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A Brave Attempt To Play A Game About Cleaning Up The Streets… The Boring Way

Discovering that this game existed was a moment of perverse joy for me. I knew that it would be deeply boring – it really is – and that I would have to play it extensively for no reason other than to take joy in being quite deliberately boring. It’s the kind of non-challenge I relish, and I gleefully set about compiling a diary of the events–-or lack thereof – in the life of a simulatory street-cleaner.


GameStop Has Record Q1, New Game Sales Drop, Used Sales Blow Up

Game retailer GameStop just had its best first quarter ever! Hooray! Sure, new game sales may have been on the decline, but used game sales helped the company rack up $US1.98 billion in sales.


Star Trek D-A-C, Texas Cheat ‘Em Beam To Xbox LA This Week

This week’s new additions to the Xbox Live Arcade library are both out of this world and down to earth, as Star Trek D-A-C and Texas Cheat ‘Em become Xbox 360 digital downloads on Wednesday.


The Onion Announces “Smaller Breast” Rendering Tech

In the Onion version of the universe, the Consumer Electronics Show is happening right now. The show’s most important development? The announcement of new technology that can “render average-sized breasts on female video game characters.”


BioWare Apologises For Gay, Lesbian Star Wars Discussion

Yesterday, members of the official Star Wars: The Old Republic forum asked developer BioWare to “rethink” its policy on filtering the words “gay” and “lesbian” from posts. The official response was not elegant.



Growing Up Games: When Will Mature, Mature?

By Leigh Alexander We may have an M-rating for “adult content” in games, but that doesn’t necessarily make them mature. What will it take for games to grow up?


Kotaku Podcast: Guerrilla Games Kills in Killzone 2

In our March podcast we play and talk with Guerrilla Games about their Playstation 3 masterpiece Killzone 2.


Kotaku Podcast: Street Fighter IV With Seth Killian

It’s been a long time in coming, but our February podcast is finally here. Yes, I realise it’s March.


Why You’ll Never Be Happy With Video Game Films

The Resident Evil: Degeneration movie features plasticine characters, impossible situations, a nonsensical storyline full of plot holes you could drive a truck through.


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