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Kotaku’s Fall Fashion Special
Fall is here and that means two things: Prices are rising and temperatures are dropping. But you can still score a nerd-tinged wardrobe without breaking the bank, thanks to this handy save-splurge gamer apparel guide. We tracked down gamer-made gamer apparel from all across the Internet, some with game publisher licenses and some without. Between…
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10 Years Of Dreamcast: What Might Have Been
It’s been 10 years since Sega launched the Dreamcast, and while it eventually failed, we like to think that in an alternate reality somewhere the Dreamcast reigns supreme. Let’s imagine Dreamcast victory! In order for the Dreamcast to have been successful, many of the decisions Sega made leading up to the console would have to…
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Today Is Video Game Innovation Day In Massachusetts
From the creation of Spacewar! at MIT in 1961 to today’s release of The Beatles: Rock Band from Cambridge-based Harmonix, Massachusetts celebrates video game innovation today with an official holiday. Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick has proclaimed today, September 9th 2009, to be Video Game Innovation Day, celebrating the state’s long history of gaming innovation.…
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Bethesda’s Parent Captures Prey
According to official trademark assignment documents, Bethesda Softworks’ parent company ZeniMax Media now owns the rights to the first-person shooter Prey, and they’re filing trademarks left and right. The Prey trademark was assigned to ZeniMax Media in July by The Radar Group, which acquired it from Apogee the previous month. Superannuation discovered the trademark change-of-hands…
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Save 666 Pennies On Dante’s Inferno
EA and GameStop have teamed up to offer you one hell of a deal on Dante’s Inferno, with $6.66 off and free shipping on preorders for an extremely limited time. It’s 09/09/09, and EA and GameStop are being rather clever, turning the date upside-down, removing the zeroes, and offering $6.66 off Dante’s Inferno, the video…
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Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box Review: My Cup of Tea
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is the second game in the Professor Layton series created mostly by Level-5’s puzzle-obsessed Akihiro Hino. Like the other games, the plot of Diabolical Box is driven by the Professor’s need to solve an overarching mystery – this time around, it’s the death of his friend and mentor. Accompanied…
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Assassin’s Creed II iPhone Releasing With Console Cousins
iPhone and iPod Touch owners will get their second helping of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed this November, when Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery hits Apple’s App Store day and date with the console releases. Ubisoft showed off Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery today at Apple’s “It’s Only Rock and Roll” event, which our sister site Gizmodo was kind…
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New LucasArts Game Revealed This Week
Amidst a slew of remakes and re-releases, LucasArts is preparing to announce a brand-new original title on this week’s GameTrailers TV. GameTrailers TV host Geoff Keighley once again flexes his Twitter muscles, announcing that a new game from LucasArts will be making its debut on this week’s episode of the show. From Keighley’s Twitter: LucasArts…
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F.E.A.R. 2: Replica Gone Rogue
You can’t have new F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin downloadable content without a new community music video. Here’s the one for the new single-player campaign, F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn. I actually ran into Monolith’s big star, Lucas Meyers, at the Warner Bros. booth at PAX 2009 this past weekend, and all I could do was stare at…
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Dungeons & Dragons Online Now Free For All
After a rather lucrative week’s worth of testing the waters, Turbine has launched Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited, the free-to-play rebirth of Dungeons & Dragons Online. Following a preview week for VIP subscribers that indicated huge success for Turbine’s new free-to-play, microtransaction-based structure, Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited is now live for anyone…
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Kathie Lee Butchers The Beatles
Kathie Lee Gifford had a Hard Day’s Night playing The Beatles: Rock Band on NBC’s Today Show. Thankfully Candace Bushnell and Jennie Garth were there to put a stop to the madness. I never imagined in a million years that I would have cause to thank 90210’s Jennie Garth for anything. It just goes to…
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