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Sony Files Patent for PS3 Laughter Detection
Sony Computer Entertainment America filed a patent a couple months back, for a system using coffee mugs to play a video game. Now they’ve filed one to make your laughter into a controller. I direct you to figure 17: “Ha Ha Ha.” This is part of the metadata set going into the PS3, through a…
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Vick’s Madden Ratings: Worse, but Still Dangerous
As we reported Friday, EA Sports will add Michael Vick to its Madden NFL 10 roster on Aug. 19, pending league approval. ESPN got a hold of Vick’s game attributes, and as expected, he’s off his Madden 08 form. ESPN, without citing its source, reports that Vick has dropped to a 73 rated quarterback overall,…
By Owen Good - Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Aug. 14 PvPonline published Aug. 14 ActionTrip published Aug. 10 Digital Unrest published Aug. 10 DotGif published Aug. 10 Little Gamers published Aug. 12 EXTRALIFE published Aug. 14 GU Comics published Aug. 13 Awkward Zombie published Aug. 10 VG Cats published week of Aug. 10 2P Start published Aug. 12 Nerf NOW…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Right now, you’ve got two options: Face the Nation, or Talk Amongst Yourselves. If you’re bad in front of large crowds, the former doesn’t sound too good. Join us in Kotaku’s official open thread. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.
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Kotaku Approval Ratings: Wolfenstein
Let’s try something a little different. While unscientific, I’ve long toyed with the idea of a tracking poll of our readership’s posture over time on certain games. And while this method of feedback is open to spamming, fanboy manipulation and all sorts of other bad behavior, let’s put it out there and see what happens.…
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Lionhead’s World History Update: Lincoln’s Face
Let’s recap the Lionhead homepage countdown. First, Ché Guevara next to a six; then Maximillian Robespierre, leader of the Reign of Terror, next to a five. Today, it’s Abraham Lincoln, brought to you by the number four. OK, this very definitely is about a Gamescom announcement, but the choice of historical figures is quite intriguing.…
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This is the Final Version of BioShock 2’s Big Daddy
It’s nothing too surprising, but 2K Marin artist Colin Fix has posted on his personal blog the final concept art of BioShock 2’s Big Daddy. Since you’ll be playing as this guy, it looks like the design was shifted over to make him appear more human and certainly less imposing. The design conforms not only…
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Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Fifteen Classic Game Console Design Mistakes [Technologizer] Many of these fixate on poor controller design, even the good ole lovable Duke from the original Xbox.…
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Chad Ocho Cinco Wishes to be Called “The Black Mexican” on Xbox Live
Twitter reveals the story of Chad Johnson Ocho Cinco’s afternoon today, in which the Bengals receiver boasts of his gamer cred, can’t configure his wireless, fulminates at the lack of avatars that look like him, and finally tweets his gamertag. At about 2 p.m. Ocho, apparently in the mood for some Madden, touts his gamer…
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Capcom Toyed with Idea of Phoenix Wright vs. Tatsunoko
Ryota Niitsuma, producer for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, says the company did have plans to put the famed juris doctor in the lineup, but ran into problems because his OBJECTION! was just too powerful in English. Niitsuma told NGamer magazine that Capcom wanted Phoenix Wright, and Franziska von Karma (for her whip), in the game, but…
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Welp, Sony Ain’t Gonna Like This
Go punch up pspgo.co.uk. That’s not exactly the product being being flogged there, is it. A Chinese registrant picked up the domain name in late April, and has plastered it with a replica of the DSi’s product page. Now, as Destructoid points out, there ain’t no page forpspgo.com, so maybe Sony really doesn’t give a…
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Water Cooler Games Closes
Water Cooler Games, a standard-bearer for intelligent discussion of video games over the past six years, has been shuttered, according to co-founder Ian Bogost in a final post made today. Bogost, who started the blog with Georgia Tech colleague Gonzalo Frasca, attributes the closure to two things. One is the mainstreaming of the discussions Water…
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Treyarch Confirms Map Pack 3 for PC CoDWaW
In the Treyarch official forums, Josh Olin, the community manager, confirms that Map Pack 3 for Call of Duty: World at War is coming to the PC, and a patch is also in the works. This is what he had to say: As with the previous two Map Packs, Map Pack 3 will indeed be…
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List of Warcraft Expansion Content Leaves No Rumor Unturned
A truckload of details and features, alleged to be included in the as-yet unnanounced World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, has made its way out to the interwebs. This gets both spoiler alert and rumor treatment in the strongest terms possible. MMO Champion has put together this list, saying it comes from multiple sources. One of them…
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Weekend Reader: The Themes of 9/11, and After, in TIE Fighter
TIE Fighter was released in 1994, a time in which serving as the instrument of an oppressive, corrupt government against insurgent forces didn’t raise the kind of uncomfortable questions such a game would after Sept. 11, 2001. But, however uncomfortable, there are similarities between the Empire’s prosecution of its war on the Rebellion and hegemony…
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Ubisoft Dev Signs Off With a Flash
William David, a former designer for Ubisoft, felt he should finally take the plunge and strike out on his own. This week he left Ubisoft and uploaded this flash game as part explanation, in part thanks to his friends and co-workers. As someone who’s quit a lot of jobs, and part of a generation increasingly…
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Madden Launch Returns to Its Roots — for One Weekend Only?
Time was, EA Sports‘ Madden franchise released on the weekend, not a Tuesday. “Madden Football Friday” predated the “Madden Holiday” of the past dozen or so years, and it returned again this week. But is it back for good? No, said Nathan Stewart, the EA Sports Director of Marketing. What took place this year was…
By Owen Good