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Why I Play World Of Warcraft

6:00AM AJ Glasser | Oh, not me specifically. I don’t play World of Warcraft. But I am powerful curious as to why millions and millions of people sink money into the Blizzard moneymaker year after year for a game that you can never win. More »
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Beat A Man Into A Urinal, Consider Buying Deodorant

5:40AM Stephen Totilo | I think I can tell when ad people are joking. I tested that skill recently at an in-game advertising event. The people from Take Two saying a BioShock Big Daddy would be a great pitchman for Black and Decker? Joking. More »
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World Of Warcraft Turns 5: How Blizzard Built A Nation

9:40AM Mike Fahey | World of Warcraft was launched five years ago today, and Kotaku is celebrating all week long, starting with a look at the Warcraft franchise’s fifteen-year history with key members of Blizzard’s development team. More »
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No Less Of A Memory — The Human Drama Of Video Game Sports

4:00AM Owen Good | Some video game sports moments are so indelible we remember and narrate them the same way we do the ones from real life. More »
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Turbo: The Struggle To Make A Better Video Game Movie

5:00AM Brian Ashcraft | With a title like Turbo, says filmmaker Jarrett Conway, it’s simple to put across that the movie is either about arcade-style fighting or cars. Here, Turbo is about kicking, not cars. Simple, right? More »
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In University, The Party Never Stops — For LAN

10:00AM Owen Good | Last week, more than a million users flooded Xbox Live to play Modern Warfare 2. Here’s something just as impressive: In January, nearly 300 gamers will meet in person to play a game released in 2000. More »
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What Sort Of Sequel Is Assassin’s Creed II?

9:00AM David Wildgoose | Patrice Desilets is the charming creative director on Assassin’s Creed II. Despite having worked at Ubisoft Montreal for over ten years now, it is the first sequel he’s ever been involved with. Let’s find out how he decided to follow-up one of this console generation’s best-selling games. More »