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Kotaku Off-Topic: At Last Check
After paying the rent at the beginning of the month I noticed my supply of checks was nearing its end. I bought just one batch when I opened this account: Five years ago. Bill-pay services and debit cards have taken away a lot of the need for checks (and replaced them with a more secure…
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Super Mario Galaxy 2‘s Soundtrack Uploaded on YouTube
Someone’s uploading tracks from the Super Mario Galaxy 2 soundtrack to YouTube, under the name of Mahito Yokota, the game’s composer. Whether or not it is actually him doing this, the music’s there, and it’s beautiful listening. So far, three themes were uploaded around 5 p.m. Kotaku time. They’re all in the two minute range,…
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NHL 11 and the Canadian Hockey League Make It Official
A statement late this afternoon confirmed rumors of the past several weeks that the Canadian Hockey League, the top tier of Canada’s developmental junior hockey leagues, will have all of its teams – and players – represented in NHL 11 The CHL’s news release said that its three regional leagues – the Western Hockey League,…
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I Refuse To Call It P3P, But The Trailer Is Nice
Atlus seems to think it needs more marketing for the PSP version of Persona 3 than simply telling people it’s Persona 3, in your hand. Here’s the full trailer for Persona 3 Portable. I hereby resolve never to refer to this game as P3P, even ironically. You can’t force your silly acronyms on me, marketing…
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New Madden Screens Have Gettin’ Away From the Cops Speed
Gus Johnson, the new announcer for Madden NFL 11, singled out guys like the Titans’ Chris Johnson and Jacksonville’s Maurice Jones-Drew when asked to name the most electrifying performers he regularly sees. They highlight the game’s latest batch of screens. This is also a shameless plug for my terrible job as a color analyst, but…
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Meet The Elements Stuck In My Brain
To: Crecente From: Fahey Between my relatively new daily science posts and my 20-plus years as a fan of the band They Might Be Giants, I cannot get the song “Meet the Elements” out of my head. It’s firmly embedded, and no amount of toothpick-ear poking will dislodge it. Yes, I’ve tried my car keys.…
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New Patch Fixes MLB 10 The Show‘s Scoring Error
Runners no longer score on force-outs to end an inning thanks to a do-over patch Sony rolled to the PS3 earlier today for MLB 10 The Show The patch weighs in at almost the same size (361 MB) as the version on Tuesday that contained the glitch, so it looks like Sony just swapped out…
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A Closer Look At The No More Heroes Lingerie Line
Following yesterday’s Daily Sport article on the first collection of video game inspired lingerie, Rising Star Games delivers a set of pictures giving us a much clearer, more colorful look at the No More Heroes 2 Collection. Now that we’re getting a chance to compare the Sylvia, Shinobu and Naomi outfits to renders of their…
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The Second Age Of Airships Is Upon Us
The first age of airships died with the 36 people who perished in 1937’s Hindenburg disaster. More than 70 years later an Alabama-based company plans to launch the world’s largest inflatable craft. Is the age of airships returning? What does it take to be called the world’s largest inflatable craft? E-GreenTechnologies’ Bullet 580 is a…
By Mike Fahey
