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UncategorizedXbox Live Indie Clips: Space Police On Super Highway 9
In this week’s installment of Xbox Live Indie Clips, I take to the space road with Haiku Interactive’s Space Police on Super Highway 9. Are space police better than regular police? I suppose the answer to that question depends on who is playing Space Police on Highway 9. The courteous space police officer uses his…
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GT5’s Top End Steering Wheel Will Set You Back $500
Pictures have circulated of the new Thrustmaster T500RS, a high-end racing wheel for for Gran Turismo 5, but nothing’s official yet and no one was clear on what it cost, until GT’s creator piped up over Twitter. Five hundred bucks, said Kazunori Yamauchi to GTPlanet. It’ll feature three pedals, a high power motor, backlash-free belt…
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Poster-Size Meat Boy Guide Fit For Any Bedroom Wall
Super Meat Boy is a savagely difficult platformer, and those old-school bonafides gave artist TheInfamousTheft the inspiration for this rad Nintendo Power-style beat guide to The Guy’s three levels, which unlock The Kid. Spoilers? Maybe. Big size on the jump. Super Meat Boy: The Guy Guide [TheInfamousTheft on DeviantArt, thanks Bryce F.]
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UncategorizedVideo Surfaces Of Rumored PlayStation Phone [Update]
Video of what looks like a PlayStation Phone prototype hit YouTube earlier today. Physically it looks very much like the rumored device. A main menu and screens showing device information and firmware are seen, but no gaming features are depicted. The device, the Sony Ericsson “Zeus” appears to use the telecommunications carrier MTEL CG, which…
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The First 22 Drivers Of NASCAR 2011 The Game
NASCAR The Game 2011 dropped another 22 names of drivers (and their crew chiefs) who’ve licensed the use of their images in the game. There’s a lady driver on this list, but it’s not Danica Patrick. It’s Jennifer Jo Cobb, who competes on the Camping World trucks series. Patrick hasn’t yet raced on the Sprint…
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The Die-Cast Underbelly Of Gran Turismo 5
The underside of a Gran Turismo 5 racer reveals this curiosity: the logo for die-cast collectible maker AutoArt (lower side, center). AutoArt’s made Gran Turismo models before (that actually is the Nismo Skyline GTR, the same car depicted in the screenshot), and GT5 studio Polyphony Digital has plenty of the collectibles on hand No one’s…
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UncategorizedPreparing For Cataclysmic Return To World Of Warcraft
You left Azeroth behind long ago, but you can’t resist the rumbling of the Cataclysm any longer. It’s okay, we understand. Here are some helpful tips to help you ease yourself back into the addiction. Get A Head Start Ideally the best time for you to return to World of Warcraft for the release of…
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Nothing Tears A Family Apart Like Pizza Power
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles can argue all they want, there is only one true answer to the question of who gets the health-giving pizza in Turtles in Time. Click to view That answer, of course, is whoever gets there first. This philosophy got me punched more than once as I was growing up, but…
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Frankenreview: Splatterhouse
Every once in awhile it’s nice to do a Frankenreview featuring a game that isn’t considered to be a major blockbuster release. Hello, Splatterhouse. I know what you’re thinking. How could the remake on an 1988 arcade game be anything less than completely spectacular? Namco Bandai worked so hard on this game that the original…
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And Now A Man With A Camera Implanted In His Head
New York University professor Wafaa Bilal had art on his mind when he had a camera mounted to the back of his head, but I’m claiming having electronics surgically attached to your body in the name of science. If the name of the Iraqi-born professor is familiar to Kotaku readers, that’s because he’s the man…
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A Double Dose Of Queen For Rock Band 3
Including a new instrument and pro modes in Rock Band 3 means Harmonix gets to release updated old music along with the new stuff, as is the case with next week’s 13 songs from classic rock group Queen. Eight of the 13 songs in next week’s double dose of Queen music are in the Rock…
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