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A Legendary World of Warcraft Mouse for More Mundane Hands
I’ve been rolling and scrolling with a SteelSeries World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse on and off since 2008, scoffing at the baby hands of visitors that complained my pointing device was just too big. Turns out they might have been onto something. SteelSeries recently introduced the Legendary Edition of their World of Warcraft MMO…
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NBA 2K12: The Kotaku Review
Midway through an early season Hornets-Heat contest the screen cuts to a promotion telling me Friday night, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers take on the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center. Sounds like a good game, I think to myself. What time is that on? 7:30 p.m., the screen tells me. Two days ago in real…
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KEF’s T205 Surround Sound Speakers Are $1,800 Worth of Audio in a 35 Millimeter Package
No, that’s not my beautiful house in the picture above, with its color coordinated pillows, strategically scattered magazines, and perfectly misplaced popcorn, but with the low profile KEF T205 Surround Sound Speaker System in place it sure sounds like it. The KEF lifestyle photograph taken inside my modest apartment would feature scattered shipping boxes, various…
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Tell Us About the Official Wireless PlayStation 3 Headset, PoweredByHentai
Warning: Today’s Speak Up on Kotaku might send you to your local video game retailer with $100 in hand, as commenter PoweredByHentai goes hands-on with Sony’s recently-released wireless PlayStation 3 headset. So my Sony wireless headset for the PS3 arrived at my house this morning. It has a built-in rechargeable battery that is charged up…
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The Flex-Fire Is PlayStation Move Shooting, But with a Bender
We are about a year into hardcore shooter gaming played with the PlayStation Move—an experience that, from day one, is assumed to demand one play it with something that resembles a rifle, without ever asking if we really should. This is partly because of how different turning, looking, and aiming become when using a rifle…
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ReviewsMadden NFL 12: The Kotaku Review
As the NFL lockout dragged all of the spring and much of the summer, Madden NFL 12 figured to be the only football coming to your TV this year, until a month before its release. From its conception, the game was meant to be a salve for the hurting hardcore fan, not a song for…
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The Rockus 3D 2.1 Speaker System Sounds Nice, But At What Cost?
When one thinks of quality computer speakers, several names come to mind: Logitech, Altec Lansing, Bose, and Creative Labs, to name a few. Soundscience isn’t a name that comes to mind. Neither is Antec. In fact, when one thinks of the name Antec, they think PC cases and power supplies. Hit up the company’s Wikipedia…
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ReviewsMadden‘s Low-Magnitude “Superstar” Isn’t Much to Gaze At
Simulation-quality sports video games all now ship with some kind of solo career mode, in which you create or control one player throughout his entire career. By far, this fantasy experience is most underserved by the football games. NCAA Football 12 made a substantial effort to upgrade its career this year, and although Madden NFL…
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The SteelSeries Spectrum 7XB Silences Doubts About High-End Wireless Gaming Headsets
I’ve often wondered what drives a person to shell out upwards of two hundred dollars for a high quality gaming headset instead of simply plugging in a pair of cheap ear buds or turning the television down really low. As one might imagine, I’m not much of an audiophile. In the span of a couple…
By Mike Fahey