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UncategorizedThe Resistable Force and the Movable Object
I don’t know that I’ve ever played online multiplayer in baseball and not struck out at least 10 times. Human opponents almost always throw in the strike zone, meaning you can work neither the count nor a walk. Lag is especially problematic in baseball, making it difficult to get consistent contact even on meatball pitches…
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Digital Art Book is Dead Island‘s Preorder Bonus
A preorder of Dead Island with Amazon will land buyers a digital art book filled with “game art and concept art of everything from the characters, that fat tourist dude with the camera, zombie types, environment concepts” and more, Deep Silver says. It moved two concept pieces with a news release on the bonus, written…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
It Just Doesn’t Matter
Even if we play so far above our heads that our noses bleed for a week to ten days; even if God in Heaven above comes down and points his hand at our side of the field; even if every man woman and child held hands together and prayed for us to win, it just…
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UncategorizedFive Triumphant Moments in Space Shuttle Gaming
Now that the final mission of NASA’s space shuttle program is underway, we thought we’d take a look at some of the games influenced by the primitive spacecraft over the years. Since the early test flights leading up to the maiden voyage of the space shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981, game creators have been…
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The Week in Gaming Apps
It’s a four for four special this week in Kotaku’s gaming apps round-up, as in we didn’t have an app of the day on July 4, so you get four. Hooray independence! Not that independence figured much into this week’s app. Kicking off Tuesday with Tiny Tower pretty much killed the will I had to…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
In a World Invaded By Space, Two Producers Launch a Film Project No One Wants to See
Not satisfied with aiding in the creation of the childhood-stealing Transformers and G.I. Joe movies, producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura has teamed up with Odd Lot Entertainment’s Gigi Pritzker to bring Space Invaders to the silver screen. Oh joy. When last we checked in with the Space Invaders franchise, Warner Bros. was looking to option the…
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