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Kotaku Originals: Insanity Ward
The onslaught of news this week was enough to send anyone to the nuthouse. Activision sacking Infinity Ward’s founders takes the gold, the PS3 clock error the silver, and Portal 2 a hard-fought bronze. The week in Kotaku’s original reporting: Activision vs. Infinity Ward Founders Ex-Infinity Ward Heads Claim “Orwellian” Moves By Activision Infinity Ward…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
If this image looks familiar, we had some technical difficulties delivering today’s version of the Talk Amongst Yourselves art. Which sucks, because I had a hell of a joke worked out. Anyway, the starter image is like the frame of a painting. You guys are that painting. Enjoy your canvas for talking about anything in…
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This Gaming Rig Has Four Tires, Multiport Fuel Injection
At least dad here doesn’t look like a doofus flailing the Wiimote. He’s still got the swervy hands and overbite that indicate the the guy was told to look like he’s playing a video game, not actually play one. We’ve seen N64’s played in a minivan, but it’s control scheme was pretty straightforward. I have…
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Games Provide Comfort to Chilean Woman Pulling Through Quake
A Chilean woman coping with the devastation wrought by last week’s earthquake has looked to games to provide some comfort and normalcy, and a fragile World of Warcraft collectible that somehow managed to survive is her symbol of hope. Karen, the gamer, was not near the worst of the shaking – she’s in Santiago, some…
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Twin Galaxies Founder Retires
Walter Day, a former oil industry executive so captivated by the video game craze that he founded an arcade that would later become the international sanctioning authority for record high scores, has retired from his creation, Twin Galaxies. Day, 61, has chosen to leave to pursue a music career, an avocation featured in Day’s appearance…
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DSi XL Versus iPad: The Battle of the Bigger Versions
The Nintendo DSi XL comes out on March 28; the Apple iPad on April 3. Both are essentially bigger versions of things that already exist, but how much of an improvement are they really? We know that comparing the Apple iPad to the Nintendo DSi isn’t exactly fair, but we aren’t comparing the two devices…
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Majesco Faces NASDAQ Delisting — Again
Majesco’s share price has again wandered south of Wall Street’s Mendoza line, prompting NASDAQ to tell the maker of Cooking Mama to get it back north of $1 or face delisting from the exchange. Sound familiar? Majesco got the same notice back in August 2008. The company’s share price closed today only marginally below a…
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Jaffe: Sony Lawyers Should Start Sending Out Some Letters
On his blog, David Jaffe writes that similarities between Microsoft’s upcoming Scrap Metal and Sony’s Twisted Metal, as well as the film title “War of the Gods,” should both rate “a sternly worded legal letter,” from Sony’s lawyer-mans. Jaffe, the designer who directed both Twisted Metal and God of War emphasizes that he doesn’t own…
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How To Score Your Red Dead Redemption Preorder Bonus
The results are in for Rockstar’s choose your own Red Dead Redemption preorder outfit, but you’re not getting your Deadly Assassin just by entering a code. This here’s the Wild West, and you’re gonna have to jump through some hoops. Not only does the Deadly Assassin outfit look damn fine, it also allows your character…
By Mike Fahey