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  Who Wants Some Thor Video Game Concept Art?

  And so begins the process of Sega convincing us that a good comic book movie-based video game is in the works, with a pair of concept art shots from Thor: The Video Game You all know how this works. Sega tells us they are making a Marvel comic book movie video game tie-in. We groan.…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2010
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  My Little Pony, Backstabbing Ponies

  Don’t let the cute pony act fool you; this is one cold-blooded killer. Found on deviantART, via Plaza.fi – Thanks Marcus!

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2010
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  Kirby Helps Me Measure The Distance Between Video Game Pacifism And Slaughter

  Kirby’s Epic Yarn is an adorable game about a pink puffball made of yarn. But we’ve covered that already. Today’s topic: Why does Kirby kill? … or… Why do I make Kirby kill? This is the latest in our day-long series of impressions of holiday-scheduled WIi and DS games that I played with some Nintendo…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2010
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  Gorillaz iPhone Game Is Like Rhinestones Falling From The Sky

  Pilot Murdoc’s Doom Glider over the skies of Plastic Beach HQ in Escape to Plastic Beach, the virtual band’s very own iPhone and iPad video game. The art of Gorillaz creator Jamie Hewlett comes to life in Escape to Plastic Beach, a combination video game and marketing tool for the band’s latest album, Plastic Beach.…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2010
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  Take A Break From StarCraft II With Lost Viking

  Real-time strategy gameplay got you down? Slip into the cantina for some pleasant conversation, Night Elf dancing, and a little scrolling-shooter action, courtesy of Lost Viking. McWhertor mentioned the Lost Viking arcade game in his hands-on with StarCraft II’s single-player campaign a few months back, but the game was unfortunately unplayable. Now it’s completely playable,…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2010
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  What If Wii Party Were A Great Game?

  The second game of my Nintendo holiday preview was Wii Party. I planned to suffer. A half-hour later I wondered if I had played the best Wii game for this fall. A fake bomb helped. Wii Party seems at first, at second and at third like Nintendo at it’s most cynical. Wii Sports was a…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2010
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  How To Read Kotaku Without Seeing Starcraft II Stories Everywhere

  WARNING: Things are about to get a little Starcraft crazy in here. If you despise all things Zerg, bookmark this and you’ll get a Starcraft II-free Kotaku browsing experience.

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  We continue to only offer mouse and keyboard support here at Talk Amongst Yourselves. An online connection is required. If that’s okay with you, comment here about video games.

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2010
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  Let’s Start With FlingSmash, A Wii Game That Loves Left-Handed People

  Who gets a couple of hours to play any of the Nintendo-published games arriving this holiday season for the Wii and DS and starts with FlingSmash? Me. Yesterday I played a batch of Nintendo games. Throughout today, I’ll tell you about them. My tour of Nintendo’s holiday games occurred in a hotel room in Times…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2010
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  This Post Is Not About StarCraft II

  To: Totilo From: Bash RE: A Comic-Con Cosplay Too Soon? Mrs. Bashcraft and Mini-Bash went to the top of Pikes Peak yesterday. I cleaned the house, made breakfast, lunch and dinner and worked. 🙁 What you missed last night You May Like, The Next PlayStation 3 Firmware Update Starcraft 2’s Installation Tells A Story How…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010
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  GameStop Buys Kongegrate

  GameStop, which most of us think of as a chain of stores where you buy disc-based games, has bought Kongregate, which is a website where one can play free games, including many hours of Desktop Tower Defense.

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2010
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  Starcraft II Launches Around The World

  Today is the day Starcraft II is released, a whopping twelve years after its predecessor. People are excited. Join us, then, as we show you images of midnight (and daytime!) launches from around the world. We’ll update this post throughout the day and night as more and more stores open and more people get to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2010
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  Blizzard On The Real ID Brouhaha

  Blizzard, the studio behind StarCraft and World of Warcraft, was planning on rolling out a compulsary “Real ID” system, requiring gamers to use their real first and last names on Blizzard’s forums. Gamers went bananas, and Blizzard ended up scrapping the requirement. How did Blizzard think the whole thing went down? It was good feedback.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010
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  Where Were You In 1998?

  The first StarCraft game was released in March 1998. That was twelve years ago. So much has changed. So have I. And the smart money says so have you. In 1998, I was a student at Cornell. I hadn’t really used email before college, and I didn’t use online sources for any of my papers.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010
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  A Beginner’s Guide To Starcraft II’s Online Portal

  If you play World of Warcraft, or still play Starcraft or Diablo online, don’t watch this. You’ll learn nothing. But for the hordes of people signing up to Blizzard’s online service for the first time today, this is most helpful. It’s a beginner’s guide to Battle.net, the online authentication, matchmaking and social service that runs…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2010
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  First, Brief Look At Dragon Age II In Motion

  Courtesy of a Game Informer visit to the studios of developers BioWare, here is your first look at Dragon Age II in action. You’ll have to work for it – stuff from the game is sprinkled throughout, and doesn’t really kick off until around three minutes in – but what you do see should allay…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2010
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  How Is StarCraft II So Far?

  Some of you have purchased StarCraft II. Some might have been in the beta. Some might not. But to those who have picked up the game and began playing it, what do you think? Hit us up in the comments.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010
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  There Will Be No $450 Rockstar Book Collection

  I hope the ultra-wealthy portion of the Kotaku readership didn’t get their hopes up for one of those $450 tomes collecting the history and art of Grand Theft Auto devs Rockstar. Because they’re not actually going to be made. At the time of our original story, a representative from publishers Steidl told us exact information…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2010
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  What Is Nintendo’s “CrossPass”?

  Nintendo has registered several trademarks in Japan, including the titles 3D Challenge, 3D Paddleball or 3D Hopper. Those could be actual games (mini-games?) or they could be tech demos for the upcoming 3D-glasses-free Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo also registered CrossPass, CrossPass Mode, CrossPass Network, and CrossPass Connection, which sound as though they are related to the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2010
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  Religions Weren’t Designed With Video Games In Mind

  Video games may nor may not be dangerous, they may or may not be art, but I don’t think I’ve ever stood back and wondered whether they were permissible under Islam. Blogger Ebrahim Saifuddin has, and has penned a fascinating catalogue of the litany of instances in which he believes video games violate certain teachings…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2010