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Shaun White Skateboarding Will Change The World
Shaun White Skateboarding won’t just give players the chance to live out their skateboarding fantasies this fall; it’ll give them the power to transform an entire city into the skate park of their dreams. I was playing Skate 3 this past weekend when it occurred to me that I didn’t like the Skate series, or…
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A Visual Guide To The Role-Playing Game
In case you needed a quick primer on the who’s who and what’s what of the role-playing genre, or just want something pretty to hang on the fridge, here’s The Kotaku Genre Guide to Role-Playing Games. Consider this a round-up of some of the key info you need to know to stay abreast of the…
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A New Challenger Enters Super Mario Bros. Crossover
A deadly assassin stalks the back alleys of the Mushroom Kingdom, as Exploding Rabbit adds a new challenger to popular Flash game mash-up Super Mario Bros. Crossover. Those poor Goombas will never see it coming. During a recent interview, Crossover creator Jay Pavlina explained that several characters had to be cut from the game’s initial…
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Mecho Wars Creator Goes HD With Reaper
Luc Bernard, the man behind the pretty yet flawed Eternity’s Child and the well-received Advance Wars clone Mecho Wars for the iPhone is thinking big again with Reaper, a gorgeous new 2D action-adventure game. Eternity’s Child was a charming little game that lacked depth and polish. Mecho Wars was a strategy game with some great…
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Game Nation: A Massively Multiplayer Offline Role-Playing Game
Game Nation is gearing up to make your live-action role-playing dreams come true, now scouting locations for the world’s first “Experiential Video Game Theme Park and Resort.” Sounds like some expensive LARPing to me! In 1981, Larry Niven and Steven Barnes produced Dream Park, a novel about an interactive role-playing game resort, where players participate…
By Mike Fahey
