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  Spanning the Globe to Bring You the Constant Variety of Sportaku

  From the Worldwide Leader in Sports … Video Games, your 6 p.m. Sportaku begins now.

  By Owen Good Published June 14, 2012
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  Hey, Natural Selection 2 Players: Visit The Bar In This Fancy New Map

  It’s dark, it’s light, it’s green, it’s red. It’s full of aliens that want to eat you (or marines that need to be eaten). And there’s a bar where you can go to wash away your woes of losses in liquid happiness. Meet the reveal of the new Docking map. You can play it as…

  By Tina Amini Published June 14, 2012
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  How Do You Measure the Value of a Video Game?

  Some of us play games without worying about how much they cost. Others, like commenter Sol, want to make sure they’re getting a fair amount of entertaiment for their money. How do you measure the value of a video game? Is there any way you guys quantify whether you get your money’s worth on a…

  Speak Up Published June 14, 2012
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  Now I Really Want To Play Medal of Hodor

  Hodor hodor hodor hodor this game. Hodor would hodor hodor. Hodor! Hodor hodor hodor. Hodor? Hodor hodor hodor. Hodor. Hodor Jason Tedeschi

  By Jason Schreier Published June 14, 2012
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  Papo & Yo Is One Designer’s Reaction to Corporate Video Games’ “Culture of Fear”

  Not many games look and feel like Papo & Yo. If you need to categorize it, you can call the upcoming PS3 exclusive a magical realism puzzle platformer. It’s a game where you put cardboard boxes on your head to get hints and move houses to get across gaps. But, from what I played over…

  By Evan Narcisse Published June 14, 2012
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  Tyrion Lannister’s Greatest Moment, In Video Game Form

  A couple of weeks ago, Chris made some gifs of the best ultraviolence from Game of Thrones‘ “Blackwater” episode. Yesterday, he put together these fantastic gifs of Mad Men reimagined as a video game. On something of a dare from one of our lovely Kotaku commenters, Chris has now combined the two ideas, rendering Tyrion…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 14, 2012
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  Why “Jungle” Is A Verb, And Other Things I Learned About League of Legends

  The last thing I did at E3 last week, before going to LAX and heading home, was to meet with some gentlemen from Riot Games. They greeted me warmly and offered me a seat on the sofa and some coffee, then asked: “So, what do you know about League of Legends?” “Honestly?” I blurted the…

  By Kate Cox Published June 14, 2012
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  A Mother’s Inferno Makes Players Fight Through Grotesque Stages of Grief

  Having recently become a parent, I can say that the loss of my child is one of the most terrible things I can imagine. I don’t know if I’d want to play that tapping into the emotions surrounding such an event. But, at E3 last week, our own Chris Person took a look at the…

  By Evan Narcisse Published June 14, 2012
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  Is This a Screenshot from Limbo 2 or Just The View From My San Francisco Window

  I live out in the western part of San Francisco, and some mornings we get a lot of fog. “A lot” of fog to a San Franciscan is more fog than most people would even know what to do with. In the summer, there’s often a sort of “burn-off” in the morning hours, when the…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 14, 2012
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  Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Breathes New Life Into Classic Characters

  Transformers is not just about giant robots shooting other giant robots. It’s about giant robots shooting other giant robots with character. During a presentation of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron last week, High Moon Studios showed me a fast-paced action game filled with rich characters that never came across as robotic. I mean, who cares if…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 14, 2012
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  You Must Watch This Hilarious Video Game Web Series

  Over the past few weeks, the funny folks over at Dorkly have been running a great web series called Best Friends! Videogame Club. I won’t waste your time with an in-depth description: all you need to know is that there are a bunch of best friends and they like to play video games together. Here’s…

  By Jason Schreier Published June 14, 2012
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  Pettington Park Is Not Doom for Doggies and Kitties, Even Though John Romero’s Involved

  The latest game from one of the architects of the first-person-shooter genre probably isn’t what you expect. There are no BFGs, no demons and no space marines. There is conflict of a furry nature, though. John Romero’s Loot Drop studio—founded along with fellow designer and academic Brenda Brathwaite—has partnered with Zynga to release Pettington Park…

  By Evan Narcisse Published June 14, 2012
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  Spider-Man, Mega Man X2, Mad Dog McCree… Nintendo Download, are You Trying to Seduce Me?

  Your lackluster performance at E3 2012 is completely forgotten, Nintendo, for you have brought the glory of Mad Dog McCree upon the 3DS, given Wii owners Mega Man X2 , and given portable players an early taste of The Amazing Spider-Man Yes, I realize Nintendo has nothing to do with the creation or development of…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 14, 2012
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  With Metal Gear‘s Splendid Vita Version, I Finally ‘Get’ Portable Console Gaming

  Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is a true gaming classic, held up by many as not just the best game in the Metal Gear series, but one of the best games ever made, period. In just the past six months, I’ve had several different opportunities to finally play the game. There was the PS3…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 14, 2012
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  This is What It Looks Like to Lose Your Level 60 Diablo III Character Forever

  Aw, man. This is rough. Diablo III‘s hardcore mode is not for the weak-willed or the unfocused. It’s not for the casual or the stoned. It’s a winner-take-all, loser-take-it-on-the-chin setup where a single death kills your character forever, no matter how far you’d made it in the game. And so it’s all the more heartbreaking…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 14, 2012
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  Songlines Makes Creating a Beautiful Video Game World As Easy As Waving Your Arms

  The best-looking Kinect game at this year’s E3 wasn’t at Microsoft’s massive booth. Instead you had to go to the IndieCade area to see the kaleidoscopically beautiful Songlines. It’s a game based on the Australian indigenous myth of the dreamtime and lets you create unique colorful landscapes. In a year when Microsoft didn’t emphasize its…

  By Evan Narcisse Published June 14, 2012
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  Nintendo’s Top People Are Discussing Ways To Make Their New Games More Like Their Old Ones

  There was something magical about Nintendo’s earliest Mario and Zelda games. Something simple. Something pure. Something Nintendo has gotten away from. Shigeru Miyamoto, the man who led the creation of those first games and is still the chief game design force at Nintendo knows this. He’s noticed that Nintendo’s big games have been slow-starters, that…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 14, 2012
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  ‘Indie Game: The Movie’: The Kotaku Movie Review

  “Indie Game: The Movie” has finally been released into the wild. The much anticipated documentary centers on the creation of Super Meat Boy and Fez, along with the men responsible; Edmund McMillen, Tommy Refenes, and Phil Fish. It also seeks to enlighten the general audience on the magical work of independent games as a whole.…

  Matt Hawkins Published June 14, 2012
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  Creepy Dude Stalks and Terrorizes DayZ Players. Hilarity Ensues.

  Arma II mod, DayZ, has spawned a ton of abnormally fun rounds, with players partaking in all sorts of activities outside avoiding and killing zombies. But this one guy who stalks and terrorizes two players might be my favorite so far. He runs around in circles, chases them, and mumbles some really non-sensical, funny-yet-disturbing words…

  By Tina Amini Published June 14, 2012
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  This Is About As Close To Zelda As Your Phone Can Get

  Unless you’ve hacked your iPhone and turned it into a jailbroken, SNES-rockin pirating party, you probably can’t use it to play Zelda. Good thing there’s My Little Hero, a lovely top-down action-adventure that channels the spirit of Link in almost everything it does, from its spammy one-button hack-n-slash combat to its top-left-corner heart gauge. But…

  By Jason Schreier Published June 14, 2012