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  This Wii Remote Exploded. Why?

  A family from Belleville, Michigan came home the other night to find their living room full of smoke. The culprit? One of their Wii Remotes had quite literally exploded It’s lucky nobody had been home when it blew, because when it did pieces of the Remote flew across the room and tore holes in stuff…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2011
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  Five Things Japanese Women Don’t Want To Find in Your Room

  Only five! There are probably many, many more, but let’s start with with five. Web research site My Navi News polled nearly seven hundred of its online readers, asking them to list the things they did not want to find in a guy’s room. Some of the results might surprise you. Some might not. Number…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2011
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  The Full Game Boy Advance Ambassador List for the 3DS

  Nintendo’s Amabassador Program is its way of rewarding Nintendo 3DS owners who purchased the device before its pricecut. There have already been a whole host of Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) games released free of charge. Up next, Game Boy Advance games. But which ones? According to these photos, the following games will available for download…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2011
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  Guy Plays Tetris So Fast It Makes My Eyes Bleed

  The Tetris community at Hard Drop is, as you’d expect from people joining up to a community based around the game, pretty damn good at Tetris How good? Intimidatingly good. This here is a world record run in the “40 line” category from user LapSiLap, who cleared the required lines in just 21.90 seconds For…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2011
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  Skyrim‘s Infamous Bucket Exploit. In Real Life.

  There’s an exploit in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that allows players to put a bucket on characters’ heads and take their stuff. This video not only asks what that would be like in real life, but also, what would it be like doing that to a man in a flannel shirt? Something like this,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 14, 2011
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  New Batman: Arkham City Figures Include Catwoman and The Riddler

  Not to be confused with Square Enix’s bigger, more expensive pieces, these Arkham City figures from DC may be smaller, but they also feature a lot more characters. There are five in the series, including a Detective Mode-themed Batman, Catwoman, Mad Hatter, Hush and the Riddler. Who you will not have to collect trophies to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2011
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  Metal Gear Rising’s Developer Already Having to Placate Angry Fans

  The man leading development on Metal Gear Rising, former Capcom star Atsushi Inaba, sounds like he was prepared for the fan backlash stemming from the game’s VGA trailer over the weekend Despite the production values and developer track record involved, a lot of Metal Gear fans aren’t happy with the insane action depicted in Rising’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 14, 2011
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  Mountain Dew Ingredient May Reduce Fertility, Make You Flame-Proof

  If you’ve ever slammed a Mountain Dew or similar citrus-flavored soda during a marathon gaming session, you may want to step back and re-evaluate what you’re putting into your body. A new feature published at iwatchnews.org reveals the history and potential health risks of brominated vegetable oil, otherwise known as BVO, a banned-in-Europe emulsifier that…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published December 13, 2011
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  A Life In PC Gaming: My Shame

  Republished from Rock, Paper Shotgun I’ve been playing games on computers for the vast bulk of my life. From BBC Micro to Spectrum to 486 to assorted Athlons to the quad-cored radiator I used today, I’ve rarely been far from a keyboard. I have seen much, I have played much, I have learned much. But…

  Alec Meer | Rock Paper Shotgun Published December 13, 2011
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  Porno Version of Tomb Raider Is Actually Quite Well-Cast

  Today, Exquisite Films emailed us to let us know that they’ve announced the full cast for Tomb Raider XXX, their upcoming porn parody of the Tomb Raider franchise. We already knew that Chanel Preston was slated to play Lara Croft herself—and given the look of her (safe-for-work) publicity photos, she’s actually a pretty great match…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published December 13, 2011
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  This Indie Musician’s Album Is Also a Video Game

  We often talk about video game developers use music (in fact, just tonight we started listing the best music of 2011!), but it can be fun to look at how musicians incorporate video games into their work, as well. Synth-pop musician Or Zubalsky has created a very cool new album that is designed to be…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published December 13, 2011
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  Azealia Banks: “212”

  My ears have been bubbling today with selections from “Best Music of the Year” lists like I’m taking a long bath in hydrogen peroxide. But more than one list curator has selected Harlem-based Azealia Banks the best artist of 2012, purely on the basis on this one track, released in September, called “212”. Before you…

  By Joel Johnson Published December 13, 2011
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  Rumor: Zynga Preps Employees For Friday IPO As Analyst Says Company Will Be Overpriced

  Farmville creator and king of casual games Zynga is in the midst of preparing employees for a Friday IPO, a source close to the company tells Kotaku. The timing wouldn’t be much of a surprise, with the company expected to price their shares this week, and Reuters and others speculating the IPO would hit on…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 13, 2011
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  The Best Game Music of 2011: L.A. Noire

  I figured I’d like the L.A. Noire soundtrack before I even heard it—here we had noir-style detective game set in the late 1940s, and so you just knew it was going to feature a bunch of great jazz. Rockstar is known for the licensed soundtracks of the Grand Theft Auto games, but with Bully and…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published December 13, 2011
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  YouTube Pulls Official The Last of Us Trailer Due to ‘Copyright Claim’

  Earlier today I received an e-mail from the people at YouTube, who informed me that a seven-second video that I ran of Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto bobbing his head during a musical performance of the Spike VGAs was in violation of a Viacom copyright. YouTube, I learned will not jump to the conclusion that…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011
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  The Wii is So Not Dead

  The Wii is so not dead. Not when it’s got Rhythm Heaven on the way in February. This, folks, is a screenshot. An awesome screenshot. -Stephen Totilo The B3st and Worst Gam3s With a 3 In the Title Anyone who knows me knows that my second-favorite hobby (after making sure my fingernails have no white…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011
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  The New Humble Indie Bundle Might Be The Best One Yet

  We’ve seen our share of Humble Indie Bundles over the past year or two—independent developers who gather under the “Humble” brand and release a bunch of their games priced at whatever people want to pay. The latest one, Humble Bundle #4, might be the best one yet—for any price you want, you can get Super…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published December 13, 2011
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  From Portal to Smash Brothers The Video Game Music Choir Does Not Disappoint

  The Video Game Music Choir is a Boston based group that exclusively sings video game music . With arrangements from Portal, Uncharted, and Sonic Adventure 2, they have a little bit of something for everybody. On December 14th at 7:30PM, they will be having a winter concert at Trinity Church in Boston, MA. It’s a…

  By Chris Carolan Published December 13, 2011
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  The Giant Rainbow Super Mario in Just Dance 3 is Slightly Disturbing

  The Just Dance series is the kind of red-hot gaming franchise that can pull in a guest character like Nintendo’s Super Mario. But who knew that such a combo would be so… colorful. Behold the sight of Mario dancing in the Wii version of Just Dance 3, last seen in the Japanese version of the…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 13, 2011
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  Naughty Dog Calls Out Video Games for Weak Stories, Promises to Blow Brains with The Last of Us

  Sure, Naughty Dog’s Uncharted series is a benchmark for narrative, cinematic gaming. But from the way Naughty Dog is talking up their new franchise to Eurogamer, the upcoming PlayStation-exclusive The Last of Us is going to have a lot to live up to—especially in a setting as well-trodden as the zombie apocalypse. Naughty Dog wants…

  By Joel Johnson Published December 13, 2011