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The Moneysaver: Negative Ghost Rider, The Deals Are Full
Son, your ego is writing coupons your body can’t cash. You’ve been busted, you lost your qualifications as section leader three times, with a history of high speed passes over five air control towers, and one admiral’s daughter! Hardware • Playstation Move Starter Bundle (controller, camera, Sports Champions game) is $94.99 from Buy.com through Sunday.…
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The Week In Review: So Long, Summer
A short, quiet week bridged PAX and the traditional end of summer leisure with the run up to Tokyo Game Show and next week’s heavily anticipated release of Halo: Reach. Kotaku’s PAX 2010 Coverage K Monthly – August 2010 Kotaku Talk Radio Top Stories New Xbox 360 Bundle Includes Kinect, 250GB Hard Drive Columns Well…
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Mammoth Madden Roster Update Now Live
More than 500 player movements and changes comprise Madden NFL 11’s final pre-season roster update, which is now live for both Xbox 360 and PS3. The moves account for a lively NFL training camp period. In addition to the usual trades and releases (232 cut), the game added 165 players to its overall roster. The…
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Even Emirati Can’t Resist Kinect And Lady Gaga
Kotaku reader Anas in Dubai was surprised to find a Kinect display at his local GeeKay Games, and even more surprised to see an Emirati getting down and funky to a little Lady Gaga. If you’re worried about looking silly while playing Dance Central on your Xbox 360, then you probably shouldn’t do it in…
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Researchers Teach Robots To Be Decepticons
Robots will soon be weaving tangled webs as researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology grant robots the power to deceive, which sounds like a perfectly good idea to me. People tend to get angry when I casually mention the theoretical robot apocalypse, so I generally avoid the subject. Realistically, robots are simply machines, limited…
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ESA Brief Rips California Law As Threat To Free Expression
Blasting a California statute regulating sales of very violent video games as a threat to the freedom of creative expression, the Entertainment Software Association today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the law, once and for all. The law, which sets penalties for selling or renting titles with especially violent content to minors,…
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NBA 2K11’s Demo Is Out Next Week; Halftime Show Confirmed
2K Sports is publishing its NBA 2K11 demo on Tuesday, three weeks in advance of the game’s Oct. 5 drop. The publisher has normally waited until much closer to launch to release a demo. The demo is available on Sept. 14 for the 360 and PS3 over their download services. Players will get a single…
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My Favorite Moment In Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
My favorite moment in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is a cameo by a very special alternate universe version of Spider-Man. Don’t click play if you don’t want to spoil the surprise! I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for this particular version of Spider-Man. Maybe I’m just a sucker for this sort of thing.…
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How Health Works In Diablo III
Think you can just stock up on healing potions to keep your character alive in Diablo III? Think again. Blizzard has released an in-depth guide to how health and healing help promote strategic play in the eagerly anticipated sequel. Sure there are potions in Diablo III, but they are both rare and on a timer,…
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Frank West Takes A Trip To Fortune City For Dead Rising 2
A blurry “photo” that’s appeared on Dead Rising 2’s Tape It Or Die blog shows the game’s protagonist Chuck Greene getting a little help from a journalist who has been known to cover wars. While it’s pretty difficult to tell from the screenshot, we’re pretty sure that blurry guy busting heads with Chuck is none…
By Mike Fahey
