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In Case You’ve Patched Call of Juarez Lately …
Ubisoft’s put out word that any patches to Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, made available recently, were “wrongfully released” prior to Ubi’s deadline and are not the final version. That will be available “in the coming days.” Word of this passed in an “ALL MEMBERS MUST READ” message on the Ubisoft forums. VE3D, which…
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All 22,802 Words in Scribblenauts
Attributed only to “some hackerish type” who took apart the ROM, Scribblenauts’ full dictionary has – inevitably – made it to the Internet. In terms of scope, this is the biggest spoiler alert we can offer. For those who want to discover everything that’s in this amazing game for the DS, on their own, avert…
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Disney Producer Lets Slip that Tron Legacy Game in Works?
According to The Latino Review, Disney producer Steven Lisberger confirmed that a video game is being developed for release with next winter’s long-awaited release of Tron Legacy According to the report: The first thing I wanted to know was, is there a Tron video game in the works? Because so far, I haven’t heard anything.…
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Too Much Work or Not Enough Fun?
In an essay for Gamasutra last week, academic Lewis Pulsipher mused that games have become so complex as to feel like work, and the stratification of hardcore and casual gamers puts games in a far less inclusive posture than other entertainment. Pulsipher analogizes video games to chess. Not only do the masters play a great…
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Conn. Pol Caught Playing Video Game in Session
A Connecticut Democrat apologized profusely to his district’s constituents after he was photographed playing computer solitaire inside stately Wayne Manor the statehouse (pictured) while the state House Republican leader addressed the chamber on the budget. “It was certainly bad judgment for me to play a computer game even for just a few minutes during the…
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So I Went to a Fight, and a Video Game Broke Out …
When Oregon’s LeGarrette Blount falcon-punched Boise State’s Byron Hout to begin the college football season (and end his own career) it made me wonder: Why don’t we see that in NCAA 10? It’s in the game, right? Hell, yes it is. I’ve seen unranked and untelevised N.C. State and North Carolina squads get into a…
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Weekend Coupons: Caveat Emptor
Coupons: An astounding deal on a very desirable piece of console hardware leads this week’s roundup, but lets be careful to read that which is printed fine – or not at all. Hardware • Meritline is offering a 120GB hard drive for Xbox 360 for $79.97, but let’s carefully notice the semantics here. Nowhere in…
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Kotaku Originals: SafeSearch is ON
I wanna know how long (and where) Crecente looked for the right “safe” pic to illustrate his porn/PS3 post. Yes, I know of “SFW Porn” but I don’t think that fits. I’m also not linking it, because it’s still NSFW. Alright, enough of that. From PAX Flu to Courtney Love, this week was the Emerald…
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Papercraft Link is Enormous, Lifelike
Are there plans and printouts for this life-size Link? You bet there are. There are also plans on the Internet for atomic weapons – doesn’t mean I could build one of those either. Holy Hyrule this thing defies words. Haywan of PaperCraft Museum is responsible for this. Looks like it even has a detachable shield…
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Producer: Halo Natal will be Done ‘When It Makes Sense’
For those wondering if Microsoft’s Project Natal motion control automatically means they’re working on Natal-enabled Halo titles, Halo 3: ODST producer’s says, not necessarily. “We are committing to only doing it when it makes sense,” Alex Cutting told VideoGamer.com. “We are not going to produce a gimmicky feature that just takes advantage of motion controls…
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