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The Northwest U-Turn
The Northwest U-Turn | My flight home took me to Eugene, Ore. by way of Seattle. Here is a view from my window. I thought that was Mount St. Helens at the middle, but now I am not so sure. (Update: Many readers have said it is in Oregon, and it is the Three Sisters…
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Duke Nukem, At Last
Well, we’re not impressed by what we’ve seen so far of Duke Nukem: Forever, but there is something to be said for this game finally hitting shelves after a torturous 14-year development. Other titles out this week include Child of Eden and Alice: Madness Returns. Seven days from now, Ocarina of Time‘s long awaited remake…
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UncategorizedExcitebike‘s Subtle Shift in 3D Scenery
If you’ve got a 3DS, and you’ve got an Internet connection, there’s no reason to not have downloaded the latest system update and pulled down 3D Classics: Excitebike from the Nintendo eShop. It’s free, after all. But developer Arika didn’t just break down the 2D game into separate layers for 3D presentation. As you can…
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The Lowlights of L.A.
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Top 5 Fails of E3 [Calm Down Tom] This recap gets all of the cringe-inducing gaffes and underwhelming reveals we saw down in L.A. The…
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UncategorizedHere’s a Look at the Zelda Tribute Level in Super Mario 3DS
At E3, Totilo liveblogged a Nintendo developer Q&A which showed a Zelda-inspired level for the upcoming Super Mario 3DS. Pictures and video weren’t allowed, but a snipped of video just went up to Nintendo’s official E3 site, giving a glimpse of what Super Mario 3DS has in mind. This level is a top-down board, familiar…
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Molyneux Disowns Fable E3 Demonstration as a “Horrendous Mistake”
The E3 news conference demonstration for Fable: The Journey, the Kinect-enabled next entry in the role-playing franchise, was objectively speaking a flop. The series’ creator himself says so, because The Journey left the impression this was a rail-shooter spinoff, and now everyone’s in damage control. “I made an horrendous mistake on the press demo on…
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Star Trek Sets its Phaser for Thrill
So, yes, I saw the Phaser. The PlayStation Move attachment showed off to oohs and aahs at Sony’s E3 press conference is, indeed, a beautiful thing. More importantly, so is the game that’s arriving with it. Star Trek, despite the series’ long history, and its long history of video games, has rarely done action-adventure shooters…
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Shield Posing
We knew going into E3 that something seen there would be the basis for our latest ‘Shop Contest challenge, and that the new console from Nintendo would probably be it. It is. Instead of the console case itself, though, we’re thinking that new Wii U controller has some untapped potential, especially in the real world.…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome back to Talk Amongst Yourselves. E3 seems like both a day and a month ago. I feel like I’ve traveled through a time warp. So let’s get the morning warmed up while I get my act together. Once again, our Weekend TAYpic, and like the last five TAYpics overall, comes from Incursor. Can anyone…
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Sunday Comics
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published June 6. – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published June 9. – Read more of Nerf…
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Smackdown vs. 3DS Winners
The strange appearance of an Aqua Blue 3DS capturing the action at a pro rasslin’ event provided the grist for our latest Kotaku ‘Shop Contest, in which the Nintendo handheld makes 20 cameos just as bizarre. Getting things started, Bet@ (2) calls back to our L.A. Noire contest with a shifty-eyed Sheamus. BigMike McCarthy’s joke…
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Facing the Lockout, Madden and NFL Fans Seek a Common Refuge
At E3 this week, the sight I was least prepared for was that of Ray Lewis in full Baltimore Ravens uniform: eye-black, skullcap, gloves, wristbands, everything. This was an appearance for Madden NFL 12 but to him, it didn’t look like it was for show. Lewis looked ready to play right there, ready to go…
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Notch Will Get That For You, Cliffy B
Epic Games and Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski have made a ton of money. Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson carries around a little bit of scratch himself. We’re pretty sure both had no trouble making their escapes from Los Angeles after E3. [via Twitter]
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Michael J. Fox Voicing Two Characters in Back to the Future Finale
Michael J. Fox will lend his voice to the fifth and final chapter of Telltale Games’ Back to the Future adventure, but we didn’t know he’d be supplying the voices of two characters. Telltale’s creative director, Dave Grossman, confirmed the dual appearance during a preview of Telltale’s coming work at E3 2011. Grossman wouldn’t say…
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UncategorizedSouth Park Presses Square for Doubt on L.A. Noire
Fresh from the vivisection they performed on EA Sports and Peter Moore (which Moore himself quoted on our Twitter feed Thursday), the kids of South Park turned their attention to L.A. Noire in Thursday night’s episode, in which Stan battles chronic cynicsm—aka “Internet commenter’s syndrome.” We can see its more tragic manifestations here in Stan’s…
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