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Pick Bachelor Number Three, A Pigeon, in Hatoful Boyfriend
Hatoful Boyfriend puts the player in the shoes of a reasonably well-adjusted high-school sophomore girl. She attends class, studies hard, participates in extra-curricular activities, and works part-time in a café during the summer. She just happens to be the only girl, and only human, at St. Pigeonation’s, the country’s premier school for birds. Literal birds,…
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WTPT: Kick Off The Weekend With Some Laughs at the Mario Bros’ Expense
Before you clock out today, don’t miss the videos we’ve compiled for you, as well as our Gaming App of the Day. WATCH: This episode of Epic Rap Battles of History shown above features our favorite brother-duo from gaming history up against the famous Wright brothers. So, who won the rap battle? Honestly, I might…
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Fling Fowl Where No Fowl Has Been Flung Before in Angry Birds Space
Next month Rovio launches a whole new game in the Angry Birds universe … into space! More than a simple expansion pack or companion game, Angry Birds Space is a whole new game, promising a mix of innovative new gameplay mixed with familiar elements from the award-winning series millions of fans around the world have…
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Quell Reflect is a Soothing Puzzle Game for Grown-Ups
Most of the games I have on my phone are in some way frenetic. They’re filled with bold, bright colors, quick action, and noisy effects. After watching my friend’s preschool-aged niece school us all at Angry Birds, I have found myself occasionally desiring something a little more calm and adult. Enter Quell Reflect. This puzzler,…
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Perfectly Pixilated Prince of Persia Prowls the Streets of Israel
In this brilliant video from Israel’s Karahat, the hero of Jordan Mechner’s 1989 platforming classic comes to life in pixel-perfect form, right down to the stumbling animations and Mario prison romance. Maybe the Mario bit wasn’t in the original game. Everything else was, more or less. Kaharat (which means bald head, appropriately enough) isn’t just…
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Today’s Video Gaming Kids Don’t Know How Good They Have It
In today’s completely grown-up edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter DukeofWulf muses on how easy it is for kids today to fill all of that free time they’ve got with copious amounts of free gaming, the little snots. Today is a good day to be a kid. When I was young, I had all…
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Fifth Annual SOE Competition to Award $10,000 Scholarship
Sony Online Entertainment has just announced their fifth annual “Gamers In Real Life” (G.I.R.L.) scholarship competition. Although the acronym has always mildly annoyed me, I think the program itself is great. Winners receive $10,000 in scholarship funds and the opportunity for a paid internship at SOE’s San Diego headquarters. While girls and women become an…
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Video Games Could Be Super Effective Against Congenital Cataracts
Once considered the enemy of the child’s eye, recent medical research has shown that video games can have a beneficial effect on vision. Now a psychologist at McMaster University in Canada says the 40 hours of action-packed gaming could significantly improve the vision of people born with cataracts. A cataract is a clouding of the…
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Vita Launch Feels Like the “Last Dinosaur” Says Duke Nukem Forever Designer
If anyone would know what it’s like to show up late to a party it’s the man that worked on Duke Nukem Forever for over a dozen years. Fanning the flames of the smartphone versus dedicated gaming handheld debate via Twitter yesterday, Duke Nukem co-creator George Broussard compared the launch of Sony’s latest shiny gaming…
By Mike Fahey
