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Sell Your Crap in the Classifieds
To: Luke From: Owen I don’t know when he got it, but my packrat brother Fletch stole a firetruck red easy chair recliner from the downstairs of our old home and, as far as I know, hasn’t gotten it reupholstered. If it’s the same one I remember, that thing was like sitting on the lap…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Sony Registers MotorStorm 3 Web Site
I’m a big fan of the MotorStorm series. So count me among those who take Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s recent (as in, Friday) registry of a MotorStorm 3 domain as good news, not just a company hedging for future plans. The domain redirects you back to the Official PlayStation web site for the UK (the…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Box of Cereal Old Enough to Drink Legally and Vote Sold for $200
We’ve dealt with factory sealed Nintendo rarities two decades old this past week, but at least their contents wouldn’t throw you into gastric distress. A 22-year-old unopened “Nintendo Cereal System” box just sold for $207.50, or $103.75 per cereal. The Cereal System attracted 22 bids, with the winner going $2.50 over the top in the…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Week in Games: Heavy Rain’s Gonna Fall
Only one multiplatform release this week, that being Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. Murder mystery thriller Heavy Rain is a noteworthy drop, on PS3 only. For PSP enthusiasts, Metal Slug XX is headed your way on Tuesday, too. This week’s count: Eight for DS, seven for PC, six for Wii, three for PS3 and Xbox…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Top Five List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Top 10 Badass Video Game Aliens [Planet Xbox 360] The xenomorphs gain the top spot in a list inspired by their game’s release last Tuesday.…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
The iTunes App Store Declares War on Titillation
Apple has moved quite comprehensively to ban sex from its iTunes Application store, and while it does clear out some spam applications, some high-selling and even tame ones find themselves caught in the blast. TechCrunch has been following these developments since Thursday, when the creator of “Wobble iBoobs” got at notice that his app –…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
What’s On Deck For MLB 10 The Show
MLB 09 The Show was widely hailed as a best-in-class game, for the sports genre as well as baseball. But Sony’s San Diego Studio understood that even last year’s effort didn’t excuse them from improving on it this season. Players will find plenty of difference between last year’s game and MLB 10 The Show, which…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Weekend Reader: Games, My Guardian Angel
It is hard to read of a young man, essentially homeless, spending Christmas alone in a games store and not feel a twinge of sadness. But it’s a memory more sweet than bitter to someone who considers games a lifesaver. Kreyg Dezgo is the editor of Hot Blooded Gaming and a friend of mine. We…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Worst Sonic & Sega Cameos Edition
This began Thursday, when I told McWhertor I’d heard that Alan Wake would be a playable character in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. He said my joke was so obviously terrible its only use was as a ‘Shop Contest premise. That’s where y’all come in. The game features Sega characters in addition to some platform…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Police Seek Woman Who Seduced Teen via PlayStation Home
Cops in Oklahoma City are looking for a 43-year-old woman who they say met a 14-year-old boy in PlayStation Home and … yep, you can see where this is headed. Authorities say the woman, Annamay Alexander of Deltona, Fla. (It’s always Florida …) met this boy via Home and sent him some terms-of-use violating messages,…
By Owen Good - Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Feb. 17 PvPonline published Feb. 17 ActionTrip published Feb. 15 Digital Unrest published Feb. 15 EXTRALIFE published Feb. 16 GU Comics published Feb. 19 Ctrl+Alt+Del published Feb. 16 Dueling Analogs published Feb. 15 Nerf NOW published Feb. 15 Rooster Teeth published Feb. 16 Monday Night Crew published Feb. 15 Virtual Shackles published…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Kotaku Off-Topic: Obituary Edition
In upstate New York I worked with a guy who read the New York Times obituaries every day. “I learn more about the world in which we live by reading the obituaries rather than the news,” he told me. Inventor of the Easy Bake Oven dies – Ronald Howes Sr. taught a nation of ‘tweenage…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Conversation Hearts Edition Winners
Given that they’re all caps, heavily abbreviated and infused with slang, we figured the Conversation Hearts Valentine’s candy would be a natural medium for gamers used to text-chatting in the same way. And we figured right. Here are the 20 best ‘Shops from last week’s call for entries and with that, we can officially bust…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Patent Filing Hints at DS Vibration Feedback Through Stylus
Rumors of a new DS make this kind of news a little juicier: Nintendo at the end of last month filed an addendum to a 2005 patent that describes a vibration feedback system, this time coming through the stylus. There’s a lot of “vibrating said vibrator in a vibration pattern”-type speak in the filing, spotted…
By Owen Good
