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Bungie Staff Pulls Gun On Shooting Suspect, Makes Citizen’s Arrest

7:00PM August 12, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Jeff Fletcher, an IT guy from Halo creators Bungie, pulled into the parking lot of a US Bank branch in Skyway, Seattle last week. He then saw two guys start shooting each other. What happens next is awesome. More »


Nintendo

Donkey Kong Turned 30 Yesterday—or Did He?

6:00AM July 11, 2011 | Owen Good

Researching the exact birthday for a tribute to the 30th birthday of Donkey Kong, Patrick Scott Patterson of the Arcade Examiner came up with conflicting information. Absent official word from Nintendo, he thinks the big ape—and therefore Mario (nĂ© Jumpan)—turned 30 yesterday, July 9. More »


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GameFly Opens Seattle Distribution Centre, Alaska Rejoices

1:40AM June 30, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Wild. Majestic. Coffee-soaked. For too long these dark and mysterious areas of the United States have been bereft of a local GameFly distribution centre, forced to suffer longer-than-normal shipping times for their game rentals. Today GameFly says no more. More »


Mobile

Boy Creates iPhone Game As PopCap Grants A Wish

11:30AM April 28, 2011 | Owen Good

We’re all familiar with the Make-a-Wish Foundation, who it supports, and why. With that out of the way, PopCap games today announced that Allied Star Police, by the Seattle-area games designer Owain Weinert (pictured) will soon release for all iOS devices on the iTunes App Store. More »


In Real Life

But If We Had Portals, We Wouldn’t Need Buses

4:40AM March 23, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Or would we? We’d shoot one portal beside our couch, one on the side of the bus, and wait for it to reach its destination from the comfort of our own homes. Seattle’s mobile Portal 2 ads via Reddit. More »


In Real Life

Everyone Wins This Dueling Post-It Art Contest

4:00AM March 21, 2011 | Owen Good

Yeah, yeah, I know. Post-Its as the pixels in an old-school sprite mosaic, that has been done, and overdone, before. I don’t know if I’ve seen it done this well, or this comprehensively. A Seattle-area office building complex, which includes Expedia as a tenant, has been locked in a kind of Post-It art competition that got the attention of local TV. More »


In Real Life

It’s Better Than A Mirelurk Cake Bake Sale

7:00AM February 20, 2011 | Owen Good

Good point, but if you just go ahead and donate the scrap metal, you get +10 good karma. Trolled office flyer for a Seattle-area school’s fundraiser, seen via Reddit. More »


In Real Life

Predator Used Call Of Duty To Coerce Kids Into Sending Nude Pics, Say Authorities

8:30AM June 7, 2010 | Owen Good

Prosecutors say a New Jersey man managed to convince four 13- and 14-year-olds to send him pictures of their genitals by saying it was a membership condition of the clan he was starting in Call of Duty: World at War. More »


News

Blockbuster Online Game Rentals Head To Seattle

7:20AM November 19, 2009 | Mike Fahey

After successfully launching the pilot program in Cleveland, Ohio, Blockbuster Video’s Gamefly-challenging Games By Mail rental service expands into the Seattle area. More »


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Penny Arcade Expo 09: Kotaku Has Arrived

12:20AM September 5, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Kotaku has arrived in Seattle at the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo for a weekend filled with news, interviews, hands-on time with all of the latest games, and enough Seattle’s Best coffee to fell a rhino. More »