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  Kotaku Off Topic: Elf Quest

  Drink up, kids. It’s time for Kotaku Off Topic, a chance to get anything and everything off your chest, video game related or otherwise. Like your thing for elves for example. I don’t actually have a thing for elves, but I know a guy who does. It may have had something to do with his…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 14, 2010
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  Build Yourself Some Mario Cosplay

  Rather than dress like Mario the way everyone else dresses like Mario – with overalls and a red cap – these guys tried a little harder, building a propeller cap and, more impressively, the FLUDD from Mario Sunshine. You can find details on how they were made here and here, which also double as a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2010
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  Review Round Up: Tech & Mechs

  It may not have been a week as rich with reviews as the previous one, but with Iron Man 2, Lost Planet 2 and more in today’s round up, there are some can’t miss video game reviews within. Iron Man 2 Review: A Rusted Development In which Mike Fahey hurls complaints at the guy wearing…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 14, 2010
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  Someday, All Our PCs Will Look Like Killer Spider Bots

  For better or worse, that someday is coming this month, thanks to a bizarre, some might say stylish way to house one’s computer, sure to be the hit at your next LAN party. Taiwanese computer case maker Lian Li will begin selling the Mini-ITX T1 Spider later this month, a product that’s more of a…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 14, 2010
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  Fable III Box Art Proclaims ‘Only On Xbox 360 & Windows’

  In more good news for the PC gaming set, Lionhead’s “touchy” action RPG Fable III may be coming to a computer running Windows near you. That’s according to the game’s Xbox 360 box art, which… hey look, Fable III box art! If Fable III’s box art is accurate, that may help back up previous reports…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 14, 2010
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  Stick Skater Micro-Review: Gleaming the Cube

  Stick Skater has been grinding its way to the top of the iTunes App charts. Surely, there must be a reason for it. Let’s see if there is! Stick Skater is a barebones skating game. Its stick man skater grinds on rails and hops over obstacles like lights, sand, staircases and trash cans. In its…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 14, 2010
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  Remembering Frazetta This Weekend

  For anyone in San Francisco, there’s a Drink & Draw Frazetta Memorial tonight at Mission Comics!

  Wes Siler Published May 14, 2010
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  Ys We Can… Play Falcom’s Games In America

  Fans of the Japanese style role-playing game, particularly the long-running Ys series, have XSEED Games to thank for bringing a long list of developer Falcom’s games stateside, breathing new life into the PSP. XSEED has inked a deal with Nihon Falcom to bring Ys Seven, Ys: The Oath in Felghana, Ys I & II Chronicles…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 14, 2010
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  This Week In Comics

  They sort of killed Batman last year. This week, they sort of brought him back. Batman was never actually dead, even though in last year’s Final Crisis, Superman thought he had a Batman corpse in his arms. I don’t recall publisher DC Comics even pretending Batman was dead. Who would believe that Bruce Wayne got…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 14, 2010
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  A Bookshelf of Childhood Memories

  To: Crecente From: Crecente I know Frank Frazetta died on Monday, but his passing didn’t really hit home until I saw the collection of tribute art created by video game artists for Kotaku It reminded me of the first time I laid eyes on Frazetta’s rich artwork on the cover of an illicit copy of…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 14, 2010
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  Nintendo Shakes Up Japan’s Weekly Hardware Battle

  After a bit too much of the same old, same old, this week’s contest in the Japanese console war shakes things up, with the Wii and Nintendo DSi gaining ground against the PlayStation family. Like last week, however, the PSP stays on top, thanks to continued strong sales of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. The…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 14, 2010
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  You Got Art in my iPhone Game

  This wonderful bit of interactive game art was created for the iPhone by Niklas Åkerblad and Erik Svedäng. Kometen has you controlling a cyclops comet as it jets through the universe looking for orbital oddities to consume. It looks and plays like a painting come to life. For just $3 you really should check it…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 14, 2010
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  Don’t Screw With The Girls Of Smash Bros.

  Deviant Artist Kuroi-Tsuki shows us the stronger side of Super Smash Bros. Brawl’s female combatants. As seen at Deviant Art – thanks Jenzi!

  By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2010
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  Call of Duty: Black Ops Dedicated To Dedicated Servers

  PC gamers who felt burned by the decision to drop dedicated server support for Modern Warfare 2 may have a friend in that other Call of Duty developer Treyarch. The developer all but confirms dedicated server multiplayer in Black Ops. Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia tells CVG that dedicated servers are “excellent” and that the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 14, 2010
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  Naughty Bear Is Going To Need A Bigger Boat

  The blood-curdling screams of teddies caught in the Jaws of Naughty Bear only make him shake harder. The third “Nightmare” trailer for Artificial Mind and Movement’s stuffed slasher movie game Naughty Bear riffs on everyone’s favorite killer shark movie to chilling effect. Those teddy bear screams have a way of getting under your skin. It…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2010
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  Amazon Names Next Scribblenauts?

  We already know that the DS sequel to 2009 hit Scribblenauts will not be called Scribblenauts 2. A now-dead link on Amazon suggests it will be called Super Scribblenauts. No comment from the game’s publisher, Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment. Go Nintendo did dig up a website domain registration for superscribblenauts.com assigned to Warner Bros. that…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 14, 2010
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  What Are You Playing This Weekend?

  Who’s up for some horsing around? Me! I’ll be back in the saddle this weekend as I play through Rockstar Games’ latest, Red Dead Redemption. Expect to see me on Xbox Live a lot this weekend. Such will be my time “off,” lassoing and six-gunning my way through the world of Red Dead Redemption. Frankly,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 14, 2010
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  Drive-By: Proof That Video Games Cause Violence

  Video games do cause real life violence. I know this because after a half hour of playing Drive-By: Gang Warfare for the iPad at Crecente’s request, I’m Google mapping his house and checking eBay for firearms. Drive-By: Gang Warfare for iPad is the HD version of Drive-By: South Central for the iPhone. We thought it…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2010
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  Video Game’s Finest Pay Tribute To Artist Frank Frazetta

  Legendary fantasy artist Frank Frazetta died on Monday. Today, the gaming industry pays tribute with a series of sketches and illustrations posted here, exclusively, to honor an influential man and a vision that shaped countless video games. Frazetta’s famous paintings of bad-ass berzerker warriors and the scantily clad women who pose before them set afire…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 14, 2010
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  Snow Pirate Tested…

  … Gordiant Approved! As seen on jinkwell’s twitter

  By Brian Crecente Published May 14, 2010