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The Kotaku Mixtape Vol 5: All The Cheesy Game Music You Can Handle
There is a very sick part of me that loves cheesy music and movies. I blame it on being left alone with basic cable in the 1990’s: You couldn’t change the channel without hearing some schmaltzy song playing in the background! And so today on the Kotaku Mixtape, we’re celebrating at some of the cheesiest…
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Meet the NFL’s New Uniforms—Same as the Old Uniforms?
Nike is the new maker of uniform apparel for the NFL, and yesterday saw the unveiling of the new threads for all 32 teams. And they’re … basically the same as last year’s for most teams in this tradition-bound sports institution. The Seattle Seahawks did get a makeover but, as the excellent Uni Watch by…
By Owen Good -
A Musical Tradition Unlike Any Other Makes Its Way Into a Video Game
It took several seconds for the surprise to register when I started up Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 on Saturday. The music is so familiar, I expect it on my television when I’m watching golf at this time of year. And then I realized I was hearing “Augusta,” one of the most famous themes in…
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CSI: NY Tackles the Deadly World of Competitive Gaming in the Cleverly-Titled “Kill Screen”
On tomorrow’s investigation-packed episode of CBS’s CSI: NY, Spengler, Mattock and Lady Minerva attempt to solve the murder of a pro-gaming champion in “Kill Screen”. Gives you tingles, doesn’t it? “Kill Screen”! So menacing. Sounds like the team at the New York Department of Solving Crimes is in over their heads this time. It will…
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Too Much Time and Money Can Make a Video Game Bad, Gearbox Says
What would games look like if the developers behind them had an unlimited amount of time to work on them? I’m not talking about an unlimited time in development hell, like Duke Nukem Forever. I’m talking about the luxury of not having a publisher breathing down your neck to crank a game out by the…
By Tina Amini
