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A Loyal Reader
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Steel Yourself For Next Week’s Gantlet Last week, Glamour magazine hit the streets with my mug and a silly tale of doing foolish, painful things for women inside. I have a friend who writes for them, and she occasionally puts these questions to me and others. This is the first…
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Toys ‘R Us Outs Epic Mickey Collector’s Edition
Toys ‘R Us is currently listing an Epic Mickey Collector’s Edition that delivers a bunch of swag for $69.99. Interestingly, it gives Nov. 15 as an estimated shipping date. The latest info I’ve seen just gave Epic Mickey a North American release sometime in the fourth quarter of the year. Nov. 15 is a Monday.…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
The Cars Of Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
A German site got its hands on what it says is the full list of the 66 licensed vehicles appearing in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. It’s a whole lotta fahrvergnügen. The list doesn’t break out which cars will carry the police interceptor packages. I think we’ve seen three so far, the Bugatti Veyron, the…
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The Week In Games: Another M
Metroid: Other M, on the Wii, is the biggest console release, returning to space with the iconic Samus Aran. Valkyria Chronicles II on PSP, Castle Crashers on PSN and a Dead Rising 2 prequel on XBLA round out the highlights. Monday, Aug. 30 Cosmos X2 (DSiWare) Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island (PC) TNT Racers (PS3,…
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UncategorizedKotaku’s Top Five List Of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The Top 50 Street Fighter Characters [UGO] Wait a second, top 50? That’s like, all of them, right? Who’s No. 1, Ryu or Chun Li?…
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Fallout: New Vegas Achievements Revealed
The achievement set for Fallout: New Vegas got out on Friday, courtesy of the fine folks at Xbox360Achievements.org. You can get a look at some of the quest names and diversions featured in the game. There are 50 achievements for 1,000 Gamerscore in all. The trophy list has yet to be posted at PS3 Trophies.org,…
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Gran Turismo 5 Will Accommodate Optional Hard Drive Install
Gran Turismo 5’s base installation is just 256 megabytes. There’s also a 10 gigabyte install for roomier drives, according to the series’ top designer. Kazunori Yamauchi, who is also Polyphony Digital’s CEO, said via Twitter (translated by Andriasang) that the 10GB install is what you’ll want for a “smooth” experience. What that means exactly is…
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TF2 Videos Are Valve “Trying To Explore” Making Half-Life Film
The hilarious, universally acclaimed “Meet the Team” shorts for Team Fortress 2 are more than fan service or game promotion. Valve founder Gabe Newell says they’re experiments in movie-making, because the studio would prefer to do a Half-Life movie itself. Speaking to PC Gamer, Newell says Hollywood bombarded Valve with story pitches for a Half-Life…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Antiques Gameshow
This week’s idea, courtesy of Quest, comes two weeks late because we also had two strong ones before it, which produced more than 1,700 entries. Our inspiration is Namco registering a domain name for “Antiques Roadshow: The Game.” Your assignment: Visualize this surefire AAA hit. Either go Quest’s route, with a game character schlepping in…
By Owen Good