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Elise the old monkey grandma is finally leaving! (And Catbus fireworks)
Yes, those are Cat Bus fireworks you are seeing. They were real and they were spectacular. Elise finally asked to leave yesterday, which coincided awesomely with the fireworks show! I really shouldn’t be so happy about my neighbor leaving but she’s just so curmudgeonly and old.
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Kirby is acting like a face-hugger on top of poor Samus in Masahiro Sakurai’s latest Smash Bros screenshot. The world’s first intergalactic pink puffball waddles his way into the battle. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions…
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Chris Roberts’ Star Citizen, which pulled in $2.1 million from its Kickstarter, continues to draw crowdfunding from other sources and has gone past the $15 million mark as of Aug. 1. That adds another ship to the game’s fleet, and another goodie to those donating to the space combat title.
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Ten Years Later, Michael Vick Would Have a Harder Time Breaking Madden
Michael Vick may, for the rest of his life, remain a contemptible stereotype to much of the public: A brutalor stupid man. A laughingstock. A guy who did federal time. Still, there is one aspect of his football career that cleanly escapes the wreckage of his personal scandal, that lives on almost as a separate…
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The ESRB’s ever familiar ratings badges will get a slight graphical tweak for the first time since 1999, but the wording is the biggest change. No longer will the label say “content rated by” over “ESRB.” Why the text change? ESRB president Patricia Vance said it “provides for a cleaner look.” [Polygon]
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With Pikmin 3 releasing today, now’s as good a time as any to catch up on the history and trivia behind this series—including its origins as a GameCube tech demo, its influence on Super Mario Galaxy, and the fact Nintendo crossbred a new flower variety (Bacopa Cabana) to promote it. [Did You Know Gaming?]
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Karting Dead
So, we’re back to an evergreen subject for this week’s contest after a couple of suboptimal candidates fell through. (One was a pic of my boss on vacation, and I have a daily goal of remaining employed.) So it’s time to raid Gergo’s Dayshot archive! I had eyes on this thing when Gergo dug it…
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Does Your Gamertag Have Herpes? Beware Xbox Live Enforcement United
I do not envy Xbox Live’s enforcement moderators. They have an endless and thankless task policing the service’s notoriously juvenile user base. And mind-numbing, too, if a the experience offered by “Enforcement United”—Xbox Live’s new crowdsourced tattling system—is any indication. Announced last week, Enforcement United is going to be part of a self-policing strategy designed…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Sharksassin: The Winners
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag played the shark card last week and you all called its bluff in the ‘Shop Contest. Today we have two dozen finalists compiled, including three double-finishers, plus SteveFish, a first-timer at overall number one! Gang, it is no secret the ‘Shop Contest has been through a challenging year, thanks to…
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For the Last Time, Sony Shuts the Door on PlayStation All-Stars
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale fans, I am here to crush your dreams. There is no hope of additional DLC. There will be no more stages. Sony’s Santa Monica Studio, the studio in charge of the game (for as long as it continues), flat-out shut the door. But free costumes! It’s kind of sad Santa Monica…
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“What if the classic arcade game Contra had been made into a live action movie back in the 1980s?” asked action-figure maker Mint Condition Customs. Interesting question, since Konami practically built the game with spare parts from 1980s action flicks. These custom figs are still outstanding. [via MTV Multiplayer]
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Minecraft‘s Ending Makes for a Lovely Song
When you’re deluged within-game recreations of basketball, the first 15 minutes of Star Wars, and a giant Golden Toilet, in can be tough to remember that Minecraft is a game with a conclusion. Someone’s adapted a song from what happens after that conclusion—which I guess means this video should carry a spoiler alert. When you…
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Alien Anal Probe Saved as Saints Row IV‘s Australian Crisis Ends
The absurd monthlong standoff down under has at last been resolved: Saints Row IV has been granted classification and may be sold in Australia, with one change. And, according to publisher Deep Silver, it isn’t the alien anal probe weapon. A 20-minute mission in which Shaundi takes “alien narcotics to obtain superpowers” has been stripped…
By Owen Good
