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  What Do BioShock And Batman Have In Common?

  BioShock and Batman. Apart from the “B” thing, you wouldn’t think the two had a thing in common. But then, you’d only say that if you hadn’t seen a 1994 episode of the Batman animated series, called “Deep Freeze”. In this episode, an intelligent, if slightly deranged man builds a city in the middle of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2010
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  Bullet Train? More Like Video Game

  More often than not, when politicians utter “video game” in a sentence, it is usually in a pejorative fashion. Here is one occasion when it wasn’t. The United States does not have high speed rail like, say, Japan does. So when U.S. law makers were discussing how advanced Japanese rail is, they did not hesitate…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2010
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  Look, Somebody Actually Made A Wii Football Controller

  Last year, a patent was uncovered for a Wii football. It had been designed by Nintendo, and yet, it was stupid. Well, looks like somebody else has beat the Big N to the market. CTA Digital, manufacturers of cheap gaming peripherals and accessories, has released the “Soft-football for Wii”, a product so stupid it couldn’t…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2010
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  Nintendo 3DS Is A New Hardware Series

  Whether it be the DS Lite or the DSi, Nintendo has released a spate of Nintendo DS hardware spin-offs in the last few years. The Nintendo 3DS is not a spin-off. It’s worth pointing out, you know. Nintendo released its Game And Watch series of handhelds in the early 1980s. Following that, the company released…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2010
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  Is This How 3D Will Work On The Nintendo 3DS?

  So, there’s new Nintendo hardware on the way. It’s a 3D handheld system. How, though, will that 3D work? Maybe a recent obscure DSi release offers some clues. Since we know absolutely nothing about the new handheld other than the fact it will employ 3D and won’t need glasses, all we’ve left on how it…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2010
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  Nintendo Announces New Hardware, The Nintendo 3DS

  At E3, Nintendo will be introducing new hardware, the Nintendo 3DS. In an official release, Nintendo describes the portable as allowing games to be “enjoyed with 3D effects without the need for any special glasses”. It is not yet known how the 3D effects will work, but it is possible that it could work like…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2010
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  Bleach Coming To the Big Screen

  Bleach follows Ichigo Kurosaki, a dude with a sword fighting evil spirits. He has powers of the Soul Reaper (think Grim Reaper). Bleach debuted as a manga in 2001 and has since been adapted into an anime. Hollywood has optioned Bleach for a feature film. Warner Bros. is developing the project, which will be produced…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2010
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  Portal’s Star Has A New Look

  While Portal’s clean white rooms were the visual star of the first game, Chell, the player’s character in the game, was also memorable. For Portal 2, however, that trademark orange jumpsuit has gone straight out the window. A feature over on Game Informer has revealed a number of pieces of concept art for the game…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2010
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  Is Natal Too Big For Japan?

  Not the device itself. The Natal peripheral is a small, slender add-on. But Microsoft has apparently told a group of journalists, including Techflash.com, that some space is required to use the motion controls. To quote Techflash: To be precise, you’ll want to clear an area extending at least 4 meters (a little more than 13…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2010
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  The 19th Century Called, It Wants Its Game Boy Back

  Steampunk may be growing a little long in the tooth as far as internet crazes go, but that doesn’t mean we turn our backs on it completely. Fancy steampunk Game Boys, for example, are worth a second look. Designed by Game Boy modder Thretris, it’s an original 1989 model, and comes with not just a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2010
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  A Week In Comments

  Nintendo DSi XL Delivery Comes With a Five-Foot Surprise Comment by: Nobuyuki Nominated by: Slatz_Grobnik Look at that sandwich. All that lettuce and tomato, not a single jalapeno or slice of salami. I’ve been eating sandwiches for 20 years and now Nintendo is pumping out this crap to appeal to people who used to ignore…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2010
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  Would You Pay Women To Play Xbox Games With You?

  A new service launches tomorrow, called GameCrush, where men can pay money to play over Xbox Live with an “attractive girl” (Warning: NSFW) Yes, this is real Interested, lonely men (or cashed up pranksters) can sign up to the site, and once there, choose from two options: play a simple Flash game (checkers, etc) against…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2010
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  Diablo III’s Witch Doctor Shows Its Feminine Side

  As with other classes in the game, there are two gender options for Diablo III’s Witch Doctor. We saw the male one months ago, but the female one has only been revealed today. So let’s take a look. While her feathered in-game model looks a lot like that of her male counterpart, the Witch Doctor’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2010
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  Mr. Driller Drops In On DSiWare In April

  Namco Bandai is sending Mr. Driller to the land of DSiWare, pegging the next entry in the puzzle series, Mr. Driller: Drill Till You Drop for a release on the Nintendo DSi download service in April. You know the… erm, drill. Work your way through multi-colored blocks, rack up the chains and try your best…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 22, 2010
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  Kotaku Off Topic: Life With Oprah Winfrey

  It’s Kotaku Off Topic. What we do here is talk about things that don’t necessarily related to video games, but we also don’t discriminate. On or off topic, the conversation is up to you. One thing I’m curious about, however, is how many Kotaku Off Topic readers and commenters watched the North American airing of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 22, 2010
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  The Bridge Over Wakka Wakka Wakka

  Subliminal Pac-Man reflection created by unknown bridge; as seen on Epic Win FTW.

  By Owen Good Published March 22, 2010
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  Perfect Dark Micro-review: Elvis Has Re-entered The Building

  Rare’s Nintendo 64 shooter Perfect Dark gets a high-definition makeover for Xbox Live Arcade, the lovely and talented special agent Joanna Dark looking ten years better than she did in her first-person shooter debut. Is Dark still “perfect”? Perfect Dark for XBLA doesn’t attempt to modernize the decade-old original beyond improving its visual fidelity and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 22, 2010
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  Real Scientist Examines the Science Fiction of Mass Effect

  Cloaking devices? Oh yeah, we can totally do that. Telekinesis? Suuure! In this video, Real Actual Scientist-mans Dr. Michio Kaku, speaking more like a futurist and less like a physicist, tackles the plausibility of what you see in Mass Effect I recommend getting good and high for the discussion of dark matter, although he does…

  By Owen Good Published March 22, 2010
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  When Halo Meets Gundam: The Master Chief Zaku

  Model hobbyist and Gundam fan Angelo Guibone’s custom Master Chief Zaku crossover not only appeals to two camps, its will probably appear in a proposal for Microsoft Tecmo Koei’s Halo: Dynasty Warriors: Gundam: Combat Evolved at some point. In more serious matters—this hasn’t happened yet? I see more than one Master Chief custom Transformer out…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 22, 2010
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  CEO: We’ll ‘Explore the Possibility’ of Final Fantasy VII Remake

  Creative types like game directors saying they’d love to do a remake of Final Fantasy VII, that’s one thing. But now the CEO himself says the company will, at least, “explore the possibility” of doing so. Yoichi Wada, the president and chief executive of Square Enix, told Siliconera that the company has heard its fans’…

  By Owen Good Published March 22, 2010