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A Game That Will Terrify Your Kids Into Never Going Outside Again
Spring has returned, a time when children across the country turn off their video game consoles and venture out into the woods, building tree forts and rolling about in the underbrush. That is, until they play Tick Tackler. Then they’re never going outside again. Did you know there are tiny bugs lurking outside, waiting to…
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UncategorizedThere Are Many Ways To Play Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Adam Jensen doesn’t have to be a cold-blooded killer. Using a combination of stealth, technology, and social skills, Jensen can go through the entire game only killing bosses. Narrative game designer Mary DeMarle shows us how. There aren’t many games that give you the freedom to play as you want to…
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No Silent Hill Multiplayer, Says Studio
The producer of Silent Hill: Downpour shot down a rumor that a separate multiplayer version for the game would be published over Xbox Live. The rumor appeared in an Italian-language magazine’s interview with the game’s art director. Devin Shatsky told Hell Descent the remarks were either out of context or lost in translation. [Hell Descent]
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What Do You Get When You Cross An Xbox 360 With An Atari 2600?
Modder supreme Ben Heck marries Microsoft’s current-generation console with an Atari 2600 to create the lovable monstrosity known as the Xbox 360 1977 Edition, making us wonder why faux wood paneling ever went out of style. Ben Heck (AKA Benjamin J. Heckendorn) is an expert at taking existing consoles and giving them the sort of…
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UncategorizedCheck Out Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy‘s Super Moves
Tomorrow marks the release of the second game in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy-flavored fighting series for the PSP. Check out the special EX Burst moves FF’s finest will be pulling off when the game drops. EX Bursts are Dissidia’s equivalents of Street Fighter’s super moves, spectacular character-specific powers pulled from the very games the characters…
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Space Games Don’t Have To Be Cold And Lifeless
Kotaku commenter Jezuz feels that games set in outer space have become too cold and sterile. He shares his idea on how to liven up the airless void in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku. I have recently become active on EVE Online, which is most certainly not my first foray into space simulators, but it did…
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Wrestling With This Week’s Nintendo Download
With less than a week before the Nintendo 3DS hits north America, Nintendo keeps things low-key for this week’s Nintendo Download, with a Super Nintendo game from 1994 topping a short list of downloadable titles. When Natsume Championship Wrestling for the Super Nintendo is the most exciting title in the lineup, you know it’s a…
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Admitted Dogfighter Michael Vick a Candidate for Madden NFL 12 Cover
EA Sports will put the cover of Madden NFL 12 up to a vote of fans for a second year, this time staging a 32-player, March Madness-style playoff from today through April 27. Michael Vick, the notorious Philadelphia Eagles quarterback who served nearly two years in federal prison for running a dogfighting ring, is a…
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