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  iPad Games: The Ultimate Gamer’s Guide to Apple’s iPad [UPDATED]

  Slim, sexy and packed with a library of games, the iPad is shaping up to be a powerful contender in the eyes and for the fingers of gamers. (We’ll be updating this daily, so bookmark it now) While I don’t quite buy Apple’s claims that the iPad is magical, everything we’ve learned about the device…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 2, 2010
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  A Video Game Death Made For Me

  In Jason Rohrer there’s a fascinating schism between the tone of the work and that of the designer. He’s known primarily for enigmatic, vaguely dark-toned single-player game vignettes – which is why it’s a surprise when at every encounter, the man is ineffably cheerful, boundlessly energetic and chatty. Perhaps most unexpectedly, Rohrer is no chin-stroking,…

  Leigh Alexander Published April 2, 2010
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  Free Realms Reaches 10 Million Users, Gives Out Free Cash

  Free Realms continues to be an unrelenting engine of family-friendly fun and frivolity, reaching the 10 million player mark just short of its first birthday, with Sony Online Entertainment doubling Station Cash purchases this weekend in celebration. We’ve established by now that people love mini-games and free things, and that’s pretty much the formula to…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2010
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  iPad Gets Its First Real 3D Game (Glasses Not Included)

  Flight Control HD will have an interesting twist when it hits the iPad tomorrow morning: A fully playable 3D version of the game. The 3D view uses the old red/cyan glasses to produce Anaglyph video for the game which will make it appear that the aircraft are floating about the iPad during the game, according…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 2, 2010
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  Blur Beta Set to Open To All (Xbox 360) Users, And Why It Won’t Come to the PS3

  Because of the overwhelming demand for access to upcoming racer Blur’s multiplayer beta, the folks at Bizarre Creations have decided to open the beta to all Xbox 360 users next week. Speaking with Kotaku during our weekly Kotaku Talk Radio podcast, Bizarre Creations’ lead designer Gareth Wilson said the developer ran out of beta keys…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 2, 2010
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  A Flying Hamster Shooting Beer – Is This The Best Game Ever Created?

  The Game Atelier’s upcoming PSP shooter The Flying Hamster features a hamster shooting sunflower seeds, fire, eggs, bananas, bees, and beer at enemies like pistol-packing penguins and milk-shooting cows. Fall in love with the first gameplay videos here. To be honest here, I’m a fan of anything that contains hamsters. I love those little bastards,…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2010
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  Top 5 Just Cause 2 Stunt Videos Are Here. Now, Vote

  Thanks to all who submitted gameplay videos for the Just Cause 2 Stunt Contest. Your Top 5 await after the jump…vote for your favorite! Winner gets a PS3 and a copy of JC2; runners up will grab a copy as well. Entry 1: Entry 2: Entry 3: Entry 4: Entry 5: Vote below! You have…

  By Gawkercreative Published April 2, 2010
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  Blood Bowl Goes Legendary With Twelve New Teams

  In case your favorite fantasy football team didn’t make it into the initial PC release of Cyanide Studio’s adaptation of the Games Workshop board game, chances are they’ll be showing up in Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition later this year. For better or worse, Blood Bowl is a faithful recreation of Games Workshops’ classic football strategy…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2010
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  Modern Warfare Stimulus Pack Price Offset By Free Avatar Goggles

  So you’re upset that you have to pay $15 for five maps, two of which are old, and that the Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package launched broken. You know what’d cheer you up? Free night vision goggles for your avatar! What? Does this not appease you? Perhaps you didn’t understand what I was trying to…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2010
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  Episodic Gaming Invades the iPad with Sam & Max

  We are, for the most part, limiting news of new games hitting the 700 and growing iPad gaming library to our enormous iPad guide. But Sam & Max deserve their own mention. Digging around in the iTunes story I stumped across a listing for Sam & Max Episode 1: The Penal Zone for the iPad…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 2, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Beware of hungry dinosaurs as you talk here about video games. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 2, 2010
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  How I Quit Smoking

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: A Fool’s Blessing Somebody asked me the name of the book I read that helped me quit smoking. I forget. Sorry! However, one thing that really stuck with me that was in the book was the very obvious notion that people who don’t smoke don’t crave cigarettes after they get…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Apple Admits Gaming is Hard On Their Devices, Patents Solution

  Gamers complaining about the lack of buttons on the iPhone, iPod and iPad may see a solution in the near future through the help of a frame for the devices that will be packed with features, control pads and buttons. IntoMobile discovered a gaming accessory patent made public yesterday on the U.S. Patent and Trademark…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 2, 2010
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  Let’s Look At Stars With The Last Story

  Not only does the upcoming Wii game The Last Story features boats that sail in water, it always features star gazing. This latest conceptual art shows the game’s “Star Gazing Tower”, joining Last Story art that features islands, cities and NPCs The Last Story is being designed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the game developer who created…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Team Fortress 2, Meet Law Abiding Citizen

  Law Abiding Citizen is a Hollywood thriller. Team Fortress 2 is a multiplayer shooter. What if they merged? What would you get? Internet person TrueOneMoreUser gives the world this, Law Abiding Engineer. It’s the Law Abiding Citizen trailer with TF2 characters animated in. And it’s amazing. Cheesy Hollywood flicks or Japanese role-playing games, Team Fortress…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Mass Effect 2: Firewalker Micro-Review: Free Tanks, Enquire Within

  Mass Effect 2’s “Firewalker”, the fourth piece of downloadable content for BioWare’s excellent sci-fi role-playing game, is the first to give you a bonafide land vehicle to play with. And it’s a tank, no less. The entire DLC revolves around the fate of the crew of a missing survey ship. You and your merry band…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2010
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  Someone In A Bikini Hug Pillow Case Walking Through Tokyo

  Well, one side is a bikini outfit, and the other is a maid costume. Before you say, “This is so strange”, realize that there are people in Japan saying the same damn thing. Oh, they are laughing, too. Have a sense of humor serious people! Especially for clips posted on April 1st. Click to view…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Would You Like A Gold-Dipped Xbox 360?

  From the folks who gave the world the gold-dipped PS3 comes the gold-dipped…Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 and its controller have been plated with 24kt gold. King Midas is pleased. For those who might be in the market for a golden Xbox 360, know that the jeweler’s 24kt PS3 starts at US$4,999. Ballin’. Comparison shots…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Gears of War Designer Won’t Carry Plastic Weapon On Talk Show

  When game designer Cliff Bleszinski revealed Gears of War 2, he did it by ripping through a barrier with a Lancer chainsaw weapon at the 2008 Game Developers Conference. How about when he debuts his new game on Jimmy Fallon? “I shall not say ‘bigger better blah blah’ or carry any weaponry,” Bleszinski tweeted about…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Say Thank You To This Guy For Video Game Consoles.

  Thank you. Earlier this week, Ralph Baer, known as The Father of Video Games, was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. In the mid-1960s, Baer created a “Brown Box” prototype of a home video game console. (The prototype, game site Game|Life points out, is now in the Smithsonian Institution.) Baer sold his design…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010