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Ankle Bracelets
To: Luke From: Owen Re: A Coming Storm New neighbor moved in this week. Seems like a nice guy. He has something about the size and shape of a baseball bat doughnut around his ankle, underneath his sock. Never seems to take it off. Is this a new piece of jewelry? Signifying some kind of…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Enormous Patch Coming Tomorrow for PC Dragon Age
BioWare says a PC patch is due to arrive tomorrow for Dragon Age: Origins, and indicated the same thing is in the certification pipeline for PS3 and Xbox 360. It arrives on schedule and corrects a ton of things. The full list of fixes, per BioWare: General Fixes • Daggers will now properly assign the…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
The Week in Games: One-Track Week
A very slight slate of offerings this week: Trackmania Wii is the headliner, largely by default. A version also arrives for DS on Tuesday. Wednesday on XBLA, look for the indie offering Limbo, from Playdead. Tuesday, July 20 Trackmania Wii (Wii) – After years of talk, the cult-hit racer arrives on the Wii. TrackMania Turbo…
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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. •Six Kinect Accidents Waiting to Happen [The Kartel] Sure as shit we’re going to see a ton of videos, many faked, of people putting their…
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UncategorizedIt’s Lunchtime! Let’s Make a Sandvich!
Technically not a recipe, this is more like cosplay for lunch. And it still doesn’t solve the mystery of what “meat” is actually on Heavy’s health-regenerating treat. But I do like the attention to detail, especially the cheese overhang. Alright, who wants to make Jarate? Making the Sandvich [xTReeTooNx on YouTube, thanks reader Andreas L.]
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UncategorizedSouth Indian Assassin Movie Looks Kinda Familiar
Looking at a trailer for Velayutham, a Tamil-language film that opened this week, I’m betting its story is not canonical to the Assassin’s Creed continuity. It’s made by a producer famously unconcerned about infringing on others’ marks as well. Reader Amog R. passed along these stills and this shakycam (“in HQ”) of the film’s trailer,…
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Co-Op and Versus Coming to 360 Plants vs. Zombies
The recently revealed achievement set for Plants vs. Zombies coming someday soon to Xbox Live Arcade, hint that the game will have cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes. “ZFF’s 4 Evr,” gives you 20 Gamerscore should you “Bowl a winner with a friend in Co-OP Wall-Nut Bowling.” Then, “Versus vs. Versus” awards 15 for a five-game…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Kinect Goes to China
This week’s ‘Shop Contest inspiration comes from star commenter Antiterra, reacting to news that Kinect will not debut in China thanks to laws that protect a robust knock-off industry forbid the sale of most consoles there. Like anyone believes there won’t be counterfeited, bootlegged or even a few bona fide Kinects sold on the black…
By Owen Good - Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published July 14. PvPonline published July 13. Digital Unrest published July 12. ActionTrip published July 12. EXTRALIFE published July 12. Ctrl+Alt+Del published July 15. Dueling Analogs published July 15. Nerf NOW published July 14. Rooster Teeth published July 13. Monday Night Crew published July 14. Virtual Shackles published July 14. Little Gamers published…
By Owen Good
