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  Man Jailed For Life Over Murder Of Xbox-Interrupting Child

  Gary Alcock was playing video games in his girlfriend’s flat in Oldham, England in January when the woman’s 15-month-old daughter interrupted him with her crying. His reaction was swift, brutal, and ultimately deadly. That evening Alcock struck young Violet Mullen in the stomach hard enough to rupture her internal organs, placed her back in her…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 19, 2010
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  The Co-Creator Of Doom Knows His Limits, And The iPad’s

  John Carmack’s biggest gift to gaming was Doom, but he keeps on giving, releasing possibly the best-looking game on the iPhone and iPad yesterday. He’s been bullish on iOS gaming, but yesterday he was refreshingly realistic. Here was a game creator who had just released Rage, an on-rails single-player shooter with stunning graphics, ones he…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 19, 2010
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  Kotaku Stalku: How To Track, But Not Kill, Your Favorite Kotaku Writers

  The Facebook fan pages are here! The Facebook fan pages are here! Things are going to start happening to us now. And by things I mean maybe you’ll be our friends… please. 😀 Our staff members’ Facebook pages include each person’s posts along with pictures (don’t worry they’re all safe for work), links and our…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 19, 2010
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  Kotaku Writers on Facebook

  • Brian Crecente, Editor in Chief. • Stephen Totilo, Deputy Editor. • Michael McWhertor, Reviews Editor. • Brian Ashcraft, Senior Contributing Editor, Japan. • Luke Plunkett, Contributing Editor, Oceania. • Michael Fahey, Reporter, East Coast. • Owen Good, Reporter, Weekends. Kotaku on Facebook

  By Owen Good Published November 19, 2010
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  Kotaku Writers on Twitter

  • Brian Crecente, Editor in Chief. • Stephen Totilo, Deputy Editor. • Michael McWhertor, Reviews Editor. • Brian Ashcraft, Senior Contributing Editor, Japan. • Luke Plunkett, Contributing Editor, Oceania. • Michael Fahey, Reporter, East Coast. • Owen Good, Reporter, Weekends. Follow Kotaku on Twitter.

  By Owen Good Published November 19, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Talk here about video games, no cheat codes required. Reader Inzoum did today’s image. You can do the next one. Submit your best to #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 19, 2010
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  This iPhone Game May Make You Forget You’re Playing on a Phone

  LEGO Harry Potter for the iPhone and iPad is a surprisingly deep, surprisingly detailed experience, one that strives to deliver the same level of fun found on the fantastic console versions of the game, it seems. I’ve just spent a few hours with the game, which hit iTunes early this morning, but I’m impressed with…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 19, 2010
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  Life With No Thanksgiving

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: A Rose Grows In A Strange Place Day-off was very enjoyable! Celebrated two birthdays (Micro-Bash’s and Mrs. Bashcraft’s), so I’m a bit birthdayed out. Ready for the holidays! Sadly, not included in that is Thanksgiving. I haven’t celebrated the holiday for a decade or so. Once, I tried to eat…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2010
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  Chinese Knock-Off Marries Kinect And Move

  As Microsoft and Sony launch their motion peripherals, Chinese companies are demoing their own motion controls. Whether it’s the Tigan Youxi or the eBox, China is mixing and matching where it seems fit. Take the i-dong, for example. According to Tech-On!, the i-dong can be used for gaming with a PC or a set-top box.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2010
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  Would You Like Some HDMI To Go With Your PSP Gaming?

  The PSP screen is beautiful, and PSP games look great on it. But let’s say you want to play your PSP games in HDMI on a big screen television. Then you can get this new HDMI UpScaler for the PSP. Sure, this is a bit of snake oil, as while it says the game will…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2010
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  You Know What, Ian Is A Cool Name For A Horse

  The upcoming Legend of Zelda game on the Wii will make use of a fair bit of motion control. Which should be fun, but there are perils in that amount of waggle, as seen in this cautionary tale. It’s funny, I almost always give my characters stupid names when I’m given the chance, but in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2010
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  Leaving Lord Of The Rings 4 Dead

  As someone who loves zombies almost as much as I love Lord of the Rings, this is certainly something: it’s a Left 4 Dead map made to look like the fortress of Helm’s Deep. It’s not exactly canon for either franchise, I’ll grant you that. The music and ramparts don’t exactly scream “zombie infested urban…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2010
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  Report: Foxconn Workers Protest Over Pay, Foxconn Denies Protest

  Foxconn assembles your Xbox 360s, your PS3s, your PSPs, your iPhones, your iPads, your Wiis and your Nintendo DS units. And some of its workers are not happy. This week, Foxconn employees tell Reuters that they held protests during the week over wages. “The entire street here was filled with workers,” a worker told Reuters.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2010
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  Can Games “Hook” You Like Movies Can?

  In movies, there’s a simple rule: if you haven’t hooked the audience by the time the film’s ten minutes in, you’ve lost them. But how can this work for video games? A great piece over on Gamasutra by Leanne C. Taylor offers some ideas, showing how some of the industry’s most successful games have used…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2010
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  What’s The Easiest Game You’ve Ever Played?

  It’s Friday. Did you know that? I knew that. Let’s talk. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know oodles about us…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2010
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  Assassin’s Creed Meets The Matrix With Breathtaking Results

  Most glitches, serious ones at least, will ruin a game. This one, encountered during a site’s playthrough of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, is the opposite of ruined. Throwing the player into the sky, where for the first time in the series’ history, they’ve actually gotten a good look at an entire city, is so glorious it…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2010
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  Dude Looks Like A Lady

  Like many young Japanese males, 29-year-old Nanami Igarashi is working hard to establish his career as he lives with his girlfriend. His hobby, however, is somewhat unique. Igarashi enjoys putting on make-up and dressing as women. Whether it was putting on his girlfriend’s make-up or wearing her clothes, he kept himself occupied while she was…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2010
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  Why GameStop Wants Your Used Games So Bad

  It’s common knowledge that GameStop is reliant on the used game trade to stay afloat, but if you ever needed hard numbers to put it in perspective, here you go. Releasing its latest quarterly financial results, the global games mega-retailer has revealed that the sale of pre-owned games and hardware accounted for 47.4% of the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2010
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  From Boobs To Beef And Back To Boobs

  Swords-and-sandals saga Gladiator Begins for the Wii quickly became known as an underboob-and-slave-girl saga at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show thanks to a model in a teeny bikini. The PSP version, however, ditched the slave girl and went all beefcake. Like his slave girl predecessor, the beefcake gladiator had his own office hijinks — much…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 19, 2010
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  There’s More Waggle Here Than One Man Can Handle

  On the left of your screen, Sports Champions for the PlayStation Move. On the right, Dance Central for Kinect. And in the middle? One man trying to play both games at the same time The PlayStation Move has many uses, but glowstick? That’s a new one He seems a bit crap at both Sports Champions…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 19, 2010