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Terrifying Clown Army Invades New York Best Buy
3:20AM Mike Fahey | If you thought the line for Modern Warfare 2 was scary, check out the crowd waiting outside of a New York City Best Buy for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus game. More »
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The New York PSPgo Sign Is Smaller
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Remember that huge PSP in New York City’s SoHo? The one that was up since 2005? It has been taken down, sadly. But Sony has put up a new PSPgo billboard in SoHo — albeit smaller. More »
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Plants Vs. Zombies In The Streets Of New York
1:40AM Mike Fahey | Downloadable defence game sensation Plants vs. Zombies invades the nation’s largest Halloween celebration, as hordes of zombies and their leafy foes take to the streets in New York City’s 36th Annual Village Halloween Parade. More »
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Lost: One Giant PSP
3:40AM Stephen Totilo | There used to be a giant PSP around the corner from Kotaku’s NYC branch office, at the midway point between my chair and Rockstar Games HQ. Now there’s just this H&M billboard. More »
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Starfy Parties In Rockefeller Plaza
12:20AM Mike Fahey | Nintendo celebrates the release of the first Starfy title in the United States this weekend, inviting children of all ages to the Nintendo World Store in New York City for hot face painting action. More »
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6:30PM Luke Plunkett | This picture of Manhattan, by graphic designers Jack Schulze and Matt Webb, shows what the island would look like rolled up over the horizon. Looks familiar, doesn’t it? More »
If New York Was A Halo, It Would Look Like This
6:30PM Luke Plunkett | This picture of Manhattan, by graphic designers Jack Schulze and Matt Webb, shows what the island would look like rolled up over the horizon. Looks familiar, doesn’t it? More »
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Nintendo World Store Hosts Punch-Out!! Challenge
12:30AM Mike Fahey | Punch-Out!! fans in New York City can visit the Nintendo World Store on May 16th for a chance to take part in the Punch-Out!! Challenge and pick up an early copy of the game. More »
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You Seem To Have Got GTAIV In My Google Earth
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Reader Sun Scramble was checking out Google Earth the other day and – on a whim, we’re sure – punched in 40°42′49.23″N, 73°59′51.44″W. Lo and behold, what did he see? A giant GTAIV ad. More »
The History Of NYC (In Games)
4:30PM Luke Plunkett | New York City’s iconic. So it’s natural that it features in a ton of games. But how many, and for how long? I have no idea. I’m no historian. The Bowery Boys (a NYC history site) fancy they are, though, and have compiled this excellent list of some of the more notable games set in the great city, from the obvious (GTA IV, True Crime: NYC) to the…less obvious (the original Mario Bros.). There are stops at Punch Out and the TMNT arcade game along the way, but I was a little (just a little) upset to see they left off probably the grandest tribute to the Big Apple of them all: the Commodore 64 version of Ghostbusters. The history of New York City in video games [The Bowery Boys, via GamePolitics] More »
