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Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Aug. 4. PvPonline published Aug. 2. ActionTrip published Aug. 2. EXTRALIFE published Aug. 2. Ctrl+Alt+Del published July 30. Dueling Analogs published Aug. 2. Nerf NOW published Aug. 3. Rooster Teeth published Aug. 3. Monday Night Crew published Aug. 4. Virtual Shackles published Aug. 4. Little Gamers published Aug. 2.
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
What the hell is Cliff Robertson singing and why is it germane to games? Well, it’s a song in Fallout: New Vegas. Today’s winner in the #taypics derby is GenocidalTeddy. Enjoy, while you talk about video games! Submit your TAY pic to #TAYpics Want to know more about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Big Box
Shopping met ‘shoppin in last week’s contest, challenging our artful dodgers to imagine virtual retail as a brick-and-mortar storefront. We had some outstanding visual one-liners. Zinger314, Metallipod, STiX and, most especially, NecroMerlin and Vespene, take a bow. Salari and Quest both went the Valve menu route at Costco. I still prefer the churros. Mr. S.,…
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Looking For A Piece On Craigslist
A loveless gamer on Craigslist defines compatibility in terms of Tetris. This witty personal ad is still up: You know how in Tetris you keep getting all these pieces you don’t want and you keep piling them up on right side of the screen, wondering how many squares you can get in a row when…
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Do You Hate Yourself? Play “Vuvu Hero”
Oh, you thought we were done with vuvuzelas? Hell no, now you can play the bitches in the inevitable “Vuvu Hero” flash game spoof. Newgrounds’ Rubber Ninja, well ahead of the trend curve, gives us a game that’ll make you want to punch yourself in the face. There’s only one fret of course, but the…
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Billy Mitchell Again Is Champion Of Donkey Kong — And Jr. Too
On the day he was to be enshrined with the inaugural class of the International Video Game Hall of Fame, Billy Mitchell was once again certified as the world record holder in Donkey Kong – and also Donkey Kong Jr. The certifications, timed to coincide with the IVGHOF’s “Big Bang” celebration this weekend in Ottumwa,…
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Hey, Gimme That, You Big … Ape
At the San Francisco Zoo yesterday, photographer Christina Spicuzza captured five pictures of gorillas playing around with a DSi XL. They later touched a monolith and used the handheld to slay an eohippus. I kid! I kid! The story here goes that a kid dropped his DSi XL into the primates’ enclosure, and the larger…
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The Game Of A Lifetime
To prove a point to me about Madden at E3, Peter Moore overstepped the possible and tiptoed on the unbelievable. “When the license is over,” Moore, the EA Sports president, said regarding the much-discussed exclusive deal making Madden the only NFL video game, “chances are it’s going to be wide open, and whether it’s us…
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‘EverQuest Next’ Teased At Fan Faire
Appropriately enough, the next EverQuest installment is called – for now, anyway – “Everquest Next.” Sony Online Entertainment teased the new title, with two in-game images, at the publisher’s “Fan Faire” going on in Las Vegas this weekend. SOE President John Smedley gave several announcements regarding the EverQuest franchise, many of them already known, before…
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Box Scores: Glory Days
Sometimes a 17-point win still represents a hell of a comeback, and it did for an alumnus of Indianapolis’ Roncalli High School. Kotaku reader Trevor W. graduated from Roncalli 15 years ago, in the middle of a stretch that saw the Rebels playing in 11 Indiana state championship games over a 22 year span. But…
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More Goodies Revealed For Halo: Reach Multiplayer
The three new multiplayer maps for Halo: Reach, which leaked previously, were confirmed by Bungie yesterday along with new vehicles and new Elite armor configurations. Everything’s inside in one huge gallery. First up, the maps: Zealot, Spire and Reflection are all out and proud now. Spire is an Invasion map that reverses the roles of…
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Halo: Reach Update Gallery
Reflection. Reflection. Reflection. Reflection. Reflection. Spire. Spire. Spire. Spire. Spire. Spire. Zealot. Zealot. Zealot. The Falcon is a three-seat UNSC aerial vehicle. Two gunners, one pilot. The Falcon. The Revenant is a new two-seater Covenant ground vehicle. The Revenant. The Rocket Hog. Warthog with rocket launcher. The Rocket Hog. Elite armor configuration: The Minor. Elite…
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The Moneysaver: Where Is Dent?
He’s the hero Logitech deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we’ll hunt him because he can take it. Because he’s not our hero. He’s a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A forklift driver. Hardware • The Logitech Forklift Driver strikes again! The Logitech Flight System G940 with Force Feedback Joystick is…
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The Week in Review: It’s Fair
Not many would consider a hole-in-the-wall shopfront in the middle of Chinatown, with missing letters on the sign out front and decades of grime pounded into the floor, as “welcoming.” But it is. This week Kotaku’s Aulistar Mark visited Chinatown Fair in New York, which holds two distinctions. The first, it’s the oldest arcade in…
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