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Kotaku Originals: Review To A Thrill

2:00AM Owen Good | The releases of Assassin’s Creed II and Left 4 Dead 2 dominated this week’s news cycle, with McWhertor and Totilo supplying immediate reviews of what both offer. The end of Pandemic, as a studio anyway, was the big headline. More »
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Kotaku Originals: News That’s Hot, Spot Or Not

2:00AM Owen Good | Modern Warfare 2’s release was the big news everyone could see coming; a bloodbath at Electronic Arts, and GameStop deliberately breaking a major street date, was not. Huge developments marked an unusually newsy week, even for this time of year. More »
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Kotaku Originals: Post-Nuptial Agreements

12:00AM Owen Good | If it’s Saturday morning in October here, that means, what, it’s a Tuesday evening in March for Australia? I kid, I keeeeed! But it’s definitely past the magic hour when Luke and his bride have said “I do.” More »
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Kotaku Originals: No Show-Stopper

12:00AM Owen Good | Tokyo Games Show dominated this week but it didn’t account for all the news. Just like this week won’t account for all our TGS coverage. We’ll have plenty more when the team returns to the States. Well, except for Bash. More »
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Kotaku Originals: Slim Goodbody

12:00AM Owen Good | No doubt about it, this was Sony’s week, as the PS3 Slim’s arrival dominated the news out of Gamescom—one of three expositions on two continents where we have or had writers in the past week. More »

Kotaku Originals: Tasteless Choice

12:00AM Owen Good | Leipzig lizards, Daddy Warbucks! A 9/11 skin on Space Invaders got MSM attention for Games Convention ‘08 alright, perhaps not in the way anyone other than the exhibit’s creator had hoped. Kotaku’s Michael McWhertor spotted it on Wednesday, snapped a pic and then later hands on with the exhibit. But his snapshot went global nookular instantly. After the New York Daily News ran it, with predictably insulted react from 9/11 survivors, Taito got on the ball and postured about legal action, although since it can be argued it’s an interactive art exhibit, fair use defences may protect the creator.