You may have noticed that in the past few months, EA has begun to provide content that's free to purchasers of new games, but costs serious money for those buying second-hand. It's no co-incidence. It's called "Project Ten Dollar".
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Namco Bandai is bringing Yamato to pachislot machines with Uchu Senkan Yamato (trailer here). Dubbed Star Blazers in English, the sci-fi military anime originally ran in the mid-1970s in Japan.
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I've been playing BioShock 2 all week, and while I'm not enjoying it as much as Mike did, I did enjoy something 2K threw in with my copy: this Little Sister figure.
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This month, SEGA is bringing Super Monkey Ball, the series designed by Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, to the Nintendo Wii Balance Board. But remember kids, YOU MUST STAND ON THE BOARD. The floor doesn't detect motion. Well, yeah, anyway.
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Over the past few years, EA has been quite kind to PC gamers, bringing the platform ports of games like Mirror's Edge and Dead Space that other publishers wouldn't have bothered with. Looks like that benevolent spell is over.
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Reader Miguel, from the Dominican Republic, was at work the other day when he was confronted by a man selling pirated movies. Normally, no big deal, Miguel says, happens all the time. But this time was special.
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When a bunch of Phantasy Star Portable 2 panty shots appeared online, I thought, surely the game developers don't design the characters down to their underwear. Turns out I was wrong.
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To celebrate the fact the game has now sold over two million copies, Microsoft and Turn 10 today announced a new range of downloadable content for Forza 3, focusing again on the world's most iconic race track, the Nürburgring.
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What are these scuba divers doing on the street in the middle of Bergen, Hordaland, Norway? And why are they chasing this Google Street View car with such a ferocious attitude? Why?[Gizmodo]
Back in 2006, the US Army approached Microsoft with a lucrative contract offer: supply a ton of Xbox 360 consoles to the Army for the purposes of training soldiers. Microsoft's answer? No, thank you.
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The miracle of the English language is that sometimes you get to use the same old words and make a sentence never seen before. This is one of those times. And supposedly, it's true. Koreans + Sausage + iPhone.
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Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us for this Kotaku Off Topic meeting, where we have some non-video game related synergizing and knowledge transfer to do. Let's exercise best practices and think outside the box tonight.
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Your furry buddy is barking and pawing at the door. Is he acting up or did you forget to walk him again? Don't bother telling me "but honey! I thought you took him out," when you could've checked the Dog-e-Minder.
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Top-flight titles like Rock Band and Left 4 Dead are distributed by Electronic Arts but the association doesn't mean as much to the company's bottom line. The publisher will be moving away from distributing third-party titles in the coming year.
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Panasonic announced three HD camcorders back at CES, and now the HDC-HS700 and -TM700 round out the family. With 3MOS sensors that offer high-quality HD image in low-light situations, they won't be cheap but you'll get what you pay for.
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Hate having a bunch of blades whizzing in circles above your head? Yeah, me too. That's why I love the idea of cooling off in the gentle breeze produced by the bladeless LoftWing ceiling fan.
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No word on how Madden is doing with its predictions 175 years from now, but Mass Effect 2, via Cerberus Daily News, says the New York Giants, with a Krogan quarterback (pictured), beat the Beijing Dragons in Super Bowl CCXIX.
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We're looking for experienced writers to work at Gizmodo. Is this you? Are you either in China/Taiwan/Japan/Hong Kong or the Silicon Valley? If so, read on.
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We keep talking about this awesome comment system of ours, but why should you bother using it? How do you even use it? Here's a little guide. If you've got questions it doesn't cover, just ask. I'm here to help.
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Square Enix has been surprisingly mum on plans to bring a limited edition of Final Fantasy XIII to North America. Japan gets one, as does Europe. What do we get? At the very least, an Xbox 360 "special edition" bundle.
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In Afghanistan, Marines might soon be able to snap together a 6.5-feet tall wall of armor for themselves in under ten minutes, using no tools or equipment. Inside, they'll be safe from bullets and frag from grenades, mortars, and rockets. Badass.
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Operation Sports' Mr. NFL provides this recreation of the clinching play in Super Bowl XLIV - Tracy Porter's pick-six interception of Peyton Manning in the fourth quarter - complete with CBS commentary.
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