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Your NBA 2K10-Illustrated Guide to the LeBronathon
NBA superstar LeBron James convened a six-team pitch summit over the long weekend and could soon choose his next club. Thanks to the magic of video games, we can see what all potential outcomes look like. While James’ choice will assuredly remake the NBA landscape, its effect on games is not so profound. Of course…
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May the Fourth of July Be With You
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Rollin Rollin Rollin It’s July 4 – well, July 5 where you are. Still, I’ll keep this fast, as there are still burgers and dogs to grill (and eat) and fireworks to be seen. This weekend’s highlights: Kotaku: ‘Shop Contest: Bored on the Fourth of July Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Up…
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The Week in Games: Crackback
The A-list drop for the week is Crackdown 2, the sequel to the 2007 hit, which returns you to a city overrun by mutants and criminals. Monday, July 5 101 Shark Pets (DSiWare) Hello Flowerz (DS, PS3) Pearl Harbor Trilogy – 1941: Red Sun Rising (WiiWare) Tuesday, July 6 Crackdown 2 (360) – Send your…
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UncategorizedKotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •11 Strong Gaming Girls We Never Saw Again [UGO] Andrew Freedman, formerly of Kotaku, makes 11 fine selections. I don’t believe we’ve seen the last…
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Kotaku: ‘Shop Contest: Bored on the Fourth of July
Yep, you can tell where this one’s headed. Yes, yes, the Founding Fathers – TJ, Ben Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Col. Sanders – they were all awesome guys. Four score and … a bunch of years ago, on July 4th, 1776, they defeated the British at Gettysburg and established such concepts as “freedom,” “no taxation without…
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Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published June 30. PvPonline published June 29. ActionTrip published June 28. EXTRALIFE published June 29. Ctrl+Alt+Del published June 25. Dueling Analogs published June 28. Nerf NOW published June 25. Rooster Teeth published July 1. Monday Night Crew published June 30. Virtual Shackles published July 2. Little Gamers published June 30. Dotgif published June…
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Kotaku Off-Topic: ∫elf-Evidence
Today being Independence Day, we’re requiring all who comment to make their S’es look like Fs, in the tyranny-free official off-topick threade of Kotockyu. In a draft of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson originally used the word “subjects,” then scrubbed out the word and replaced it with “citizens.” It’s a very significant choice of words.…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Up the Wall Edition Winners
As I feared, last week’s calamity with the image server all but ruined one of the best ‘Shop Contest roundups we’ve had in this feature’s short history. I’m still pressing ahead, though. To recap: This is for the ‘Shop Contest of June 20. Participants were given a picture McWhertor E3 photographer Scott snapped of the…
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Shooting (Among the) Stars in Halo: Reach
Teased in Microsoft’s E3 keynote, seen by yours truly and played by Totilo, here’s a solid minute of gameplay in Halo: Reach‘s space combat sequence that GameTrailers just threw up on its site. Wait, that didn’t come out right. Eh, what I meant to say is, GT, got its hands on something you’ll probably want…
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