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  Drew Brees Isn’t Afraid Of The Madden Curse

  New Orleans quarterback and Madden NFL 11 cover athlete Drew Brees give the audience of last night’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno a special gift for helping him overcome the Madden Curse. The Madden Curse is not real, but if it was, Drew Brees figures he’s managed to find a way around it. He points…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2010
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  The Battle For Hoth Comes To The iPhone

  The huge list of video games depicting the opening battle from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back gains another entry with Fluffy Logic’s Star Wars: Battle for Hoth for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Fluffy Logic, the developer behind Savage Moon for the PlayStation Network, takes its tower defense expertise and applies it to the…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2010
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  Kinect Kind Of Compatible With Push-Ups

  For a week in June, Team Kotaku played Microsoft’s hands-free control system Kinect, standing up. Kinect has problems with seated players, we reported. Yesterday, I tried doing a push-up in front of it. I was trying — no, testing — the Kinect-enabled version of EA Sports Active 2 at a showcase event in New York…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 15, 2010
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  Tim Schafer’s Team Now Working On FOUR Games, Not One

  Tim Schafer’s Double Fine, the team behind Psychonauts and Brutal Legend (and Bespin regrets!), has forever been working on just one game at a time. Hasn’t worked too well, that, so time for a change! “We got a phone call from a publisher saying ‘we’re not going to do a sequel to Brutal Legend’. My…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Talking about video games is good for you. You can do it here. Want to know more about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 15, 2010
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  I Have Two Weeks Of Dinner!

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Over the Hump Tomorrow morning, Mrs. Bashcraft and Mini-Bash board a plane for the U.S. They’ll be gone a little over two weeks, leaving me and Micro-Bash back in Japan. As I’ve previously mentioned, the purpose of the trip is for both of them to pick up some English and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  Helicopter Combat Game? Yes Please!

  It’s been awhile since I’ve played a decent helicopter combat game, and there’s no telling whether this will be decent, but Apache: Air Assault will most definitely be all about helicopters shooting it up. Apache: Air Assault is being developed by Gaijin Entertainment, makers of Wings of Luftwaffe and IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, for…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2010
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  Dashboard Redesign Coming in November? [Update]

  The Xbox 360 dashboard, the user interface for Microsoft’s gaming console, looks like it may be getting a slight polish in November when the company launches their Xbox Live Gold Family plan. The Family plan includes four one-year Xbox Live gold memberships for $100, as well as a new Family Center on the dashboard and…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2010
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  No More Heroes Gets Heroic Box Set In Japan

  Wii game No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle was released this past January in North America. The game is *finally* coming out in Japan in October. Wait, shouldn’t that be backwards? No! While many Japanese games get released first in Japan and then localized into English eons later, No More Heroes 2 is doing things…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  Calling Activision Boss “A Total Prick” Was A Total Accident

  Game designer Tim Schafer called Activision honcho Robert Kotick a “total prick” yesterday. Activision then replied to his claim that Kotick was a “total prick”. Schafer now says calling Kotick “a total prick” was an “accident”. “That was an accident,” Schafer told website Eurogamer. “I was going to change the title of my talk to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  And Now For Some Drawings Of Oregon Trail, A Game Boy & Robocop

  Reader Bill emailed us earlier this week, asking if we would like to post some of his drawings. “Sure would”, we replied, because they’re great They’re not all about gaming, but still, they’re all about stuff you’ll still find interesting. Like Admiral Ackbar’s pizza party, the ULTIMATE Oregon Trail WARRIOR and what appears to be…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  The Duck Hunt Dog Found In Sweden

  As seen on a local Swedish newspaper by Spell of Play

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  Okami’s DS Sibling Goes Overboard With Its Collector’s Edition

  For such a revered game, Okami shipped on PS2 and Wii with little fanfare. There was no “Legendary Edition” shipping with a set of paintbrushes and an authentic wolf’s skin. Okamiden is looking to make amends! The DS successor to the PS2/Wii classic will in Japan ship in this collector’s edition, which for a humble…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  So Many Square Enix Toys, So Little Time

  At this year’s Tokyo Toy Show, Square Enix showed off…toys. There are loads of Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts figures and knick-knacks. Makes sense, because there are loads of Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts games. I like the inflatable Slimes. Have a look for yourself. ［東京おもちゃショー2010］スクウェア・エニックスでフィギュア三昧 [Gizmodo Japan]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  Will Wright Tells Morgan Freeman About Gods & Sims

  Morgan Freeman’s “Through the Wormhole” show on the Science Channel had an interesting guest a few weeks back: Sims creator Will Wright, who was there to talk about video game games, and gods The segment has a simple premise: as computer programs become more advanced, our emotional connection with their creations grow ever stronger. And…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  Poll: The Most Interesting Games Of 2010 So Far…

  Japanese game publication Dengeki Online has released the results of a poll it conducted regarding the most interesting games so far of 2010. Let’s dive in. Here are the top twenty most interesting games according to Dengeki’s online poll: 20. Heavy Rain 19. Resonance of Fate 18. Dragon Quest IV 17. Valkyria 2 16. Love…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  A Celebration Of Video Game…Boot-Up Sequences

  It may seem a trivial thing, but a game’s boot-up sequence can be more important than you realise! First impressions count, after all, and the first impression you get of a game is the sequence as it starts up. This is nearly always – always – in the form of a procession of logos. Developer…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010
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  Close Up With Kinect’s Purple Boxes

  Did you know that Microsoft’s controller-free Kinect games come in purple cases instead of the green Xbox 360 ones? Would you like to see the cases up close? Better yet, would you like to see an entire wall of them? Here you go! A wall of purple Kinect cases. On your computer screen. Amazing. Kinect…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  Why Are Consoles Banned In China?

  Video game consoles are illegal in China. Ironically, the Wii, the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are Chinese made. And there is a flourishing PC gaming culture. There has to be a reason for this ban. Turns out, there is. “Consoles have been banned in China since the year 2000,” Lisa Hanson from market researcher…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 15, 2010
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  BioWare: Consoles Are The Past, Not The Future

  Juicy comment, that, but before anyone goes calling them trolls (or witches! Or prophets!), it’s worth looking at the context in which the RPG powerhouse is making the above claim. “The future isn’t necessarily on console,” BioWare co-founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk tells Eurogamer. “That’s the past. It’s going to be a strong thing going forward,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010