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McSweeney’s Outs Samus Aran, Fanfics Gay Marriage Rant
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | Normally, we’d recommend just about any piece of fan fiction that begins with Metroid bounty hunter Samus Aran coming out of the closet. But McSweeney’s satirical rant from the Zebes native isn’t even remotely sexy. More »
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Xbox 360 Helps Japan’s Greatest Sumo Stay Fat
12:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Mongolian-born Asashoryu is sumo’s most successful yokozuna. When not injured or playing soccer in Mongolia, he keeps his 300 pound plus sumo weight by eating chankonabe, sleeping and, apparently, playing Xbox 360. More »
Pokemon To Cover Your Hacking Cough
2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Pikachu to the rescue! Just got back from the doctor’s — the morning was spent at the doctor’s office. Both the kid and I are a tad under the weather. So after hitting the chemist, we got masks for when we visit the baby (as not to get it sick). Mini-Bash picked himself something I had never seen: a Pokémon mask! Then again, I’d never really looked. This mask comes with stickers for easy customisation. Amazing to see how much branding that franchise gets. More »
Playing With Yourself Feels Good, Doesn’t It?
11:00AM Michael McWhertor | Are you the type of gamer who thrives on the rich worlds of EVE Online or World of Warcraft, worlds made more realistic by the semi-real interactions with other flesh and blood gamers? ‘Cause, man, I am so not. And neither is Wired’s Clive Thompson, who writes today about the joys of playing solo, even in games that simulate, in a fashion, big open worlds filled with personalities like Fable II. More »
Drawn To Life Devs Punk Vacationing Staffer With Drawn To Life Desk
12:00PM Michael McWhertor | This will teach Matt Cox to take a holiday. Two of the more sadistic employees from Drawn to Life and Lock’s Quest developer 5TH Cell cruelly, but amusingly, gave their lead designer something to tear through upon his return from recent down time. They encased every bit of the 5TH Cell team member’s desk in sturdy-looking brown packing paper, then drew to life everything contained within. More »
Announcement: Kotaku Condemns ‘Attacks’ On Blogger
12:00PM Michael McWhertor | According to a report from blog Joystick Division, one of their staffers was allegedly viciously attacked by a man claiming to be a Kotaku reader. The writer, Gary Hodges, claims that after being assaulted and told “I’m gunna teach you to be a Kotaku reader,” a crude “K” was scrawled into his right cheek with a “a toothpick or toenail, I couldn’t tell.“ More »
