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A Conversation with a Game? Devs Seek to Break the Ice
Language recognition is not a new concept to video games – the first text adventures had to understand commands somehow. But researchers are trying to integrate it in more open-ended ways – allowing for dynamic conversations between players and characters. BBC Radio profiled the efforts, lately highlighted in the game 221B, a movie adaptation of…
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For the Goomba, What’s Their Motivation, Again?
Boss battles are critically important to most video game genres, providing climactic story points as well as the kind of challenge for which the game was bought in the first place. But what about the minor foes of a game? The personal blog 2-Bit Wasteland takes a sometimes irreverent, sometimes idealized look at the grunts…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
The Sports Video Games of the Year
In naming the best video games of the year, the sports genre is often left to fight over a single award. And as I’ve discussed before, one probably isn’t winning an overall game-of-the-year anytime soon. Realizing that sports games don’t usually contend outside of their classification, Stick Jockey’s named an honor roll of nine awards…
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Kotaku Originals: Boxing Day
That’s what they call the day after Christmas in more civilized parts of the world. In my household, we call it “Distended Saturday.” And while you’re still digesting yesterday’s feast, here’s a recap of our buffet of original reporting. Small housekeeping note, in observance of the holiday, the weekend report will be shortened to posts…
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UncategorizedA Modest Proposal For Holiday YouTube Videos
Every year, I always end up seeing this home video on YouTube as everybody gets into the holiday spirit. I’m sick of it. I want to nominate another video clip in its stead. Now obviously, you’re not going to get the exact same reaction from another pair of fresh-faced youngsters opening up their first major…
By AJ Glasser - Uncategorized
What a Day, What a Year
Christmas is a big production, but they don’t roll credits at the end of it. Still, with the home a wasteland of gift wrap and packaging, and the light slowly receding outside, it’s a good moment to reflect on 2009. This past week Kotaku recapped the year that was in video games, on subjects both…
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Southpeak Games Wishes You A Charmingly Awkward Christmas
The gang from Southpeak Games wishes you and yours a happy holidays and a something 2010, showcasing one of the most adorably goofy groups of game industry professionals ever assembled, except for that one guy. Man, that one guy. He’s just not in the holiday spirit at all. I’m not going to single out which…
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Here’s Nintendo’s Enviro-Friendly Game Case [Update]
The TIE Fighter-Wing looking “green” game cases have been out for Xbox 360 since most November releases. Go Nintendo has an image of what they’ll look like for Wii games, beginning with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. As you can see, it keeps the octagonal hexagonal circular hub-and-spoke design on the right side,…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Stolen 360 Helps Cops Bag Prolific Bronx Burglar
Jeremiah Gilliam’s streak of 200-plus larcenies and burglaries came to an end when the criminal mastermind plugged in a jacked Xbox Live, leading the cops directly to his door. Police got a search warrant for Gilliam’s home in the Bronx based off tracing info gathered by Microsoft and Gilliam’s ISP. Seems he snatched an Xbox…
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Two Big Outlets List FIFA World Cup Edition for April
EA Sports has not yet announced a date for its 2010 FIFA World Cup version, but both Amazon and Gamefly have it listed for April 27. World Cup 2010 begins June 11 in South Africa. EA has produced a dedicated version in every World Cup year going back to 1998; Pasta Padre notes the most…
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