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  So, Who Is The Most Popular Character From Street Fighter IV?

  When Street Fighter IV was first released, you couldn’t throw a fireball without tripping over somebody playing as Ken. Over a year on from its release, though, and it’s time to find out who’s really the most popular fighter. Fighting game mecca Shoryuken polled over 5000 of its users on which character they used as…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010
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  Radical Fishing Looks As Advertised

  Man, fishing games (that aren’t on the Dreamcast and come with a plastic peripheral) are boooooooring. Know what’d make ’em more exciting? Blowing up the fish you catch. This is Radical Fishing. It looks pretty radical. You fish, you catch fish, you throw the fish in the air, and you make those fish explode. The…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010
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  It’s A Mario, A Mario Mercedes-AMG

  Spotted in Spain, this Mercedes C 63 AMG has been 1Up’d with Super Mario. The rear bumper even says “Game Over” — as it should! [Autogespot via Newlaunches]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010
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  In Which Samus Aran Jumps On Stage And Takes Her Clothes Off

  Sorry if that sounds a little crass, but recently Metroid star Samus Aran took to the stage during a burlesque show in LA, and that’s exactly what she did. The lady under the armour is performer Courtney Cruz, who is part of Devil’s Playground, the same group behind other evenings of male nerd wish fulfillment…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010
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  What Do A Tokyo Cop And A Lawyer Think Of Yakuza 3?

  Real honest-to-goodness yakuza have already made their thoughts known on Sega’s crime opus Yakuza 3. Now a Tokyo police officer and a yakuza lawyer weigh in on the game and suss out what’s realistic and what’s not. Jake Adelstein, author of the non-fiction Tokyo Vice, interviewed a handful of Japanese gangster about Yakuza 3 and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010
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  The Original Atari

  Atari’s first prototype games machine, code-named “Stella”, which would go on to become the Atari 2600. As seen on Wired, via Boing-Boing

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010
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  An Awesome Trailer For Awesome Solitaire

  Awesome Solitaire has an…awesome trailer. No, really. This trailer is amazingly awesome. Promise! Awesome Solitaire was released earlier this month in the iTunes App Store. Never forget this trailer. Never.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010
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  BioWare Guy Begins Campaign For Wing Commander Re-Release

  BioWare’s Paul Barnett, a man with a keen sense of history, realised this week that Wing Commander is now 20 years old. So he, like the rest of us, wants a re-release. So he’s kicked off a campaign to have the game ported over to DOSBox, a means of running old PC games on new…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010
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  How Would Deus Ex’s Creator Make A Zelda Game?

  Here’s something interesting: how would Warren Spector, of Deus Ex and Epic Mickey fame, go about making a Legend of Zelda title? Spector himself explains. Asked by NGamer what changes he’d make to Nintendo’s successful formula if given the chance, Spector quickly gets the “oh, they’ll never let me do that” talk out of the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010
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  If Girls’ Generation Was 8-Bit

  This is South Korean pop outfit Girls’ Generation. The ladies are not 8-bit. But what if they were? Here is the group’s number one single smash hit “Gee” done up in chiptune stylings. In 2009, the song became nothing short of a national phenomenon. “Gee” also pops up in South Korean StarCraft slang and takes…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010
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  Spartans Are Not Born, They Are Made

  The Spartans of the Halo universe are capable of some pretty incredible stuff, but so they should: they’re soldiers in fancy robot suits from the 26th century. In the 21st century, it’s all about the baby steps. This is the XOS 2, or as we’re calling it, Spartan Armour Test Suit v1.0. It’s basically an…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010
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  A Week In Comments

  Kinect Immerses You In Advertising Like Never Before Comment by: mindsale Nominated by: Kobun So with Kinect, I can test-drive Chevrolet cars standing up, without the ability to brake, and with the car constantly gaining momentum? Sounds more like test-driving a Toyota. Religious Games Maker Rakes $200K In Half a Year Comment by: Walking Eye!…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2010
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  No Refunds Given For Failed MMO

  Given the fact the game shut down after only three months, there weren’t many subscribers to MMO title APB. If you were one of the lucky/unlucky few, don’t go expecting a refund, because you won’t be getting one. Begbies Traynor, the firm responsible for administrating the remains of failed developer Realtime Worlds, says that anyone…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 28, 2010
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  When Minecraft Players Are Also Trekkies, Insanity Goes To Warp Speed

  A Minecraft player with great ambition and loads of spare time is building a 1:1 replica model of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s massive flagship vessel, the Enterprise D—and he needs some help getting it done. Patient Minecraft fan “halnicholas” has finished preliminary work on the Enterprise’s frame. It’s lacking in warp nacelles, deck details,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 28, 2010
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  Played: Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker

  Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is the first Metal Gear game I’ve played to completion in nearly 15 years. It also almost became the last. Style: Despite being packed with a vast array of upgradeable guns, gear, armored vehicles and walking tanks, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is all about not using them. Stealth is…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 27, 2010
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  Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Heat

  Warning: this episode of our nightly off-topic post, where anyone is welcome to comment on anything they want, might have an odor. Temperatures at Kotaku Towers West today reached a toasty 113º Farenheit and things got a little sweaty. That’s the hottest downtown Los Angeles has ever been, according to the LA Times, so excuse…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010
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  NBA 2K11 Adjusts Crummy Rating After Player Complains

  Washington Wizards’ starting center JaVale McGee (pictured, far right), miffed that NBA 2K11 rated him a 59, complained about it last week over Twitter. 2K Sports responded today that it’ll goose up his overall number to at least a 64. Not only that, 2K Sports Community Manager Ronnie Singh seemed to invite more complaints from…

  By Owen Good Published September 27, 2010
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  Activision, EA Argue Over Who’s Less Evil

  Robert “Bobby” Kotick, Activision CEO and widely reviled video game exec, had unkind things to say about one of his company’s biggest rivals, Electronic Arts, blasting his competitor’s “culture,” its games, and claiming “great people don’t really want to work there.” The outspoken Kotick knocked EA in a newly published interview with Edge magazine, claiming…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010
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  Mock Trial Calls Violent Games Case For California

  A panel comprised of some of the nation’s pre-eminent jurists, legal scholars and court observers pondered California’s violent video games statute, which goes before the Supreme Court Nov. 2, and concluded the high court will decide 6-3 for California. Details are sparse, provided to Game Politics by an attendee of the moot court this weekend…

  By Owen Good Published September 27, 2010
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  PlayStation Plus Cards Hitting Retail

  PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to buy PlayStation Plus membership at retail, with gift cards granting access to Sony’s premium PlayStation Network now deploying to stores in North America. A Kotaku tipster informs us that cards have already arrived at Target stores in the northeast, at least in designations of $17.99 USD for…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 27, 2010