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The Moneysaver: Here’s The Juice
Now, I know you think you’re the A-number one hotshot, but here’s the juice: If I take you out, ten more coupons will take your place tomorrow. They just won’t come on the bus, that’s all. Hardware • The Nintendo Wii black bundle is still $179.99 from Dell. [Dealzon] • Dell is offering the Nintendo…
By Owen Good Published August 28, 2010 -
The Week In Review: The First Kinect-ion
This past week delivered major Microsoft news: The Kinect Beta began with updated dashboard software and new hardware shipping. Pirated versions of Halo: Reach leaked, with attendant banhammer threats, but Stephen Totilo spent a full day with it, legitimately. That, plus the rest of the week in Kotaku’s original reporting: Kotaku’s Gamescom 2010 Coverage Kotaku…
By Owen Good Published August 28, 2010 -
Monty Python: The Life Of Team Fortress 2
The Knights of the Round Table song is one of the highlights of the film The Holy Grail. It’s now also the highlight of your weekend, Team Fortress 2 fans. In the same week that Python’s Holy Hand Grenades turned up in the game, Unlimited Productions have released this homage to Grail’s medieval ditty, replicating…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2010 -
Sam & Max, Team Fortress 2, Penny Arcade and Strong Bad, Together At Last
Telltale, the team behind the new Sam & Max and Monkey Island series, have a new game on the way. One that’s teasing a crossover of epic proportions. What could it all mean? We’ll find out this Thursday, according to the trailer. Feel free to sound off with your wildest dreams and wishes below!
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2010 -
What Was Your First Game?
Oh, hello there! Would you like to talk? Let’s talk. It’s Friday. Time for Tell Us Dammit. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 28, 2010 -
Starcraft II Updates Next Month
Having been out in the wild for almost a month now, Blizzard has decided that changes are in order for Starcraft II, and will soon be making a number of balance tweaks for the game’s first major update. Patch 1.1, due sometime next month, will make a number of alterations to the game’s balance, including:…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2010 -
LA Noire Slips Again?
LA Noire, a crime thriller to be published by Rockstar, was first revealed in 2005. It’s now 2010, and despite an early glimmer of hope, it’s still not out. So when will it be out? Try late 2011, at the earliest. Evan Wilson, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities, has said that following chats with…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 28, 2010 -
Florida Man Accused Of Using Xbox 360 To Solicit Child Porn
A 22-year-old Florida man faces 16 counts of possession of child pornography, after allegedly soliciting a 10-year-old boy for pictures via Xbox Live. Police say Polk City resident Timothy Hammerstone confessed to receiving naked pictures of a 10-year-old boy from California after asking him to join his online gaming group on the Xbox 360. According…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2010 -
TGIF
Don’t give me that look. You know you watched Family Matters – more than once – on the wasted Friday nights of your youth. Not a lot to say tonight. I’ve spent most of today inside chained to this monitor preparing for the weekend so – sorry! No witty anecdotes about real life because I…
By Owen Good Published August 27, 2010 -
It’s Not 2001, It’s Halo: Reach
Reader Sean was strolling down the street in his native Toronto when he spotted this monolithic hulk, which is one of the more unique game advertisements we’ve ever seen. It’s a 2001-esque cylinder that seems to exist solely to pulse a red light and point people towards Halo: Reach’s web portals. It might succeed at…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2010 -
First Videos Showcase Gameplay Of “The Jordan Challenge”
GameSpot today posted the first two videos featuring gameplay from NBA 2K11’s upcoming "Jordan Challenge," featuring Michael Jordan versus the Portland Trail Blazers in the first game of the 1992 NBA Finals. What’s intriguing to me – beyond Horace Grant’s and Buck Williams’ rec specs – is the commentary. Kevin Harlan, Clark Kellogg and Doris…
By Owen Good Published August 27, 2010 -
OK, This Gaming Tattoo Is Pretty Amazing Too
Earlier this week I posted a video of a mind-blowing gaming sleeve that a tipster sent us, saying it was the best gaming tattoo I had ever seen. Reader Adam disagreed: “I’m sorry to say but I think mine is more awesome. You can compare the tattoos yourself.” Thoughts?
By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010 -
Hump A Robot In New Vegas
Ho’in ain’t new to Fallout: New Vegas. Hell, boffing Nova in Moriarity’s upstairs was one of the first things I did in Fallout 3. The ESRB certificate for the sequel shows Bethesda’s upping the ante with hot-n-heavy man-on-machine action. There is also an extended sequence suggesting (no depiction) sexual activity with a robot (e.g., “Fisto…
By Owen Good Published August 27, 2010 -
Laurence Maroney Needs To Learn How To Edit Madden Rosters
Patriots running back Laurence Maroney is this year’s designated complainer over his Madden NFL rating, taking issue with a speed rating drop that he thinks is tied to a two-year-old shoulder injury. “They got me terrible on Madden, man. I wanna tell Madden that too,” Maroney told The Boston Globe on Tuesday. “You know what’s…
By Owen Good Published August 27, 2010 -
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Single-Player In Action
You read about the demonstration of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood’s single player I saw at Gamescom, now see the demonstration for yourself. Ubisoft could have saved me a great deal of writing by simply sending this video out last week, but I enjoy the writing, so I don’t mind having written out a long explanation of…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2010 -
Steel Yourself For Next Week’s Gauntlet
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Did You Know It’s Friday? Boy do I have a BUSY, FUN weekend of gameplaying ahead of me. I’m on my fourth play through of Dead Rising 2: Case Zero and just landed a big box of games that I can’t even talk about having yet. The entire weekend is…
By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010 -
Wii Balance Board Powers Baby-Moving Robot
Children and adults with movement impairing handicaps have access to many devices to help them get around, but what about disabled infants? Researchers have come up with a baby-moving robot that uses a Wii Balance Board as its guide. A team of researchers from Ithaca College in New York have developed a rather clever way…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2010 -
Kirk Gibson’s Home Run, Recreated In R.B.I. Baseball
Sports gamers remember the epic R.B.I. Baseball re-creation of the sixth game of the 1986 World Series. Someone’s gotten around to re-enacting an even greater World Series moment from that decade: Kirk Gibson’s home run to beat Oakland in 1988. This is one of a few moments I saw live and can recite from memory,…
By Owen Good Published August 27, 2010 -
Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms Opens For Business
Ubisoft proudly launches its first massively multiplayer online game today, as the free-to-play Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms goes live in your web browser or on your iPad. Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms is an excellent way to wait out next year’s release of Might & Magic Heroes IV. This first installment of the franchise’s…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2010