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The Week in Review: What Goes Around Comes Around

With just seven days left on the calendar, we’ll soon begin the retrospectives on 2010, but let’s start first with a week in which the news took no holiday.

Totilo kicked things off with two profiles of those who drove the games discussion of in ways you may not have noticed: Greg LoPiccolo, of Harmonix, and Kellee Santiago, whose address on games’ artistic potential from 2009 touched off one of the more spirited debates of 2010.

A roundup of the big releases in the first three months of 2011 provided a look ahead, and Fahey’s review of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm closed out the major games criticism of 2010. The week that was in Kotaku’s original reporting:

Top Stories

He Kept His Faith In Music Games This Year – And In Kinect

The Year She Stopped Arguing Whether Video Games Are Art

What Was Your Favorite Trailer From 2010?

The Kotaku Guide To Winter Video Games

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Columns

Well Played: A Gift Guide to Father and Son Gaming

Stick Jockey: The Undiscovered Country of Sports Games

https://lastchance.cc/a-gift-guide-to-father-and-son-gaming-5714385%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Reviews, Previews, Hands-On and Impressions

Review: World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Shatters Expectations

Review: XtendPlay Works For Extended Gaming Sessions

Stacking, An Adventure Game Of Class Struggle, Doll Collecting & Fart Skills

Review: The Game Boat Is Not The Inflatable Gaming Raft You’ve Been Waiting For

Review: Fluidity Is Fun When I’m Not Yelling At It

Review: X-Men Reopens A Classic Six-Pack

https://lastchance.cc/review-world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-shatters-expectati-5716128%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Features

What Ever Happened To The Christmas Video Game?

How To Turn Someone Into A Gamer

https://lastchance.cc/what-ever-happened-to-the-christmas-video-game-5715930%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Press Play

The Legend Of Minecraft: A Link To The Past

There Are No Silent Nights When Santa Rides A Tank

Xbox Live Indie Clips: Aphelion 2 Flies On The Wings Of Omega

Take A Walk On Warhammer 40K’s Wild Side

Gran Turismo 5 Wishes You A Merry Christmas

World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm MMO Log Part Two: For The Alliance!

This Final Fantasy IV Trailer Is Complete

Dragon Age II On PC Doesn’t Look THAT Different

https://lastchance.cc/the-legend-of-minecraft-a-link-to-the-past-5716864%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

iGame of the Day

iPhone’s Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Is a Spectacular Action Shooter

Lame Castle Is Not Nearly As Lame As Sony Advertised

What’s The Poop On Dirty Diapers?

Your Choice Of Giant Killer Worm Games

Risk: The Official Game Is Great Board Game Fun

https://lastchance.cc/iphones-lara-croft-and-the-guardian-of-light-is-a-spect-5715968%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

News

Super Meat Boy’s WiiWare Release Canceled; Disc Release ‘Looking Grim’

Call of Duty Publisher’s Accusations Are ‘Deliberate Misdirection,” Rival Says

Charity Game Bundle Makes Over $1 Million [Update]

Minecraft’s Music Video Debut Scores Over 9000!

Final Fantasy Rap Levels Up

The Modern Warfare Fight: Your Guide to Activision Vs. Infinity Ward

The Tester 2 Episode 8: “Season Finale” Liveblog: End Of Line

Get Some Of The iPhone’s Best Games For Under A Buck

Next Valentine’s Day, Dragon Quest VI Beats Chocolate

The Fellowship Of The Zelda Tattoos

Capcom’s Quickest Hit
Ever?

https://lastchance.cc/super-meat-boys-wiiware-release-canceled-disc-release-5717345%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Perspectives

Giving your loved one a Wii this holiday season? A piece of Congo’s war zone may be inside

https://lastchance.cc/giving-your-loved-one-a-wii-this-holiday-season-a-piec-5716161%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Culture Smash

Did Nintendo Just Copyright A Goddess?

Japanese Supermarkets Overrun With Game Crap

How The Wife Of Japan’s Beloved RPG Maker Challenged Nudity Censorship

Huge Robot Marks Enormous Events In City’s History

https://lastchance.cc/did-nintendo-just-trademark-a-goddess-5717410%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Reactions

What Presents Are You Getting?

What’s The Worst Christmas Game You Ever Got?

Do Video Games Really Need To Be Immersive?

A Week (Or So) In Comments

Is It Wrong To Hate Shadow Of The Colossus?

Drinking And Gaming Can Kill A Man’s Best Friendship

https://lastchance.cc/what-presents-are-you-getting-5717420%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

Screengrabs

A Video Gamers’ Christmas

Why Some People Don’t Make Games Based On Real Wars

Ten Years Of Threadless, Ten Years Of Video Game T-Shirts

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: NPH WTF Winners

https://lastchance.cc/a-video-gamers-christmas-5715597%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

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