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Obama Kicks Drug-Dealer Arse In This Video Game

6:20AM July 23, 2011 | Brian Crecente

From what I’ve played of Call of Juarez: The Cartel it appears to be just as bad as everyone worried it would. The game is packed with tiny glitches, odd AI behaviour and questionable graphics. But it also has a couple of levels starring President Barack Obama. More »


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Poland Gives President Obama The Witcher 2′s Collector’s Edition

4:46AM May 29, 2011 | Owen Good

President Obama, on a tour of Europe this week, stopped in Poland today to meet with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. As is customary, Tusk presented Obama with several gifts to commemorate his visit. One of those was the collector’s edition of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. More »


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CONFIRMED: Osama Bin Laden Is Dead

12:42PM May 2, 2011 | Seth Abramovitch

Twitter is freaking out right now over news that Osama bin Laden is dead. Jill Jackson, a producer for CBS News, seems to have broken the story on her feed. President Obama has called a news conference…Developing.… [Gawker]


Get A Look At NBA Jam’s Pols In Hi-Def

11:30AM November 4, 2010 | Owen Good

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Election Day was yesterday in the US, but so what? None of these politicians in NBA Jam were candidates. When the game hits the Xbox 360 and PS3, it will have the same roster – and unlockables – as the Wii version. More »


All Of NBA Jam’s Secret Characters (So Far) — And Their Ratings

4:00AM October 11, 2010 | Owen Good

Who’s a better dunker, Obama or Clinton? Can Tim Kitzrow, Mr. Boom-Shakalaka, throw down on Mike D from the Beastie Boys? And was it really necessary to give all of the Republicans an 8 rating in “steal”? More »


The Politics Of Presidential Appearances

6:00AM September 26, 2010 | Owen Good

In two weeks, President Obama will appear in a video game for the second time in two months. Is he being paid for that? Is the White House cutting deals with sports game makers? Not likely. More »


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Activision Blizzard, White House To Develop Smart People Together

11:00PM September 24, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Best known for Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, Activision Blizzard has joined a corporate initiative to help improve literacy in science, technology, engineering and maths (the STEAM fields). More »


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President Obama Will Appear In Madden NFL 11

7:20AM July 27, 2010 | Owen Good

The Super Bowl celebrations and animations for Madden NFL 10 were, honestly, a bit underweight. This year the game goes all out – even bringing in the President of the United States for the big party. More »


In Real Life

This Is Either ‘What If?’ Or ‘Marvel Team-Up’

9:00AM July 26, 2010 | Owen Good

I’d love to know which common foe it is that united these former arch-nemeses. Picture by longtime Kotaku reader and former comment ombudsman Shiraz Malik at San Diego Comic-Con 2010.


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Obama Doesn’t Know How To Work An Xbox Or A PlayStation

8:30AM May 10, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Speaking at Hampton University, Virginia on the weekend, US President Barack Obama has spoken out on the challenges facing government in an information age, one dominated by “Xboxes and PlayStations”. More »