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Xbox Live Preview Dropping Game Install Sizes
Those in on the beta of the new Xbox Live Preview are reporting some significant decreases in file size of games installed directly to the hard drive. Gamers describe conspicuous size reductions for games like Street Fighter 4, Left 4 Dead, and Bioshock with no performance decrease. For now, of course, you probably need a…
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NHL 2K10 Promises “Shooting Blind From Your Ass on Goal” Action
Well, I’ll be interested to see how they pull this one off in NHL 2K10 – the shot mechanic, not the “warming-hands-over-red-hot-stick” quicktime event. Animation only, or new feature? You make the call. NHL 2K10 Teaster Trailer [GameTrailers]
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The Pause That Irradiates
This weekend, reader Tugrik and friends are throwing a party. So they tricked out this Vendo 96 – a 1970s pull-bottle vending machine – to serve up the Wasteland’s No. 1 refreshment. The contents of those bottles could be from the old Nuka-Cola recipes back in January; the labels sure look like it. The guys…
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Your One-Stop Source for Street Fighter Skins — Nude and Otherwise
Remember the Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, and nude Cammy mods? Well, those, plus a ton more – most of them non-pervy – are ready for you to download. From Abel as the Punisher to Zangief as Colossus, with a little Guile as Duke Nukem thrown in, you can find them here. Most importantly, for you…
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NPD Says Half of All Americans are Gamers
There’s probably a lot of solitaire and online bridge-playing padding that, but a new NPD report says 170 million Americans play video games. The U.S. population is 304 million. The result is inside NPD’s 2009 Gamer Segmentation Report, and is based on a January survey of nearly 21,000 people. NPD breaks the population down into…
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Today’s Punishment: Daisy Fuentes Pilates
I’ll take it easy on you today. Some might not find this video very punishing. Then again, we are talking about Pilates, which is about as boring as watching flies screwing on a windowsill. I clicked out at 0:20. It’s only 1:15, but how much can you take? Daisy Fuentes Pilates Lifestyle Trailer [Gametrailers]
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UncategorizedBowling Ball Attachment Helps You Destroy TV Better
Actually, for the bowling-obsessed Wii gamer, this isn’t as ridiculous as it looks. CTA Digital’s put together a bowling peripheral to provide extra realism for the seven bowling titles. No, it’s not supposed to roll. But it’s a lead pipe lock somewhere, someone is going to throw this thing through mama’s flat panel, even with…
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Here We Go Again: 7-Year-Old Drives Car; GTA Blamed
In Utah last Sunday, young Preston Scarborough took the family sedan for a spin. Instant media sensation, of course. A Fox News anchor was bold enough to ask did teh Grand Theft Auto do it? In the video, which you may see here, Klint Anderson, a spokesman for the Weber County Sheriff’s Office, mentioned that…
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German PS3 Slim Listing Now Has Picture [Update]
Things are getting more interesting with this PS3 Slim rumor. The German Amazon.com site featuring the listing now has a picture of it, and it looks a lot like rumored PS3 Slim sightings from before. Again, same caveat applies. Retailer listings of unannounced products should always be considered suspect, no matter how much everyone’s talking…
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Tuner Fits His Toyota with Mario Intake
Reader Danny Z. sent this in with a barebones description – I’m no mechanic, so I can’t tell if this is a joke or not. But that’s Mario peeking out from an MR2 Spyder’s intake. Saith Danny: i made a intake for my car. i thought i share. its made out of pvc. its pretty…
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Guess BlizzCon Tourney Winners, Win a Gaming Laptop
All you Warcraft tournament handicappers, take note – Blizzard’s Intel’s running a contest to guess the winner of three of its tournaments at the upcoming BlizzCon, and laying two Asus G50vt laptops as grand prizes. Now, I don’t have the first clue how you’d predict these winners. But if you do, or if you get…
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Weekend Coupons: A Quarter Back
‘Tis the weekend for bulk discounted savings. Not a lot of game-specific deals out there, but three big online retailers are running sales on games you might enjoy. Let’s go to the tape! Software: • GameStop’s running an online used game sale until noon tomorrow. You get 25 percent off with the promo code DEAL25U,…
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NCAA Football 10 Review: Be True to Your School
EA Sports appeals to your school pride and sportsmanship with this year’s version of NCAA Football, encouraging you to play the game right and giving you the tools to make its complex tasks more simple. But what motivates college sports fans about these games is the fantasy of it all – being a heavily recruited…
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Kotaku Originals: Glum Assignments
It wasn’t much fun reporting quarterly numbers that showed nearly every major name in games having a terrible time. Fortunately, Batman, Scribblenauts and A Boy and His Blob arrived to put a smile on everyone’s face. The week that was in Kotaku’s original reporting: 2009 San Diego Comic-Con Round Up Summer of Gaming Libraries Got…
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