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This Drunk Driving ‘Game’ Actually Has a Message
As Kotaku’s resident deplorable alcoholic, expectations for me are low enough that not only can I post something this reprehensible, it’s practically expected. So here’s the problem of drunk driving imagined as a 1990s-style game – note, this game doesn’t exist. Brooklyn comedy quintet POKYPAC is responsible for this foray into dark humor, produced last…
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Team Fortress 2 Tweaks the Drop System
Items in Team Fortress 2 will drop more frequently under changes Valve just rolled out, ones that the publisher hopes will discourage standing around idly in the game waiting for them to happen. The old system would determine, at random intervals, if you would experience an item drop. Now it determines at random when the…
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Guru, Rapper Who Portrayed Grand Theft Auto III‘s 8-Ball, Dies at 43
Keith Elam, a hip-hop artist who performed under the name Guru, died Monday after ending a long battle with cancer. Elam voiced 8-Ball, the demolitions artist with whom the protagonist escapes at the very beginning of Grand Theft Auto III. Rockstar Games noted Elam’s passing in a brief obituary on its newswire today. “Guru was…
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Atari 2600 Emulator Built for iPhone; App to Follow?
The folks behind an officially licensed Commodore 64 emulator on the iPhone are also working on an Atari 2600 emulators for the device, meaning more plink-plonk classics from the early 1980s could be on the way to you. That’s a tech demonstration of Space Invaders, Berzerk and Frogger for the 2600, played over virtual controls…
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Tecmo Bowl Throwback on Xbox Live Next Week; on PSN ‘Soon’
Tecmo’s reboot of the console classic Tecmo Bowl arrives on Xbox Live on April 28 for 800 Microsoft Points, but there’s no word yet on when PlayStation owners get in on the fun. A news release from Tecmo said only “A release on PlayStation Network will soon follow.” Throwback will deliver an old-school 2D mode…
By Owen Good
