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  Whenever I Smell Asphalt…

  …I Think Of Maureen | I now own the most badass, one-of-a-kind controller bin in the world, courtesy of Kotaku reader vidhagans. (Photo: Luke Plunkett) There Will Be No Rock Band 4 This Year, But There Will Be More Lady Gaga and Ozzy Guitar Hero publisher Activision has already announced its intentions to take a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  Aperture Science is Decorating This Man’s Home

  Reader Sean is moving into “an industrial-style condo” in the coming weeks, and felt like tailoring his home decor to match. So he’s built himself a Portal 2-themed end table Cave Johnson himself would be happy to hurl lemons at. Built from plywood with a masonite trim, the box is both a table and a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  Yo, I Heard You Like Wiis In (and On) Your Car…

  It’s not the same car used in the classic 2006 commercials – that’s a Smart Car – but this Toyota Scion would still be a sweet ride for any cashed-up Wii fans out there. Built originally for a competition, the car includes five monitors, two DVD players and a Wii. The console branding all over…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  It’s Portal 2’s Circle of Life. And it Moves us all.

  One of the unsung heroes of Portal 2 is the “Animal King”. See here for reference. Here, artist Burton Durand gives us a look at the regal turret’s beginnings. Birth of the Animal King by Burton Durand

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  Rock Of Ages Just Keeps On Rolling

  Rock of Ages, from Zeno Clash developers ACE Team, is a strange one. It’s like Monty Python played a game of Odama. Which is in no way a bad thing. It’s a game where you guide a giant ball as you smash stuff across levels based on classical art styles, and will be out on…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  The Most Amazing StarCraft II Tribute You’ll Ever See

  Koreans are notorious for their passion for StarCraft. Thing is, passion alone can’t account for these StarCraft II models. There’s genius at work here, because believe it or not, these models are made out of paper A guy going by the name Constable makes these and posts them on his blog, sometimes with wireframes and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  The Thor Game you can Play For Free (And Which is Pretty Great)

  There’s a new Thor movie. It’s not bad! And neither is this promotional flash game, featuring old-school 2D platforming and some adorable sprite art. A separate being from the “proper” games based on the new flick, this is a promo game, and being a flash title playable in your browser, it’s free! It’s even got…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  Rock Band has Sold a Ridiculous Amount of Songs

  The key to Rock Band’s lasting appeal hasn’t been the core games. It’s been the ton of downloadable content released for the titles, which just hit a significant sales milestone. Harmonix’s Chris Rigopulos says that, having recently passed a “significant milestone”, over 100 million Rock Band songs have been downloaded from the game’s online marketplace.…

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  Build Your Own Dead Space Laser (That Can Actually Burn Stuff)

  If you bought the fancy edition of Dead Space 2, you would have got yourself a little replica plasma cutter, one of the game’s more memorable weapons. As is, it’s useless, but this guy will show you how to turn it into a laser gun. That can set stuff on fire. You can see the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  These Mass Effect 3 Screenshots Aren’t Saving The Human Race

  If you picked up the latest issue of Game Informer, you will have seen these Mass Effect 3 images, albeit at a smaller size. If you haven’t, well, enjoy them as nature intended, on the internet! It’s a little strange that, for a game that’s all about saving humanity and Earth from an alien invasion,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  You’re Not the Only Victim: Criminal Hackers May Also Suffer from PSN Breach

  The massive breach of Sony’s PSN service has resulted in the possible theft of an unprecedented amount of sensitive information. The ramifications have been felt not only by consumers, but banks, credit card issuers, and other tributary industries. But here are some victims you probably haven’t considered: other hackers. According to the NYTimes blog Bits…

  By Drew Cohen Published May 5, 2011
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  Thank You, Star Wars, For All These Awesome Games

  May 4 is Star Wars Day, in honour of, well, the fact “May the 4th” sounds a bit like “May the force…”. Silly, I know, but it also gives us a chance to look back on the amazing video games the sci-fi franchise has given us over the years. And by years, I should really…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 5, 2011
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  You Best Get to Killin’ if You Want the Next Game Mode in Section 8: Prejudice

  Section 8: Prejudice, the $15 shooter available on Xbox Live and, as of today, PC, will deploy a new online game mode – once the number of in-game kills surpasses 10 million. Developer TimeGate Studios posted the 10 million bodycount bounty on Prejudice yesterday, but don’t worry; in-game kills for all platforms figure into its…

  By Owen Good Published May 4, 2011
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  The Battle of Pants

  Greetings, Kotaku readers. Here’s tonight’s open thread, where you’re free to talk about Star Wars or video games or Star Wars video games. Or even pants. Whatever the subject may be, feel free to discuss it. We’re building up to some crazy E3 business here at Kotaku, with the next few weeks already booked near…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 4, 2011
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  Xbox Live Indie Games Hit with The Red Ring of Death

  Need proof that Xbox Live Indie Games are reviewed and approved by the community, and not Microsoft? How about a recently released platformer that plays on the console’s eternally embarrassing hardware failure. The Red Ring of Death, by FourthDimensional, is a platform/sidescrolling shooter that places your tank in charge of stopping a RRoD meltdown. Per…

  By Owen Good Published May 4, 2011
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  Link and Zelda, Samurai Warriors

  The Legend of Zelda takes a full on cultural shift in this epic illustration by Luis Santiago. Make way for Samurai Link! The Myth of Zelda – Link & Zelda by Luis Santiago / Pertheseus (Twitter) Via: Bamboota Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 4, 2011
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  Sonic‘s Comic Keeps Going, The Doom Patrol‘s Ends And Other Wednesday Comics Items

  Wednesday is new comics day in North America. This is a good thing. This Wednesday is not chock-full of cool comics. That’s bad. Nevertheless, I have some reading recommendations, as well as a run-down of all of the video-game-related comics out this week. Plus, iPhone/iPad users, as always, there are also some new comics recommendations…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 4, 2011
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  2K’s Next Baseball Title Sends SpongeBob to the Plate

  Baseball, the National Pastime. For 141 years, it is a game whose numbers and names need no introduction. Mantle. DiMaggio. .406, 755. Ren. Stimpy. 2K, holder of the exclusive third-party publishing rights for MLB video game products, will take a swing at the market with Nicktoons MLB for the 360, Wii and DS. The 360’s…

  By Owen Good Published May 4, 2011
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  There Will Be No Rock Band 4 This Year, But There Will Be More Lady Gaga and Ozzy

  Guitar Hero publisher Activision has already announced its intentions to take a breather from the music game genre in 2011, now it appears that the Rock Band team will cool its heels as well. But there’s some good news for Rock Band 3 owners. Chris Rigopulos, VP of Strategy and Business Development for Rock Band…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 4, 2011
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  Gamers More Agitated by Playing Sports Games than Shooters, Says UK Study

  There’s a couple of ways to look at this latest video game study out of the U.K. Either there is no meaningful link between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior, or FIFA 11 is deadlier than Modern Warfare Guess which one formed the headline in the British press after a study found that a…

  By Owen Good Published May 4, 2011