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The Life And Times Of Luigi

4:00PM AJ Glasser | If you ever wanted to know why Luigi is thinner than Mario or how he bears living in the show of his older brother, this exhaustively researched article over on GamesRadar’s got you covered. More »
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Child’s Play Drivers Pile Back On The Bus

1:00PM Owen Good | Take a seat and don’t stand forward of the yellow line – Desert Bus for Hope kicked off its third marathon o’ masochism, and looks to top the $US70,000 it raised last year for the Child’s Play charity. More »
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Left 4 Dead 2’s Midnight Riders, Ellis Take To YouTube, Facebook

10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Gamers looking for more story in their Left 4 Dead 2 experience may want to refocus their efforts on the web. Ellis, one of the game’s new Survivors, and his favourite fictional band, the Midnight Riders have YouTube accounts. More »
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King Of Games Go Spelunking

12:00AM Luke Plunkett | Japan’s King of Games — our second favourite outfitter of gaming shirts — will this week be adding some more good stuff to their line of Irem clothing. And where there’s Irem, there’s R-Type and there’s Spelunker. More »
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Danish Group Asks You To “Hit The Bitch”

9:00PM Luke Plunkett | Denmark’s Children Exposed to Violence at Home is a group dedicated towards the prevention of domestic violence. It’s a noble cause! Pity their latest “ad” — a flash game involving woman-slapping — lacks the same nobility. More »
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Google’s New OS Runs On Metal Gear

6:00PM Luke Plunkett | In case you missed it, Google unveiled for the first time today their fancy new Chrome operating system. Why do we care? Because its debut trailer managed to sneak in a little Metal Gear, that’s why. More »
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NY Testing Emergency Broadcasts Over Gaming Networks

4:00PM Luke Plunkett | In many places, should the unthinkable happen and a serious emergency arise, citizens are alerted via the TV and radio. How 20th century. New York, however, are going a little more modern, and adding gaming networks to the list. More »
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Rejected Mortal Kombat Character Designs

2:40PM Michael McWhertor | Ex-Midway artist Vincent Proce went back to the drawing board for a pitched, but ultimately rejected visual reboot of the developer’s venerable Mortal Kombat franchise, posting the results of that back-to-basics design plan on his personal blog. More »
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Soundbytes Brings Live Chiptunes To Melbourne

1:00PM David Wildgoose | Stuck for something to do in Melbourne tonight? Perhaps you’d like to enjoy a night of chiptunes? More »
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So, Are The Haystacks Of Assassin’s Creed II Any Bigger?

12:00PM Owen Good | Doesn’t look like Ubisoft learned their physics lesson. Matt, who helped the Kotaku Bureau of Weights & Measures calculate the cushion Altair would need in reality, thinks the haystacks are bigger in ACII. They still look puny to me. More »