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This May Be the Kookiest Game to Reach Its Kickstarter Goal Yet
Octopus City Blues is the kind of game in which an enormous, bloody millipede is used for public transportation and the protagonist is married to a pink octopus named Daisy. And it just reached its Kickstarter funding goal of $7,000. The developers at Ghost in a Bottle describe it as “a surreal adventure game about…
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Here’s That Sherlock Footage. It’s Kind of Disappointing.
I sort of regret talking up this new footage from Sherlock season 3 yesterday, because with all said and done today there’s not really that much to it. Still, a little Cumberbatch is better than no Cumberbatch at all, right? There are a few shots of Holmes looking smug and contemplative (his typical moody M.O.)…
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Minecraft Xbox 360 Getting Mass Effect Mash-Up DLC
Minecraft is generally about exploring your very own world, hollowing it out, hoarding its resources, and building a utopia for yourself and your farm animals. That’s about to change, though, with the expansion announced today. Microsoft, Mojang and BioWare revealed in a press release this afternoon that the Mass Effect “Mash-Up Pack” for Minecraft on…
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All These People Are Waiting to Play the Remastered Wind Waker at PAX
Remember when Nintendo unveiled The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker back in the day, and everyone lost their minds because of its cel-shaded graphics? And there was basically a storm of hatred until the game was released, at which point everyone played it and realized it was incredible? All those people are at PAX right…
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Playing Blackbar is Like High School English Class, And I Love It
Because there’s nothing you love more than when strangers recommend random iOS games to you, here’s one that its creator calls “serious,” “artsy,” and “texty.” Sound up your alley? The game is Neven Mrgan and James Moore’s BlackBar. It’s a purely text-based experience, with old-fashioned typewriter font letters outlined starkly against page after white, white…
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Thank Goodness: Octodad Sequel on PS4 Uses PS Move Motion Controls
I don’t always enjoy motion controls, but if there’s one game that I feel shouldn’t be without them, it’s the one where you control a wildly flailing octopus masquerading as a human husband and father of two. Young Horses COO Kevin Geisler confirmed on the PlayStation Blog this weekend that Octodad: Dadliest Catch will indeed…
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A Generic Name Wouldn’t Do Justice to Secret Ponchos‘ Outlaws
Secret Ponchos features outlaws. It features guns, it features shootouts, it features eight-on-eight free-for-alls. It features exactly one poncho, however, and zero secrets. So what’s in its name? “When we started work on the game we put up a development blog, and we needed a name for it,” said Caley Smyth, a developer for Switchblade…
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Double Fine is Making Free DLC for the PS4 Pack-In The Playroom
The developer behind Broken Age, Massive Chalice, The Cave, Brutal Legend, and of course Double Fine Happy Action Theater is developing content for the PlayStation 4 tech demo known as The Playroom The Playroom is the augmented reality and mini game application that Sony’s been using to show off the ways the DualShock 4 controller…
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The Only Reason I Still Own An Original Xbox
Every girl I date seriously must eventually pass a trial. It happens at a certain point in every relationship I have; by then she basically knows what she’s getting with me, including my tendency to get weirdly obsessed with things. The bands Titus Andronicus and Belle & Sebastian, for one thing, or Game of Thrones.…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Ultimate Exploitable
Evan gave us some fine cosplay shots yesterday, but when you need a good exploitable, sometimes you must take matters into your own hands. This is me with the Ultimate Warrior yesterday at 2K Sports’ booth here at PAX. I don’t know what we’ll get from this, but it should make all those bagsuit ‘shops…
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Mighty Switch Force 2 is Following its Predecessor Onto Wii U
3DS eShop favorite Mighty Switch Force 2 is making its way to the Wii U’s digital storefront “by popular request,” Wayforward Technologies announced this week on its blog. The developer estimates that it will arrive in October. The original Mighty Switch Force was similarly ported from 3DS to Wii U as Mighty Switch Force: Hyper…
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Sony Offers Cryptic Statement on PS4 Voice Commands
Sony last night addressed whether the PS4 features voice command capabilities through the PlayStation camera, but the company’s statement may not reveal as much as it initially seems. The rumor that the PS4 would feature voice command capabilities popped up when video of a presentation made by SCEA’s group manager of retail training and advocacy…
By Mike Rougeau
