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: Kotaku Reviews Now Running in The New York Times

nytimes.com posted by Kotaku Jul 11 2012 18:45 GMT in Gaming News

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#fromtheeic The back page of The New York Times' Arts section was almost entirely filled with Kotaku game reviews today. Thankfully, that wasn't a printer's error. More »

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new york was already shitty

: You'll Soon Be Able To Help Decide What Games Get On Steam

steamcommunity.com posted by Kotaku Jul 09 2012 19:37 GMT in Steam

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#valve Valve is crowdsourcing the approval process for its Steam distribution platform, it said today. More »

: Add The History of Sonic the Hedgehog to Your Bookshelf This October

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Jul 07 2012 22:00 GMT in Sonic the Hedgehog

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#sonicthehedgehog Amazon now is taking preorders for The History of Sonic the Hedgehog, a huge tome detailing every Sonic game, both 2D and 3D, with breakouts on spinoff games and Sonic's many cameo appearances in and crossovers to other video games. More »

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it's not what you see on the outside that counts, it's the inside
i'm the same down syndrome-looking person you've always known

: If You're Living a Virtual Lie, MTV Wants to Put You on TV

mtv.com posted by Kotaku Jul 09 2012 03:00 GMT in Gaming News

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#tv MTV is putting together a new reality TV series based on people who are living virtual lives. And not doing a very good job of it. While it'll feature people who use fake identities on sites like Facebook and eHarmony, the producers also want to feature gamers. More »

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they should put me on, seeing as I'm actually a four year old pretending to be a high school grad

AND THEY WERE NONE THE WISER

: Halo 2 High-Definition Remake Said to be In Development

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Jul 08 2012 18:00 GMT in Halo 2

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#rumor The latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine UK says that 343 Industries, maker of last year's Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (and, of course, this year's all-new Halo 4), has similar plans for Halo 2. More »

: Somewhere, There's a Paper Mario Joke to Make About These Adorable Paper Zelda Figurines

reddit.com posted by Kotaku Jul 06 2012 16:00 GMT in Gaming News

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#zelda Clearly, artist George Alexopoulos does not have a cat. If he did, these gorgeous paper figurines would have a half-life of approximately half a second. And that would be a shame indeed. More »

: Meet the Pyro's LEGO Fantasies

brothers-brick.com posted by Kotaku Jul 06 2012 07:30 GMT in Team Fortress 2

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#lego Team Fortress 2's Pyro is a...unique character. It sees things inside that mask that may be better off left unseen. More »

: The Terrifying 'Slenderman' Goes from Meme to Free Horror Game

mcvuk.com posted by Kotaku Jul 05 2012 18:00 GMT in Gaming News

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#slender Let us never underestimate the internet's ability to come up with freaky crap. The vast reach of the web creates mysteries as often as it dispels them, and sometimes those mysteries are truly scary. More »

: New Power Rangers Game Is Further Proof the DS Ain't Dead

jefusion.com posted by Kotaku Jul 05 2012 02:00 GMT in Gaming News

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#japan Long live the Nintendo DS! One of the, let's be honest, best gaming platforms ever is getting a new game: a Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters for the DS. Since Nintendo DS games can run on the 3DS and since most little Japanese kids have a DS, it's pretty smart of Namco Bandai to put this out on Nintendo's last gen handheld. The game is out this September in Japan. More »

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You could try moving there and see how much worse you could make that place. I'm sorry, that was mean.

: Fake Gamer of the Week: Girl Who Stores Game Controllers In Her Underwear

shutterstock.com posted by Kotaku Jul 02 2012 20:01 GMT in Gaming News

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#gameface We've all been there, Girl Who Stores Game Controllers In Her Underwear. Sometimes, it gets really hot outside. You're sitting in your apartment in your underwear, playing some video games to make the sweltering afternoon go by faster. More »

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guess that means there are six billion wrong answers huh nas.

: Mega Man Meets Adventure Time, And I Think My Heart Just Burst

clearlywrong.tumblr.com posted by Kotaku Jun 26 2012 22:00 GMT in Gaming News

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#gif Take a deep breath, people. Or your heart might implode from pure, awesome, megamatical delight. Also look how cute they look! Squeeeeeee, okI'mdone. More »

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Dim I think you won.

: No, E.T., No! Run Away Before Gordon Freeman Whacks You With The Crowbar!

henrytheworst.tumblr.com posted by Kotaku Jun 26 2012 17:30 GMT in Half-Life

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#screengrab His finger-point introduction says "yes," but his fidgety shake of the crowbar says "yes, I will kill you now." More »

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that might have made it slightly better

: When a Dog Eats a Nintendo 3DS

tinycartridge.com posted by Kotaku Jun 26 2012 02:00 GMT in Nintendo 3DS

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#3ds NeoGAF user Joe Prodigy left his 3DS alone in a spot where his dog, Loki, could get it. So, yeah. Loki ate the 3DS. More »

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^ It isn't the dog, is it?

: Now THIS is Okami in HD

deadendthrills.com posted by Kotaku Jun 25 2012 03:00 GMT in Okami HD

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#okami After years of people asking, Capcom and Sony are finally releasing Okami in high definition on the PS3. While we've seen some screens of the project, they still look a little...jaggy. Maybe not as "HD" as people were hoping. Definitely not as gorgeous as these screens. More »

: Valve and Adult Swim Collaboration Premiering Next Week

adultswim.com posted by Kotaku Jun 22 2012 18:50 GMT in Team Fortress 2

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#blip Valve, the people who make Team Fortress 2, and Adult Swim, the beloved block of Cartoon Network shows for grown-ups, are teaming up for something TF2-related. It's happening next week. That's all we know! Fail to learn much more here. More »

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hmmmm

: Nintendo Isn't Making the New Smash Bros.

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Jun 22 2012 03:04 GMT in Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS

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#breaking Today, Nintendo announced that thew new Smash Bros. for the Wii U and the 3DS will be developed by Namco Bandai Games. Masahiro Sakurai is helming the project. More »

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yoda for smash bros

: A Video Game Comedian's Music Video, Featuring More Dancing Than You Can Shake a Stray Ass At

superpunch.blogspot.com.au posted by Kotaku Jun 22 2012 07:00 GMT in Our Lord and Savior, Keith Apicary

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#humor Regardless of your thoughts on underpants or Neo Geo cabinets, there's one thing we should hopefully all be able to agree on: video game comedian Keith Apicary / Nathan Barnatt can dance. More »

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what? Keith Apicary has an iPhone? i am dissapoint

: Nintendo is Releasing Mario DLC. That You Pay For.

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Jun 22 2012 04:16 GMT in Gaming News

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#nintendo Hi, Nintendo. Welcome to the DLC era. More »

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: Check Out This Unbelievable Performance of the Mario Theme on Wineglasses. Wineglasses.

en.wikipedia.org posted by Kotaku Jun 22 2012 00:15 GMT in Gaming News

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#mario This one has been out in the ether for a little while now, but somehow I hadn't seen it. Which means that I hadn't lived, because damn. More »

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dang

: Quantum Conundrum: The Kotaku Review

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Jun 21 2012 16:00 GMT in Quantum Conundrum

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#review Let's just get this out of the way: Yes, Quantum Conundrum is a first-person puzzler, just like Portal. Yes, it was designed by Kim Swift, the project lead on Portal. And yes, it shares some of Portal's core traits: there's a physics-altering arm device, a goofy omniscient narrator, and an alarming number of buttons that need to be pushed. More »

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looks like a Portal mod

: Our Lady of the Mushroom Kingdom Turns Mario Into Religious Iconography

geek-art.net posted by Kotaku Jun 12 2012 06:00 GMT in Gaming News

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#mario French artist Soasig Chamaillard has taken some standard images of Christian worship - statues of Mary - and jazzed them up a little, adding a pop culture focus to something that was once purely spiritual. More »

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: The Surprisingly Simple Story Behind What Might Be The Last Great Wii Game

en.wikipedia.org posted by Kotaku Jun 15 2012 19:00 GMT in The Last Story

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#randomencounters Nintendo has an annoying tendency to keep games all to themselves. Over the past few years, the Japanese company has sat on the rights to much-requested series like Mother, Fatal Frame, and Fire Emblem, stubbornly refusing to translate and ship them over to U.S. shores. More »

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: Reggie Shows Jimmy Fallon How to Flick Throwing Stars with the Wii U Controller

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Jun 16 2012 15:00 GMT in Wii U

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#wiiu This week, Jimmy Fallon's Late Night provided a kind of victory lap for video gaming's heavy-hitting brands coming out of E3. "Video Game Week" on the show wrapped up last night with Reggie Fils-Aime, the boss of Nintendo of America, giving Fallon some hands-on time with the Wii U. More »

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: This Song Goes Out to All the Proud Pony Lovers

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Jun 19 2012 22:45 GMT in Gaming News

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#mylittlepony I don't care how you feel about grown men and women enjoying a harmless cartoon show, this much passion for anything should be celebrated. More »

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I refuse to look at this topic title, we're not having this. Purge begins now

: A My Little Pony E3 Would Have Been a Fine E3 Indeed

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Jun 11 2012 20:00 GMT in Gaming News

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#mylittlepony You know what was missing from E3 2012? The same thing that's been missing from E3 for the past couple of years: My Little Pony. YouTuber LeFrenchBrony envisions an E3 where Reggie Fils-Amie took the stage at Nintendo's E3 presser and was met by the deafening sound of thousands of stomping hooves. More »

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Good job, Kotaku!

: Nintendo's Top People Are Discussing Ways To Make Their New Games More Like Their Old Ones

gamasutra.com posted by Kotaku Jun 14 2012 17:00 GMT in Wii U

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#shigerumiyamoto There was something magical about Nintendo's earliest Mario and Zelda games. Something simple. Something pure. Something Nintendo has gotten away from. More »

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nintendo: we want the call of doty audience

: This Guy's Portal Gun Actually Works, Turns His House Into a Test Chamber

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Jun 12 2012 07:00 GMT in Portal

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#portal Jason Craft recently purchased a Portal Gun from Aperture Laboratories. Not a toy. A real one. You can see it in action in this video, where he tests it out with a few friends. More »

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Really I wish they had to work a lot harder to produce the same result.

: Meet the Next Generation of Graphics: Unreal Engine 4

kotaku.com posted by Kotaku Jun 08 2012 12:30 GMT in Unreal Engine 4

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#epic Epic tonight gave the world its first look at Unreal Engine 4, the skeleton that - if this generation of hardware is anything to go by - a lot of your next-gen games are going to be built around. More »

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OMGRAPHICS. lighting and particles to make manly man games