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Backbreaker Review: The Challenger Crashes
Twenty-five years ago saw the last game of the USFL – a league given no shot against the NFL’s monopoly, but beloved to this day for the rebellious challenge it posed. Today, similarly pitted against the Madden monolith, comes Backbreaker Video game or sport, no amount of nostalgia or John Facenda verbiage will by itself…
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Speak-Up On Kotaku: Preorder Insecurity, Final Fantasy X-2, Aion Banning, And DSi Cases
Speak-up on Kotaku returns this week, with commentary on the greatness of Final Fantasy X-2, a question about DSi travel cases, Aion banning, and getting sick of preorder bonuses. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say, and sometimes…
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Science Figures Out Why Teenagers Are Stupid
While average blog readership is packed with the sort of hyper intelligent teenagers that have to be portrayed by 30-year-olds in TV dramas, many of the world’s teenagers are prone to doing stupid things for stupid reasons. New research explains why. Dr. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and colleagues from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University…
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Michael Jordan is NBA 2K11‘s Cover Star
2K Sports just confirmed to CNBC that Michael Jordan, as rumored earlier, will be featured on the cover of NBA 2K11. Asked how Jordan would appear in the game, 2K said only that there will be “some really good surprises.” Jason Argent, 2K Sports’ vice-president of marketing, confirmed Jordan’s appearance and the game’s Oct. 5…
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Man Accused Of Killing Kitten For Unplugging Game Console
A Virginia man faces charges of misdemeanor animal cruelty and disorderly conduct after allegedly hurling his girlfriend’s kitten against the wall after it disconnected the video game he was playing. Staunton, Virginia authorities were called to the apartment of 21-year-old Bruce Jamar Walston by his girlfriend around 9pm last night. The woman called 911 after…
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Blade Kitten Trades Delay For Multiplatform Release
Originally slated for a PlayStation Network release this spring, Krome Studios’ comic book-based platformer Blade Kitten gets a new publisher in Atari, Xbox Live Arcade and PC versions, a September release date, and new screens to help ease the wait. When we last checked in with Blade Kitten, based on the comic book by Steve…
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Batman: The Brave And The Bold Looks Like Colorful Campy Fun
Batman: The Brave and the Bold is a colorful 2D beat-em up in a world where dark and gritty 3D action adventure reigns supreme. Can it possibly succeed where other Batman brawlers have failed? With comic book Batman busy dealing with his apparent death and time-traveling return, Wayforward’s Batman: The Brave and the Bold could…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
CIA Drone Killings Could Lead To A “PlayStation Mentality” Towards Killing
A United Nations investigator is warning that CIA-controlled remote drone assassinations of suspected Islamic terrorists could lead to a “PlayStation mentality” towards killing. Philip Alston, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, has issued a 29-page report calling for an end to the CIA’s use of unmanned Predator or Reaper drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan against…
By Mike Fahey