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  Check Out The Action-Packed Debut Trailer For Dragon Age: Redemption

  Felicia Day runs, tumbles, and generally kicks ass in the trailer for the episodic live-action Dragon Age II tie-in Dragon Age: Redemption, as seen on last night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

  By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2011
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  Creating An Entirely New Heroic Tale Of Middle-Earth

  In this behind-the-scenes trailer for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, developer Snowblind Studios tackles the daunting task of filling out areas and stories of Middle-Earth that J. R. R. Tolkien only hinted at. It’s the sort of thing that sends die-hard Lord of the Rings fans into convulsions. Creating new works…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2011
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  If Only We Could Forget Gaming’s Greatest Moments

  What would you give to relive the greatest moments in your gaming history as if it were the first time? That’s the question commenter Taggart451 ponders in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. WARNING: Spoilers ahead. What I wouldn’t give to forget. (spoilerific here) As a person who has been playing games my entire life, I constantly…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2011
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  Epic Mickey Creator Starts Spinning DuckTales

  Proving his deep love for classic Disney characters in Epic Mickey, acclaimed video game creator Warren Spector takes on Disney’s first feathered family as the writer for BOOM! Studios’ DuckTales comic book. Will he solve a mystery, or rewrite history? It’s never too late for a career change, as the 55-year-old Warren Spector demonstrates with…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 17, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  This is Kotaku’s official forum. You are Kotaku’s official commenters. Go ahead and chat about video games right here. Thanks to reader Mythos for today’s image. Submit yours to #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 17, 2011
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  The Excellent Beginning of Portal 2

  There are games you can play in a very loud nightclub, with public relations people hovering, reporters sharing the couch, notebook in your lap, distractions everywhere and yet you can tell: This game is very good. I played the first few minutes of Portal 2 yesterday in such a setting. Wow. This could be a…

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 17, 2011
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  Screw FarmVille, This Is Real (Casual) Farming

  Who wants to farm in the virtual space when there is real land to till? Quite like the idea of casual farming, and if I had the extra time and scratch, I’d totally do it. Metal Gear Nut Turned Stripper Is Now A Fugitive Since she was 15 years of age, Minako Komukai worked as…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011
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  When Your First Game Design Is Destroyed By Dad

  Atsushi Inaba’s credits are impressive. He’s produced titles like Okami, Viewtiful Joe and, most recently, Vanquish. When he was young, he dreamed of becoming a game creator. Then his dad found out. After a friend got a NEC PC-6001, 11-year-old Inaba got bitten by the programming bug. “I couldn’t afford it, though, so I started…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011
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  Baby-Drowning Mom Looks To Plea Deal

  The mother accused of leaving her one-year-old to drown while she was on Facebook looks as though she might get a plea deal, reports KDVR.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011
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  The PlayStation 4 Is Still Pie In The Sky Talk

  The PlayStation 3 came out in 2006. That doesn’t matter, people want to know about the PlayStation 4. Thing is, Sony’s still focusing on the PS3. Oh, and the NGP. From the get-go, Sony said that the PS3 will have a ten year lifecycle. That doesn’t mean, Sony can’t or won’t release the inevitable PS4…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011
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  The DSi Didn’t Stop This Slasher, The Cops Did

  Remember how the DSi’s internet connection led cops to arresting a 13-year-old would-be slasher? Today, officers made another arrest. The boy’s older brother. Earlier today, police in Tokyo police arrested a 19-year-old man who was carrying a knife and running around near Shinjuku Station saying, “I’m going to kill someone.” The 19-year-old was the older…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011
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  Oh Good, A Shoot-Em-Up Where I Can’t Actually Die

  I’m generally not very good at shoot-em-ups (Ikaruga somehow excepted). I tend to die, and die often. So playing Who’s That Flying today has been a refreshing change for me! It’s a shooter (or shmup) where you’re invincible, and like superhero games you may have played featuring this hook instead of worrying about your own…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011
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  You Will Not Pick Up Girls With Your Call Of Duty Bragging

  Ice-T is a rapper, an actor and a huge gamer. The man loves Call of Duty, but he also knows that telling ladies your kill/death ratio probably isn’t going to impress them. Ice-T has become synonymous with Call of Duty, stating that its multiplayer is one of the few games that has a tangible skill…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011
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  RAGE May Be A Wasteland, But In This New Trailer It’s A Pretty One

  This new trailer for id’s upcoming open-world shooter RAGE turned up in advertisements overnight. You really should watch it. I mean, the game looks great, but it’s when you see the “from the creators of Doom & Quake” bit that it hits you: these guys, who made Doom & Quake, haven’t made a new, proper…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011
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  The Nintendo 3DS Has The Launch Line-Up Blues

  On February 26, the Nintendo 3DS goes on sale in Japan. Folks want the hardware (bad), but do they want the games? The 3DS is a compelling piece of hardware. It has that what the French call I-don’t-know-what which will appeal to the masses. Players can see 3D with no glasses! Brilliant. And it has…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011
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  This Game Lets You Play With Your Friends, Even When They Don’t Want To

  Gunshine is an upcoming RPG that’s being worked on by a bunch of former Remedy (Max Payne) developers. It’s also being funded by the former Crown Prince of Sony Computer Entertainment, Phil Harrison. So let’s have a look at it. Supporting four-player co-op and running in a browser, Gunshine looks like Saturday Morning Syndicate, and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011
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  Screw Consoles, Let’s Play Games On Our Bathroom Mirror

  Brushing your teeth, doing your hair, shaving, all BORING. What we need to liven things up is a mirror that doubles as a touch-screen display. Like this one. Designed by Alpay Kasal, it’s inspired by a similar display he’d seen which was intended to be “the bathroom of the future, complete with news and weather…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011
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  Oh My God, There Are Bullets Everywhere

  Over ten years since it was first released on the Dreamcast, Bangai-O is back, and boy, are you in for some bullets. Due out in the Spring, Bangai-O HD is a shiny update of the original, which was first released on the N64 in Japan before later turning up in Europe and North America on…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2011
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  Spoil Catherine And Get Your Ass Banned

  Adventure game Catherine features sheep, nightmares and generally looks bizarre. That might be why the game’s maker is asking players not to spoil the game’s story. The game’s official Twitter “respectfully” asked players to use “self control” and refrain from posting in-game footage or doing livestreams that could spoil the end of the game. Continuing,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011
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  Metal Gear Nut Turned Stripper Is Now A Fugitive

  Since she was 15 years of age, Minako Komukai worked as a pin-up model. Somewhere along the line she got into Metal Gear Solid and drugs. Her appreciation of Metal Gear earned her the acquaintance of Hideo Kojima. Her love of drugs has her on the run from the law. This month, a warrant for…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2011