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The Kotaku Mixtape Vol 9: Tommy Tallarico
Growing up, there were certain game composers I was aware of. Uematsu? Check. Koshiro? Check. But Tommy Tallarico wasn’t one of them. A lot of that is because he was a sound designer first, dipping his hands in everything from Prince of Persia to the best of Shiny Entertainment. He also co-founded Videogames Live, which…
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Check Out Blake Griffin’s Best Dunks as If They Happened in the Original NBA Jam
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • SB Nation put together that delightful compilation of chiptunes and pixelated highlights to give us Blake Griffin’s theoretical NBA Jam highlight reel from the 1993 classic. Enjoy. [SB Nation] • NHL 13‘s cover vote is down to its final four. Claude Giroux and…
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If We Won’t Have MLB 2K to Kick Around Next Year, Here’s What The Show Must Do
Baseball fans have started to come to terms with the idea that MLB 13 The Show will be their only video game option next year. MLB 13 The Show needs to come to terms with that, too. Consistently well reviewed, The Show‘s dirty secret is that there are areas of its product that are growing…
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One Man’s Quest to Draw Something Becomes Draw Everything
Unlike me, Bora can actually draw. And also unlike me, and unlike several million other players, Bora has stuck with Draw Something He’s on a mission to draw every single word in the Draw Something dictionary, a quest that can end only in madness. Words repeat, and many can be quite dull. Still, as his…
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Mounted Combat Arrives in Skyrim
Your Skyrim horse is now good for something other than getting accidentally killed in the heat of battle. Update 1.6, available today on PC, adds the ability for players to charge into battle on their faithful steed. By opting into the latest Steam Beta Update, players can check out the new mounted combat feature in…
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Ponder the Endless Cycle of Grabbing Loot in Diablo III with the Game Club Right Now!
Hey everybody, welcome back to the Game Club! We’re about to start our second discussion about Diablo III. It’s been over a week now, so I imagine that many of you have gone to hell and back and lived to tell the tale. If you’ve been waiting for a place to tell your tale, you’ve…
By Mike Epstein -
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