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This Coffee Table Is A Giant Working Nintendo Controller
The original Nintendo Entertainment System controller is a thing of beauty, an exercise in simple elegance and efficiency. Apparently that’s exactly what Reddit user Cybergern’s friend Jocke was looking for in a coffee table, so he built this. With only $200 in materials and 70-100 hours of labor, Jocke transformed pieces of wood and some…
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The Escalation of Call Of Duty: Black Ops Confirmed For May
Confirming last week’s rumors, Activision and Treyarch have officially announced the Escalation map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, bringing four new maps and another harrowing zombie experience to the Xbox 360 on May 3. Here’s the news direct from Xbox Live’s Major Nelson: Today Activision has announced Escalation, the next game add-on for…
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PlayStation Hacker Geohot Settles with Sony Computer Entertainment America
Hacker George “Geohot” Hotz, the man who Sony accused of cracking the PlayStation 3 security, has settled with Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). According to a statement issued by SCEA, Hotz has “consented to a permanent injunction” against the information published by Hotz. While full details of the settlement are not yet available, it’s hard…
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Best Worst New Setting: “Call of Duty 4 Meets Universal Classic Monsters”
Wolfman! The Mummy! The Creature from the Black Lagoon! Frank Stein! When Universal describes these characters as “Classic Monsters” they aren’t joking, considering most of us weren’t even born when they were last truly dominating the horror film scene. Will the crusty old devils make for a good video game setting? According to internal documents…
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How Can Nintendo’s Next Console Possibly Compete?
In today’s gloomy and doomy Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter MtlAngelus wonders how Nintendo’s next console can possibly stay competitive in today’s gaming market. Let’s speculate, shall we? There’s rumours of a Wii 2 going around, and it’s certainly possible that such a thing might be announced soon(ish), considering that the Wii is basically a zombie…
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This Nintendo Download Goes To The Birds
Nintendo’s downloadable game output continues to be relatively small as we wait for the 3DS store to hit, but at least they’re giving us a theme to play with. It’s birds three ways in this week’s Nintendo Download. How do you get birds three ways? It all starts off in WiiWare, where today’s sole non-demo…
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Stellar Escape Almost Gets Away With It
Anyone who’s played Canabalt has thought about screwing with its controls setup. How about a double-jump? Maybe a speed burst? Maybe these things would be good, but in the end, I like knowing that it has one, press-anywhere command, and when I tell the thing to jump, it by God jumps. So here comes Orange…
By Owen Good
