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  Activision Boss Replies To Schafer’s “Total Prick” Comment

  Once upon a time, game designer Tim Schafer called Activision honcho Robert Kotick “a total prick”. (“Once upon a time” being this past July). Then, Schafer said his remark was an “accident”. The “total…” exec has retorted. Schafer’s game Brütal Legend, which starred funny man Jack Black, was going to be published by Vivendi Games.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2010
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  Sometimes Being A Cosplayer Is Not Easy

  Cosplayer HezaChan, who appeared in a Kotaku feature on cosplaying, was spotted by Scott Popular Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2010
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  Stranger’s Wrath Gets A Spit ‘N Polish

  When Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath returns on the PS3, it won’t be a straight port of the original Xbox version. No, things will be looking decidedly less polygonal this time around. That’s because developers Just Add Water have decided to go to town on the number of polygons the characters in the game will be built…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2010
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  No Video Games For Trapped Chilean Miners

  Despite being reportedly sent PSPs down their fancy supply tube, the Chilean miners trapped underground have been told that they’re not allowed to play video games to help pass the time. Speaking with the Washington Post, Alberto Iturra Benavides – the “rescue effort’s lead psychiatrist” – has said the miners are being barred from using…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2010
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  Nintendo Taking Care Of Metroid: Other M Bug

  Metroid: Other M has a game-freezing bug. In Japan, Nintendo has a fix. It involves sending things on a truck. The bug has been causing players to get stuck in the Section 3 section of the game. Stuck as stuck and not able to get out. It’s a game-breaking bug. Some players are unable to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2010
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  Remembering Cruis’n USA

  Ah, Cruis’n USA. Such pretty graphics, such awful everything else. It probably won’t be remembered as a significant title by many of you, but for one guy, it was important enough to justify writing a comic about it. What I like about this is that I’d imagine many, if not most of you could remember…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2010
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  And Yet Another Director Is Off The Kane & Lynch Movie

  The big screen version of crime series Kane & Lynch keeps losing director after director. According to the Los Angeles Times, the flick has — you guessed it — lost its latest director. According to sources close to the project, Patrick Alessandrin of District 13: Ultimatum fame was going to helm the project, but has…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2010
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  It’s Dangeous To Go Alone? There’s An App For That

  By Shane Parker, as seen on Super Punch

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2010
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  Screw My Girlfriend, And I’ll Review Yakuza 3

  Jake Adelstein, author of the non-fiction underworld yarn Tokyo Vice, got several gangsters to review Sega’s crime game Yakuza 3. But how? According to the original story, Adelstein appeared at “a shady real estate office in Tokyo” with cigarettes and whiskey “to teach these gangsters how to handle a PlayStation controller”. That wasn’t the only…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2010
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  The Dreamcast Lives On With This iPod Nano

  The Dreamcast’s Visual Memory Unit was one of the most novel and under-used gimmicks in all of console gaming history, one making a belated (and unofficial) comeback with this iPod Nano modification. To create, you crack open the VMU, insert the iPod Nano, patch up a few bits of wiring (for the headphone jack) and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2010
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  Is This The Worst Bundle Item Ever?

  Online role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV has several collector’s editions. Included in the Japanese version is a Final Fantasy XIV drinking cup. Don’t expect to drink much from it. You can’t. According to the box that the cup comes in: Do not fill the product with the following materials as they may cause damage: Items…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2010
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  Read Up On Medal Of Honor’s PC Specs

  Those keen on taking part in the game’s open beta on October 4 – or just keen on playing the game when it’s out shortly afterwards – should probably check out Medal Of Honor’s PC system specs. Straight from Electronic Arts, then, here are both the minimum and recommended specifications. MINIMUM Operating System – Windows…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2010
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  Capcom’s Samurai Franchise Headed To Big Screen

  Sengoku Basara is a huge smash in Japan. It has spawned a stage play, a televised anime, a manga and even a licensed theme park attraction. That’s not all. Next year, the anime is getting a feature film version as the final episode of the TV anime’s second season revealed that a movie version is…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2010
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  Kinect’s TV Commercials Look…Familiar

  With Kinect’s November launch looming, Microsoft has kicked the peripheral’s marketing drive into top gear with these TV commercials. Don’t they look familiar? Front-on perspective, people waggling enthusiastically…yup, it’s the Wii launch commercials all over again, the only difference being there’s no catchy tune or humble little bowing Japanese men this time around. I will…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 27, 2010
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  Report: German Paper Dates Nintendo 3DS

  This week, Nintendo is slated to make the Nintendo 3DS’s release date public. German newspaper Bild claims to have the jump on the goods. According to Bild, the Nintendo 3DS will go on sale in Japan on November 11. It will then “probably” go on sale in Europe in spring 2011 and is priced at…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2010
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  Mom’s Getting Me A Stripper For My Birthday

  To: Luke From: Owen Re: Operation Angry Birds Today I was working with headphones on and missed two calls from my mother. My birthday is tomorrow. About 3 p.m., Mom sent me a terse IM asking that I call her immediately. “When are you going to be home tomorrow?” I apologized for missing the calls…

  By Owen Good Published September 26, 2010
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  Easy Credit Ripoff In Halo: Reach

  This guy says he’s found a wash-rinse-repeat way to rack up 20,000 credits in Halo: Reach inside of 10 minutes. I promise, I promise, I promise Naughty Bear is not going to jump out and say boo. Boo. OK just kidding. Per YouTube user TheresPooOnMyShoe Here’s the five-step process annotating that video above: Step 1:…

  By Owen Good Published September 26, 2010
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  The Week In Games: The Beautiful Games

  FIFA 11, Dead Rising 2 and Guitar Heroes: Warriors of Rock headline the final week of the fall quarter, with Borderlands’ latest DLC and Lara Croft’s arrival for PC and PS3 highlighting the downloadable titles. Monday, Sept. 27 Farm Frenzy: Animal Country (DS) Samurai Warriors 3 (Wii) The Sims 3 Deluxe (PC) Tuesday, Sept. 28…

  By Owen Good Published September 26, 2010
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  Kotaku’s Top Five List Of Top 10 Lists

  Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Top 10 Xbox Indie Games You Should Be Playing [Planet Xbox 360] No. 1 is Soulcaster, not I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 (which is…

  By Owen Good Published September 26, 2010
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  Pac-Man Spotted In The Wild

  Jaime “Kalapusa” Margary, who’s given us realistic Piranha Plants, and Super Mario fungi in the past, now turns his attention to Pac-Man, presently soaking in jar of formaldehyde. Writes Jaime: The idea behind the video is Pac Man’s final days, free from the maze (kudos if you can guess who’s castle that is) and eating…

  By Owen Good Published September 26, 2010