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And Now … The ‘NEStickle’

8:00AM Owen Good | Reader Osama D’s French friend built him this fighting stick out of a Nintendo Entertainment System, before leaving for his home country for good. You know, when I say goodbye to folks, I usually just buy a card or something. More »
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BioWare Releases Dragon Age Campaign, Cutscene Toolset

11:30AM Owen Good | Not even a week after its release does Dragon Age: Origins put out its official Toolset for download, allowing PC users to assemble battles, campaigns, and lip-synched cut scenes to share with the game’s community. More »
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Play Versus Mode In The Left 4 Dead 2 Demo

12:30AM Luke Plunkett | The Left 4 Dead 2 demo is now out there for public consumption, but users will have found that the game’s signature versus mode has been locked. No problem. Just hack your way around it! More »
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Now You Can Actually See Your Dwarves

1:00PM David Wildgoose | The Dwarf Fortress Visualizer, as seen on TIGSource. More »
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Awesome Custom Mario Costume Packs Its Own Soundtrack

2:20PM Owen Good | Perhaps a little late for Halloween, but you can use this modded Mario costume for inspiration and get to work on yours for next year. Certain motions while wearing the suit trigger fireball, jumping and 1Up sounds, among others. More »
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Xbox Live Smashes Mass Banhammer On Pirates

4:30PM Owen Good | “A small percentage” of Xbox Live users with modded consoles that allowed pirated games to play woke up to find an early treat in their Halloween bag: a banhammer. More »
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Left 4 Dead Map Lets You ‘Dismember The Alamo’ Right Now

6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Remember the fan-created Alamo Draft House Left 4 Dead map built for that theatre’s zombie filmfest, previously featured on Kotaku? If not, here’s the elevator pitch: zombie film festival begets Left 4 Dead map, modeled with impressive detail. More »
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Fallout 3 Getting Community Commentary

2:00PM David Wildgoose | Like all Morrowind and Oblivion before it, Fallout 3 has a thriving mod community. While most mods add new quests, weapons and textures, or tweak the gameplay, one mod project is looking to add audio commentaries to the game. More »
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Two Years’ Worth Of Dragon Age DLC Is Planned

12:00PM Owen Good | Mark Darrah, the BioWare executive producer for Dragon Age: Origins, said the studio has a two-year plan for downloadable content for all versions of the game. More »