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A Candid Look Inside the Weird and Wonderful Minds Behind Dwarf Fortress
In a small two-bedroom apartment 20 in a strip mall of a town outside of Seattle, two brothers are hard at work crafting one of the most complex, convoluted, and difficult games ever created. Sometimes they code ASCII graphics. Other times they break out the crayons. Writer Jonah Weiner spent five days with Tarn and…
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Amazon Temporarily Pulls Cosmo Black Nintendo 3DS From Sale, But Why?
Anyone looking to pick up a Cosmo Black 3DS today from Amazon was met with a disconcerting note: Item Under Review While this item is available from other marketplace sellers on this page, it is not currently offered by Amazon.com because customers have told us there may be something wrong with our inventory of the…
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UncategorizedGhost Rider Vs. Firebrand Vs. Hawkeye Vs. Strider
Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 introduces twelve new characters to the MVC3 roster. Capcom has only (technically) revealed four, and here they are kicking each other’s asses. We’ll kick things off with a little Firebrand Vs. Hawkeye, solely because I love the purple avenger’s opening line. “Avengers, Defenders, Thunderbolts; I make any team better,” Clint…
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NFL Lockout Ends, but Madden Must React Quickly
The National Football League’s players approved a deal with the league owners this afternoon, ending a four-month lockout that had threatened the regular season and cast a shadow over development of one of the NFL’s signature licensed products, EA Sports’ Madden NFL. The game is on shelves Aug. 30. EA Sports has yet to issue…
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Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D in Select Theaters for One Night Only
Catch the 3D animated movie Tekken: Blood Vengeance in theaters before it hits the PlayStation 3 as part of Tekken Hybrid, as long as you’ve got tomorrow night free and it’s playing at a theater near you (thanks, Ed!).
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Here Are Three New Ways to Spend Your Hard-Earned Club Nintendo Coins
You’ve bought Nintendo product, registered it online, and collected Club Nintendo coins for your effort. Nintendo repays you with a Metroid screensaver, Donkey Kong posters, and a giant AR card you could have printed out yourself! Reader Zonic505 pointed us towards these three new Club Nintendo rewards, sure to be a big hit with people…
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UncategorizedEzio Struggles with Old Age in Assassin’s Creed Embers
There’s no such thing as aging gracefully when you’re Ezio Auditore. UbiWorkshop’s animated tale, Assassin’s Creed Embers, tells the tale of what happens when old age and old enemies start catching up with the master assassin. It’s rare that we get to see our video game heroes grow old. Aside from the odd fighting game…
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UncategorizedDoes This Video Make You Want to Play Star Wars: The Old Republic?
Now that we’ve got preorder information and details on the $150 collector’s edition, all that’s left for BioWare is getting people excited about playing Star Wars: The Old Republic. Does this do it for you?
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Violent Video Game Legal Battle Could Cost California Another $1.1 Million
Now that the smoke has cleared and the video game industry stands triumphant over the state of California in the Supreme Court battle over making it a crime to sell violent games to minors, the Entertainment Software Association needs to pay its lawyers. Why hello there, California taxpayers. For six years the state of California…
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Dead Island‘s Infestation Spreads to PlayStation Home
The zombie strain that strikes the vacationers on Dead Island is so virulent that even advertising the game results in a full-on undead plague, as European PlayStation Home users will discover shortly before the game launches in September. PlayStation 3 owners will start feeling the effects of the Dead Island infection shortly before the game…
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In Search of New and Exciting Collectible Card-Based Video Games
Appropriately named commenter Tengen Toppa Duck Face has a craving for video games based on collectible card games, but his experience is limited to Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon. Somebody help a brother deal a fresh hand in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Are there any collectible card video games that come highly recommended, new or old?…
By Mike Fahey
