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Trump Hotels Hawk Training Sessions on Wii Fit
For $90, you could buy Wii Fit and the Wii Balance Board and use it forever in your own home. Or you could play it for 55 minutes with a personal trainer at one of Donald Trump’s hotels. Jimmy Kimmel, of all people, found the “Wii Sports Package” at a Trump hotel (he didn’t say…
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Xbox Live Unlikely to Approve Vagina Adventure Game
Micro-marines in condom helmets tromping through a landscape of pubic hair will not be part of your Xbox 360 experience, according to a Microsoft statement on Privates, a title being developed for the PC and Xbox Live Arcade. Zombie Cow, the studio, uh, behind Privates says the game may be irreverent in tone, it was…
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Weekend Coupons: I’m a Deal Farmer, MFer!
I know Speedman got everyone convinced we out here making Planet of the Apes on YouTube or some shit, but I don’t buy it. But I do buy video games. And if you do too, check the coupons below: Hardware • The Xbox 360 120GB Elite Spring 2010 Bundle, which comes with Forza Motorsport and…
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The Week in Review: The $10 Solution
This week Ubisoft, publisher of Assassin’s Creed and other top franchises, indicated it would join the trend of locking games content behind a one-use code. Perhaps it was music to investors’ ears, but it struck a harsher tone with gamers. A top Ubi executive specifically invoked Electronic Arts’ so-called “Project Ten Dollar” when analysts asked…
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PETA Sends Me Vegan Chocolates For Not Kicking My Cats
A week and a half ago I jokingly commented in a story about Mafia Wars and PETA that “I’d kick one of my cats for a box of vegan chocolates.” Apparently it’s not kicking your cats that scores you loot. I’ve posted a lot of PETA stories over the past couple of years, and they…
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Kotaku Off-Topic: At Last Check
After paying the rent at the beginning of the month I noticed my supply of checks was nearing its end. I bought just one batch when I opened this account: Five years ago. Bill-pay services and debit cards have taken away a lot of the need for checks (and replaced them with a more secure…
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UncategorizedSuper Mario Galaxy 2‘s Soundtrack Uploaded on YouTube
Someone’s uploading tracks from the Super Mario Galaxy 2 soundtrack to YouTube, under the name of Mahito Yokota, the game’s composer. Whether or not it is actually him doing this, the music’s there, and it’s beautiful listening. So far, three themes were uploaded around 5 p.m. Kotaku time. They’re all in the two minute range,…
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NHL 11 and the Canadian Hockey League Make It Official
A statement late this afternoon confirmed rumors of the past several weeks that the Canadian Hockey League, the top tier of Canada’s developmental junior hockey leagues, will have all of its teams – and players – represented in NHL 11 The CHL’s news release said that its three regional leagues – the Western Hockey League,…
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UncategorizedI Refuse To Call It P3P, But The Trailer Is Nice
Atlus seems to think it needs more marketing for the PSP version of Persona 3 than simply telling people it’s Persona 3, in your hand. Here’s the full trailer for Persona 3 Portable. I hereby resolve never to refer to this game as P3P, even ironically. You can’t force your silly acronyms on me, marketing…
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New Madden Screens Have Gettin’ Away From the Cops Speed
Gus Johnson, the new announcer for Madden NFL 11, singled out guys like the Titans’ Chris Johnson and Jacksonville’s Maurice Jones-Drew when asked to name the most electrifying performers he regularly sees. They highlight the game’s latest batch of screens. This is also a shameless plug for my terrible job as a color analyst, but…
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UncategorizedMeet The Elements Stuck In My Brain
To: Crecente From: Fahey Between my relatively new daily science posts and my 20-plus years as a fan of the band They Might Be Giants, I cannot get the song “Meet the Elements” out of my head. It’s firmly embedded, and no amount of toothpick-ear poking will dislodge it. Yes, I’ve tried my car keys.…
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New Patch Fixes MLB 10 The Show‘s Scoring Error
Runners no longer score on force-outs to end an inning thanks to a do-over patch Sony rolled to the PS3 earlier today for MLB 10 The Show The patch weighs in at almost the same size (361 MB) as the version on Tuesday that contained the glitch, so it looks like Sony just swapped out…
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