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  The Penny Arcade Guys Have The Best Table In The World

  Boutique furniture designers Because We Can recently built the Penny Arcade team a new conference table. It’s 16 feet long and cost over $4000. But that’s not why we love it. We love it because it glows in the dark. Who has a business meeting in the dark? Penny Arcade do now, that’s who. Oh,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2009
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  New Shin Megami Tensei Game Coming To DS

  It’s been five years since the last totally new Shin Megami Tensei game, but here we are: A totally new Shin Megami Tensei game with the title Strange Journey. The South Pole is covered by mysterious matter, and players are part of a crackerjack team sent to investigate — in that groovy outfit. Atlus launched…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2009
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  Lots of People Bought iPhones

  The iPhone is more than a phone, it’s also a gaming platform. Ever wonder why there are so many iPhone games? It’s because there are so many iPhones. In the third quarter ending June 27, Apple sold 5.2 million iPhone. That’s a 626 percent job in over from the same quarter last year. “We’re thrilled…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2009
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  A Gears Of War Screenplay: Our Thoughts [Update]

  We’ve come into possession of a draft screenplay for the Gears of War movie. If you’d like to remain spoiler-free, move right along. If, however, you’d like to see what we think of it, read on! While the movie will be based on a script by Chris Morgan, it appears that Stuart Beattie – who…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2009
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  Valve Rethinking Team Fortress 2 Item Drops

  To try and make things easier on newer players, Valve recently instituted a “random drop” policy regarding rare items in Team Fortress 2. It was a bad idea. One they regret, and are looking at changing in the future. Valve’s Robin Walker has said “I think we’ve learned that the random drop system is only…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2009
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  Dead Space Devs Jump Ship To Activision

  Activision are building a new studio in San Francisco. But need people to work there. So to get the ball rolling, they’ve nicked two of the senior staff at EA’s Visceral Games, the team behind Dead Space and Dante’s Inferno. Glen Schofield, who was general manager at Visceral, and Michael Condrey, who was chief operating…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 22, 2009
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  You’ll Never Guess Who’s Directing Warcraft Flick [Update]

  Well, you might. Who knows. But according to movie news site Ain’t It Cool, the director has been confirmed — and you might be pleasantly surprised. Ain’t It Cool is reporting that Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Spider-Man) has signed on to direct the film version of Warcraft. “It [the announcement] will come out in trades…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2009
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  More New Final Fantasy XIII Screens of New Character

  Not only do we get to see new character Hope Estheim wield his boomerang, we also get new images of Szah, too. The dying wish of Hope’s mother was for motorcycle dude Snow Villiers to protect her son. She died while trying to fend of PSICOM troops. Famitsu scans reveal new FFXIII screenshots [Final Fantasy-XIII.net]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2009
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  Rage Details Show It Isn’t Your Average id Shooter

  There’s a Rage blowout in the latest issue of Game Informer, revealing all kinds of details about id’s upcoming shooter. Details that show it’s not the kind of game you expect from the house of Doom. The open-world game, which has you both shooting and racing cars, introduces a number of mechanics new to major…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2009
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  Ben Kingsley In Prince of Persia Looks Like This

  We’ve seen plenty of Prince of Persia pics of Jake Gyllenhaal. He’s not the only guy in the movie, thank you very much. Sir Ben Kingsley (Ghandi, Schindler’s List) is also in the flick. The Oscar winner plays bad dude Nizam. Just look at that hard nose stare. That twinkle in his eye is so…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2009
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  Bad Company 2 will Support Battlefield 1943 Weapons

  DICE revealed today that Battlefield Bad Company 2 will support Battlefield 1943 weaponry, when BC2 drops in early 2010. The word went out over Twitter on the official Battlefield 1943 feed yesterday “Think you’re a Bad Ass with BF1943 weapons? What if I said you’ll be able to use your Semi-Auto Rifle, Sniper Rifle, or…

  By Owen Good Published July 21, 2009
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  Microsoft Patents Home-Like Advertising Space

  You didn’t think Microsoft’s avatars were just for dressing up, did you? Oh, you did? Silly you. They’re there to help Microsoft make money, as you can see in this patent for a walk-in advertising space. The idea is that you walk around a “space” that’s comprised of nothing but advertisements. And your avatar is…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 21, 2009
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  NFLer, Feeling Slighted by 91 Rating, Boycotting Madden 10

  The Seattle Seahawks’ T.J. Houshmadzadeh, upset he’s only rated the sixth-best receiver in his conference in the upcoming Madden 10, has vowed not to play the game no more. Speaking to ESPN Radio bleatmeister Colin Cowherd yesterday, Houshmandzadeh took issue with his overall 91, acknowledged a relatively low yard-per-catch stat, and then threw his old…

  By Owen Good Published July 21, 2009
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  Champions Online Combat Preview: Challenge Accepted

  After some hands-on time with Champions Online earlier this month, I pronounced myself skeptical of the combat system. My beef was that a lot of massively multiplayer online game developers claim that their combat is somehow fundamentally different than the usual system of point, click, cool down, then click again established in MMOs like EverQuest…

  By AJ Glasser Published July 21, 2009
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  Kotaku Heads To Comic-Con

  We’re making the annual trek to the San Diego Convention Center for Comic-Con 2009, which kicks off with a preview night on Wednesday and wraps up on a lazy Sunday. This year, we’re doing things a little different. Instead of just a single, lonely Kotaku editor roaming the halls, grazing the merch tables and listening…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 21, 2009
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  Banned PSNer Sues — Yes, for Pain and Suffering, Too

  A San Jose gamer banned for his behavior in playing Resistance wants $55,000 from Sony and a judge to tell their mods to stop banning people. Erik Estavillo, in a complaint filed July 6 and reported by GamePolitics today, also alleges that Sony Computer Entertainment’s comprehensive ban of him from the PlayStation Network constitutes theft,…

  By Owen Good Published July 21, 2009
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  Cursed Mountain: A Religious Experience

  You can learn a lot from a behind-the-scenes movie. Today, I learned that mountains are women, Bardo probably sucks and Buddhist mountain climbers could potentially be the best zombies ever. Cursed Mountain is a survival horror game for the Wii about a mountaineer searching for his lost brother. It looks creepy and seems to involve…

  By AJ Glasser Published July 21, 2009
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  This Michael Jackson Signed PlayStation Can Be Yours (For $1.5 Million)

  It’s no secret that Michael Jackson had a thing for video games. His Neverland Ranch arcade collection highlighted his penchant for spending big, but maintaining a respectable level of quality. Oh, and he signed a PlayStation once. That Michael Jackson signed PlayStation is now for sale, seemingly authentic in its scrawling upon by the late…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 21, 2009
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  Your First Look At South Park’s Tower Defense Game

  Earlier today, Microsoft finally offered some details on the South Park game for Xbox Live Arcade it announced at E3 2009. And now we know exactly what South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! looks like in motion. South Park Digital Studios developers offer additional insight into how the game will play in this GameTrailers…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 21, 2009
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  I Hear A Train A Comin’

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Hang On, There’s An Eclipse Coming? A nasty storm tore through town last night and I mostly slept right through it. All said, two tornadoes, several inches of hail and enough rain to knock out power for 50,000 people hit the area. I was mostly oblivious. Though at some point…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 21, 2009