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Lol, N00b
To: Luke From: Owen Re: Remember! I know everyone else on the site’s done this a dozen times over, but I’m really excited for my first E3. Got my badge in the mail this week. Travel plans were arranged last week. Already writing out questions in case I meet Reggie! Do you think I’ll meet…
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The Week in Games: Breakin’ Too
A challenger appears in American football this week;Backbreaker from 505 Games proceeds without any league licensing – or even announcers – but hopes to catch your eye with hard-hitting action. Alpha Protocol from Sega is your other major release. Monday, May 31 Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro (DSiWare) Tropico 3: Absolute Power (PC) X-Scape (DSiWare) Tuesday,…
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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. •Seven Nintendo DS games we’d love to see on the iPhone [Gamezebo] As a new DSi owner myself, my range of experience on this is…
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EA Sports Brings NHL Slapshot, Mini-Hockey Sticks, to Wii
The Toronto Sun reported today that EA Sports’ upcoming NHL game for the Wii will be called NHL Slapshot, and it will be completely different from the main game. It will also ship with a mini-hockey stick peripheral. NHL Slapshot will get a huge marketing assist from hockey great Wayne Gretzky, who will appear on…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: NASCAR Edition
Been awhile since we heard from our friend Joey Logano, whose No. 20 Toyota routinely sports some kind of GameStop hood ornament touting a current or upcoming game. Let’s fix that. Logano has a 21-race sponsorship deal and in the past has sported Split/Second, Mario Kart Wii, BioShock 2 and Modern Warfare 2 front and…
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Kotaku Off-Topic: Free the Indianapolis 500
There are only two state anthems I know. “My Old Kentucky Home,” sung on the first Saturday of May, and “Back Home Again in Indiana,” sung on the last Sunday. I’ve lived in neither of those states. Edit: A reader points out that “On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away” is actually Indiana’s state…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Google Tributes of the Future Edition Winners
Google’s playable Pac-Man anniversary logo provided the grist for last week’s ‘Shop Contest, which returned a staggering number of excellent submissions – including an actual playable logo. Whittling this down to 20 was difficult; if you felt like you should have made the final gallery, you’re probably right. We had tons of tributes to Zelda…
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NCAA Football 11 Demo Arrives Mid-June
The demo for NCAA Football 11 will arrive June 14 for Xbox 360 owners, June 15 on the PS3, according to EA Sports. No word on the matchup but past demos have featured the previous national title game participants, which in this case would be Texas and Alabama.
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Football Contenders Try for the Look of a Winner
Madden isn’t the only way to play video game football. It is the only way to play NFL football. Other games must invent teams, and their names and logos have often reinforced an outsider, expansion or even knockoff look. This was a disappointment of Tecmo Bowl Throwback. The teams had no nicknames. You were left…
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Dennis Hopper Dead At 74
Generations of movie-goers will remember Dennis Hopper as the rebel biker Billy from 1969’s Easy Rider, but we’ll always remember the late actor as King Koopa. While his video game contributions were few and far between, Dennis Hopper’s influence on the video game industry is a profound one. Along with direct contributions as a voice…
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Box Scores: An Instant Classic
Sixty seconds, 70 yards and a miracle away from a Super Bowl victory, EA Sports’ Ian Cummings rallied Jacksonville to win the greatest clash in the history of Madden NFL 11 – which won’t be out for another two months. Box Scores’ Game of the Week gets a celebrity submission this time, courtesy of Cummings,…
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Weekend Coupons: The Insider
This is not North Carolina, not South Carolina, nor Kentucky! This is the sovereign state of Mississippi’s proceedings – wipe that smirk off your face! Weekend Coupons will be part of this record, whether the hell you like it or not! Hardware • I just broke my headset, so I might take a gander at…
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The Week in Review: The Xbox Takes a New Direction
Two of the top men responsible for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 strategy left the company this week, depicted as departing on good terms, but nonetheless announced as “retiring” from the company. Robbie Bach, the former head of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, and J. Allard, a 15-year veteran described as the father of the Xbox and…
By Owen Good