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  Winter Wonder October

  To: Bash From: Crecente Re: So I Tried Red Bean Pepsi I woke up this morning to a white backyard. No surprise there, it’s been snowing all weekend. But by this afternoon it looked like a typical snow-free fall day. I love Colorado. What you missed: Win One of Five Copies of Uncharted 2: Among…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 26, 2009
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  iPhone Game Piracy Rates Suck Too

  The developers of iPhone beat ’em up Tap Fu have taken a look at the piracy percentages on their recently released game and, man, are they a black belt caliber kick in the balls. On day one, according to Neptune Interactive, the number of illegitimate copies of Tap Fu submitting high scores to the game’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 26, 2009
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  Do Game Developers Need To Be On Facebook And Twitter?

  Insomniac Games boss Ted Price recently confessed he’d been ignoring the world of Internet “community” that he’d been proselytizing as the future of gaming. Apology necessary? Over at the official website for the creators of this week’s Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time (aka the place I go to watch my Ratchet scores slide…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 26, 2009
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  Warning: WWE Smackdown 2010 Bug May Result In Naked Wrestlers

  THQ’s latest grappler, WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010 looks like it may have a glitch that could leave your WWE superstar embarrassingly pantsless, as shown in the above, potentially NSFW video that features virtual ladies sans underthings. Reader Nathan was on the unfortunate receiving end of that glitch, resulting in a user created WWE “diva”…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 26, 2009
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  Braid Dev Seeks “Full Body Motion Tracking” Programmer

  Number None, the developer behind swell time-manipulating platformer Braid, is getting into the motion control business, actively seeking a developer to do “very interesting work with full-body motion tracking,” according to a new job listing. That update to the official Braid web site, as spotted by the one man team of Superannuation, is hiring someone…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 26, 2009
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  Willie Nelson “Addicted” To A Video Game

  The world is running out of celebrities who haven’t admitted that they have been hooked on playing the Wii — or had their harmonica player admit it for them. At the tail end of the Binghamton, New York’s Press & Sun-Bulletin recent report about music legend Willie Nelson‘s Tuesday concert in upstate New York comes…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 26, 2009
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  This God of War III Box Art Is Not Final

  It says so right on the recently released, still unofficially finalized box art, meaning your copy of God of War III could very well look different. Placeholder though it may be, it’s both attractive and subtle. Perhaps too subtle. Rarely do we see North American games veering from the standard box art path. But considering…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 26, 2009
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  Kotaku’s Denver Fundraiser: Why You Should Come

  For the kids of course. Not only are 100 percent of the proceeds going to Child’s Play, everything from the venue to the giveaways and help running the show has either been paid for by Kotaku or donated. Here’s another reason you should take the time to come to Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom: A mountain of…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 26, 2009
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  Duck Hunt Mastery Does Not Prepare Man For Real Thing

  You may debate whether some video games train people to commit real acts of aggression. A Canadian newspaperman provides evidence that Duck Hunt is capable of no such feat. In the Friday sports section of the Daily Herald-Tribune of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, writer Pete Lucarotti boasts that he once hit more than 1,000 clay…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 26, 2009
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  See Dilbert, MSNBC Make An Xbox 360 Newsier, Arguably Funnier

  The November-scheduled Xbox 360 dashboard update doesn’t just bring Facebook, Twitter and Last.FM to Microsoft’s console. It also brings us New Yorker cartoons, Dilbert and the news. But how? And how funny? Watch.

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 26, 2009
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  Servbot Motorsports 3

  As seen at Baboon’s Capcom Unity Blog

  By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2009
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  Report: Nintendo Releasing New DSi With Larger Screens For Japan This Year

  There’s a new Nintendo DSi coming. And it’s coming this year to Japan, boasting a larger 4″ screen and… well, a larger 4″ screen, according to a report from the reliable Nikkei news service. According to that report, which appeared in the Nikkei newspaper and has since made its way online, the price for the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 26, 2009
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  Earthbound Inspired Shirtness, Hatness Ups Your Nerdness

  It is not too late to do a very serviceable Ness impersonation this Halloween, thanks to Fangamer, creators of the Earthbound inspired “Awesomeness Combo Pack,” complete with shirtness, hatness and yo-yo-ness. Like most things Fangamer made—the Mother 3 Handbook, for example, or their sundry t-shirts—this Earthbound-ish get up comes with any number of unique pins,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 26, 2009
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  Rock Band Micro Review: iPhone Joins the Band.

  EA, MTV Games and Harmonix bring their addictive brand of music-making to the small stage on Apple’s iPhone. This feature-heavy entry boasts 20 licensed tracks, retains most of the modes and intuitive play from the console versions, and loses little of the magic that makes the series such a head-banging blast. Loved Band in Your…

  matt cabral Published October 26, 2009
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  A Look At Combat In Dead To Rights: Retribution

  Combat designer Lee Roberts walks us through combat in the dog-eat-guy world of Dead To Rights: Retribution. It seems a bit complicated to me, but I can easily see how rewarding some of the more advanced tactics Roberts describes here can be if you pull them off correctly. It also seems a bit more loose…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2009
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  Excitebike World Rally Coming To WiiWare With Online Play

  Nintendo has announced, via the Nintendo Week show on the Wii’s Nintendo Channel, Excitebike World Rally for WiiWare, a 2.5D update to the 1985 NES classic. Expect the WiiWare game to hit virtual shops on November 9. According to the announcement video, Excitebike World Rally will support motion control and classic style controls, feature online…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 26, 2009
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  Frankenreview: Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time

  The last Lombax and his robot buddy return to tie together plot points for once and for all in Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time. We’ve been following the star-spanning adventures of Ratchet and Clank since 2002. In this 9th game in the series, developer Insomniac brings everything to a head, answering questions players…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2009
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  Surprise Football Game Pops Up On Xbox Live

  Move over Madden. There’s a new football game on my Xbox 360. And it stars Avatars. Oh, and I don’t know how it got there. The video below will tell you everything I know about the Xbox 360’s Football Toss. It’s an Avatar game and could be mistaken for an adver-game that you see in…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 26, 2009
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  This Week In XBLA: Inferno Pool And Rainbow Islands

  Climb up some rainbows or shoot a few balls in this week’s two new Xbox Live Arcade games, Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! and Inferno Pool. Two new titles hit the Xbox Live Arcade this week, both setting you back 800 Microsoft points should you choose to partake. Inferno Pool is a whole new sort of…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2009
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  CES 2010 Gets Even Gamier

  The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is increasing its gaming focus this year, adding more than 50% more floor to the Gaming Showcase for 2010. Every year, CES sets aside a little bit of its show floor for the Gaming Showcase, where game publishers and peripheral manufacturers can show off their latest wares,…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2009