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Tuner Fits His Toyota with Mario Intake
Reader Danny Z. sent this in with a barebones description – I’m no mechanic, so I can’t tell if this is a joke or not. But that’s Mario peeking out from an MR2 Spyder’s intake. Saith Danny: i made a intake for my car. i thought i share. its made out of pvc. its pretty…
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Guess BlizzCon Tourney Winners, Win a Gaming Laptop
All you Warcraft tournament handicappers, take note – Blizzard’s Intel’s running a contest to guess the winner of three of its tournaments at the upcoming BlizzCon, and laying two Asus G50vt laptops as grand prizes. Now, I don’t have the first clue how you’d predict these winners. But if you do, or if you get…
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Weekend Coupons: A Quarter Back
‘Tis the weekend for bulk discounted savings. Not a lot of game-specific deals out there, but three big online retailers are running sales on games you might enjoy. Let’s go to the tape! Software: • GameStop’s running an online used game sale until noon tomorrow. You get 25 percent off with the promo code DEAL25U,…
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Kotaku Originals: Glum Assignments
It wasn’t much fun reporting quarterly numbers that showed nearly every major name in games having a terrible time. Fortunately, Batman, Scribblenauts and A Boy and His Blob arrived to put a smile on everyone’s face. The week that was in Kotaku’s original reporting: 2009 San Diego Comic-Con Round Up Summer of Gaming Libraries Got…
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Capcom Giving Away Autographed Snack Foods
If you know what “Pringles” means among Marvel vs. Capcom 2 players – and it’s no compliment – you can win a can of the real thing autographed by the guy who coined the term. It comes from Michael “IFC Yipes” Mendoza and was dropped in the stream-of-conscious lingo play-by-play of this MvC2 fight years…
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Chargeback Snafu Results in Warcraft Account Suspensions
A gigantic mess involving credit cards, unauthorized charges, chargebacks and an unresponsive company has suspended the accounts of many unwitting World of Warcraft players. In a nutshell, here’s what happened: first, the accounts were suspended because of “a chargeback filed against the account’s past payments.” For those not in the know, that is when a…
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The 360 Gets a $30 Chastity Belt
If you’re in a crap neighborhood where smash-and-grab burglaries are a problem, maybe this thing saves your 360 even if the rest of your stuff’s stolen. Chances are, you got ripped off just buying it. This first-ever Security Kit is $29.95 worth of common stuff you can buy at a hardware store for a lot…
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DSi Goes Retro In Chicago This Weekend
The Nintendo DSi tour bus is hitting this weekend’s Retro in Roscoe street festival in Chicago, bringing the high-tech glory of handheld gaming to a celebration of art and antiques. In addition to providing a bus full of playable DSi units, the press release says that the Mobile Tour bus is “interactive.” If this means…
By AJ Glasser
