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  Modern Warfare Stimulus Pack Price Offset By Free Avatar Goggles

  So you’re upset that you have to pay $15 for five maps, two of which are old, and that the Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package launched broken. You know what’d cheer you up? Free night vision goggles for your avatar! What? Does this not appease you? Perhaps you didn’t understand what I was trying to…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2010
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  Episodic Gaming Invades the iPad with Sam & Max

  We are, for the most part, limiting news of new games hitting the 700 and growing iPad gaming library to our enormous iPad guide. But Sam & Max deserve their own mention. Digging around in the iTunes story I stumped across a listing for Sam & Max Episode 1: The Penal Zone for the iPad…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 2, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Beware of hungry dinosaurs as you talk here about video games. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 2, 2010
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  How I Quit Smoking

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: A Fool’s Blessing Somebody asked me the name of the book I read that helped me quit smoking. I forget. Sorry! However, one thing that really stuck with me that was in the book was the very obvious notion that people who don’t smoke don’t crave cigarettes after they get…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Apple Admits Gaming is Hard On Their Devices, Patents Solution

  Gamers complaining about the lack of buttons on the iPhone, iPod and iPad may see a solution in the near future through the help of a frame for the devices that will be packed with features, control pads and buttons. IntoMobile discovered a gaming accessory patent made public yesterday on the U.S. Patent and Trademark…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 2, 2010
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  Let’s Look At Stars With The Last Story

  Not only does the upcoming Wii game The Last Story features boats that sail in water, it always features star gazing. This latest conceptual art shows the game’s “Star Gazing Tower”, joining Last Story art that features islands, cities and NPCs The Last Story is being designed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the game developer who created…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Team Fortress 2, Meet Law Abiding Citizen

  Law Abiding Citizen is a Hollywood thriller. Team Fortress 2 is a multiplayer shooter. What if they merged? What would you get? Internet person TrueOneMoreUser gives the world this, Law Abiding Engineer. It’s the Law Abiding Citizen trailer with TF2 characters animated in. And it’s amazing. Cheesy Hollywood flicks or Japanese role-playing games, Team Fortress…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Mass Effect 2: Firewalker Micro-Review: Free Tanks, Enquire Within

  Mass Effect 2’s “Firewalker”, the fourth piece of downloadable content for BioWare’s excellent sci-fi role-playing game, is the first to give you a bonafide land vehicle to play with. And it’s a tank, no less. The entire DLC revolves around the fate of the crew of a missing survey ship. You and your merry band…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2010
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  Someone In A Bikini Hug Pillow Case Walking Through Tokyo

  Well, one side is a bikini outfit, and the other is a maid costume. Before you say, “This is so strange”, realize that there are people in Japan saying the same damn thing. Oh, they are laughing, too. Have a sense of humor serious people! Especially for clips posted on April 1st. Click to view…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Would You Like A Gold-Dipped Xbox 360?

  From the folks who gave the world the gold-dipped PS3 comes the gold-dipped…Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 and its controller have been plated with 24kt gold. King Midas is pleased. For those who might be in the market for a golden Xbox 360, know that the jeweler’s 24kt PS3 starts at US$4,999. Ballin’. Comparison shots…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Gears of War Designer Won’t Carry Plastic Weapon On Talk Show

  When game designer Cliff Bleszinski revealed Gears of War 2, he did it by ripping through a barrier with a Lancer chainsaw weapon at the 2008 Game Developers Conference. How about when he debuts his new game on Jimmy Fallon? “I shall not say ‘bigger better blah blah’ or carry any weaponry,” Bleszinski tweeted about…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Say Thank You To This Guy For Video Game Consoles.

  Thank you. Earlier this week, Ralph Baer, known as The Father of Video Games, was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. In the mid-1960s, Baer created a “Brown Box” prototype of a home video game console. (The prototype, game site Game|Life points out, is now in the Smithsonian Institution.) Baer sold his design…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Smart Lady Sets CNN Straight (Or Tries, To!)

  What did CNN decide to do after covering out-of-print Japanese adult computer game Rapelay years after the title was originally released? Follow that up with more blown out of proportion with an expert’s opinion. Unfortunately for CNN, the expert, Grand Theft Childhood co-author Dr. Cheryl Olson knows what she is talking about. “Parents, we’ve got…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  It’s Over!

  Did you survive? Starting right now, it’s April 2nd KT (Kotaku Time). Thank goodness! Hopefully the internet can get back to, you know, “normal” — or close to it. Next up, an imaginary bunny carrying a basket of eggs! [Pic]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Sword & Sworcery, The iPhone’s Mysterious Adventure, Is Powered By The Moon

  What is Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, the mysterious adventure game with a funny name? If you read our GDC coverage of the game, you know. If not… It’s an iPhone adventure game that’s been getting its fair share of attention over the past few months, and a post over on Offworld today offers a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2010
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  Sometimes Pokemon Lurks In Your Food

  Last night’s dinner was ochazuke. But not just any ochazuke, ochazuke with Pocket Monster Piplup (Pochama, in Japan). Had only seen Pikachu ochazuke. That yellow critter gets too much attention, I think. There are other Pokémon, you know.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2010
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  Microsoft Going After British Control Pad Company

  Microsoft is taking a British peripheral manufacturer to court, alleging that the company – Datel – has “illegally copied” the publisher’s own Xbox 360 control pad designs. The case centres around two of Datel’s third-party Xbox 360 control pads, the TurboFire and WildFire, which Microsoft claim infringe upon a “number” of patents governing its own,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2010
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  Bayonetta Goes All Master System

  I know, we’ve been trying to restrict April Fool’s stuff to a single post, but since this clip – of Bayonetta re-imagined as an 8-bit side-scroller – isn’t really a joke or a scam, it’s worth a closer look. Put together by Platinum Games, the actual developers of Bayonetta, it shows the hair-clad heroine in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2010
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  Google Gets Quake II Running In HTML5, Just For Fun

  A trio of Google engineers have ported id Software’s gib-filled first-person shooter Quake II to browsers— you know, for kicks—as a way to show just what HTML5 compatible web browsers are capable of. Unlike other browser based games, like Quake Live, no plug-in is required to play this version of Quake. Of course, you’ll need…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 1, 2010
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  Kotaku Off Topic: Giant Black Widow Wallpaper Edition

  Tonight’s Kotaku Off Topic is about two things: Iron Man 2 and last night’s Kotaku Off Topic. But since we welcome conversation on any topic in this post, don’t feel unwelcome here. Regular Kotaku Off Topic visitors may remember a certain request for a certain image at certain resolutions. How timely then that the official…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 1, 2010