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  Age Of Conan Ventures Into Tarantia Commons

  Funcom has just launched Update 5 – Gangs of Tarantia for their massively multiplayer online roleplaying game Age of Conan, introducing a whole new area, new storylines, and fundamentally changing how the game is played. Yes, along with the new areas, which can be seen in the lovely screenshots here, Update 5 is another step…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 24, 2009
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  The Lonely Island Plays Doubt: The Video Game

  Who hasn’t been eagerly awaiting the video game adaptation of Doubt, the 2008 film that cast Phillip Seymore Hoffman as a Catholic priest involved in an inappropriate relationship with an altar boy? We missed out on this Lonely Island short, which originally aired during the 2009 MYV Movie Awards, as we were rather busy getting…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 24, 2009
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  Spot Crecente, Win Schwag

  This morning my family and I are kicking off a two-and-a-half week road trip that will have us traveling across a dozen states or so. I figured that since I live in the middle of nowhere it would be fun to bring some schwag along. Here’s the deal, I’ve got a smallish stash of freebies…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 24, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  There are worse things you can do on a Wednesday than talk about video games. So jump into the fray here.

  By Mike Fahey Published June 24, 2009
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  About The Time I Had My Phone Blessed

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Leaving Second Grade Last fall, I got my cell phone blessed by a Shinto priest. You can read all about it right here. Though, it’s not in the article my “writing company” was blessed as well. Fingers crossed! (Probably should’ve had my game consoles blessed for good measure…) What you…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2009
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  Box Of Old Zelda Games Redefines Definition Of “Case Fresh” [Update]

  We don’t post about video game auctions very often here. When we do, it has to be something that’s pretty amazing. This cardboard treasure trove of Zelda fits that bill. It’s a box of sealed copies of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The original SNES release. Like the wounded body of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2009
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  THQ Splits In Three, “Core” Gamers Get Own Division

  Picking up on the fact the gaming market has grown as much as it’s splintered over the past few years, THQ bosses today divided the company into three divisions: Core, Online & Kids, Family and Casual Games. The Core group will be headed by Danny Bilson, and be responsible for upcoming titles like Darksiders, MX…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2009
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  Yes, Vin Diesel Is Actually Involved In Game Making

  Hollywood star Vin Diesel has a game company, Tigon. Lots of Hollywood people have companies, but that doesn’t mean they actually do anything. According to Tigon head Ian Stevens, Diesel is as involved as his film schedule permits. “If he’s shooting a Fast and Furious I get a lot less of his time,” the game…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2009
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  Valve Games Now Support Gun Controller

  Sadly, it’s not the “PC Game Gun”. Instead, it’s been announced today that most of Valve’s shooters will be compatible with Novint’s Falcon peripheral. All games included with The Orange Box – those being Half-Life 2, HL2 Episodes 1 & 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 – will now work with the novel controller. And…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2009
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  If Only Video Games Had Been Invented Before The 20th Century

  Video games were invented in the latter half of the 20th century. Meaning that their subject matter is, more often than not, set in the 20th century (or later). But if they’d been invented earlier… We’d (hopefully) have ended up with games like these! WARNING: some of the pics after the jump, which were entries…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2009
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  NBA 2K Heads To Asia As An Online Game

  Console games don’t sell across many parts of Asia. Too much piracy. But online games that milk you for microtransactions, they work much better, explaining why the series is going online for a new Asia-only title. It’s been announced that the popular basketball series is heading to China “and other key markets” in the region,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2009
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  Fan Service PS3 Game Crossing Over To Xbox 360

  Cross Edge, the PlayStation 3 RPG that combines popular properties from Nippon Ichi, Gust, Namco Bandai, Idea Factory, and Capcom together into one all-star role-playing extravaganza, is headed towards the Xbox 360. The game was released in Japan last September and North America this past spring to so-so reviews. The Xbox 360 version, called Cross…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2009
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  Why Do Girls Have Boobs?

  In this promotional clip for PSP title Boku no Natsuyasumi 4 (My Summer Vacation 4), the game’s little boy goes around asking why girls have breasts. At the end of the clip, his exasperated father asks if someone can explain this to the boy. But honestly, why-girls-have-boobs is a dumb question! The kid should be…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2009
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  When Architects Critique Video Game Levels

  Video game levels are designed with one thing in mind: fun. But that fun comes dressed as architecture. Cathedrals, castles, office buildings, homes. The kind of stuff architects are best at. The Architect’s Journal have posted a list of what they feel are the top 10 examples of architecture in video games. The list itself…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2009
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  Robot Learns How To Play Pitfall

  We. Are. Doomed. While Japanese robots divert our attention with cute faces and coffee-making, the real work is being done at places like Rutgers University, where a robot has learned how to play Pitfall. Yup. Pitfall. First step, Atari games, next step, the enslavement of humanity. Or our eradication. Whichever our robot overlords feel up…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2009
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  Not One New Tingle Title, But Two

  Everyone’s favorite 35 year-old green-tights-wearing bachelor is getting not one, but two spin off titles. That’s right, two Tingle games. First appearing in Nintendo 64 game The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Tingle will starring in Color Changing Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip, the sequel to 2006’s DS release Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland. While the theme…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2009
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  Your NHL 10 Box Art Looks Like…

  This. That’s Twenty-year-old Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane as coverboy — something announced last May. Kane told The Chicago Tribune: As a kid you always played that game [so it’s] kind of a dream come true. It’s going to be fun to see the game come out and fun to play it. Due out…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2009
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  Laundry List Of Banned Erotic Game Words

  With Rapelay banned, the erotic game crackdown continues. On online shop Dejipare (nsfw), downloadable doujin ero games will start being restricted. Targeted genres and keywords include: • Rape (including various terms for it) • Loli (lolita) • Gang Rape • Sexual violence • Cruel sexual play • Reverse rape • Shoujo • Adultery • Reverse…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2009
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  Layoffs At Rockstar New England

  Things seemed to be going well at Rockstar New England. The studio had just passed an international milestone on an unannounced project. Then Monday hit, and people were out of a job. Several sources have confirmed to Kotaku that the entire QA department was shuttered, along with artists and a few other assorted staffers in…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2009
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  Gears Of War 2 Fixes Coming

  Gears of War 2 Title Update 4, and Epic’s Rod “Redbeard” Fergusson has detailed over on the game’s official boards just what to expect when they take the knife to the game. For starters, you’ll accrue multiplayer XP from playing Horde mode, and also be able to restart a public Horde match from the last…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2009