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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Backstage At Nintendo World
Yesterday, we brought you three videos of NIntendo’s live performance of its greatest video game themes at the 3DS hands-on event going on this weekend in Japan. A couple of commenters noticed that strange guy hanging around backstage. Now, he’s probably a production assistant, or a sound technician, or something prosaic. But this morning, he’s…
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Sunday Comics
Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Jan. 3 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Jan. 4 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Jan. 3 – Read more of Penny Arcade Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull published Jan.…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
This is Kotaku’s official forum. This, apparently, is the official way we’re introducing it this month. Feel free to talk about video games all you want in here. Cillixblade is the weekend winner of the #taypics derby. There are six chances each week to get your handiwork featured. Just shop up this image and submit…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Tron-ify Everything Winners [Ultra-Corrected]
I’ll be candid, I thought I was copping out with last week’s challenge. Turn everything into Tron? Giving you no source images? Yet we got more than 700 entries, one of the biggest ‘Shop Contests, by entry, ever. So that made picking this week’s top 20 a little tough. Again, we had a ton of…
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UncategorizedThe Air Battles and Ground Game of Kid Icarus: Uprising
Gameplay video for Kid Icarus: Uprising flew out of Japan yesterday at the Nintendo World event, showcasing the 3DS and the first dedicated Kid Icarus game since the original 1991’s Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters on the Game Boy. The game’s two different difficulty settings will mean greater variances in the levels than just…
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UncategorizedDead or Alive Dimensions’ 3DS Trailer
Venerable fighting series Dead or Alive will get its shot at the 3DS with Dead or Alive: Dimensions. Here is the five-minute trailer for the game shown at the Nintendo World event for the 3DS. I don’t speak Japanese, but I can make out the control system – a stylus selects certain combos from the…
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UncategorizedIllegal Fireworks Bring a 360 to a Ceremonious End
One week ago, a red-ringed Xbox 360 met its fate under a firing squad from Kansas City. At the same time, a frustrated Dutch demolitionist packed his malfunctioning console with an illegal Italian pyrotechnic, the Cobra 6. I don’t know the exact size of the charge here, but as you can see in the video,…
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UncategorizedListen To Nintendo’s Amazing Live Performance Of Their Best Video Game Music
One of the most charming highlights to last night’s Nintendo World event showcasing the 3DS wasn’t the device or the demonstrations of its game, but the wonderful live performance of many iconic themes in Nintendo games. Here are three clips from the show, a suite of music instantly recognizable to any gamer raised right on…
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Fields Of Dreams Lay New Ground Rules In Video Games
People forget how unabashedly capitalist the emotional climax was in Field of Dreams. “It’s only $20,” Terence Mann told Ray Kinsella, vowing that they would save the farm. “They’ll pass over the money without even thinking about it.” Like a visit to the magical cornfield in Dyersville, Iowa, games publishers sell a sports fantasy, so…
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Trademark Filings Tip Hand For New Vegas DLC?
Rooting through paperwork, a NeoGAF poster found three trademark filings by ZeniMax Media, parent of Bethesda Softworks, maker of Fallout: New Vegas. One corresponds to a name from a graffiti file (pictured) like one that tipped off December’s “Dead Money” DLC. “Honest Hearts” is one of the trademark applications, and the one that is matched…
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UncategorizedResident Evil: The Mercenaries In Action On The Nintendo 3DS
It’s only 15 seconds long, but this clip, from the Nintendo World reveal of the 3DS, is your first look at the gameplay of Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D. Coming soon from Capcom, The Mercenaries will precede Resident Evil: Revelations on the 3DS. This game is a combination of the Mercenaries mode from Resident Evil…
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Box Scores: And Manning Still Didn’t Get Hurt
Peyton Manning horrified fantasy owners when his untouched, 27-yard bootleg ended in a slide at the goal line, apparently to avoid injury, against the Raida Organization. Here his backup – is it Barry Sanders in disguise? – finishes the job. Here’s Curtis Painter – who had all of a 1.5 per-carry average at Purdue –…
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Fresh New Screens Of Ocarina Of Time’s 3DS Remake
Famitsu served up five new screens showcasing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s heavily anticipated remake on the Nintendo 3DS. The game, part of a nine-title Nintendo lineup coming this year, is expected in the spring. There’s tons more good stuff coming today from yesterday’s Nintendo World event showcasing the new device. Look for…
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The Moneysaver: Does This Entail Dressing Up As Little Bo Peep?
I am very thrilled and proud to be here. It’s been a wonderful ceremony here on behalf of our own Fred “The Dorf” Dorfman! He wasn’t ashamed to admit to me that he had syphilis. When your brother is, in fact, named “Fletch,” you can quote this movie back to front. “As I pulled up…
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