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Sim City DS
Seems a wee bit weird to be announcing this in Famitsu, but that's exactly what EA did. Sim City, as in THE Sim City, is due for a winter release on DS in Japan. More »
Sony
"This is Living" PS3 Slogan Video
I think I was the third person to vote for "this sucks" on the poll we posted earlier about this new slogan. Seeing it in action has not shaken my beliefs any. Thanks Kristofer.
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Battlefield 2142 Already Infested With Shitweasels
Battlefield 2142's beta has been out for all of not-quite-a-month, and already the servers are filthy with vermin: More »
Zelda
The Crown Jewel of Fan Performances: Zelda on Theremin
Well, that's it. We never need to post another Zelda performance again. I don't care if you're the ghost of Jerry Goldsmith, on a completely crax0red copy of Fruity Loops, with the London Philharmonic, Morrissey, and Stephen Hawking personally providing all your samples. I don't ever want to hear this melody again. More »
Xbox
A Plentiful Xmas 360
Eurogamer TV interviewed Microsoft Europe boss Chris Lewis at Leipzig, and while the interview itself won't be out for a few days, some pertinent highlights are making their way to sister site GameDaily: More »
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COWBOY HAT: Oneechanbara Coming to 360
Siliconera is giddy as a pus-covered schoolgirl about the looming American release of Oneechanbara for the Xbox 360. Oneechanbara, aka "that cowboy hat bikini zombie game"; the game that launched one thousand latex catsuits; devourer of souls and destroyer of worlds. Yes, THAT Oneechanbara: More »
Wii
Nintendo: Wii Announcements Coming in Two Weeks
The Nintendo event in New York City with Reggie Fils-Aime is just two weeks away and my Wii-spidey senses are tingling. Unable to sit still in my seat, I harassed one of the Nintendo PR guys I know for more details. All he could tell me is that there will be Wii games there to play as well as "Wii announcements." More »
Japan
Japanese Early 80's Famicom Ad
This Day In Gaming
This Day in Gaming, August 31st
1997: Activision releases Dark Reign for PC in the US. This is classic robots versus humans warfare with extremely cool box art. Every reader should be training on this game daily, because it's only a matter of time before you nostalgically load the game and realize the humans can no longer win. Yeah, it's basically proven: the computers will first demoralize us through video game spankage - then they'll move on to refusing us treats in vending machines, despite the use of proper change. We're doomed/a litte hungry. More »
Clips
Mortal Kombat: Armegeddon Gameplay Video
Midway just sent out a gameplay video for Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. Well, actually it's mostly a trailer talking about what little plot there is in MK, but there are a few seconds of gameplay footage. It's hard to tell, but the graphics look kind of ass to me. I think it's a deliberate style, not ass, but like some sort of version of cel-shading. I just absolutely hate it. Saint's Row has the same look, and I'm equally unimpressed. There's also about three seconds of character creation video shown. That, I think, could be the coolest aspect of this latest MK. More »
Fox
Fox Promises 8 Blu-Ray Titles for PS3 Launch
From the 'Don't Say I Never Said Anything Good About Blu-Ray' Department, this news from Fox: over 8 50GB Blu-Ray Releases will be available at the Sony's PS3 launch. More »
Journalism
Harper's Tackles Literacy and Gaming (Not In That Order Necessarily)
Harper's Magazine, where all the learned kids go for their gaming news, just published a piece on literacy in the video game age. It's a roundtable discussion with Jane Avrich, Steven Johnson , Raph Koster and Thomas de Zengotita. All smarty pants, no doubt. What did they talk about? Oh, Typing of the Dead and other stuff. They discuss game plot, which moves from "Can games teach narrative?" to "game plots are so crappy" and climaxes with "games don't even have good characters." Johnson adds: More »
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The Paxlopedia: Kotaku's Coverage of PAX06
In case you missed one of the 40-something posts I wrote about Penny Arcade's expo here's the list. I still have one more story to put up, my chat with Gabe and Tycho. I just need to get around to transcribing it. More »
Original
New York Says Hello To Huge PSP Sign (Again)
Last week, the enormous PSP near Houston Street in New York City was taken down, and we were all sad pandas. Cheer up! Reader Anthony sends happiness: More »
Table Tennis
Fighter was Inspiration for Table Tennis
I spent a bit of timing hanging out with Rockstar's San Diego studio folks at PAX. They are they team responsible for Table Tennis and were hosting the Table Tennis tournament at the show. More »
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