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You Might As Well Be A Robot As Far As Babies Are Concerned
It’s time for our mostly daily Kotaku science post! Today we take a look at an important scientific study that has found that babies can’t tell human beings from humanoid robots. I firmly believe that any scientific study that brings together babies and robots is worthy of our attention. This is mainly because it tickles…
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UncategorizedOriginal Xbox Has A New Launch Date — Literally
Literally. YouTube user ShredRexx attempted to soft-mod an original Xbox but wound up frying it. Perhaps taking a page from this stunt, he placed it atop an airbag from an older car and, well, see for yourself. [seen via Reddit]
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Celebrate Uncharted 2’s 1st Birthday In Multiplayer
Uncharted 2’s studio is running a 24-hour One-Year Anniversary Event in the game’s multiplayer beginning in about five-and-a-half-hours, offering five playlist favorites, quintupled cash payouts with no cash cap, and an exclusive anniversary Nathan Drake multiplayer skin. Not only that, you’ll likely spot one of the more than 30 Naughty Dog staff members, representing all…
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Red Dead Redemption DLC Gets Standalone Disc Release
For those who haven’t picked up Red Dead Redemption, or aren’t interested in its main singleplayer campaign, Rockstar will soon release a single disc that includes all of the downloadable content, playable without the main game. “Undead Nightmare,” taking its name from the game’s latest DLC extension, will include that, the Outlaws to the End…
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A Little Bit Of Code In Your Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Achievements
The list of achievements for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood is upon us; before you descend on it to pick pan for nuggets of info, let me ask you, do you know Morse Code? One of the achievement titles(for solving all of Subject 16’s puzzles) is rendered in dots and dashes (I think). If not it’s some…
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EA Sports Chief Sees FIFA Evolving Beyond Discs
Peter Moore, the president of EA Sports, predicts a future in which the standout FIFA series transitions from annual disc-based releases to a more persistent online game. Moore, speaking to MCV, said that EA Sports’ FIFA title needs to provide a persistent world reflecting the year-round quality of international football. “This year there was, what,…
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MLB 2K10 Says The Giants Win The Pennant — And World Series
Postseason sports means time for sports game developers to predict champions. Going against two heavy favorites in Philadelphia and the New York Yankees, MLB 2K10 says the Giants will win their first World Series since moving to San Francisco in 1958. If that comes true it’ll be a bona fide underdog story. Sports books right…
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Vampires Head To The Blood Bowl
How did a game called Blood Bowl take this long to introduce an all-vampire team, and why aren’t they turning to dust during day games? The Blood Bowl Legendary Edition is on track for release at the end of this month, which seems like as good a time as any to introduce the bloodsucking undead…
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UncategorizedWorld’s Highest Gamerscore Reaches Half A Million
Stallion83 holds the Guinness World Record for the highest gamerscore in the world, and he’s just reached 500,000 gamerscore points. Think you can catch up? After a day filled with Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Arcade games, Stallion83 finally hit the 500,000 gamerscore point mark by scoring a 20 point achievement in episode 4 of…
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The Young Jonas Brothers In Controller Confusion
Young Nicholas and Joseph Jonas are seen here playing a PlayStation 2 and a NES during the recording of Nick’s early solo album, as seen on robinod134’s Flickr stream Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
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The Bit.Trip Fated To Continue October 25
The penultimate chapter in Aksys Games’ Bit.Trip saga opens on October 25, when rhythm-based on-rails shooter Bit.Trip Fate makes its WiiWare debut. Beat, Core, Void, Runner, and now Fate. The fifth game in the six-game Bit.Trip series hits WiiWare on October 25, with CommanderVideo facing off against his greatest challenge yet. The Mingrawn Timbletot has…
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Super Street Fighter IV 3DS Has Special Move Hotkeys
Street Fighter IV for the iPhone mapped your special moves to a single button. Super Street Fighter IV 3D for the Nintendo 3DS simplifies things even further. Rather than a single button for your focus or special moves, Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition gives you four panels on the touchscreen of the 3DS to…
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