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Movie Green Lantern Looks Slightly Less Ridiculous In Video Game Form
] While real-life Ryan Reynolds looks a tad bit goofy when donning his computer-generated Green Lantern super suit, the video game version of Reynolds might just be able to pull it off. While I’m still holding out hope that the live-action Green Lantern movie will be a runaway hit, every time I see Ryan Reynolds…
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A Tower Defense Game With A Climate Change Twist
By the time it really hits you that flash-based tower defense game Rizk is actually teaching you about climate change, you might be enjoying yourself too much to care. On the outside, Rizk is a strikingly stark and stylishly simple example of tower defense. You begin each level with a plant, tasked to ensure that…
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You Decide Which Video Games Are Displayed At The Smithsonian
Which video games deserve to be honored for their art? Heavy Rain or Final Fantasy? Grim Fandango or Fallout? In the Smithsonian’s upcoming “The Art of Video Games” exhibition, gamers decide which titles make the cut. “The Art of Video Games” is an ambitious exhibition launching at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.…
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The Nintendo Download Spreads The Love With Ninja Kisses
It’s Valentine’s Day, and you know what that means: It’s time to kiss your favorite ninja. And should your favorite silent killer prove too elusive, Nintendo has you covered with a WiiWare ninja kisser. They’re so thoughtful! Or maybe they were just grasping for straws, trying to find anything remotely Valentine’s Day related to release.…
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Come Take A Ride In Our Jelly Love Machine
The third installment of everyone’s favorite squishy physics simulation is here! Jelly Car 3 delivers new levels, enhanced car customization, ghost racing, and replay saving, but do these added features make up for the ones taken away? Jelly Car 3 is the third entry in a series of soft world physics puzzle games. The first…
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Can Multi-Platform Games Share A Single Box?
Commenter Samakar wonders if it wouldn’t be easier to package multi-platform games in a single box for a little extra, rather than release multiple packages in today’s episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku. So, I’ve been in a quandary lately, mostly because of the way things have been going money wise with gaming and revisiting some…
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This Is Why You Should Sign-Up For The Darkspore Beta
In case our hands-on with Darkspore’s action-packed single-player and competitive multiplayer battles weren’t enough to whet your appetite for the game, perhaps the full beta trailer will do the trick. Watching this trailer for Darkspore’s beta test makes me wish I had more time last week to delve into the customization facet of the game.…
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Darkspore Splices Fresh DNA Into Online Multiplayer
Spore is an amazing creative experience diluted by a broad gameplay focus. Darkspore has one focus: Building a better killing machine. I took my monster squad to task in story mode and player-versus-player combat and lived to tell the tale. Darkspore takes the popular creature creation tools from Spore and weaponizes them. That’s the simplest…
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