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Nintendo has Mario. Microsoft has Master Chief. And Sega, well, for a long time Sega has had Sonic the Hedgehog as its mascot. Thing is, Sonic is a usurper. raquo;
What Are Ya Buyin'? [Open Thread]Kotaku 04/05/11 10:30 PM
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Hola, Kotaku. Let's put this Tuesday to bed with a question, as we tend to do on Tuesdays. As a consumer of goods and services myself, I'm wondering, what have you been buying lately? raquo;
Why Hasn't Rockstar Made A Grand Theft Auto Movie Yet? [Grand Theft Auto]Kotaku 04/05/11 09:40 PM
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The makers of Grand Theft Auto, Dead Redemption and the upcoming Noire haven't hopped on the "transmedia" bandwagon yet, meaning they haven't tapped their best known franchises for movies, television shows or comic books. Why not? raquo;
Indie Fighting Game Skullgirls Beats Lag With GGPO [Blip]Kotaku 04/05/11 08:30 PM
The all-girl brawler lgirls will fight for lag-free online battles with the implementation of latency-hiding tech , which enables the play of classic, old-school fighting games over the internet. Developer rge Labs officially announced that Skullgirls would be the first commercial fighting game to use GGPO today. raquo;
Call of Duty: Black Ops' 'Escalation' Add-on Pegged For May [Rumor]Kotaku 04/05/11 07:40 PM
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Activision's massively successful of Duty: Black Ops appears set to expand in May with the "Escalation" Content Pack for Xbox 360, according to a retailer listing from the Australian arm of GAME. What's in Escalation? raquo;
Till All Are At Least Ten [Note]Kotaku 04/05/11 07:00 PM
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Farewell, Old Friends | One last transformation before they hit storage. (Photo by Me) raquo;
Sega Teases 'Something Big' For Sonic The Hedgehog On His 20th Anniversary -- Is It Sonic Generations? [Sega]Kotaku 04/05/11 05:40 PM
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Hard-working Sega mascot Sonic the Hedgehog turns 20-years-old this summer. Surely Sega must have grand plans for the "Blast Processing" pioneer, right? Right. And we'll find out what those plans are this week--or have we already? raquo;
Fan-Made LEGO Mega Man Leaps Into Action [Fan Art]Kotaku 04/05/11 05:00 PM
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Now that he's created renderings of Mega Man and the Robot Masters, 3D artist Raphael Phillips lets our blocky robot hero exercise his newfound power against a series of unfortunate training dummies. raquo;
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As of last Friday, April 1, Half-Life and Left 4 Dead developer Valve has been dropping cryptic clues in its own games (Team Fortress 2, Portal 2) and games made by others (Super Meat Boy, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, AudioSurf). The common thread? Potatoes. raquo;
This Is What The Mysterious Pandora's Tower For Wii Looks Like [Video]Kotaku 04/05/11 10:00 PM
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Earlier this year, Nintendo of Japan iled Pandora's Tower, a new Wii game slated for an overseas release this spring. We didn't know much about the title beyond its use of classical piano music and e upper back tattoos. But now we have video of this high-speed action game. raquo;
How will the Ender's Game movie shoot the book's infamous Zero-G training sequences? Bob Orci explains [Video]Kotaku 04/05/11 09:20 PM
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The most memorable moment from Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game novel is easily the zero gravity training that the child genius must endure. But how in the hell will the movie version include this? We asked producer Roberto Orci. raquo;
A Chubby Mario Of More Accurate 8-Bit Proportions [Fan Art]Kotaku 04/05/11 08:00 PM
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The super hefty plumber Mario leaps into action thanks to Mike Mitchell7;s cleaned up illustration from back in the day. raquo;
Light Writing With Kinect Comes To Nordstrom [Video]Kotaku 04/05/11 07:20 PM
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High end retailer Nordstrom is using Microsoft's hands-free Kinect controller for Xbox 360 in its window displays to give the fashion conscious a chance to play with light. raquo;
PlayStation Store Update: Red Faction: Battlegrounds, SOCOM 4 and StarDrone [Playstation Network]Kotaku 04/05/11 06:30 PM
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What new treasures await PlayStation 3 and PSP owners this week on the North American PlayStation Store? One Red Faction spin-off, a game called StarDrone, a multiplayer demo for SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs and cheap-cheap Angry Birds. raquo;
Sequence Lets You Kill A Yeti With Dance [Video]Kotaku 04/05/11 05:20 PM
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How the hell do you mix an RPG with a rhythm game? Iridium Studios' Jason Wishnov shows us how upcoming Xbox Live Indie Game Sequence works. raquo;