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The World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Cinematic Introduction
Here’s the cinematic introduction to the Cataclysm expansion pack, due Dec. 7, and it features one pissed-off, tormented dragon. The video is 2:30 long. Not sure if this is the same thing that Blizzard said will be broadcast during the Cowboys-Vikings game currently in the first half. We’re capturing video from that and if it’s…
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Comic Junker
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Half a Dozen Flags We’re in the process of remaking the Sunday Comics, something well overdue for some new strips. This morning we put out a call for suggestions and in the next week we’ll be putting together a list of candidates for the community to vote on Sunday. We’ve…
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The Week In Games: Everything’s Ring-A-Ding
Fallout: New Vegas is assuredly this week’s top drop for the core, but Kirby’s Epic Yarn and EA Sports MMA also are worth a look for fans of Nintendo scrollers and simulation fighters. Today Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Wii) – A Kotaku editor’s choice, this side scroller returns everyone’s favorite pink blob to a beautifully rendered…
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How To Keep Your Man: Play Video Games
Cosmopolitan, which formerly advocated unplugging your man’s console to improve communication about feelings, now gets on the games bandwagon as a relationship builder. The survey it cites is three years old. From this month’s edition, seen via GamePro.
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Kotaku’s Top 5 List Of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Top 10 PC Games That We All Want On a Console. [Planet Xbox 360] This is a good list but I tell you, if they…
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Kinect’s Solved Its Sitting-Down Problem
The subject of much gumflapping post E3, Kinect’s ability to handle players who are sitting down has been more finely tuned, Eurogamer reports. It’s now calibrated to focus on your neck-al area rather than your ass-al area. The “base node” used to create the skeletal models that the controller recognizes has been switched from the…
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Watch Owen Get Destroyed By Yahoo! Games In EA Sports MMA
I can speak highly of the authenticity of EA Sports MMA’s Live Broadcast because, were I to fight a mixed martial arts bout in real life, I’d get wrecked exactly this bad, too. This is a demonstration of a Live Broadcast, an innovative and highly entertaining feature in EA Sports MMA, due on shelves Tuesday.…
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Think We Need New Comics? We Agree. Tell Us Your Favorites.
The tree of video game webcomics must be refreshed from time to time with new blood. Sunday Comics, begun more than a year ago, has held the same crop of features for about that long, dropping out some strips that either closed, went entirely off message, or didn’t update reliably enough. What you’ve seen today…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Mine Rescue
The rescue of 33 miners trapped below the earth for more than two months riveted the world’s attention earlier this week. Namco apologized for its video games tribute to the moment, but we won’t. This week’s assignment: ‘Shop up another game-themed commemoration of this joyous moment. Below is one of the first (likely the best)…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Who’s the thread that won’t cop out when there’s games to talk about …? TAY! You daaaaaaaamn right. Shadowstep is the weekend winner of the #taypics derby. There are six chances each week to get your handiwork featured. Just shop up this image and submit it to the #taypics hashtag. Now, shut yo mouth. Unless…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Pinkwashing Winners
I’ll confess to some trepidation offering up last week’s subject – Breast Cancer Awareness – but you folks impressed me. We had a ton of great submissions treating the subject with humor, candor, and even sentiment. For starters, Sodrohu’s “Titris” is absolutely not out of line. Given how many cute “Save the Tatas” messages you’ll…
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The Trophy List and Soundtrack For Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
The 51 Trophies For Need for Speed; Hot Pursuit have been revealed, which mean 50 achievements for the upcoming racer’s Xbox 360 version. Most of these cover in-game acts but a few require you to explore its social networking component. You can also get a look at the game’s soundtrack here. Bronze • Settling the…
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Get Your First Look At Warcraft: Cataclysm During Tomorrow’s Football Game
MMOs and the NFL aren’t exactly peanut butter and chocolate, but tomorrow they combine tomorrow afternoon to give you the first look at cinematic footage from World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Blizzard sent word that they’ll be debuting a commercial during the broadcast of tomorrow’s Dallas at Minnesota game (4 p.m. EDT/ 1 p.m. PDT, on…
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