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Time to Upgrade
To: Luke From: Owen Re: The War on Phallic Graffiti Getting a review copy of Madden NFL 11 on the PS3 has made it apparent how much I need a current console of that platform. You might remember I ended up with a 20GB NTSC:J launch configuration, which my former employer had snapped up in…
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22 High-Caliber Demakes of Modern Favorites
Bayonetta as a shmup; Dead Space on the Game Boy; and Brutal Legend as, what else, a graphical adventure. There isn’t a single miss among this gallery of de-makes done over the past couple of years by Swedish artist Junkboy. Some of these aren’t new and may have been published elsewhere before. But they’re all…
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Mafia II Does It All For Kicks
Things move fast in the world of Mafia II. One minute you’re a made man, the next you’re at the bottom of a shallow grave. Which seems like a means of evidence disposal that’s out of character for the mob. That said, everything else in this trailer indicates my pile of shame will get one…
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The Week In Games: Don’t Despair
A light week for releases is headlined by Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, coming to Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday. Monday, Aug. 2 Match Up (DSiWare) Tuesday, Aug. 3 Superstars V8 Racing (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) – Codemasters brings you this racer based on the Italian Superstar Series touring championship. Also: Disney Sing It: Family Hits…
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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. •Five Interesting Playable YouTube Games [Joystick Division] Everyone discovered the Snake Easter egg on YouTube last week, but it’s not the only way to play…
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It’s All Headshots In Halo 2600
Sort of a cross between Adventure and Berzerk is “Halo 2600” by Ed Fries, a clever little timewaster that riffs on the tropes of Atari 2600 game design, especially the snicker-inducing bleep-bloop Halo Theme in the intro. Controls are arrows to move and space to shoot – but you need to pick up the gun,…
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Dirt 3 Rallies At The X-Games
Alright, I take back what I said about trashcan luge and moped biathlon. The X-Games are a strangely watchable sports spectacle, and a good platform for Codemasters to launch its official DiRT 3 trailer last night. The trailer obviously showcases the changing environmental conditions you race under when the game releases next year. That last…
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Bungie Plans Serious Penalties For Reach Ragequitters
If you’re one of those who dashboards out of multiplayer after getting backstabbed or headshot three times, take note: Bungie told Xbox 360 Achievements that it wants to remove ragequitters from the population so they won’t ruin everyone else’s fun. Brian Jarrard, the Bungie community director, said the measures will be “one of the new…
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Linkin Park Brings The Music, Medal Of Honor Brings The Beard
As promised, the Medal of Honor video, directed by Linkin Park’s Joe Hahn, featuring both live-action and gameplay sequences set to the band’s new song “The Catalyst,” went up today. Someone certainly grew an epic beard for this trailer. I’m told that’s EA producer Greg Goodrich as Rabbit, who’s been working on that badass beard…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Big Box
This week’s ‘Shop Contest suggestion comes from Nick W. We all know that online stores like Steam’s, the EA Store, Xbox Live Marketplace, don’t have physical locations. But what if they did? I’ve got six photos here pulled from Flickr’s Creative Commons, but as you can imagine, this one can go in dozens of directions,…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Big Head Mode
Big Head Mode comes back with NBA Jam this year, but why stop there. Last week’s ‘Shop Contest asked the readers to go crazy with oversized crania, and we got a whopping 699 responses. Here are the 20 best. Seepheart proved that sometimes the best ideas are the simplest. Pojodin sent in two old-school BHM’s;…
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Maintain The Link With Your Fellow Nerds
Rapper YTCracker on Tuesday put out his latest nerdcore salute – “The Link” – featuring chiptunes in the mix and a 8-bit-style music video directed and animated by Dr. Octoroc. It’s showy and little into YTCracker’s own cult of personality, but that’s the style of the music. There’s no NSFW lyrics, but the music’s loud…
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Bungie Has Flair For Original Halo PC Gamers
PC gamers who’ve kicked it old-school with Halo: Combat Evolved will get a nice piece of flair for their armor in Halo: Reach, according to plans Bungie’s made to reward loyal gamers. How it’ll be awarded, more or less, is that those who have authenticated a key for Halo: Combat Evolved on a Bungie server…
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False Alarm Evacuates Otakon 2010
Otakon 2010, the gigantic anime and Asian pop-culture convention going on in Baltimore, was completely cleared out around 2 p.m. local time by a fire alarm. Authorities report no incidents but the Baltimore Convention Center was evacuated. The attendees had to leave the building for about an hour while the fire marshal certified the premises…
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An MVP Hangs In There, With Los Muchachos Del Verano
It seems like a familiar story: a baseball veteran gets to the end of his contract, can’t sign another one, and finds new life, and love, in another country. In this case, it’s EA Sports’ long lost MVP Baseball 2005. Discontinued when 2K Sports won the exclusive third-party license from Major League Baseball, the game…
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