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  John Romero Is So Sorry About Trying To Make You His Bitch

  Game designer John Romero and John Romero’s hair ruled the roost during the 1990s. With titles like Doom and Quake, he not only helped popularize the first-person shooter, he defined it. Then the unthinkable happened. He made Daikatana. The game, released in 2000, was a tremendous flop. An ad for Daikatana proclaimed, “John Romero’s about…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2010
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  Erotic Game Artist Breaks Hearts

  This is why some female illustrators don’t release photos of themselves. In the June issue of erotic game magazine “PC Angel neo”, there’s a short question-and-answer with adult game illustrator Ayane Nanami. Nanami’s illustrations are hardly spectacular, but the artist now has legions of new fans thanks to this one magazine pic. Nobody had really…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2010
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  New Zelda? “Easier To Play”

  Nintendo is working on a new Legend of Zelda game. And according to Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the game will be easier to play. In an interview with German site Gaming Media (via website 1UP), Miyamoto said that Nintendo is “creating a new way to play the game”. Continuing, he added, “We are trying to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2010
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  This Guy Has Bigger Balls Than You

  Meet Simon Crane. He’s got huge balls. Obviously, we’re not talking about actual testicular size per se — you could have a rhinoceros penis and elephant nards for all we know. No, we’re talking about nerves of steel. And he’s got ’em. Crane has signed on to helm the big screen version of the Kane…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2010
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  Torchlight Sells Half A Million

  We’d always thought Torchlight, the game that many have generously labelled as simply being inspired by Diablo, had been a cult hit for developers Runic. Thing is, 500,000 copies sold isn’t a cult hit. It’s a hit The developers sent word yesterday that the game had passed the half a million sales milestone, helped along…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2010
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  $500 Later, We Have Another Aliens vs Predator Movie

  Alex Popov has spent $500 and the past two years of his spare time making this fan film set in the Aliens vs Predator universe. It won’t win any Academy Awards, and in parts the effects are quite shonky, but for a small team (Popov had a little help with some of the computer graphics)…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2010
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  Two Years Late, The PS3 Video Download Store Launches In Australia

  The USA got the PS3 video download store in 2008. In parts of Europe, it launched in 2009. As is the way with many things video game related, it’s only this week launching in Australia. “Hundreds” of movies will be available when the service kicks off this Thursday, in both standard and high definition, with…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2010
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  The Resident Evil: Afterlife Trailer With Added (Singing) Commentary

  We have already seen the Resident Evil: Afterlife trailer. Let’s see it again, but broken down, bit by bit. In song. Resident Evil: Afterlife, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich, is the fourth big screen version of the Resident Evil horror franchise. Dilate, huah! [via Cinematical]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2010
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  EA Also Hopeful Of A Deal With Halo Creators

  Halo creators Bungie may have signed a publishing deal with Activision, but let’s not forget, there’s always the possibility they can sign with rivals Electronic Arts as well. Remember: Bungie’s deal with Activision is for a single piece of intellectual property. With Bungie being a massive studio, however, there remains the distinct possibility it could…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2010
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  Hair Good Enough For Kurt Cobain

  You gotta give Prince of Persia star Jake Gyllenhaal credit. That’s some great hair. So great that perhaps it, not Jake, could star in a biography film about Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. “I don’t know if I’d be the right choice — but the hair from Prince of Persia could translate somehow,” the actor tells…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2010
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  Epic Blames Pirates For Console-First Development

  Epic, and its series of Unreal Tournament games, used to be known as a PC-centric developer. These days, consoles come first, something that rankles PC gamers no end. If you were wondering why Epic made that switch, you only need to look to company president Mike Capps, who tells Edge magazine, “If you walked into…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2010
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  A Week (Or So) In Comments

  Hostesses? Ha! Hosts! Comment by: hbkotaku Nominated by: MonkeyBiz I guess most people commented here are Westerners, which makes sense to me. It’s just cultural difference. I don’t get why people overreact so much. I grew up in Japan and China and it’s pretty safe to say that not only in Japan, in China, Taiwan,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2010
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  Just How Fast Are Steam Games On The Mac?

  Steam is now available on the Mac. Great news for people who only own a Mac, but what if you’re like me, and own both? Which is faster? Tom’s Hardware is on the scene to find out, using both a Macbook Pro and a “Hackintosh” – a non-Apple computer modified to run the Mac’s operating…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2010
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  Why Are People Buying PS3’s?

  I bought my PS3 when the old backwards-compatible PAL model was taken off the market. I got one of the last ones. That’s my story. But why do other people buy PS3’s? Research firm Nielsen decided to find out. Polling 700 people aged between 7-54, all of whom were in the market for a PS3,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2010
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  With The Nintendo 3DS Could Come 3DSWare, 3DSPlay

  We’re just weeks away from getting our first official look at the Nintendo 3DS, promised to make its debut at E3. New trademarks could portend Nintendo 3DS related games that come along with it. Siliconera spotted recent trademarks for 3DSWare and 3DSPlay, registered by Nintendo, that aren’t surprising, but could be telling. As it did…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 17, 2010
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  Kotaku Off Topic: Oh, To Unsee

  *Grumble Grumble* Oh, it’s Kotaku Off Topic time? I suppose we should get together and have some non-video game related discussion. It may make this Monday a little easier to forget. Perhaps we’re in need of those clean memory wiping services as fictionalized in movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Hell, I’ll even…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 17, 2010
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  Splinter Cell: Conviction Gets Deniable Ops ‘Insurgency’ On May 27

  Ubisoft is giving Splinter Cell Conviction a surge of fresh Deniable Ops, pricing and dating the Xbox 360 and PC game’s first batch of downloadable content for next week. For 800 Microsoft Points or $9.99, Splinter Cell Conviction fans will get four new maps for their troubles set in locales ranging “from the docks of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 17, 2010
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  Looksley’s Line Up Micro-Review: Broken Promise

  When we first saw the pseudo-3D wonder of Nintendo’s hidden object game Looksley’s Line Up in action, we wondered why we’d ever need a Nintendo 3DS. Now we know. Looksley’s Line Up is a hidden object puzzle game that works by showing you various scenes presented in a perspective-altering sort of pseudo 3D. While looking…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2010
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  Mass Effect 2’s Planet Scanning Thrills Now More ‘Optimized’

  The intergalactic hunt for minerals may not be Mass Effect 2’s most marketable feature, but BioWare’s latest update to the Xbox 360 version of the sci-fi role-playing game has “optimized” its mundane planet scanning, resulting in many happy players. “Scanning for minerals has been optimized” may sound vague, but the small change has been met…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 17, 2010
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  How Did You Get Fired From GameStop?

  As seen on Joystick Division

  By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2010