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While You Were Sleeping

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While You Were Sleeping was a well-received romantic comedy starring the luminous Sandra Bullock and the irrepressible Bill Pullman.

It’s also the name of a regular section here at Kotaku, where we round up all the best news coming in overnight, to save you trawling down the page for an excuse to not start work. Don’t say we’re not good to you!


October 11, 2010
In Real Life

It’s Dangerous To Go Alone! Get Inked Together!

Reader Tim T., perhaps taking a page from Fahey and the soon-to-be Mrs. Fahey’s art, sends in these his-and-her Zelda tattoos he and his wife have. The heart containers are mirrored so that both halves form the same whole. Dawwwwwww.


September 12, 2010
In Real Life

The Haunting Of A Majora’s Mask Cartridge

So there was this guy and he bought a Majora’s Mask cartridge from a creepy old guy, and it had wicked scary glitches in it, like Link would burst into flames while the Song of Healing played backwards and …


June 16, 2010
News

Link Returns To Wii With The Legend Of Zelda: The Skyward Sword

At E3, Nintendo announced the return of The Legend of Zelda for the Wii with The Legend of Zelda: The Skyward Sword


March 6, 2010
In Real Life

New York Subways: Where Else Can Zelda And Boba Fett Mesh So Nicely

I think the video says it all. Now, how can I get this guy to follow me around at GDC?


February 5, 2010
In Real Life

Betting On The Super Bowl In Zelda Rupees

Because it’s so taboo to acknowledge that people gamble on sports with real currency, newspaper touts often use “units”, “simoleons” “sirignanos” or “guineas”. For the Super Bowl, Matt Sussman, a writer and friend of sister site Deadspin, is using rupees.


January 18, 2010
In Real Life

Link Has Trouble Staying On Task

“Distúrbio de Déficit de Atenção” (“Attention Deficit Disorder”) by Ryot Iras. As seen on Tiny Cartridge.


December 6, 2009
In Real Life

The Special Guest Star Who Wasn’t

Link rendered as a Simpsons character. As seen on Springfield Punx [Thanks, Samit.]


September 28, 2009
News

New Poster Set Traces The Evolution Of Link

Just up in Club Nintendo’s rewards catalog is a three-poster set, one of which depicts the twelve iterations of Link, beginning with the original Legend of Zelda in 1987 continuing through the Phantom Hourglass 20 years later.


August 7, 2009
In Real Life

Link Outfit Makes Cosplayers Of Unwitting Infants

This one part dawwww, two parts badass. Part one, it’s an adorable infant’s Link costume. Part two: that’s a BABY BOTTLE QUIVER on the back. Part three: It’s made by someone called “UpKnitCreek.”