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But What Does John Romero Think?

12:00PM June 25, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

ZeniMax Media, parent company of Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls studio Bethesda Softworks, announced today that it is purchasing legendary Doom and Wolfenstein developer id Software. What does id co-founder John Romero think? More »


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Suck it Down: Namco’s Crane Game Makes Kotaku its Bitch

10:00PM October 7, 2008 | Brian Crecente

Not content to document our suckage at just Street Fighter IV, Luke and I decided to prove just how bad we are at saucer games as well. Namco Bandi had a Cena-Flex saucer game set to freeplay at their event. While we didn’t win on tape, we did manage to try enough to eventually bag a can of Pringles and four boxes of cookies. FOUR!!! Good thing we weren’t actually paying.

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Suck it Down: Street Fighter IV Makes Kotaku its Bitch

8:00PM October 7, 2008 | Brian Crecente

At our second arcade we finally found some Street Fighter IV machines squeezed into the smoke-filled fourth floor. The machines, which cost 50 yen a play and were packed into old boxes, were system linked with one another. Ash and Mike took one look at the players and bee-lined it for the Shmups one floor up. But Luke and I, apparently gluttons for punishment, decided to line up and take our punishment, fortunately it was over quickly. (More so for Luke, ha ha ha)

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