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The Console Wars In Sexy Comic Book Form
When one gamer’s FoxBox630 fails, he trades up to the ESexy3. When the FoxBox630 returns from the shop, it’s war. This is Ryan Kinnaird’s Next Gen Warz, a two-issue comic series due in September from Image Comics. Writer and artist Ryan Kinnaird used to do illustrations for PSM, and in 2003 created a “mature” Marvel…
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Mouth-On With Gamer Grub Smores And BBQ
I can’t very well ignore an E3 booth that’s handing out free food. Gamer Grub debuted two new flavors at the show, and I went mouth-on with Smores and BBQ to see if they are worthy of our stomachs. What is Gamer Grub? It’s a series of snack mixes containing the vitamins and neurotransmitters gamers…
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El Shaddai Has God On Speed Dial
In Ignition Entertainment’s El Shaddai, you’re guided by a pre-fall Lucifer who carries a cell phone with God on his speed dial. Then things get weird. El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is a 3D action adventure game with a singular look and an even more unique premise. Inspired by the Old Testament’s Book of…
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Pirates Versus Ninjas In Fat Princess
What started as a concept artist fooling around becomes reality later this month, when Fat Princess update 1.06 brings the never-ending struggle between pirates and ninjas to life. Oh, and giants too. Fat Princess was never supposed to have pirates and ninjas. That’s what a rep told me when I gave the new characters a…
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How To Trade-Up To The New Xbox 360 For $90
The new, smaller, sexier Xbox 360 is in stores now, and if you know where to go it can be yours for as little as $90. As a member of the Kotaku team not present at Microsoft’s 2010 E3 press conference, I do not get the new Xbox 360 for free, so as soon as…
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PixelJunk Shooter 2 Plays With Light And Acid
Building on elements of the first game, Q-Games brings corrosive acid and creative lighting tricks to bear in PixelJunk Shooter 2. Shooter 2, the first true sequel in Q-Games’ PixelJunk series, picks up where the first game left off, plunging the player into the belly of the beast, which is incidentally the name of the…
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UncategorizedWait, Naughty Bear Has Multiplayer?
Not only does 505 Games’ upcoming killer bear game have multiplayer, it has game modes that actually promote strategic thinking and cooperation. Who knew? Naughty Bear is a game about one bear killing other bears, so naturally that extends to the multiplayer modes of the title as well. Developer Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M) didn’t…
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