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I Think We All Know the Punchline to This Portal Picture
Reddit user Pheadlessg is to be married on Saturday. His fiancée allowed him one video game-themed gesture at the wedding reception, so he chose to dress these Portal turret figures from ThinkGeek in a bridal veil, hat and bow-tie and use them as cake toppers. Assuming they actually intend to serve one … I’m getting…
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With No Frills, Exhibition Modes Still Show Things You’ll Never Forget
In cataloging the greatest thrills and moments I’ve had as a sports video gamer, all but one or two have come in a career mode of some type. In some cases, it came because I strictly avoided the game’s exhibition features. For example, in 2011, just barely qualifiying to play The Masters meant something to…
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Free-to-Play Shooter Looks to Have Borrowed a Map from Counter-Strike
Currently in closed beta, Arctic Combat appears to be set in the Middle East, despite its title. That’s not all that looks fishy about this free-to-play military shooter. One of its maps, “Sand Storm,” is almost a direct copy of de_dust2 from Counter-Strike. See for yourself in that video above. PC Gamer notes that some…
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Disappointing Everyone, The World Ends With You Countdown Leads to a $20 iOS Port
A rogue online store listing last week meant today Square Enix more confirmed than announced that The World Ends With You-Solo Remix will be released for iOS devices, both in the west and Japan. The game goes on sale tomorrow. That’s its launch trailer above. This isn’t gonna be cheap. the iPhone version is $17.99,…
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We Put a Madden Curse in Your Madden
Reader Jarren T. snapped this picture of the big news from Week 3 in his playthrough of Madden NFL 13, whose early-access weekend ends tomorrow. Not only is Madden acknowledging and evidently implementing the so-called curse that befalls its cover stars, it’s even referring to itself in the third person. So this edition marks the…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Assassin‘s Cross-Breed
A screwed up listing by Best Buy earlier this week promised Madden fans that the PS Vita version of the game would deliver “slow-motion chain kills,” pickpocketing and canoe-based pursuit. EA Sports had a little fun with the concept, pretending to motion-capture some boat rowing for next year’s game. Still, it was a rather safe…
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More Than 30 Years Later, Adventure Gets Another Sequel
Actually, Adventure, the Atari 2600 game that introduced video game Easter eggs to the popular imagination, among other things, now has its second sequel. Both were programmed by Byte Knight over on the Atari Age forums, and the latest, Evil Magician Returns II got an update on Thursday delivering a third level to the game.…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Raising Excitement: The Winners
Farming Simulator 2012 is coming out very soon, and if that doesn’t blow up your skirt, well, join the club. So we invited our skilled artisans to sex up the recreation of the means by which society is fed. We’ve got all the finalists inside, plus overall winner yuaiya! Leading off, it’s simple, it’s silly,…
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Recreate Neil Armstrong’s Landing on the Moon in this Tough Video Game
Neil A. Armstrong, first human to set foot on extraterrestrial soil, died today at age 82. His name figured tangentially in the continuities of some science fiction games—the Armstrong Nebula in Mass Effect was a notable tribute (two other nebulae also were named for early space explorers in that game.) Moon landings have been featured…
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Lionel Messi Headlines FIFA 13‘s Lineup of Cover Stars
Lionel Messi, who once starred on the cover of two editions of Pro Evolution Soccer, will star on the cover of FIFA 13 in all regions when the game releases Sept. 25. He’ll be joined by other popular players local to other regions getting a separate cover. That’s the main cover art at right. The…
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