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  Goodbye, Blue Screen Of Death!

  It’s been a hallmark of PC gaming (and, well, PC using) for years now: when Windows really does something wrong, users have been greeted by the dreaded “blue screen of death”, crashing their system. No more! Instead, it appears as though the next version of Microsoft’s operating system, Windows 8, does something similar to the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011
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  Naughty No More Heroes Gets a Naughty Trailer

  In Japan, No More Heroes is going adults-only with No More Heroes: Red Zone, a Move-enabled PS3 port of No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise. This is the game’s debut trailer. The trailer runs through what makes the game different: adult content, online rankings, five popular characters from No More Heroes 2, ten missions that were…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011
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  Sony Didn’t Mention PSN Outage At Tablet Press Conference

  While Sony did introduce its new PlayStation tablet, the company did not address any of the issues plaguing the PlayStation Network, reports The Wall Street Journal

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011
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  Mario Kart 3DS Isn’t as Far Off as You May Think

  Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto is in Paris at the moment on a 3DS press tour, and in between pressing the flesh and answering questions about his hobbies and pastimes, he’s dropping hints about Mario Kart 3DS Despite the fact we’ve seen little but a glorified tech demo of the latest and inevitable version…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011
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  You’ll Never Guess How Much These Drawings Cost

  During the days that followed March’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan, game companies donated money and musicians donated songs. And illustrators? Why, they drew pictures. Japan’s most famous adult game and character illustrators put original drawings on online auction sites, hoping to attract sizable bids for quake relief donations. Contributions include drawings by visual novel…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011
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  Sony’s S2 PlayStation Tablet Looks Familiar

  Sony’s S1 tablet looks like a beautiful piece of gear. We’re really digging the tapered, magazine-like edge to it. The S2, though? With the dual screens and touch interface? It looks like a fan mock-up of a 3DS Lite, albeit a very pretty one.

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011
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  Check out the First Trailer for Sony’s New PlayStation Tablets

  Here’s the debut trailer for Sony’s new pair of PlayStation-certified tablet computers, the S1 and S2

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011
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  Sony’s New PlayStation Tablet is a Sexy Beast

  Today in Tokyo, Sony revealed that its latest PlayStation hardware, the 9.4 inch Sony S1. It’s the first tablet that is (officially) capable of playing PlayStation games, such as PlayStation 1 games or Sony-approved titles for mobile platforms. It is the first Sony tablet to carry the “PlayStation Certified” logo. The S1 is slated for…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 26, 2011
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  Sony Has Two New PlayStation Tablet Devices

  Following hot on the heels of the first PlayStation Phone, Sony has today unveiled its first tablet devices that will be capable of (officially) playing PlayStation games. The S1 tablet, which is a Tegra-powered device and is tapered on one end “like holding a magazine”, will be the first Sony tablet device to carry the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011
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  CultureTotal Recall

  The Town That Banned Pac-Man

  Arcade games may have been a source of great joy and entertainment for millions across the world in the 1980s, but for the small town of Marshfield, Massachusetts they were nothing but trouble. Fearful of the effects arcade video games would have on Marshfield and its inhabitants, in 1982 the town outlawed the use of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2011
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  Off Topic, On Topic

  Welcome back, Kotaku readers. Here we go. Again. Yes, maybe I do have a case of the Mundays, in part because I didn’t get to post about Phantasy Star Online 2 earlier today. Boy do I have fond memories of playing PSO on the Dreamcast, commandeering my roommate’s phone line in order to take my…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 25, 2011
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  PlayStation Network Shoplifting May Have Taken PS3 Offline & Other Less Believable Theories

  Why is the PlayStation Network still offline? Sony Computer Entertainment America will only cop to an unnervingly vague “external intrusion on our system,” leading those affected by and those taking delight in PSN’s problems to generate their own theories about the disruption that’s now six days old. Perhaps the best? That custom firmware for the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 25, 2011
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  Sexed-Up No More Heroes 2 Figures Are Finally Here

  No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle’s Sylvia Christel can soon straddle a beam katana on your toy shelf, thanks to the sculpting talents of master toymaker Mitsumasa Yoshizawa who brings the Grasshopper Manufacture creation to life in pricey polyvinyl chloride form. Ready the wallet! The “Sylvia Christel Complete Figure” from Yamato’s Creator’s Labo line is…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 25, 2011
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  The Android Dogfighting Sim That Even Michael Vick Disagrees With

  A recently released video game for Google’s Android platform has drawn the ire of the Humane Society for its violent content that includes the ability to train, electrocute and fight virtual dogs. Kage Games‘ Dog Wars (not pictured) has even been frowned upon by former dogfighting enthusiast Michael Vick. The ex-con, Philadelphia Eagles QB and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 25, 2011
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  L.A. Tribeca Noire

  TRIBECA | NEW YORK, NY: A glimpse of the press swag bag handed out at the Tribeca L.A. Noire “screening” in Manhattan tonight. (Photo by Stephen Totilo) Play A Game For Social Change America may not be headed toward a future of citizens tracked with implanted chips, pacified by drugs and tightly segregated, but creating…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 25, 2011
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  Video Games Killed The Soap Opera Star?

  The day time soap opera is dying. Perhaps the most clear and recent evidence of its demise is the impending cancellation of long-running soaps All My Children and One Life To Live, shows that have been on the air for more than 40 years. Who’s responsible? Is it Farmville? That’s the theory floated by Adweek…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 25, 2011
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  We’re Phoning In These Six New L.A. Noire Screens

  We’re just a few weeks away from the release of Rockstar’s next big effort, crime drama L.A. Noire. Today, the people behind Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption give us a peek at L.A. Noire’s vice desk, which apparently deals with Los Angeles’ “dregs, druggies, pimps, pushers, prostitutes, bootleggers, bookies, mob lords, thugs and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 25, 2011
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  Microsoft’s Official Kinect Dev Kit Makes You A Universal Remote Control

  This spring, Microsoft will release an official software development kit for its Kinect camera, catching up to the open source community and giving fully sanctioned creative control of its motion sensing Xbox 360 controller. Here’s Microsoft’s pitch on what Kinect can do in the hands of, well, anyone. And while the tech demos on display…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 25, 2011
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  It Really is Time for the Wii 2, According to the People who Robbed Me this Weekend

  There may be no clear winner in this generation’s console wars, but there is definitely a clear loser, at least according to the people that broke into my apartment this weekend and stole every piece of electronic equipment they could get their hands on. While they took every other gaming console hooked to my television,…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 25, 2011
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  Good News! The Infamous 2 Beta Has Been Extended!

  Developer Sucker Punch is giving Infamous 2 beta testers and early access mission designers more time with the game’s beta. Why? Because the PlayStation Network is still offline, naturally, making it really difficult to beta test. Sucker Punch says on Facebook that the extension period is still TBD. We’ll know after PSN returns.

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 25, 2011