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Mafia Wars Offers President Obama Masks In Time For Halloween
Fresh off cameos in NBA Jam and NBA 2K11, President Obama and his two predecessors are appearing in Mafia Wars. As novelty masks, anyway. A bank heist weekend offers the chance to get them, and a badass machine gun. If you play the game, you know how this Zynga stuff runs – bug everyone in…
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The Hat System Combat This guy is a real game-saver. The concept art looks nearly as beautiful in-game. Guest characters join your party from time to time, like Torte, the pink mouse. Combat, which you watch after pressing buttons. Here’s the character status page! It’s a light-hearted romp. Mini-games like this shopping challenge can earn…
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UncategorizedGraphics Transform 600-Year-Old Clock Tower Into A Virtual Masterpiece
Using a technique called video mapping, the Macula project takes the 600-year-old Astronomical Clock on Old Town Square in Prague and transforms it into one of the most impressive things we’ve ever seen. See for yourself. The 600 Years from the macula on Vimeo We stumbled across this video earlier today and each one of…
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Dragon Age II Preorders Score A Free Signature Edition Upgrade
BioWare is upgrading copies of Dragon Age II preordered before January 11 to the Signature Edition, packed with $20 worth of downloadable content, a soundtrack, and an in-game armory. It’s like a preorder bonus, only…okay, it’s a preorder bonus. BioWare is calling it a free upgrade to a collector’s edition, but let’s call a spade…
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One Of These Splatterhouse Screens Is Actually Quite Pleasant
Splatterhouse protagonist Rick doesn’t spend all his time tearing terrible monstrosities limb-from-limb, bathing in their blood as horrific gaping wounds appear on his body. Just most of the time. I’m incredibly fond of the first screenshot in this gallery. Every time new Splatterhouse assets drop, I prepare myself for the inevitable gore fest Namco Bandai…
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Not Even Gaming Mice Can Escape World Of Warcraft’s Cataclysm
The Cataclysm set to change the face of Azeroth this December is also changing the SteelSeries World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse, and the differences go way beyond the cosmetic. In 2008 SteelSeries introduced the original World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse, and it was an excellent piece of technology, if a bit uncomfortable and…
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UncategorizedSEGA Channels Conduit 2 Into February
High Voltage Software and Sega jumped Wii first-person shooter Conduit 2 out of the way of GoldenEye: 007 last month. Now the game has landed firmly in February of 2011. Will the new trailer entice players to pick it up? Getting out of the way of GoldenEye: 007 was a wise move on Sega’s part,…
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EA Sports Confirms Disc Release For NBA Jam On 360, PS3
NBA Jam’s Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, originally meant to be a free digital download included with the now-delayed NBA Elite 11, will be a retail disc release, an EA Sports representative told Kotaku. In an email this morning clearing up two weeks of speculation on the arcade slamfest’s form factor, Jen Riley of EA…
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At Least The Sims 3 Vampires Don’t Sparkle
The Vampires introduced in The Sims 3: Late Night don’t want to fall in love with one-dimensional teenage girls. They just want to suck their blood. Whatever you do, ignore the vampire transformation screen shot. That one has sparkles in it, and therefore doesn’t count. Instead, focus on the one with the three snarling monsters…
By Mike Fahey
