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1:20PM Owen Good | Life-Size Claptrap from Borderlands, as Tweeted by Gearbox’s Mikey Neumann [via Hot Blooded Gaming] More »
Oonce … Oonce … Oonce … C’mon, Check Me Out!
1:20PM Owen Good | Life-Size Claptrap from Borderlands, as Tweeted by Gearbox’s Mikey Neumann [via Hot Blooded Gaming] More » 
Culture
A Collection of Killer Gaming Wallpapers
3:30AM Owen Good | Yesterday our sister site Lifehacker posted a collection of eye-popping desktop wallpapers they found, and it is too good not to share over here. More »
Requiem for a Console
10:00AM Owen Good | A gamer’s fourth Xbox 360 red-ringed, and a veritable who’s-who of consoles turned out to pay their respects and show their anguish that so many are dying so young, and so senselessly. Tiggerboy, who keeps a blog on the UK GameSpot, brought in all the hardware dignitaries to bid the 360 goodbye. You can see the 360 packaged in his foam coffin (aka the Peter Moore Catafalque), ready to to be ferried by the Boatman of the Dead Consoles (aka the UPS guy) on his way back to Microsoft, where his remains will become part of the circle of console life. There’s a gallery of the proceedings on the jump, including an astonishing, last-minute appearance by a disowned relative that will leave you heaving up great sobs. More »
Games as Simulators Jack Thompson Hasn’t Even Thought Of Yet
11:00AM Owen Good | Running with the “[game] is nothing more than a [really bad act]-simulator for kids,” SomethingAwful’s Forum Goons came up with about 21 real-world skill simulator concepts, as an alternative to shootin’, murderin’ and killin’. The entries range from the mundane to the raunchy (as most things do on SA). See! Dr. Mario and the DS can teach you how to beat the piss man and get a high paying job that involves the safety of others! (Or, just take echinacea and goldenseal and drink water like hell the weekend before). Two others on the jump, loads more at the link. More »
A Most Bold Approach to Oregon Trail
11:00AM Owen Good | I usually try to wrap up Saturdays with some laughs so, here’s this and two other funny pics I found through the week. On their own, maybe not worth a post but together, hey, it’s the weekend, so here’s a funnies page for you to spread on the living room floor. Remember, if you’re a Madden gamer and want in on the KFC (Kotaku Football Conference), that announcement will be at 1 pm MDT (3 pm Eastern, noon Pacific) This one apparently came off of Facebook. I friended the guy who created/posted it, I’ll let you know if anything comes of that. Also, someone run out and register www.muahahahahahahahahaha.com. More »
News
Nearly 150 Screenshots of Fallout 3 Leaked
2:00AM Owen Good | Although I probably should leave anything in Japanese to Bash, pictures speak any language, and there are nearly 150 of them of Fallout 3 that have hit the Internet following the Zenimax Asia expo (Zenimax owns Fallout developer Bethesda.) Tipster Brother None, the forum admin over at No Mutants Allowed, writes: “Apparently the people viewing Fallout 3 in the ZeniMax Asia showing in Taiwan did not take their NDAs very seriously”. Apparently so. We have a gallery of 28 screenies on the jump, with a link to the entire set. More »
