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Ubi Strikes Back
Just three days after a tipster told me that Electronic Arts was gearing up for their full-out attack on Ubisoft s stock, the BBC runs a story on Ubi s defense strategy. My source told me that Ubi was looking for a white knight to either buy them outright or with which to join forces. More »
Housekeeping
World Cyber Games: Home to Kotaku News
The World Cyber Games is now officially spewing out Kotaku-flavored news. The people behind the world's largest gaming competion in the world, contacted us a month or so back and asked if they could use our news. Unfortunately, I had to send them through the Gawker paddle machine, but a month and some nasty bruises later their site now posts my ramblings. More »
Mario Pick-Up Lines
Are you a hapless Mario looking for your perfect Princess Peach? Are throbbing hearts your power-up? Then check out McSweeny for a choice list of Mario pick-up lines. Here's a sampling:
Are you a hapless Mario looking for your perfect Princess Peach? Are throbbing hearts your power-up? Then check out McSweeny for a choice list of Mario pick-up lines. Here's a sampling:
Crime
Grand Theft Auto 3 Banned in Parts of Japan
A state in Japan is banning the sale or rental of Grand Theft Auto III to minors, saying that the open-ended shooter is harmful and capable of inciting violence. The ban comes 350,000 copies into the game's release which makes it sort of useless. Because of the decision the game will be slapped with a "harmful" label, which should do a good job of boosting flagging sales of the game. It will also have to be displayed in a separate area, with all of the school girl porn and futanari. More »
Nintendo
Freaky Q&A with Zelda's Aonuma
So on the first day of my first E3 I got a chance to sit down with Eiji Aonuma, the producer of the upcoming Zelda game. Instead of turning the thing into a so-so little feature story, I decided to post the rather lengthy, sorta surreal translated interview up as a Q&A. More »
Crime
Boy Jumps From Building to Join Gamers in Heaven
A 13-year-old boy jumped from the top of a high-rise so he could meet his computer game friends in heaven. Xiao Yi plummeted 24 stories to his death, leaving behind four notes, none of which even mentioned his parents. More »
Oddities
Best Swag of E3
Plenty sites have down little photo posts of their E3 swag haul, but I think Netjak is the first to actually rate swag. While the Best Swag of E3 2005 includes some very sweet finds, like the City of Villains Cape and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Coffee, they totally forget to include the Bulletproof Bling. G-Unit's gonna gitchya. More »
Humor
Frag Dolls Previews
OK UK Resistance you've redeemed yourself for that New Journalism piece on New Games Journalism you did awhile back. Best Review Ever! (I'd add my two cents, but then my wife would kick my ass, so I'll just sit in front of my monitor and chuckle quietly to myself instead.) More »
PSP
PSP Libery City Screens Shows Multiplayer?
Here's what are likely some faked pictures of the not-ready-for-prime-time GTA Liberty City for the Playstation Portable. The images show some game play, but more importantly they also show a multiplayer online screen with the game searching for other players. Wouldn't it be hilarious if Rockstar decided to premiere GTA multiplayer on a portable device? Classic. More »
New Releases
Tuesday's releases
ER [PC]: All of the bloody amputations without the witty back and forth and chance at scoring with that hot nurse. Make nice with other doctors to protect your job while dealing with the endless stream of annoying patients bothering you with minor scrapes, bullet holes. It's like work without that annoying weekly paycheck!
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Editorials
Son of Gametab
Gametab's grand social experiment seems to have floundered a bit. Those of you who use the gaming news tabulator, and everyone who likes gaming should, probably noticed the addition of a news nexus a few weeks back. More »
Newsalicious
Holy shits, Kotaku made Newsweek! I knew I wasn't the only one obsessed with Sinbad sightings.
Holy shits, Kotaku made Newsweek! I knew I wasn't the only one obsessed with Sinbad sightings.
New Releases
Monday's releases
Digimon World 4 [XBOX, PS2, GC]: A multi-platform RPG where players use Digimon to beat the crap out of all that is evil in the Digital World. Obviously geared a bit more to the kiddie bloc, but technique-driven real-time battles ensure even older players can get a kick out of evil-bashing.Screenshots More »
Humor
Blind Tongue Test: PSP Vs. N-Gage
If you missed Attack of the Show Thursday (and their double shout-out to Kotaku) I've upped a rather large video file of it to RedAssedBaboon's servers. The show includes the beard of the guy who wrote the Ninja Handbook. The guy was there too, but seriously, his beard stole the segment. More »
Legal
Ill Lawmakers Pass Video Game Sales Ban
I may be one Moscow Mule and two Corona's into my Saturday, but I'm not too drunk to report that the fucktards in Illinois have voted into law the bill that will make selling or renting violent video games illegal. (Granted, had I been more sober I would have come up with something a little more subtle than fucktard.) More »
Mobile
Looking for Treo Gamers
A journalist pal of mine is working on a piece about devotees of Treo gaming, and is seeking man on the street interviews with folks who secretly (or not so) waste huge chunks of time playing Bejeweled, Texas Hold Em or what have you. He s looking for people under 40, and will be giving out a gaming prize for the respondent with the best story of Treo gaming excess. Hit him up at treogamer@yahoo.com and then sleep well knowing that you ve done much to contribute to the advancement of Treo gaming knowledge and awareness. I was gonna ping him, but I only use my Treo 600 for email oh and porn. Email and porn.
