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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome to Talk Amongst Yourselves. So it’s Friday. Just one more day until the weekend, so just hold tight and talk about some video games ’til then. Thanks again to Goldfuzzy for the image. (Twice in one week!) Wanna get your TAYpic on Kotaku? Submit your pic to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on…
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Here’s a Sneak-Peek of Hulu Plus on Xbox 360
Hulu Plus is coming to Xbox Live tomorrow, so we took a quick look to see if there were any mind-altering changes compared to similar apps like Netflix and the Zune store. Guess what? There aren’t. Anyone who’s used Netflix on Xbox 360 before will feel right at home with the Hulu interface since it’s…
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One Out Of Two Portal 2 Players On Steam Hasn’t Finished The Game
So much for Portal 2 being too short. Fans of Portal 2 may be surprised to learn that a lot of people who own the game aren’t playing it very much. Little more than half the players who bought the game on Steam have finished it and more than one in ten of them haven’t…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s that time again folks, welcome to Talk Amongst Yourselves. The place where you guys talk about video games and… that’s it. Special thanks to Goldfuzzy for the sweet L.A. Noire pic. Got a great idea for a TAYpic? Submit yours to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
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Everything You Need To Know About The PlayStation Network Hack
It has been almost a week since Playstation Network went offline because of an external intrusion Now that Sony has confirmed that it’s going to be another week or so and that personal information has been stolen from their databases, I bet you have a bunch of questions. Well, we have some answers. Drop more…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Hello boys and girls, welcome to Talk Amongst Yourselves. So it’s Friday, which means your probably looking forward to a whole weekend full of video game playing. Until then, let’s talk about them. Special thanks to Incursor for his Red Dead themed pic. Submit your pic to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how…
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New Call of Duty: Black Ops ‘Escalation’ Screens Will Give You An Itchy Trigger Finger
Here are a zoo-full of new screenshots from the next Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack, Escalation, which show off the add-on’s four new multiplayer levels; a Soviet zoo, a Cuban hotel, a Russian suburb, and an American convoy besieged by Russian troops. The new zombie map, Call of the Dead, is still shrouded…
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We May Have a Whole Bunch of Wii 2 Specs
Courtesy of IGN, we’ve gotten our hands on some details about “Project Cafe” (Or Wii 2, if saying the codename makes you feel silly). IGN says they have intel on many aspects of the new console, ranging from the hard tech to console design. According to their report, Project Cafe will have the following: •…
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And Here Comes the Game of Thrones RTS
If Sunday’s Game of Thrones premiere has got you riled up into a fantasy-themed lather, then you might be interested in checking out these new screenshots of the upcoming Game of Thrones-themed RTS, A Game of Thrones – Genesis. Sure, the game may be cashing on the increased fanfare for the series from the HBO…
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The Next Hit Music Game is Already Out There on Facebook
French developer MXP4 says they want you to “play with your music.” They just launched Bopler Games, a set of classic games on Facebook with an added musical slant. To play, choose a song from the Bopler library, (which features an inordinate amount of 80s pop) choose a game, and go. The kicker is that…
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This is the World’s Biggest Pac-Man Game
Here’s what you’re going to do when your bored at work for the next few months: The World’s Biggest Pac-Man is a brower-based version of the classic blown up to epic proportions. The game connects thousands of user-created levels like tiles to create a single immense map. Designed by web design firm Soap Creative using…
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The CEO of Ubisoft is Tired of Our Current Consoles
In an interview with MCVUK, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot lamented the lack of new development platforms, going so far as to blame the lack of new home consoles for the entire industry’s fiscal shortcomings. In the interview, Guillemot claims that Ubisoft has developed fewer new IPs of late because there is no more room for…
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Minecraft Has Already Raked In $33 Million
Responding to a question on a Reddit “ask me anything” thread, Minecraft creator Markus Persson said that his mega-popular indie brainchild has already earned $33 million dollars in revenue from over 1.8 million paid downloads. Via [Gamasutra]
By Mike Epstein