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  Tim Schafer Hires Ron Gilbert, Gets Funnier

  Video gaming’s best known funny men are back together again under one roof, having a “hell of a lot of fun,” making jokes and, perhaps, even developing a game or two. Ron Gilbert, known best for his work on the first two Monkey Island games, Maniac Mansion and this summer’s DeathSpank, officially started work at…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 27, 2010
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  Flow Recreated In LittleBigPlanet 2

  LittleBigPlanet 2 gamers will be able pretzel the recently-delayed game into the shape of many other games, including Street Fighter 2, Zone of the Enders and, seen here, relaxing 2007 downloadable PlayStation 3 game flOw. This is the work of one of the gamers playing LBP2 in beta. Sony pushes LBP2 as a platform for…

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 27, 2010
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  Naughty Bear Stalks The iPhone

  Artificial Mind and Movement’s murderous mascot goes mobile, as Naughty Bear hacks and slashes his way into the iTunes App Store. Fresh from a relatively popular Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 title and a few Halo: Reach cameos, Naughty Bear is back and smaller than ever. Artificial Mind and Movement brings the pugilistic plushie to…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 27, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  How about you talk about video games here? Blame reader MrMrScott for today’s image, which I don’t think is based on work that first appeared at IGN. There are just a few days left to submit your greatest Photoshops of our September image. Do it in #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 27, 2010
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  Nyko Says Their Controllers Work Fine With PS3

  PlayStation 3 firmware 3.50 controller-compatibility update: A Nyko spokesperson tells Kotaku: “We have tested all of our past and present PS3 USB products and can confirm that this firmware issue does not affect any of Nyko’s products.”

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 27, 2010
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  Passport All Systems Go! Next Up, Ring-A-Ding-Dong

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft This morning I had to go to the regional immigration bureau to get my passport fixed up. I got a new U.S. passport a few weeks ago, and I needed to transfer my permanent resident visa from my old passport to my new. Also, I needed to pick up re-entry permits…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2010
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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