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Mr. Yamauchi, Please Go See the Mariners Play. You Own the Team, After All
The man who made Nintendo into a video gaming giant is warmly regarded in Seattle, and not just because the company’s American headquarters are there. He purchased the Seattle Mariners in 1992, almost certainly saving the team from moving to Florida. But Hiroshi Yamauchi, the third president of Nintendo, has never seen his team play.…
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Boldly Going Where No Week in Gaming Apps Has Gone Before
What’s 60 percent space age adventure, 20 percent cuteness, and 20 percent some sort of photo matching game? Why, it’s the Week in Gaming Apps, with graphics enhanced for your brain’s retina display. We had a definite science fiction theme running with this week’s Gaming Apps of the Day. Waking Mars saw us journey into…
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Nominate This Week’s Best Comment
Following with last week’s tradition, we’re opening this thread up to you to nominate this week’s best comment. We rounded up last week’s best content, but in preparation for tomorrow’s reveal of our weekly Best Of, we’ll need input from the community. Was it something witty, controversial, or smart that caught your eye? Let us…
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UncategorizedWTPT: Modern Warfare 3 Player Demolishes The Opposing Team In One Run
Against all odds of flash grenades, timid teammates, and an onslaught of enemies, one intrepid warrior makes it through the battlefield alive. Or for an impressive while at least. Watch as YouTube user AznShuffler156 tears through the opposing team while his teammates hide behind riot shields and creep around corners. Equipped with an MP5 with…
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Flight Control Rocket Blows Up on the Pad
Flight Control was such a simple, enjoyable, universally acclaimed mobile game, it compelled the boss—and I don’t mean Totilo, I mean the boss—to write a review of it two years ago. He came back from his safari in the messy backcountry of video game criticism with a nice trophy, too. Me, however, I get to…
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UncategorizedThis Dead or Alive 5 Demo Might Be the Best Reason to Buy Ninja Gaiden 3
Ninja Gaiden 3 hits stores on March 20, and while I had no plans on dropping $60 on another round of punishing slice-and-dice, Hitomi and Ayane may have just changed my mind. Dead or Alive 5 wasn’t even on my radar until I saw this video. I knew the sequel was coming, but expected another…
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Stop Dragging Dragon Quest Around, Square Enix
In today’s warrior-dragging (get it?) installment of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Paradox Me ponders the poor treatment Square Enix has given Enix’s major contribution to the role-playing world. Why does it feel like Square isn’t utilizing the Dragon Quest franchise as well as they could be, despite its immense popularity? Don’t get me wrong,…
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