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One Man Getting Hit by a Bus Is Another Man’s Frogger
At the University of Texas “every Friday before finals there’s a thing called ‘Foam Sword Friday,'” writes Austin H., a computer sciences major at the university. Students go to the university district’s main drag, cross the street during a red light, and then battle it out with foam swords. This Friday, a freshman named Nick…
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Eight Men In: Cheating Tarnishes Everyone in 2K Sports’ Million-Dollar Scandal
When Phil Humber threw the 21st perfect game in Major League Baseball history two weeks ago, he didn’t get to choose the batters he faced. When Dallas Braden threw a perfect game on an emotional Mother’s Day in 2010, against the winningest team never to put a runner on base, he didn’t stock the heart…
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Skullgirls Getting Cross-Platform PC/PS3 Play
This was somewhat lost in the shuffle of Wednesday’s announcement that Skullgirls, the 2D fighter currently available on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, would be getting a PC version. The game’s official Twitter feed says that PC and PS3 gamers will be able to play together thanks to cross-platform compatibility, but it won’t be implemented…
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Sex Offender Who Inspired New York’s ‘Operation Game Over’ is Sentenced
Richard Kretovic, whose sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy inspired New York State’s push to have all of its registered sex offenders permanently banned from Xbox Live and other major gaming services, was sentenced on Friday. Kretovic, 20, only got six months in jail, but the larger punishment may be stripping his access to Xbox…
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Oh Sure, Now Eli Manning Wants to Do an Appearance for Madden NFL
The biggest irony in this Saturday Night Live sketch from last night featuring Eli Manning is the idea of him working this closely with Madden NFL on anything. Widely believed to be too expensive even for EA Sports, if the two-time Super Bowl champion, or his brother, had any intention of making a signature appearance…
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Suspects of the Old Republic
We had an open-ended theme last week and, I’ll take the rap, it kinda thudded. So we’re going back to bread-and-butter subjects with source images, and mugshots have been reliable comedy inspiration in the past. The tale of a guy actually named Obiwan Kenobi getting arrested in California and charged with hit-and-run, is too good…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
The Kentucky Derby yesterday freaked me out because I realized it was already the first Saturday in May. Which means Mother’s Day is next Sunday, and I don’t have a clue for a gift to give. Do you? Good morning and welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves, the official Kotaku forum for any games-related subject.…
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Get Your GOTY: the Winners
I’ll take the blame for this. We have only 10 finalists this week because my ‘Shop Contest idea was so narrowly drawn, and invited many entries that didn’t take a lot of effort other than just slapping text on something. I think I may have outkicked my mental coverage in trying to design a contest…
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inFamous Actor Gets Back in the Mo-Cap Suit, Tips off Battle Royale Appearance
If Cole McGrath, the hero of inFamous, isn’t in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale I’d really like to see what Sony-exclusive character pushes him out. So it’s not a shocker when Cole’s mo-cap actor says that he was back in a suit filming sequences recently. In a couple of Tweets yesterday, spied by VividGamer, Eric Ladin…
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Maybe There will be an Avengers Video Game After All
Thursday, the day before The Avengers was released in U.S. cinemas, an Ubisoft contractor registered the domain “avengersbattleforearth.com,” reports the domain registry watchdog Fusible. There is, of course, no retail adaptation of the superhero film. Those who want to play an Avengers video game must wait until Zen Studios The Avengers table set arrives for…
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Xbox Live Listing Outs the South Park RPG’s Name: The Stick of Truth
Though there has yet to be an announcement from developer Obsidian Entertainment or publisher THQ, the upcoming role-playing game set in the South Park continuity appears to have a name, according to an early listing on the Xbox Live Marketplace. It’s “The Stick of Truth.” You can see its provisional cover art at the link…
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A Kotaku Reader has Big Plans, and Sees a Big Future, for the ‘Sixth Grade MMO’ He Built
If you ever complained about homework increasing as the days got longer and the weather warmer, well, the tables have been turned. Ben Bertoli is up late doing a lot of it himself as the school year ends. Bertoli, affectionately known here as the commenter GiantBoyDetective, revealed ClassRealm—described as a “sixth-grade MMO”—to the general public…
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See, Video Game Covers in the U.K. are Like This and in Australia They’re Like ƨiʜT
Because of the size and position of the Australian ratings classification for video games (CTC here is a placeholder), Ubisoft had to mirror the image of the Far Cry 3 box art, in order for us to see that poor bastard buried up to his nostrils by that psychopath, posing like a dual-wielding Le Penseur…
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Sony Survey Suggests New Games, Call of Duty: Elite May Be in PlayStation Plus’ Future
A marketing survey conducted by Sony suggests it’s pondering content changes to PlayStation Plus, potentially including free, full-size Blu Ray games on the day they release, and a free Call of Duty: Elite subscription, reports IGN. PlayStation Plus, the premium content service Sony launched in 2010, currently offers annual subscriptions for $49.99, or three-month subscriptions…
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It’s Cinco de Mayo. Here’s How You Can Get Drunk While Playing Video Games.
Cinco de Mayo? You mean, another excuse to drinko? Ok, bad joke. I may have started the festivities without you. In celebration of today’s revolutionary accomplishments, we drink. We drink while wearing sombreros and eating guacamole. I’m still waiting to try Kirk’s apparently unmatched recipe. Although, it’s hard to go wrong when there’s avocado involved.…
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What Does the Military Think of ‘Militainment’?
There couldn’t have been a better time for this panel. Tuesday brought the eyebrow-arching news that Lt. Col. Oliver North was a special guest celebrity consultant of the next Call of Duty. And Friday, former Kotaku editor-in-chief Brian Crecente was on a panel with a Navy captain at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Crecente, now…
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The Ghost for the Least
Still scratching your head over what to get Mom for Mother’s Day? Tell her you love her with Ghost Recon: Future Soldier! And flowers. And breakfast in bed. And a picnic lunch. And another Mother’s Day present. You should be able to afford one with all of the savings we’ve got in this week’s edition…
By Owen Good