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New ‘Late Night’ to Treat Game Debuts Like Movie Premiere
Jimmy Fallon, who takes over “Late Night” from Conan O’Brien beginning on Monday, says the show under him will cater to the interests of a younger audience “into tech stuff, gadgets, video games.” Speaking to Movieweb, Fallon – the former Weekend Update anchor on Saturday Night Live – says appealing to the coveted 18-to-34 year…
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L.A. Times Asks State to Let a Bad Law Die
Calling California’s violent video games law “an embarrassment,” the L.A. Times says the state shouldn’t create another by appealing its overturning to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Times pointed out the law’s obvious flaws – too broadly defined, zero causal link between violent games and the harms claimed, etc., before winding up with the common…
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Rock Band 2 on PS3 and Wii Dated for UK
Our friends across the pond who don’t game on the 360 will be pleased to learn Rock Band 2‘s finally gotten its Great British release dates. PlayStation 3 and PS2 gamers get the game March 27; Wii gamers will see it April 24. The game had been Xbox 360 exclusive in the UK since its…
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Weekend Coupons: Here to Console You
So Lost Planet is $5 on Steam and Warhawk’s down to $20 on PSN. That we knew. What other values can be had out there? • For those waffling on getting into PS3 gaming, Best Buy is hoping a console bundled with either Guitar Hero III or Guitar Hero; Aerosmith (game and guitar) AND a…
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No, Apple is Not Resurrecting the Dreamcast
But this is a working Dreamcast inside an iMac G3 case. Modder logicdustbin had some spare G3s and a 15-inch LCD monitor laying around, had a moment of inspiration, and soon the iCast was born. “So I started taking shit apart,” he says, and seeing the monitor fit in nicely the Dreamcast was the next…
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EA Honcho: “We Didn’t Make Hits” in ’08
Remember EA boasted that last year it put out 15 games getting 80 or better on Metacritic? Guess that’s no longer an operative statement. A senior exec told investors “We didn’t make hits” last year. John Pleasants, EA’s chief operating officer, told a Goldman Sachs conference last week the company’s plans for success last year…
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Kotaku Originals: Punch Out and PSP
Significant announcements for the PSP and Nintendo led the charge this week. Buzz about a UMD-less PSP almost outshone word of major titles releasing on Sony’s handheld and Ninty’s upcoming catalog. The week in originals: PSP Three Reasons This Could Be the PSP’s Year LittleBigPlanet PSP to Feature Creation, Interoperability With PS3 Perry: PSP 2…
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Five Uses For This Wrath of the Lich King Art Book
The Cinematic Art of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is an art book any WoW fan would be proud to have in their home. Here are some fashionable suggestions about what to do with it when you get it. Cinematic Art provides a very pretty look at the behind-the-scenes development of WoW’s…
By AJ Glasser