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NCAA Basketball 10 Review: Some Shining Moments

4:00AM Owen Good | As the year’s last title in North America’s major team sports, NCAA Basketball 10 faces why-buy questions that NCAA Football and NBA Live just don’t. This year EA Canada seeks to answer them with two networks broadcasting from your living room. More »
Features

No Less Of A Memory — The Human Drama Of Video Game Sports

4:00AM Owen Good | Some video game sports moments are so indelible we remember and narrate them the same way we do the ones from real life. More »
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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 »
News

Notebook Dump: Excuse Time

11:00AM Stephen Totilo | Today’s Notebook Dump is different. More »
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Review Round-Up: Assassin’s Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2 And More

9:00AM Stephen Totilo | We reviewed a bunch of games this week on Kotaku and dare I note that the sequels had a better batting average than the originals? More »
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The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Multiplayer Preview

7:00AM AJ Glasser | It seems like nobody noticed (except of course the developers) that Link’s newest adventure has a multiplayer mode. Too busy paying attention to trains and a ghostly Zelda along with Link for the ride, I guess. More »
Culture

Old News ‘90: Nintendo Says NES Final Fantasy Is Geared To Adults

10:40AM Stephen Totilo | We’ve been writing about Final Fantasy this week, so how about we study how people used to write about this huge franchise. Like back in 1990, when the first game was coming to America. How did people/Nintendo explain it? More »
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LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues Review

9:00AM Brian Crecente | With the three best Indiana Jones movies already tapped in the first LEGO Indiana Jones game and rage over the fourth indie film still not fully dissipated, LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues may be on shaky LEGO bricks. More »
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Impressions

8:00AM Stephen Totilo | Pick your selling point for the next Final Fantasy on Wii: Single-player with a deep story? Sort of is 75 per cent mini-games? Can lift cow and use udders over character’s head to shoot enemies? The last big game of the year? More »
Features

Turbo: The Struggle To Make A Better Video Game Movie

5:00AM Brian Ashcraft | With a title like Turbo, says filmmaker Jarrett Conway, it’s simple to put across that the movie is either about arcade-style fighting or cars. Here, Turbo is about kicking, not cars. Simple, right? More »