncategorizedThe End of the World is the Beginning of Rage
The latest developer documentary for id Software’s Rage demonstrates just how similar the story of this game is to a Fallout title. The world is ending. You’re packed inside an underground vault to ride out the apocalypse, only to awaken as the sole survival of your particular ark. You wander the wastelands, fighting mutants and…
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