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Six Hours to L.A.
To: Luke From: Owen Re: We Are Roger for E3 I have to get on a plane for E3, so no fast food blogging or Uncle Owen’s Tales of Growing Up in the South. In fact, I’m not even getting to L.A. until midnight because of the connecting flight in San Francisco. I’d get there…
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Kotaku’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. •The 10 Most Influential Video Games of All Time [PC Magazine] Pong, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., scoop of chocolate, scoop of vanilla, don’t waste my…
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A Lighthearted Look at Games’ Light-in-the-Loafers Moments
Full-blown Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon here. This week I learned the cornermen in Ring King weren’t giving the boxers blowjobs, they were changing their cups. Then Current TV mentions the same thing in this hilarious look at gay representation in video games. Host Bryan Safi doesn’t uncover much that we haven’t heard before (Bully is four years…
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Crysis 2 Beta Keys Go First to Site Registrants
The Crysis 2 community site is relaunching, and when it goes active, EA’s promising that those who sign up first will be prioritized when it comes time to distribute beta keys for the game. So, in a nutshell, that means watch a currently inactive Web site, register, and hope, and by the way, no date…
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UncategorizedUpdate Brings Authentic Attacks and More to Super Mario Crossover
Jay Pavlina’s not done with his awesome-sauce Super Mario Bros. Crossover. It’s totally getting post-release support. And an update on the way June 25 will give Link, Samus, Mega Man et al. even more powers and attacks. A new options menu shortens Mega Man’s jump but gives him Rush Coil to get over taller obstacles,…
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The Kotaku Buyers’ Guides: What and Why to Buy
So often, we get asked for advice on what to buy – not games, necessarily, but major purchases. Hardware. This week, Kotaku published its first series of buyers’ guides, delivering our whys and why-nots for all major consoles and handhelds. We’re going to be updating and adding to these as the landscape changes, of course.…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Is This the 3DS? Edition
Friday we got hold of a schematic, and working off that, developed a mockup of the hotly anticipated Nintendo 3DS. Many Bothan spies died to bring you that information. Now we expect you to make a joke of it. Some already got a head start on this week’s obvious no-brainer of a ‘Shop Contest subject…
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Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published TK PvPonline published TK ActionTrip published TK Digital Unrest published TK EXTRALIFE published TK Dotgif published TK Ctrl+Alt+Del published TK Dueling Analogs published TK Nerf NOW published TK Rooster Teeth published TK Monday Night Crew published TK Virtual Shackles published TK Little Gamers published TK
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Kotaku Off-Topic: Hooray, It’s Not Father’s Day
Yesterday I said that – and not for the usual reasons – when Mom told me my card to Dad was not customarily late but spoiler-alert early. When the hell is Father’s Day? Tomorrow’s the second Sunday of June. I thought that was the deal, you got the first Sunday to go “Oh, shit, Father’s…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Makin’ License Plates Edition Winners
Some complained that stamping out license plates for no pay was a menial chore, but there are some prison laborers who still take pride in a job well done. Here are 20 of Kotaku’s. Last week’s challenge asked folks to put a game theme on an every-day item, the license plate. It was a pretty…
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Another Publisher Gets In on the MMA Craze
505 Games, fresh from putting out the unlicensed pro football challenger Backbreaker, will bring an unlicensed mixed martial arts title to E3, one that promises action more brutal than the UFC or Strikeforce-branded games. Supremacy MMA, for the Xbox 360 and PS3, will take injuries in a more extreme direction, up to breaking someone’s neck.…
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NCAA 11 Demo Unlocks 11 New Uniforms
Those sweet Nike Pro Combat threads in the eight-team NCAA Football 11 demo aren’t just for looks there. They’re also in the full version, for looks. Downloading the demo gives you access to the alternate uniforms in the main game. Playing each of the four matchups – Florida at Florida State, Oklahoma at Texas, Ohio…
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The New Code of Used Sports Games
With UFC Undisputed 2010 two weeks ago, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 this week, the era of pay-to-play multiplayer has come to sports video games. Nothing we’ve seen so far suggests it’ll be a brief experiment. It absolutely remains a 100 percent free feature for those who buy a new retail version of a…
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