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#crime I'm trying to see what the real news is here: On one hand, a Salvation Army bell-ringer stole a BB gun, two video games and a vibrator from a Kmart. On the other, Kmart sells vibrators? More »

#finalfantasy Back in late 2009, Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama wrote on his blog: "The world of Final Fantasy XIII is starting from here on out." It hinted that FFXIII DLC was on the horizon. It wasn't. More »

#loveplus In Konami's love sim New Love Plus, you can once again talk with virtual girls. Since the 3DS features a gyro-sensor, you can also move the handheld around and see things. Hello fan service? More »

#zelda While we were able last week to bring you the official Zelda timeline, courtesy of the series' new art book, it was only the barest of structures, with just game names in chronological order. Now that the book has been out for a few days, more comprehensive translations are available. More »

#bowlin Alright gang, here we go with another wild download code giveaway over Twitter, and this one is extra super special because the codes are for a game that is not even available yet. More »

#leagueoflegends Gamer clothing creators Jinx have teamed up with Riot Games competitive PC gaming sensation League of Legends to create a set of shirts that I do not understand. Do you? More »

#zelda Since the series began, Nintendo has been coy on whether there's an official timeline for The Legend of Zelda. They've said there is one, locked away in Nintendo HQ, but the fact it's never been shared - and that each game seems so wildly different from the rest - has long clouded the topic. More »

That Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword bug? Nintendo of America sent out an email fix of sorts, but its Japanese parent company is releasing an online fix. Those without internet can send Nintendo their Wiis or SD cards. [Nintendo] More »

#teamfortress I celebrate Australian Christmas with cold beer and barbecued meat. Valve, well, Valve celebrate it a little differently. In 2010 they took Team Fortress 2 all medieval, and in 2011, they're sending it into space. More »

#vita Sony is making the PlayStation Vita at a Chinese factory. And, surprise, another Chinese company is releasing a new device that looks an awful lot like the Vita. Anyone remember the iPed? More »

#zelda So Link walks into a Fairy cave, stashes some in a bottle, then just kinda...absorbs another to refill his health. Wait, absorb? That's a little vague. Wouldn't he need to...yeah. More »

#theelderscrolls A Tennessee man kicked off a White House petition on Thanksgiving urging the President of the United States to ban The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for "the safety of America's youths." More »

#ps3 PlayStation owners are now able to stage or join movie-viewing parties in PlayStation Home thanks to an update delivering Sony's Crackle network to Home's entertainment-on-demand system. More »

#zelda Violinist Lindsey Stirling has a whole bunch of YouTube videos in which she "rocks out" on her violin. She does that on her latest video, but this time she's dressed as Link and playing Zelda music. More »

#minecraft Even though the game has been available in some form or another since 2009, and has racked up over four million users, until now indie smash Minecraft has been in alpha, then beta, as first creator Markus Persson and then his development team at Mojang tinkered with the thing. More »

#supermario Nintendo packed New York City's Time Square with colorful platforms, warp tubes and piranha plants to celebrate the weekend's release of Super Mario 3D Land. More »

#humor Fake Peter Molyneux presents a trailer for a brilliantly fake game that blends bowling and survival horror to deliver something called a "cascore" experience. More »

#callofduty More than 6.5 million people bought copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in North America and the United Kingdom in the first 24 hours of its release, Activision said today. More »

#scribblenauts The fantastic image you see above is courtesy of someone named crzisme over at Reddit, and is an actual in-game screenshot! A pretty realistic representation of the Occupy Together movement, wouldn't you say? More »

#deadrising Capcom has teamed up with those magical people at Gaikai to deliver a 30 minute timed demo of Dead Rising 2 that runs in your Java-enabled web browser. Ain't technology a thing? More »

#breaking A message sent just now from Valve Corporation head Gabe Newell says credit card numbers and other personal information were compromised in a defacement attack on the Steam forums this Sunday. More »

#pokemon Some Yu-Gi-Oh fans were in their local Toys R' Us when they spotted a kid reacting...poorly to his mother's decision to not let him buy any Pokémon cards. More »

#opinion Among many of those who like to label themselves as a "gamer", there is no franchise more reviled than Call of Duty. The merest mention of its name sends people flying to post anonymous comments blasting the game as the very model of everything that's wrong with video games today. More »

#chronocross Certain games constantly get name checked when people are assembling the highlights of video game creativity. Originally released during the last days of the PS1, Chrono Cross is one of those games and Square Enix has announced that, starting today, it'll be available on the PlayStation Network in the U.S. You'll be able to download Chrono Cross for play on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. More »

#soulcalibur My favorite feature of Soulcalibur IV was the ability to create my own custom characters and see how they fare on the stage of history. Judging by these new screens, it'll probably be my favorite feature of Soulcalibur V as well. More »

Grasshopper Manufacture and social network company DeNA established a new joint venture called "Grasshopper Social Network Service" that will make social games, exclusively for DeNA's Mobage smartphone platform. More »

#vita Throughout Asia, it's common to see attractive celebrities pose with game hardware. The celebs might not be gamers themselves, but they're famous. Most can flub their way through without a gaff. Rainie Yang could not. More »

#phoenixwright Yesterday Bash gave us the first still shot from Japan's upcoming Phoenix Wright flick. Today, thanks to the sharp eyes of Kotaku tipster KingKellogg the Waffle Haggler, we see the first live action. There's a lot of Japanese in this, and that goes for the cross-talk as well as the dialogue. One word, however, seems very familiar. More »

#totalrecall You've seen the bad of the Street Fighter craze of the early 90s. Now see the good. No, not good. Amazing. More »