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  Cosplaying In Paris!

  Paris is truly a world class city. The French are wonderful people. Know what else is wonderful? Cosplay. A new book “Cosplay in Paris” chronicles some of the cosplayers at the annual Japan Expo culture festival in Paris. The 2010 Japan Expo was held from July 1 to the 4 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte. Guests…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2010
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  Microsoft To Make Games For Mobile Phones

  Microsoft makes games for the Xbox 360. Microsoft makes games for the PC. Now Microsoft will be making games for mobile phones! A job posting over on Microsoft’s web site reveals the formation of a new division of the company’s internal development force, called MGS Mobile Gaming, which will be “focused on bringing games and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010
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  How A “Worthless” Degree Robbed A Stripper Of Her Video Game Love

  Carrianne Howard studied game design. As Bloomberg previously reported, she ponied up US$70,000 for a “worthless” degree from a for-profit college. But Howard not only lost $70,000 on that degree, she also lost her love of video games. Her degree was financed by her parents’ credit card, something that ultimately became a burden for her…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2010
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  Team Fortress 2 Goes 19th Century

  The talented kids at video game art forum Polycount are again working their magic on Valve’s Team Fortress 2, giving us a glimpse at what Red v Blue would have looked like in the age of steamships and cowboys. Taking Valve’s own recent Engineer comic as inspiration, they’re modelling a range of the game’s characters…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010
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  If Mario Actually Had A Conscience

  As seen on Maneggs via Wonderland

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2010
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  Get Star Ruler’s Soundtrack

  That Star Ruler game we showed you earlier in the week? Its soundtrack is now out, and it’s pretty good

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010
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  Ubisoft’s Next Game Dumps Controversial DRM System [Update]

  Ubisoft’s digital rights management system for its PC games has been wildly unpopular since first adopted. And that’s putting it mildly. Which might explain why the company’s next PC game is ditching it. RUSE, a real-time strategy game, will not be using Ubisoft’s maligned system, instead opting for the far more publicly acceptable Steamworks method,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010
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  Silent Hill 2 Held Up By Manslaughter, Prison Sentence

  Roger Avary of Pulp Fiction and Killing Zoe fame wrote the first Silent Hill movie. He was slated to write the second one. Then, the unthinkable happened. In 2008, an intoxicated Avary was involved in a car accident that left a close friend of his dead, 34-year-old Andreas Zini, and put his wife in the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2010
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  Soccer Role-Playing Game Hits The Stage

  Inazuma Eleven is a soccer role-playing game from Level-5, the Fukuoka-based studio behind the Professor Layton series and White Knight Chronicles. The soccer RPG games are very popular and have even spawned a manga and anime. You know what is missing? A stage version. Yes, a stage version Well, come this September Inazuma Eleven is…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2010
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  Some Old Gaming Mags Are Worth Money (But Most Aren’t)

  As the gaming press becomes ever more focused on the internet, the printed word is becoming a dying medium. And as with anything on the decline, rarity can at times go hand-in-hand with value. Kevin Gifford, of Mag Weasling fame, has written a handy guide to the value of old gaming mags over on Gamasutra,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010
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  Rumor: Nintendo & Nokia Worked On A Phone Together

  Sony and Google’s rumoured partnership may be the gaming phone news of today, but sources speaking with Pocket Gamer reckon that a few years back, Nintendo was in bed with a phone company too. That company was Nokia, and during the early 2000s the Finnish phone giant and Nintendo had plans to release a portable…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010
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  Chinese Gamers “Suffer”

  Think you have it rough? You might! But gamers in China have it rough. Consoles, while widely sold, are illegal. This means that gamers do not have official support. The government continues to crackdown on online games. According to China blog ChinaGeeks, perceptions of Chinese gamers has lead to stereotypes and prejudices in Taiwan, where…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 12, 2010
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  Call Of Duty Devs Warn Of Gamertag Imposters

  The multiplayer trailer for the latest Call of Duty game had some gamertags featured, and some unscrupulous souls are taking advantage of that to scam people on Xbox Live. Josh Olin and David Vonderhaar, from Call of Duty: Black Ops developers Treyarch, have alerted fans of the game to the fact that someone is contacting…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010
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  Doctor: No Evidence Of 3D Causing Eye Damage

  Dr. Mark Borchert, an ophthalmologist who is one of the best of his kind, has told Gamasutra that 3D gaming might not be as dangerous as some would have you believe. Because the technology is so new, and because so many people have reported discomfort after using it, there are fears that 3D could lead…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010
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  Splinter Cell’s Strange Baby Seal Saving Mission Exposed?

  Click to viewSo did you hear the one about Splinter Cell secret agent Sam Fisher saving a bunch of space-dwelling baby seals and their princess? Yeah, we hadn’t heard about this Splinter Cell: Double Agent easter egg either. No one has. So claims the hidden mission’s creator, a Ubisoft Montreal level designer and his co-op…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2010
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  Consider This Humped

  It’s the end of another Wednesday here at Kotaku Towers West. Let’s put a cap on it with a little off-topic conversation. Talk amongst yourselves here about video games, comic books, toys, movies, politics, history, sci-fi, music or whatever Or simply give praise to the almighty Sarlacc. Your call. Would you guys mind giving us…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2010
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  Madden: The Official Shoes Of The Game

  The diagram of a successful touchdown play from the New Orleans Saints Super’ Bowl XLIV victory is lasered into the heels of the “Madden 11 Air Trainer 1.2” by NIke, only 500 of which will be made available at retailers. By my untrained eye, that looks like Fox 2 Halfback Screen Strong, scored by the…

  By Owen Good Published August 11, 2010
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  Time Crisis: The Unofficial Action Movie

  If Time Crisis rules existed in a real gun fight, ammo would never be a concern, only red bullets would be required to dodged and anything speedier than a semi-automatic pistol would seem like a waste. Or so goes the latest Freddie “I Use An Aimbot” Wong action-adventure shoot ’em up, in which some of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2010
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  Landon Donovan Gets America’s FIFA Cover

  Sure, I called it. Then again, any eight-year-old watching him bang home the winner in stoppage time of the U.S.-Algeria match could tell you Landon Donovan would be making his third appearance on the cover of EA Sports’ FIFA series. Donovan, easily the most celebrated footballer in the United States, will grace EA Sports’ FIFA…

  By Owen Good Published August 11, 2010
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  Nintendo Bringing Zelda, Kirby, Donkey Kong & More To Gamescom

  Next week, Kotaku will be in Cologne, Germany to sample the latest video games and the greatest sausages while covering the annual Gamescom convention. What savory selections will Nintendo be bringing to this year’s gathering? Much of it you’ll remember from E3 2010. Expect familiar faces like Donkey Kong Country Returns, Kirby’s Epic Yarn and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 11, 2010