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Pata Pata Yummy Lunch!

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Doesn’t rhyme, and kinda throws of the beat, but whatever. Tell me you wouldn’t chant the same thing if you opened your lunch bow and saw this staring back at you. More »
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DIY Patapon Cosplay

9:00PM Luke Plunkett | Unless you find their particular brand of chirpy percussion grating, the Patapon are a lovable bunch. Lovable enough to dress up as, perhaps? Sure, why not. More »
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PSP Greatest Hits Line Grows By 10

2:00AM Mike Fahey | God of War: Chains of Olympus and Patapon are among the ten new PlayStation Portable titles joining Sony’s Greatest Hits lineup next month. More »
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Patapons Coming To LittleBigPlanet

6:40AM Michael McWhertor | In an effort to turn every single Sony property into Sackboy form—hurry up, Blasto Sackboy!—the company has turned the LittleBigPlanet transmogrifier on the PSP tactical rhythm game Patapon. Cross-promotion is just a happy by-product. More »
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See Patapon March Across Human Flesh

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Masatomo Ueda likes Patapon. A lot more than you or I like Patapon. He likes it so much he’s not only got himself a Patapon tattoo, but made himself Patapon prey in the process. More »

Twenty Of The Best Indie And Overlooked Games of 2008

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | It’s that time of the year again. That’s right, time for making Best Of lists. But what about the best overlooked game titles? More »

Pon-Pon-Pata-Pon: Hiroyuki Kotani on Patapon

3:30AM Maggie Greene | There’s a wonderful interview at Gamasutra with Hiroyuki Kotani, creator of Patapon — a game that I still adore, having snuck in quite a lot of time with it on my PSP. More »

Pata Pata Plushies

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Still waiting on those LocoRoco plushies, Sony. But hey, in the meantime, these will just have to do. By Medicom, these Patapon plushies will be out soon, and will set you back around $US40. More »

‘Can You Pat A Patapon?’

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Rhetorical question. We don’t really care whether you can or can’t. That’s your business. We only care about Patapons and petting in the context of game art done in the style of Dr. Seuss. Like this piece, by Rebecca Clements. Which, after a hard day’s internetting, was enough to put smiles on our mean, tired faces. More »
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Patapon and Oblivion Get Budget Priced In Japan

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Sony Computer Entertainment announced two new entries in its “the Best” series: Patapon for PSP the Best and Oblivion for PLAYSTATION 3 the Best. Patapon is out September 25th for ¥2,8000 ($US 26) and Oblivion is out September 4th for ¥3,800 ($US 35). Wonder if you can get them cheaper used… More »