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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Bored on the Fourth of July Winners
Last week, we celebrated the birth of democracy on Earth and were reminded that you can’t put a measure on freedom, though it is at most 1200 pixels wide. Thanks to you, we defiled a great document and were no doubt placed on many enemies lists with our shameful desecration of history. When the time…
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A Sneak Peek at Halo: Reach’s Achievements
Bungie’s latest update features the icon art for all 49 achievements in Halo: Reach, but didn’t name or provide the GamerScore payout for all of them. Still, here’s what we do know: Five named achievements, with their conditions: • A Monument to All Your Sins – Complete each Campaign Mission on Legendary – alone. •…
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Comic Con Teases New Spore Game
The programming schedule for San Diego Comic Con reveals a “a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore.” Rumors and images floating around the Spore forums say the game will be called Darkspore “Maxis Studio (The Sims and Spore video games) has just announced their next project, a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG…
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A Road to Glory, Traveled by Many
You probably won’t believe this, but I once made an official recruiting visit to a major college football program. Yes, in real life. When I was 15, I had a friend who was a very highly regarded linebacker at another high school. I was staying with his family for a week while my parents were…
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Sword Allies Unite for Left 4 Dead‘s Next Mutation
The latest playlist in Left 4 Dead 2‘s mutation mode breaks out the katanas – “Four Swordsmen of the Apocalypse” is easy to figure out from the title alone: swords only, versus the horde. The Left 4 Dead blog says the mode pits survivors against “near continuous streams of Special Infected ready to be sliced…
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Assassin’s Creed Designer ‘Did Everything He Needed to Do’ Before Leaving
When Patrice Désilets, the former creative director of Assassin’s Creed, abruptly left the game, it left the impression that he was unhappy with Ubisoft’s plans to pump out another sequel so soon. Not true, says a friend and colleague. Ubisoft Montréal’s Jean-Francois Boivin, the game’s production manager, told GamerZines that Désilets is truly taking a…
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Box Scores: Noble in Defeat
The best games aren’t necessarily the biggest wins. Sometimes, like Kotaku reader TundraWolf, you can still step back and admire the toughest defeats knowing that you played the best you ever have. TundraWolf and a buddy are currently playing through a dynasty in NHL 09. “We position lock ourselves to right defense (myself) and right…
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The Moneysaver: Don’t Make Me Angry
David Banner is believed to be dead, and he must let the world think that he is dead, until he can find a way to control the raging deals that dwell within him. Hardware • Amazon has in stock again the classic Sega Dreamcast console for $88.99. It’s normally $99. [LogicBUY] • A 120GB PS3…
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The Week in Review: Let’s See Your ID
Blizzard may have shrugged off coordinated community discontent in the past, but this week, we weren’t talking about LAN support in Starcraft II. It was, instead, the MMO maker’s decision to put everyone’s real name on their forum messages. Announced Tuesday, Blizzard’s new policy would have displayed the real name of Battle.net account holders posting…
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Three Pounds of Bacon
So I’ve been on a big BLT kick lately, getting there thanks to my old editor from Jacksonville, N.C. waxing nostalgic lately about ‘mater sammiches and remembering this heartbreakingly brilliant work of sentimentality from three years ago. I saw the ode to BLTs referenced on Jeff Simmermon’s “And I Am Not Lying” shortly after Divine_Wino…
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UncategorizedThose Who Didn’t Make the Cut for Super Mario Bros. Crossover
Everyone knows the wildly popular flash game Super Mario Bros. Crossover, which just added Ryu Hayabusa to the Mushroom Kingdom. But for every successful casting there area thousand rejects, as this wonderfully brilliant video from Dueling Analogs reminds. Super Mario Bros. Leftovers [Dueling Analogs, hat tip to commenter Manly McBeeferton]
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