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The Studio Behind WipEout Is Gone, But The Game May Still Be Alive And Well
When Sony Liverpool (once Psygnosis) was shut down earlier this year, it looked like the end for the WipEout series. However, earlier today it seemed that rumors of WipEout‘s demise were greatly exaggerated. Earlier today on the game’s Twitter and Facebook accounts, a piece of art appeared with the clear but ambiguous message, “WE. ARE.…
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UncategorizedThat One Kid’s Adorable Cardboard Arcade Has Inspired A Global Cardboard Arcade Nonprofit
Nine-year-old Caine Monroy became an internet sensation earlier this year, when filmmaker Nirvan Mullick captured his painstakingly made cardboard arcade and posted it online for the world to see. The film went viral, and donations to Caine’s college fund skyrocketed. Many months later, young Caine has apparently provided inspiration world wide. The team behind the…
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What We Do And Don’t Know About Dragon Age III: Inquisition
Today’s announcement from BioWare, confirming and naming Dragon Age III: Inquisition, came with startlingly little other news about the game. We’ve known—or at least suspected—for many months now that it was in production, but so far we’ve seen almost nothing official about it. And yet what we have seen, from the story as it’s evolved…
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Separated at Birth: NBA Coach Avery Johnson, and the Hovitos Fertility Idol from Raiders of the Lost Ark?
A figurehead atop a slowly sinking team, and a figurehead atop a slowly sinking stone. Separated at Birth is pure conjecture. It is not even half-assed genealogical research. Any resemblances are purely coincidental, no matter how hilarious.
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The Dorkly Weekly: So That’s How Paperboy Got All Those Front Page Stories
What, the fact that a low-level newspaper employee constantly made it onto the front page never bothered you? Who is writing this newspaper? We have conversations like this one at Kotaku every single day. For more sick and twisted video game comedy, follow the link to Dorkly.com
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Candy Corn Oreos and Pumpkin Spice Kisses: It’s the Snacktaku Halloween Variety Spooktacular!
For the children and children-at-heart that don fancy costumes for a night of fun and frolicking, Halloween is October 31. For the certified snack professional, the spooky festivities begin in September, when Cadbury, Mars, Hershey and Nabisco roll out their holiday-themed candy. Hold out your bags, boys and girls. Some snack manufacturers play it safe…
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I Can Never Look At Pac-Man The Same Way Again
In fact, come to that, I may simply never look at Pac-Man again. It’s just too horrifying. Zach Weiner’s Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic crosses the generation gap between an arcade-loving man and a desensitized modern-day kid. Arcade games? Boring? Oh no. Arcade games are terrifying “Pacman,” the man explains, “is the story of a…
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