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Writing ‘Sweets’ Summons Scribblenauts Truffles
While not cake, these confections define the idiomatic dilemma of choosing to have one or eat it. Ana Fuji’s amazing truffles tackle many themes, games among them. On the jump, Pokémon, LEGO and, yes, Super Mario truffles. Mario and Pokémon Truffles [Sprite Stitch, thanks Jane]
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Speed-Skating Plagues Modern Warfare 2 [Update]
So, we’ve had the Javelin glitch – a bad enough exploit to get people banned for using it. Now Modern Warfare 2 players report they’re seeing sped-up players and iced-over surface physics. Update: The problem should be fixed by now. [Update, 3 p.m.] Via Twitter, Robert Bowling has explained that this was not a glitch…
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Bad Company 2’s PC Beta Gets a Snow Date
DICE mentioned this Thursday; PC gamers will begin their Bad Company 2 beta on Jan. 28. It had been delayed because of the popularity of the PS3 beta. The beta will test vehicle combat on a snow map The beta runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 25 and will feature the Port Valdez map in…
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Ding Dong, It’s Another BioShock 2-o-Gram
A month before its release, special deliveries from the BioShock 2 viral website are still showing up at people’s doors. This time, the packages contain a chess piece and a coded telegram from the “International Order of the Pawns.” Reader J.P. says way back in September he wrote to the address one finds on the…
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A Look Inside the LEGO Universe
A massive profile of NetDevil by the Denver alternative weekly WestWord turns up some interesting tidbits about the LEGO MMO the studio is building. The piece, by Joel Warner, is a serious deep dive into not just NetDevil, but also the LEGO culture it seeks to tap with LEGO Universe, a project that has been…
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EA to Release Three More Game Soundtracks for Download
Over the next month EA Recordings will roll out soundtracks for three of the publisher’s big upcoming releases, releasing music for Mass Effect 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Dante’s Inferno via digital download. Mass Effect 2’s soundtrack will release Jan. 18, (the game is out Jan. 26), likely via iTunes, reports Gametunes.Net. It will…
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Ships Named for Star Trek Online
Cryptic held a contest to develop names for three ship classifications in its upcoming Star Trek Online MMO, and the winners have been announced. The winners get the game and a special in-game title for their characters. Here are the ships, identified as Tier 5 vessels: EMISSARY CLASS (pictured) Emissary Class Star Cruisers are the…
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Just How Much Punishment Can a NES Cart Take?
Inspired by a three-year-old Kotaku article, Canadian blogger Rinry subjected eight NES carts to varying forms of torture to see just how durable the goods were. Seven of them were still fully playable. This is a long, but very watchable (and well made) video. Plus you get to hear Rinry say “out” and it’s always…
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Ron Jeremy: Games a “Bigger Negative Influence” than Porn
The AVN Adult Entertainment Expo is the other big show in Vegas this weekend. At a CES 2010 panel debate, porn pioneer Ron Jeremy took on an anti-porn activist and threw games under the bus to make a point. Jeremy, who has the most improbable physique (not to mention amount of backhair) for a guy…
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Pay a Penny for Crayon Physics
Indie hit Crayon Physics Deluxe turns 1 this month, and developer Petri Purho is offering it at a name-your-price sale similar to what World of Goo ran back in October. So, once again, if you feel like being a heartless bastard and paying just one cent for this PC game, that’s your prerogative. If you…
By Owen Good