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Nine Years Later, Latin America’s Leagues Keep MVP Baseball Alive
We are nearing the 10-year anniversary of the licensing deal that killed MVP Baseball, yet still the game lives on—on PC, even—thanks to “MVP Caribe,” a celebration of Latin American baseball that just published its seventh “total conversion” mod. “MVP Caribe,” the work of a team of modders from across Latin America, replaces teams in…
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Cops Say Man Broke Baby’s Leg When Diaper Change Interrupted His Game
A Florida man is in jail without bond after authorities say he broke a one-month-old child’s leg when he was interrupted from a video game to change the infant’s diaper. Paul Lejeunesse, 20, of Citrus County Fla. faces a charge of aggravated child abuse and, according to a report filed by child protection authorities, appears…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: ‘Shop Talk
Let’s go ahead and give credit to reader JustWaitingForAMate for this idea. This week Luke wrote about Nintendo’s first electronic toy—a walkie-talkie from the mid-1960s. “Does this scream Kotaku photoshop contest to anyone else?” wrote JWFAM. Well, it did to me. Some folks already took to the comments of that post with ‘Shops of their…
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NBA Live Gets Its First Patch, but Don’t Expect It to Change Much
NBA Live 14 showed a lot of problems at release a month ago—problems EA Sports vowed to fix through title updates. They rolled out the first patch for the game on Friday and, like everything else with this series for the past three years, it’s another promise this will be a good game at some…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Ballad of Greychalk: The Winners
Two weeks ago The New York Times revealed the National Security Agency was operating from a base within the Goldshire Inn on the Moon Guard server of World of Warcraft. These communiques compromised Greychalk, who is the NSA section chief for Azeroth—and the subject of our latest ‘Shop Contest! Congratulations to CATSOLDIER, the overall No.…
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After the Sandy Hook school massacre last year, Antwand Pearman of GamerFitNation organized a “cease fire” day during which gamers avoided first-person shooters and other violent games. Today is the second Cease-Fire, a statement against gun violence and supporting victims of it. The Cease-Fire lasts to midnight. “It’s an opportunity for gamers to show that…
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Peggle 2 Marriage Proposal Level Had ‘Nope,’ Just In Case
Rob and Shireen are bigtime Peggle fans. Big enough that Rob went to PopCap and asked if they’d help him pop the question. Hell yes they would! Game studios love this kind of thing. But just in case Rob and Shireen weren’t like, an actual thing, Peggle 2 made sure to leave a way out.…
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Woman Tortured as Kidnappers Demand a PSP for Her Release
A Las Vegas woman was tied to a chair for six hours, had her head shaved and was forced to take pills and drink alcoholic drinks while her captors demanded a PSP as ransom, according to local news reports yesterday. Both suspects are still at large. The victim, a 30-year-old woman, also had had her…
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PS4, Xbox One ‘May Use 3 Times More Power’ Than the Last Generation [Corrected]
I just got my power bill for Nov. 15 to Dec. 15, and while I was ready for a big number after switching from oil to a heat pump, I’m wondering if my PS4 and Xbox One weren’t the real culprits. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, I can expect to pay $150 in…
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Breakup Advice, from Mortal Kombat
Poor Sub. I guess Mileena was only looking for Friendship. This image made the rounds this past week—maybe you saw it on Tumblr, or via Cheezburger. It’s by the illustrator and photographer Ryan T. Alexander, whose portfolio you can see here. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him on…
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The Best of Kotaku, The Week of December 16
It’s holiday time! Is everyone vacationing yet? Back home with the parents? I’m currently in freezing Upstate, New York, hanging out with my family and two rowdy dogs. If you need to catch up on Kotaku (or an excuse to zone out for a while amidst family business) browse our best content over at Kotaku…
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Fahey’s Top Ten Games Of 2013
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The time when I get to produce a list of ten games I love, and then present them to the internet, a large percentage of which throw things. I can’t change what I love, people. Note there are no mobile games on the list of the site’s…
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That’s Not How You Sail A Boat
Hey, a sailing boat is not a balance beam! You shouldn’t do crazy tricks on it like that! Apparently Sail Simulator 5 let’s you do it if you are lucky enough, and if you’re hitting the high seas with 20 miles per hour. No doubt it’s a logical way to make virtual sailing exciting. Just…
By Gergo Vas
