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Plants Vs. Zombies Vs. Cake
Liam Brockwood had a much better birthday than you did, thanks to this lovingly crafted and entirely edible Plants Vs. Zombies cake. I haven’t been this jealous of a seven-year-old since 1981. Liam’s father, Ted, sent us to his Flickr page in order to foster jealousy over his child’s birthday cake. At least I think…
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Kotaku Off Topic: So About This World Cup Thing…
I know absolutely nothing about soccer, but I’m beginning to feel the stirrings of second-hand excitement. Is this warranted? Should I be afraid? Should I call my doctor? I came into Kotaku Tower this morning like I do any other morning, rolling out of bed and crawling down the hallway. Just as I am preparing…
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Medal of Honor Multiplayer Impressions: Not What’s Right, Just Who’s Left
I’ve never seen combat, but I’ve heard it said that it is hurricane bursts of life-and-death activity bridged by an indescribably tense boredom. EA DICE miniaturizes this model in an grimly realistic presentation of war for Medal of Honor What I learned from my time with Medal of Honor, both at E3 and in its…
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Counter Strike: Source Hits Mac, On Sale
The rollout of Valve classics to Mac OS continues this week with oldie-but-goodie Counter Strike: Source, which in addition to getting a “major update” is on sale the next two days for $6.80. That’s two-thirds off the normal price. The update delivers new stats and game summary screens, plus more than 140 achievements. The game…
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All Units: BOL for APB in KTR
That’s police-scanner speak for “Be on the lookout” for Realtime Worlds’ E.J. Moreland and Chris Collins, discussing their cops-and-robbers epic APB on Kotaku Talk Radio, available now for download. Did we mention APB’s also an MMO? E.J. and Chris were excited to talk about next week’s release of the law-and-disorder role-playing game, even teased some…
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The Swiss and the Swedes Get Their Own NHL 11
Chicago’s Jonathan Toews is the global cover athlete for NHL 11 but EA Sports shows some love for other nations, putting Henrik and Daniel Sedin on the cover for the game sold in Sweden, and Mark Streit for Switzerland’s version.
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NBA 2K11 Eyes-On Impressions: Looks Are Everything — For Now
The same day Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers would repeat as NBA champions just a block away from E3, 2K Sports made its case for why NBA 2K will continue its dominance of pro basketball on consoles. At E3, we were given an eyes-only demonstration of NBA 2K11 that was long on visuals…
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UncategorizedSpeak-Up On Kotaku: F-Zero, Argentina Woes, Mushroom Art, And The Good Old 60GB
The post E3 2010 episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku is here, with Linfosoma, Dracosummoner, Richardsim7, and Mayonaisetim sounding off on dead 60GB PlayStation 3 consoles, mushroom art, the F-Zero series, and the trouble with games in Argentina. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our…
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Create Your Own Scott Pilgrim Avatar
Ever wonder what you’d look like as a character from Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series? Probably much better than you do in real life, if my picture from the Scott Pilgrim Avatar Creator is any indication. The video game reference riddled Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World movie is coming in August, and the official…
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New World Of Warcraft Patch Enables Cross-Game Chat
Blizzard’s 3.3.5 patch for World of Warcraft went live yesterday, enabling the new Battle.net Real ID feature, allowing for cross-faction, cross-server, and when StarCraft II comes out, cross-game chat. Real ID is a layer of friends list on top of the one World of Warcraft players are used to. Instead of tagging another character name…
By Mike Fahey