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How Silicon Knights Guided X-Men’s Destiny
In this behind the scenes video for X-Men Destiny, Denis Dyack and the team at Silicon Knights explain how they went about crafting a new chapter in the tale of Marvel’s mighty mutants. There’s a trick to crafting a tale of super-powered comic book characters. On the one hand, you have to capture the breathtaking…
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The Pizza of Fortune Will Be the Key to Burnout Crash‘s Success
When I first saw the top-down arcade game Criterion Games is trying to pass off as a Burnout title, like many fans I was somewhat upset, but how can I stay angry at a game that features the Pizza of Fortune? Between some promising previews and these latest screens, I think I’m finally ready to…
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“Fired for Planking” Is More Complicated Than You Think
About a month ago, we got an email from our reader John Mazzocchi who found himself recently unemployed. He had apparently been fired for planking while on the job at the Gamestop where he had worked for almost four years. Mazzocchi posted two pictures of himself planking inside what looks like an otherwise empty Gamestop…
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Have You Considered a Career In Morally Questionable Pharmaceuticals?
Looking for a new line of work? Do you know anything about the potential harmful effects of shady experimental drugs and mad scientist-level bioengineering? No? Then you sound perfect for the Umbrella Corporation. That’s right, the fictional pharmaceutical giant and antagonist of many a Resident Evil game is kicking off a big recruitment drive today,…
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A PC Gamer Dragged Kicking and Screaming Into the Digital Age
In today’s digital-only edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter TaylorEatWorld tries to find a physical copy of a hit PC game, not knowing what a monumental challenge that is these days. I’m an absolutely furious gamer right now. Not only that, I’m of a dying breed of PC gamer.. one who likes physical copies…
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The Last Dead Island Trailer Before Everyone Dies
With a musical cue taken from the heartbreaking trailer that started all of this Dead Island excitement in the first place, here’s the final trailer for Techland’s tropical zombie apocalypse, hitting stores next week. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Believe it or not, August is over. For a lot of you, that means school starts again. Good thing TAY is here to satisfy your video game needs. Thanks to Brian H. May for the last Jester-themed TAY. September begins tomorrow, and we’ll need a new image. Don’t forget to choose a painting in the…
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An Open Letter to Team Pottermore
After almost fifteen years of waiting, I finally got my Hogwarts letter. At least, that’s what early registration to Pottermore, the new online extension of the Harry Potter world, should feel like, shouldn’t it? When Pottermore opened for early registration three weeks ago, I “tracked down the magical quill”. I validated my account. I registered…
By Jen Schiller
