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Nintendo To Host New Year's Eve Video Telethon on Your 3DS
Nintendo plans to kick off a two day video New Year's telethon starting the last day of the year and running until the morning of Jan. 2, the company said in a note sent to 3DS owners.
"Mark your calendar for the first-ever Nintendo Video New Year's Telethon," the note reads. More »
Is Nothing Kotaku's Game of the Year?
This may sound off-key coming from the guy who nominated the 12th edition of annual sports franchise for overall GOTY last year. But I'm inclined to say "None of the above," this year. More »
Futurama's Dr. Zoidberg Versus Spider Spider-Man in a Skyrim Battle Royale
Perhaps these Dr. Zoidberg modded Skyrim mudcrabs aren't as freaky as the contorted spider Spider-Men, but their screams of agony when you kill them are pretty spot on.
Also, thanks to XtremeScope we get to see the two doing battle. More »
And the Winners of the First Annual Speak Up Video Game Awards Are...
Commenter GiantBoyDetective has posted the winners of the 2011 Speakys, the unofficial video game awards of our Speak Up forum community. Now all that's left to do is vote for Game of the Year. More »
Viacom Ordered to Pay $383 Million to Rock Band Makers
Viacom is fighting an order to pay Rock Band makers Harmonix Music Systems $383 million, or a bit more than half of the money sought by the former shareholders in a long-running legal dispute over unpaid bonuses.
The arbitration decision is the latest in a legal fight between former Harmonix... More »
Swapnote is Much More Than a Fun Way to Send Your Boss Penis Drawings With Your 3DS
When the original DS launched Nintendo gave us Pictochat, a decent local wireless program for chatting and exchanging pictures with our friends. When the 3DS launched, casual chatting was nowhere to be seen. More »
The Best Game Music of 2011: Make Your Readers' Choice Nominations!
We're coming to the conclusion of our Best Game Music of 2011 series-there are only two games left! I've been having a lot of fun writing these, and thanks to Luke and Evan for their entries as well.
As I've been doing the posts, I've been getting lots of notes from readers about game... More »
The Best Game Music of 2011: Make Your Readers' Choice Nominations!
We're coming to the conclusion of our Best Game Music of 2011 series-there are only two games left! I've been having a lot of fun writing these, and thanks to Luke and Evan for their entries as well.
As I've been doing the posts, I've been getting lots of notes from readers about game... More »
Chastened Gaming Rep Paul Christoforo Responds to Internet Infamy
"I want to clear my name. I want to get these people to stop bothering me."
That was the main message from Ocean Marketing's Paul Christoforo, a former representative for N-Control's Avenger controller attachment. He gained immediate infamy among the Internet gaming community after a hostile... More »
Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO Log Part Two: Some Sort of Jedi Mind Trick
What happens when a crazy Smuggler is joined by, a Jedi Consular, a Trooper, and a Sith Warrior in week two of Kotaku's Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO Log? More »
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