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Didn’t Feel the Earthquake? Here Are 5.9 Games That Let You Recreate It
Earthquakes are great and terrible forces, destroying homes, claiming lives, and reminding humanity as a whole that this planet we crawl across isn’t as solid as it seems. The east coast of the U.S. found that out today. For the rest of us, there are video games. While the rest of Kotaku‘s east coast crew…
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Creator Commentary Makes This Final Fantasy XIII-2 Trailer a Learning Experience
You’ve seen this Final Fantasy XIII-2 trailer before, but you’ve never seen it with informative commentary from a pair of Japanese gentlemen. Let’s see what producer Kitase Yoshinori and director Toriyama Motomu have to say! That is, of course, if you understand Japanese. Otherwise you’ll just have to sit here with us slow kids and…
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Watch This Gorgeous Portal Fan Film Right Now
If Chris Nolan directed the opening of a Portal film (and Hans Zimmer scored it), I suspect it would look a little something like “Portal: No Escape”, a gorgeous and intense fan film set in the world of Aperture Science. (It wasn’t Nolan, though. It was Dan Trachtenberg!) [via Superpunch]
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Ubisoft Breaks Their Own Record for Playable Games at PAX
Ubisoft is coming to PAX this week with nearly a dozen games and a slew of freebies. They say it will be their biggest line up for the annual show to date. Ubisoft will occupy four booths, all of which will be different from the last, showcasing eleven unreleased video games. The line-up consists of…
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East Coast Earthquake? QUICK! To Twitter!
An Earthquake hit Virginia today, and we felt tremors all up and down the east coast. Instead of seeking shelter or whatever you do when an earthquake hits, the games industry took to twitter to make jokes. Seems reasonable to us. Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games Pete Hines, Bethesda Michael Zenke, Sony Online Entertainment Eric Zimmerman,…
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These Gaming Glasses Have Modern Warfare 3 Written All Over Them
Modern Warfare 3 is going to sell millions of copies when it hits gaming retailers this November, and those millions of players are going to need quality gaming eyewear. Or at least that’s how gaming glasses maker Gunnar Optiks sees the world, and they’re prepared for those lens-craving gamers with the limited edition Call of…
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Bastion‘s Narrator Has A History With Portal 2‘s Cave Johnson
Bastion‘s deep voiced narrator Rucks is a serious guy, full of insight and detailed information to help the Kid rebuild his world. Turns out he’s not the only technological maverick in this universe. In this video Rucks gives an account of his history with Aperture Science founder and lemon enthusiast Cave Johnson. At least their…
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Lawyer Blames Games Addiction For Case Flubs
A Pennsylvania lawyer is blaming an addiction to video games for his shoddy work on a multitude of cases, the York Dispatch reports. Matthew Eshelman, a 43-year-old now suspended-lawyer, was fired from his firm in 2007 because of multiple cases that he flubbed on because his attention was split between his job and his addiction…
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Everyone Can Hear You Scream at the Aliens: Colonial Marines Debut Trailer
When a handful of Colonial marines face-off against a never-ending swarm of acid-blooded xenomoprhs, the ending is never pretty, and rarely happy. Here’s the debut trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines The terror of the original films comes flooding right back as this trailer unfolds, lending creedence to Luke Plunkett’s observations from Gamescom last week. This…
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First Ever Dota 2 Championship Winner Revealed
Valve’s yet-to-be released Dota 2 has its first champion. The publisher held a tournament for the still-unreleased game at the Gamsecom video game conference last week. It wrapped up over the weekend. There are spoilers ahead, in case you haven’t looked up the winner yet. The 16 top-ranking Dota teams from around the world battled…
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Diablo III Furries Mill About at Gamescom
Gamescom was invaded by the depths of hell this weekend. But it was mostly a low-key affair. Diablo III demons of all types appeared at the misty Blizzard stage. The horned creatures mostly just walk around the stage in this video, sometimes menacing at folks in the audience. These fury monsters entertained the crowd in…
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Let’s Imagine the Ultimate Video Game Arcade
As video game arcades across the country blink out like lights on an artificial discount store Christmas tree, commenter Blessrok asks us to imagine the arcade of our dreams in today’s short but sweet Speak Up on Kotaku. I have an interesting question for everyone. Arcades, I love em, you love em, but they’re all…
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iPad 2 “About Half” as Powerful as Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Says Man Who Would Know
The iPad 2 is “about half” as powerful as modern games consoles like the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, according to graphics genius John Carmack. In an interview with Tom’s Hardware, Id Software’s John Carmack—one of the most knowledgeable, influential, and affable graphics programmers of the last twenty years—spoke at great length about the power…
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Rise From Your Graves, It’s Black Ops Rezurrection Day
It’s time to strap on your space suit, dual wield your space guns, and take out some space zombies on the moon, as Activision and Treyarch launch the all-zombie Rezurrection map pack for Black Ops on the Xbox 360. What you see above is perhaps the most bizarre Call of Duty screenshot I’ve ever posted,…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Howdy fellow game seekers and welcome to another edition of your favorite forum! Gamescom is long over, but PAX starts this weekend! A lot of new game info to talk about. What are you most excited about? New Vita games? PS3 price drop? Any info you’re especially looking forward to at PAX this weekend? Let…
By Max Abrams
