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The Real Story of ‘Chickey Cantor’
Well, I blew it. Monday Night Combat and Uber Entertainment dropped a story with perfect Easter ties in everyone’s lap on Friday, and I missed the point. Chickey Cantor, the crazy clucker you can rodeo-ride for big buxx in the game’s new title update, is not in fact named for Monday Night Combat P.A. Mickey…
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Going Dark
Holiday weekends in the U.S. typically foreshadow light weeks in game releases and the coming seven days is no different. Darkspore, for PC, is the top drop on Tuesday. There also is some DLC coming for Shift Unleashed and Outland, a downloadable title for PSN and XBLA. Tuesday Darkspore (PC) – ‘Diablo in Space’ is…
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Xbox Live Reacts To PlayStation Network Outage
Some have noticed that PlayStation Network is down and out at the same time Microsoft is running a free-to-play weekend for all Xbox Live account holders, across all of Europe. Electronic Theatre asked an Xbox Live rep how the company felt about the timing of such events: “Of course it’s regretful that Sony is encountering…
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Top 5 of 10: Game Show Games
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. •TV Game Shows Ideal for Kinect/Move [Megabits of Gaming] Sort of a wildcard topic here, but I’ll play along. Hole in the Wall is a…
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UncategorizedGears of War 3‘s Beta Asks: What’s Easter Without Easter Eggs?
Those lucky enough to be in on the Gears of War 3 beta today were treated to this, either cute or disturbing depending on your sensibilities. Pick a male character, COG or Locust, and voila, bunny hat. [h/t reader Hazel H.]
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Advertisement Unlocked!
A couple weeks ago we were introduced to Kiip, at the forefront of an exciting new opportunity I’m sure you are all fascinated to participate in: Advertising. When you unlock achievements. Though Kiip seems to be focused on the mobile games sector for now, the prospect of getting a coupon for a free Jumbo Jack…
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UncategorizedWhen Your Favorite Game Is Proposing Marriage, The Answer Is ‘Yes’
She said yes. You’re dying to know, and Kotaku can confirm that for you now. Even though her marriage proposal came from a smart-aleck robot and contained references to herpes and, well, the big A, last night Tora told Ben yes, she will marry him, The proposal, delivered by Borderlands’ comedy-reliefbot Claptrap in a video…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Happy Easter, everyone. You know what I love about Easter? The premise of its secular observance proves children have no more intellect than that of an extremely drunk person. Think about it: “Hold on … now … OK … no, no hold on, wait a sec, so, you’re telling me – shut up … a…
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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 April 18. – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published April 18. – Read more of Nerf…
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UncategorizedClaptrap Hits On Then Helps a Gamer Propose To His Main Squeeze
Hello, traveler! We have nuptials for you on the Fyrestone Bounty Board! This is a video Borderlands studio Gearbox made for superfan Ben, to help him propose to his Borderlands-superfan girlfriend Tora, and it is outstanding. Ben reached out to Gearbox a while back, mentioning that when he and Tora first started dating, he had…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Crowd-Sourced Wii 2
This past week the rumor mill spit out nearly every conceivable detail about Nintendo’s Wii successor, except for, of course, what the thing actually looks like. We put it to you, the Kotaku community, to come up with a credible artist’s rendering. Or, in lieu of that, something hilarious. Here’s what we got. Bluegeek (2)…
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‘Shop Contest Roundup
1: BigMike McCarthy 2: BlueGeek 3: CarlofDuty 4: Cleesox 5: gameproblems 6: JamRad 7: JGab 8: KingKellogg 9: lilcuban 10: mrjoeyyaya 11: psykofaze 12: RandMan612 13: SecretMoblin 14: STiX 15: Tevious 16: thomasmahler 17: Turbanator 18: urbanwolf222 19: wack0br 20: Winkelried
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Addicted To What The Sticks Did
Golf, in real life, never took root in me. I had friends who played, and invited me along. As a young sports writer I covered a couple of exciting tournaments. In college, I enrolled in a golf class my senior year and was even partnered with N.C. State’s quarterback, a guy who later became a…
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Digital Pioneer Who Established Sony Computer Entertainment Dies At 81
Norio Ohga, the former chairman of Sony who, in 1993, established Sony Computer Entertainment and paved the way for the PlayStation, died Saturday morning in Tokyo. He was 81. Ohga’s digital media vision had far reaching impact, not just for his company but for all electronics manufacturers. In video games, Sony and Nintendo had been…
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UncategorizedKeep Pluckin’ That Chicken In Monday Night Combat
If your fetish happens to be rodeo-riding a giant chicken named for a former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, you’re going to want to get Monday Night Combat’s latest update, which went live last night. That’s “Chickey Cantor,” the newest star of Monday Night Combat, found in its newest map, Uncle Tully’s Funland. Yes, yes, I…
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Does Sony Owe You Anything For The PSN Outage?
The PlayStation Network has been down for a solid two days. We don’t know when it will end. All we know, in its third day, is that Sony says an “external intrusion” is responsible for the outage. All multiplayer gaming is conked. Some downloadable titles are completely unplayable. (Those good old title updates are still…
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Smell Like An Orc With These RPG-Inspired Perfumes
Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs, who brought you “Chtulhu: The Fragrance,” has released a line of RPG-themed “perfume oil blends.” Yes, if you’ve always wanted to smell like an elf but never thought to mix parma violet, hawthorne bark, white moss and a bunch of other shit together, they’ve got you covered. Choose from all standard…
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UncategorizedYou Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry
Reader Joe Lindell couldn’t believe his eyes. After whacking a three-run home run against the Tampa Bay Rays in MLB 2K11, the CPU actually – possibly even deliberately – hit his next batter. Oh, it’s on like (trademarked by Nintendo)! The scene: Twins at Rays, top of the first. Joe’s already playing small ball, so…
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“Hitman: Absolution” Seems To Be The Name Of The Game
Just so you know, IO Interactive was doin’ aug- alternate-reality games before doing alternate-reality games was cool, giving up a look at what’s believed to be Hitman’s next entry. A trademark filing by Square Enix now indicates it will be titled “Hitman: Absolution.” The trademark listing with the European Union says the mark, currently under…
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