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  This Week In Comics

  Two new gaming comics this week, one non-gaming comic for you to consider. The non-gaming comic is probably not a classic. It is not created by an all-star cast. No, it merely has an amazing title: Executive Assistant Iris. Army of Two #3 Written by Peter Milligan and drawn by Dexter Soy. Summary Via IDW…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 17, 2010
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  Metroid: Other M and The Great Samus Schism

  While Metroid: Other M may feel like a departure for the series in the way it plays and the influences brought in by fabled designers Team Ninja, at its heart it is meant to be a unifying game for the series. In fact, the unifying game for all things Metroid. While Star Wars has its…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2010
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  Is There Another Star Wars MMO On The Horizon?

  With BioWare hard at work on Star Wars: The Old Republic and Star Wars Galaxies hanging onto life, is Sony Online Entertainment working on a browser-based Clone Wars MMO for kids? Rumors say yes. Sony Online Entertainment is making a mint with its free-to-play, browser-based family-friendly MMO Free Realms, which is why the prospect of…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2010
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  The Most Impressive Fireworks On The Wii

  The best thing one can write about a game like the upcoming Wii title Sin & Punishment 2 is that it is busy, maybe hyperactive. The June Wii game with the bizarre name is a sequel to the only game I’ve ever played that pits two heroes against a fleet of futuristic aircraft carriers —…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 17, 2010
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  Kiss Me, I’m An Irish Video Game Character

  It’s Saint Patrick’s Day, and before we get around to drinking ourselves into a stupor and starting fights with inanimate objects, we’re taking a moment to celebrate our favorite fightin’ Irish video game characters. Did you know Anna and Nina Williams were Irish? What about M. Bison? While several of the more prominent Irish video…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2010
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  Yakuza 3: The Kotaku Review

  It’s funny, for all the Japanese games you and I have ever played—and they number in the hundreds, if not thousands—few of them are Japanese in the way that Yakuza 3 is. Think about it. How many Japanese games have you played where the recorded dialogue is still in its native tongue? Or that are…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2010
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  Syncopation In The Super Mario Bros. Theme

  [Kotaku proudly presents the following in-depth look — and listen — to the evolving music of Super Mario Bros. via gaming blog Cruise Elroy] You know what? It’s been too long since we looked at any music around here. Here’s an excerpt of the Super Mario Bros. theme, composed by Koji Kondo: And here’s an…

  Dan Bruno Published March 17, 2010
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  Toy Story 3, Brunswick Pro Bowling Like To PlayStation Move It

  Sony has updated its official PlayStation Move page with a couple of new games taking advantage of the PlayStation 3’s upcoming motion controller, Toy Story 2 and Brunswick Pro Bowling. I hope those wrist straps are sturdy. Of the two latest additions to the Move’s list of supported titles, Brunswick Pro Bowling is listed as…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2010
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  Come Talk Dante’s Inferno With the Developers

  Kotaku Talk Radio starts now with special guest Hans ten Cate, senior producer of Dante’s Inferno. Call in! Ask questions! Listen Up! Ten Cate will be talking about Dante’s Inferno, the game’s recently released Dark Woods prequel level and the upcoming downloadable content, including the Trials of St. Lucia, which allows players to create their…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2010
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  The Video Gamer’s Eternal Struggle Summed Up In One Photo

  As seen on Chris McKeever’s Page, via Crass Anxiety

  By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2010
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  Shocking Study Finds Video Games Interfere With Schoolwork

  Direct from the We Could Have Told You That department, a recent study determined that introducing young boys to video games has a direct effect on their academic performance. Introducing a major distraction interferes with learning? Who’d have thought? The study conducted by Robert Weis, a psychologist at Ohio’s Denison University, is the first controlled…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2010
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  My Pokemon Battle Went Downhill From Here

  That’s me vs. MTV Multiplayer’s Russ Frushtick, before our Poke-battle yesterday. Despite the wonderful Pokemon advice that the world’s best game designers gave me, my Level 15 Totodile could not beat his Level 17 Totodile. Gory details at MTV’s site

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 17, 2010
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  Comic Book Series Helps Make Sense Of Nier

  DC’s Wildstorm imprint makes video game comic book magic once more with Nier, a three-part online comic book series detailing the fall of humanity and its lasting effects in Square Enix’s upcoming action RPG. Nier is a video game with a strong focus on one particular plot point: Nier fights to find a way to…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2010
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  Drop Into Skate 3 In Early May

  Riding high on the failure of Tony Hawk: Ride and feeling absolutely no threat from Ubisoft’s upcoming Shaun White skateboarding title, EA gears up for an early May release for the third installment of the Skate series. Skate 3 isn’t just the latest game in the Skate franchise, complete with a whole new city, a…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 17, 2010
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  Guilty Party Offers Billions of Mysteries to Solve

  Think of it as Guess Who for the Wii set, or, if you’re in mixed company and want to sound smart, maybe Mastermind. Both classic boardgames have you trying to figure out an unknown variable (a person in the case of Guess Who and a “code” in the case of Mastermind) through the process of…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2010
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  Mass Effect, Dragon Age Creators Consider The Post-Release “Romance Pack”

  The doctors behind BioWare, the hallowed game studio behind Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins, were telling Kotaku last week that their plans to add content to their recent games is flexible. More vehicle missions are possible. More sex? “People actually do ask: ‘Why don’t you do more relationships?'” Greg Zeschuk told Kotaku as…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 17, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Press a few buttons in order to comment here about video games. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 17, 2010
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  Go To Hell With Today’s Live Podcast

  It’s hump day, it’s also St. Patrick’s Day, but much more importantly, it’s Kotaku Talk Radio day. Today we’ve got Hans ten Cate, senior producer, for Dante’s Inferno. Cate will be joining us live this week to talk about Dante’s Inferno, their recently released Dark Woods prequel level and the game’s upcoming downloadable content, including…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2010
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  Cannot Find My House Key

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Infinite Space Any idea where I put it? What you missed last night Rumor: New Xbox 360 Model Slims Down [Update] Tokyo’s Virtual Child Porn Bill Delayed Bad Company 2 Video Spoofs Modern Warfare 2’s “F.A.G.S.” PSA Dead Mario And Crucified Jesus Kotaku Census 2010: PIRATES!

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 17, 2010
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  Resident Evil Creator Wants To Make 3D Horror Game

  Shinji Mikami, the game designer behind Resident Evil, has always had a game he’s been dying to make. “When it comes to my personal desires, I’d like to make a true-3D horror game, something where you’d use glasses like in the Avatar film,” he told Japanese game magazine Famitsu. “It’s been my goal since the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 17, 2010