In Real Life

Hitman Absolution And The Army Of Girls That Will Change Gaming

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Yesterday I had the most incredible day.

Yesterday I visited the studio of Good Game: Spawn Point, at the ABC.

Good Game: Spawn Point is a TV show about video games, and its target audience is young gamers – under 10s — kids who spend their days playing Minecraft, Smash Bros., and Mario Kart.

The show’s creator is a woman, her name is Janet Carr. She is a real hero of mine, and I’ll never forget what she said.


In Real Life

Scribbletaku

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Our leader is sick, but Scribbletaku will not die! Today’s contribution is from former Gizmodo editor and all-round nice guy Nick Broughall. “I reckon Kotaku readers will crack this in about 20 seconds,” he predicted. Can you make his prediction come true?


Mobile

Fruit Ninja: 300 Million Downloads, 1.5 Trillion Pieces Of Fruit Sliced

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Clearly, there’s no excuse for virtual scurvy. According to a Halfbrick press release that just came zooming in, more than 300 million copies of Fruit Ninja have been downloaded, and more than 1.5 trillion pieces of fruit have been chopped. There’s more to Halfbrick than that, of course, but that’s still a cool milestone. Melons!


In Real Life

Tell Us Dammit: Would You Get Up Early For Gaming?

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Mark is incapacitated today, so it’s all hands on deck here at Allure Towers. Fortunately, an issue popped up back at my home turf of Lifehacker which is worth considering. Staying up until 3am playing games isn’t uncommon behaviour around these parts, I imagine. But would you consider getting out of bed early to play your favourite titles?


News

While You Were Sleeping

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Good morning! I have so much to tell you about what happened while you were sleeping. But we don’t have all day, so we’ll stick to the gaming-related news. Go grab your coffee and join me when you’re ready.


May 30, 2012
In Real Life

Developers — Lifehacker Wants To Meet You!

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You guys and girls are so awesome you just spontaneously have your own meet-ups all around the country — but Lifehacker? Well its looking to host a meet-up that is developer focused. We seem to have a lot of developers here at Kotaku, so I thought I’d let you guys know.


PlayStation

Reader Review: Mortal Kombat On Vita

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Mortal Kombat on the PS Vita. Like its bigger brother, it also got a massive RC stamp, and a boot on the backside from the Classification Board — but what’s it like? Regular reviewer Blue Maxima braved it, and came back unscathed with this reader review!


In Real Life

Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land

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Far Cry has a curious history. It’s a series on the cutting edge, on the cusp of technology. But With Far Cry 3 Ubisoft hopes to go beyond that technology, beyond the camera. Far Cry 3 has aspirations, it wants to be a video game that’s about something, but what? We spoke to Lead Writer Jeffrey Yohalem to find out.


Retro

ScribbleTaku

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Oh God… one of Alex Kidman’s kids have drawn another ScribbleTaku. Good luck guys and girls, you’re going to need it!


In Real Life

Ask Kotaku

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There are no such thing as silly questions! Our community are a pretty knowledgeable bunch, and will most likely have the answer!