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When Will You Reach the End of Gaming?
A week ago, we pondered the chance of living to 100 and still playing games at that age. But even as the gamer demographic trends older, many feel like the time will naturally come when they’ll put down the controller. Sean Sands, writing at Gamers With Jobs, is one of them. He’s always been a…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Merit Badge Edition
This week word spread that the Cub Scouts were now offering video game badges. Unlike everyone else, we treated the subject seriously and sensitively at first, but now the time has come to follow the rest of the pack. Many of you suggested this, and indeed, this is amazingly fertile soil for a ‘Shop Contest:…
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Kotaku Off-Topic: The Sounds of Spring
For me, it’s not songbirds in the trees, but lawn care. Yesterday the property manager sent folks to mow and trim the grass and shrubbery, and it lasted all afternoon. Believe it or not, I like this. I am a connoisseur of white noise, and that goes from air conditioners, fans and TVs on a…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Madden Curse Edition Winners
Luke updated his debunking of the Madden Curse this week, but I still think there’s some correlation between misfortune and box art. And after griping robustly about a sports topic, y’all got down to business and proved me right. 3pmdsgn’s rookie entry wasn’t perfect, but it was timely, and anything about the Barfing Phillies Fan…
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Sony Registers ‘Infamous2TheGame.com’ Whatever Could That Mean?
I think it means the sequel to Infamous is gonna be called Infamous 2: The Game Dot Com! Look, we already knew that the PS3 exclusive had started casting voice acting for a sequel. And while it was a new title, unless the thing completely sucks a heavily hyped new IP is more likely to…
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Someone Scissor this Glitch From UFC Undisputed, Pronto
Look, I know that the “sweaty dickpunching” joke is so old, but this kind of glitch definitely does not project an image of mixed martial arts as a scientific, action-packed and, moreover, manful sport Reader Joshua J. was playing the UFC Undisputed 2010 demo as Rashad Evans, trying to put Rampage Jackson in a submission…
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Fallen Earth Studio Loses 75 Percent of Workforce
The makers of the post-apocalyptic MMO Fallen Earth lost 75 percent of their workforce in a steep “restructuring” put into effect yesterday. The studio is down to 28 employees from 110. Icarus Studios followed up with Kotaku to say that the studio remains open, and that development for an upcoming patch for Fallen Earth: Blood…
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With Baseball Stats, Trying to Synthesize Real, Fun
The more true-to-life the machine simulation, the more repulsive humans find it. That’s the “uncanny valley.” After hundreds of games I realize baseball on my Xbox 360 and PS3 will always battle that conundrum – and not in their visuals. MLB 10 The Show is acclaimed and marketed as the most realistic baseball simulation on…
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Crappy Demo No One Wanted May Be Worth a Ton Now [Update]
At the 1998 NBA All-Star Game, fans received discs with the demo for a PlayStation game called NBA 2-Ball. The game was pretty bad – possibly defective – but it’s extremely rare. So a surviving copy may be extremely valuable. A New Jersey man provided pictures of the disc to a blog that a while…
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Clash of the Titans Dated for July 27
GameStop is listing Clash of the Titans for July 27, the first official date the adaptation of the movie now in theaters. I’d like to say the pre-order includes a Harry Hamlin retro skin for Perseus, but it does not. The preorder instead gives you codes for two extra quests, which deliver you two additional…
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All Game Crazy Stores to Begin Liquidation in Two Weeks
Game Crazy, which shuttered numerous locations earlier this year under its parent company’s bankruptcy reorganization, will now liquidate and then close all remaining stores beginning in two weeks, according to the store director of one in Oregon. Posting a goodbye notice on Craigslist yesterday evening, the manager, identified as Glenn J. said that “In approx.…
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Weekend Coupons: Can You Count, Suckas?!
I say the Weekend Coupons are ours – if you can count! Hardware • Amazon is offering a free Wii Play game with Wii Remote (usually $44) when you buy Wii for $199.99. Walmart’s offer from two weeks ago, which gives you the choice of 14 other bonus games with a Wii, is still running.…
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Kotaku Originals: What’s Happening Now!!
Talk about cramming it all in at the end of the quarter. First the Modern Warfare team decided to sue Activision for the GDP of East Timor (roughly) Then it got interesting. Activision landed a big rebound hookup with a 10-year publishing deal with Bungie, who would have been in the spotlight anyway because the…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Effective May 1, Kotaku has discontinued support for April, although some remained connected to the servers and are still playing that month. Usually we pick a new piece of art to kick off a new month of TAY, but that’s Totilo’s choice, and he’s not the weekend boss. So the big reveal will have to…
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