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EA Apologizes for ‘Sin to Win’ Booth Babe Promo
Can the Dante’s Inferno marketers do anything right? At E3, they had that phony religious wingnut protest. Now they’ve apologized for their Comic-Con contest that painted them as booth babe objectifiers. Which, you know, most of us are guilty as charged. But Electronic Arts, being the big corp it is, had to cover its ass…
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Rockstar Pretty Much Kiboshes the Idea of GTA Film
Speaking of movies, forget about seeing one based on Grand Theft Auto. The Los Angeles Times, examining Ubisoft’s and Microsoft’s entries into filmmaking, went asking why Rockstar hasn’t thought of the same thing. Turns out they have, and they didn’t like the mental image. Says Dan Houser, the Rockstar vice president: We don’t believe that…
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Comic-Con 2009: The Damage Escalates
Thursday’s damage post was but a brief taste of the true financial ruin that comes from sending a fan of just about everything to Comic-Con at the last minute. As you can plainly see, the pile has grown quite a bit since Thursday’s post, but I can justify every purchase. Just not right now. Give…
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‘The Book of Eli’ — is This a Fallout Movie?
You may have heard of “The Book of Eli,” a post-apocalyptic action tale coming in January and starring Denzel Washington. One reader noticed the film’s resemblance to Fallout 3. Reader Roger N. put together this comparison. While destruction and ravaged wastelands are motifs, not the story itself, the film does involve a heavily armed badass…
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Weekend Coupons: Control Yourself
Deal-hunters know you never have to, and never should, pay full price on peripherals, if you know where to look. This week we feature three that are off the beaten path. Hardware: • If you have a Nintendo Entertainment System and want a truly giant-ass arcade quality stick for it, the Generation NEX Wireless Arcade…
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Kotaku Originals: I Said Turn Off That Machine Now!
This week Crecente ported some game classics to a more analog platform – the back yard. Reminds me of the time Mom kicked me and Fletch out of the house and we played Atari’s “Adventure.” This was also in the middle of summer vacation and Mom was at the end of her rope. Fletch and…
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Criminal Lies About GTA; D.C. Radio Station Spreads It
You know how in Grand Theft Auto you can drive around swatting pedestrians with an open car door? Yes? No? Doesn’t matter, a teen headed to jail for doing that blamed it on the game. The prosecutor in the case of Nathan Hartley, convicted of “door-checking” two Maryland kids and sent to jail for 7…
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Comic-Con Friday Cosplay Round Up
While Saturday’s masquerade contest brings the cosplayers out in droves, there are still plenty wandering the halls of Comic-Con 09 during the week. Here’s a selection of some of the better efforts we’ve seen. Damn zombie killers. White Maage vs Tonberry…fight! Not technically a cosplayer… This place is crawling with Cobra. Boo! I’m not sure…
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Ultimate Sith Trailer Delivers Ultimatum
And here is aforesaid trailer regarding the DLC for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. You’ll battle with Obi-Wan and Luke (on Hoth) and, quite gratuitously, Boba Fett. Wonder how they’ll retcon that one. OK, so, you look like Isaac from Dead Space, and the Emperor’s VO is loud enough to make me think this was…
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New Hello Kitty Online Screens
I got an extended look at Hello Kitty Online yesterday and today I woke up with an infection of super-cute screen shots. Let me spread the love like a bad cold. I seriously wonder what the great architects and builders of world renowned landmarks like the Brooklyn Bridge and the Arc de Triumph would think…
By AJ Glasser