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The Nintendo Download is Itching for a Sword Fight
Only three actual games made it into the Nintendo Download this week, but when one of them is Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword of the 3DS you don’t really need much else. A sword fighting game that’s all about timing and strategy, Sakura Samurai tells the tale of a young boy on a quest…
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This Ghost Recon Future Soldier Gameplay Trailer is All Synchronized Sniping and Stealth Kills
The most important thing I’ve learned from watching this premiere single-player gameplay trailer for Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier is this: Be sure to turn down your dubstep before attempting a stealth kill. Sure, dubstep and other heavy electronic beat delivery systems are invaluable to military operations of the past, present, and future, but there…
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A Strong Kick in the Face to People Upset With Online Passes
In today’s profanity and insult-laden Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Skeletal-Minion tells us exactly what he thinks about people that complain about Online Passes and other used sales-thwarting measures. I’m so sick of seeing people who buy used games bitching, most recently about Kingdoms of Amalur providing some extra content for people who buy a…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Let’s strut on in to Kotaku’s official forum and talk about video games, shall we? Walk this way. Our first official TAYpic of February comes from Pan1da7 of all people! Who’d have thought he had this sort of talent in him, except for those that noticed he did every other TAYpic in January. So come…
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A Pinball Role-Playing Game? Be Still My Shiny Spherical Heart
Coming soon to Pinball FX 2 and Zen Pinball platforms everywhere,. Epic Quest is a pinball table that merges the science of the silver ball with the loot gathering, experience points, and leveling of a role-playing game. How dangerous is that concept? I can’t load up Pinball FX2 on Xbox Live Arcade without spending at…
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Hyperdimension Neptunia MK. 2 Transforms Your Handhelds into Lovely Ladies Later This Month
The Japanese role-playing game craftspersons at Compile Heart and Idea Factory give us moe, moe, moe of the anthropomorphic video game hardware ladies we’ve been looking for (foe?) when Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk. 2 hits the PlayStation 3 February 28. What a handful! By what a handful I am of course referring to the difference between…
By Mike Fahey
