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Watch a Dishonored Designer Explain His Job to His Proud Mom
We hope your mother has enjoyed her Mother’s Day so far, and if you’re a mother, that you have as well. In the spirit of the day, Bethesda offers this video of one of Dishonored‘s developers explaining to his mom what he does for a living. No, no, this isn’t uncomfortable like, say, a porno…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Rasta Banana: The Winners
Yes, that’s a banana in his pocket and no, Henry Gribbohm is not happy to see you. He drained his life savings, all $2,600 of it, in his vain pursuit of an Xbox 360 grand prize at a carnival game. He did take home this swell dreadlocked banana, the source of our latest ‘Shop Contest,…
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If “Ranger Mode” is the way Metro: Last Light is “meant to be played,” why is it a preorder bonus and not in the main edition? “Offering game content as a pre-order exclusive is a requirement by retail,” the game’s publisher told PC Gamer Ranger Mode is $5 to non-preorderers because that’s the minimum they…
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The Awesome, 100% Accurate Planetary Orbits of Blast Corps‘ Map Screen
Blast Corps, for the Nintendo 64, didn’t give much of a damn for accurate physics. You could drive on gas-giant Neptune, and it had the lowest gravity of any of the game’s extraterrestrial levels (it should be the highest). But as GameXplain marvelously demonstrates, the map menu is jaw-droppingly true to life. The orbital periods…
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Highest Bidder Backs Out as Ultra-Rare Console Fails to Find a Buyer
About a month ago, renewed interest in the “Sega Pluto”—a prototype console that was more or less an online-enabled Sega Saturn—led one guy to rummage through his closet and find he was in possession of one of two surviving units. He put it up for bid, but a second auction has ended without his reserve…
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Crimefighting Babysitter Foils PS3 Robbery by Telling Suspect’s Mom
Oklahoma’s most idiotic robbery (this week) ended in the arrest of two teenagers who brandished a firearm at a babysitter and two children and stole a PlayStation 3 from their home. However, one of the suspects forgot to tuck in his bandana properly, helping Nancy Drew crack the case before the commercial break. Cops say…
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A Love of Learning is the Guide to Life—and Video Games
Video games are not a complete and total waste of time. Assassin’s Creed teaches you world history. Metal Gear Solid teaches politics and philosophy. And Cooking Mama teaches you, well, cooking. Those are some of the nuggets of wisdom at “Real Things Video Games Teach You,” a tumblr that in two days has compiled nearly…
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Top Warcraft Guild Disbands, Blaming the Raiding Community
These past few weeks haven’t seen a lot of good news thrown World of Warcraft‘s way. The MMO shed more than a million users over the past year, a development Activision’s CEO called “troubling.” Before that, some of the game’s hardest-core players called it quits, too. Exodus, on April 26, said it was disbanding as…
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EA Sports’ Boss Sells All of His EA Stock, but Isn’t Going Anywhere
Andrew Wilson, the man in charge of EA Sports and newly in command of Electronic Arts’ Origin digital distribution service, sold all of his shares in the company on Thursday, cashing out for about $687,000. It’s a curious move but it wouldn’t appear that Wilson is going anywhere, and indeed a statement from an EA…
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The Best Of Kotaku, The Week of May 6th
Good morning, Kotaku! How’re you all this weekend? I’m fabulous because I’m in Austin visiting my brothers, and that is a very, very good thing. We had some previews this week, Zac Gorman returned with a funny comic, Evan checked out NYU’s No Quarter event where he talked to the creator of QWOP about his…
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Your Weekend Is Going To Be Horrible. Bring Some Gaming Apps.
Look, I am really sorry you are heading into the worst weekend of your life. I’d try to warn you, tell you what sorts of people, places and things to avoid, but fate doesn’t work that way. You’ll either ignore me completely, thinking I’m some sort of psycho, or you’ll adjust your plans and fate…
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Video Games With The Most Memorable Pre-Rendered Backgrounds
Pre-rendered graphics weren’t only used in complex cinematic cutscenes back in the day when a game’s own 3D engine couldn’t do the job. Developers also used them as in-game backgrounds to bypass graphical limitations. And some of the games had really well-made, atmospheric pre-rendered backgrounds. Squaresoft and Capcom preferred these a lot in their PS1…
By Gergo Vas
