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Check out this list of stories for just a taste of what we do: Essays • No Gods or Kings: Objectivism in BioShock • Why A Man Plays Mario • Maria Montessori: The 138-Year-Old Inspiration Behind Spore • I Kept Playing – The Costs Of My Gaming Addiction http://kotaku.com/354717/no-gods-or-kings-objectivism-in-bioshock News • GameStop Sells Played Games As New, Sources Say, Practice Could Be Illegal • Jack Thompson Now Officially Disbarred • U.S. Govt Confirms Three Wii Remote Injuries • FTC Rules on Hot Coffee https://kotaku.com/gamestop-sells-played-games-as-new-sources-say-practi-453115775 Humor • Grand Theft Auto: DUI • Halo 3 The Ride, Hands-On • Two Brothers Meditating Upon Questions of Pac-Man • The Kaketakumentary https://kotaku.com/grand-theft-auto-dui-5011147 Exclusive Reports • Is This Nintendo’s 3DS? • Sony To Unveil PlayStation Home • Xbox 360 Revealed • Shigeru Miyamoto Spills Beans On “Kind Code”… Almost https://kotaku.com/is-this-nintendos-3ds-update-5561086 Sex • The World of Whorecraft • Growing Up Games: When Will Mature, Mature? • Activision’s Ex is Now Playboy’s Miss November (And She Prefers Rock Band!) • Body Types: Why Ivy’s Boobs Are Such A Big, Big Deal http://kotaku.com/234565/feature-the-world-of-whorecraft Previews • GTA4 Hands-On: The World is Yours • Goldeneye For Wii Is a Remake with Some Asterisks • The Next Smart Video Game Only Lets You Kill Once • God of War III: Like A Threesome For Your Eyes http://kotaku.com/373773/gta4-hands+on-the-world-is-yours Reviews • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Review: This Means War • Halo 3: ODST Review: The More Vulnerable Edition • Grand Theft Auto IV Review: Life, Liberty City And The Pursuit Of Happiness • Alan Wake Review: Transcending Its Medium https://kotaku.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-review-this-means-war-5400558 Hardware • Alienware M11x Review: Ultraportable Gaming • Mad Catz R.A.T.s Out Premium Cyborg Gaming Mice • Tearing The DJ Hero Controller To Pieces • Limited Edition Mario 64 DS, For China Not l86.com สล็อต You https://kotaku.com/alienware-m11x-review-ultraportable-gaming-5516181 Cosplay • Can The West Cosplay With The Best Of Them? • The Cosplay of NYCC • Team Fortress 2 Gets Real • PAX Cosplay Round 2 – FIGHT! https://kotaku.com/can-the-west-cosplay-with-the-best-of-them-5432053 Interviews • A Delightful Chat With the Most Hated Man in Video Games • Jackson Explains How Fate Killed Halo And Gave Birth To District 9 • The Bill Gates Interview Wrap-Up • The Unexpected Gamer Who Runs EA https://kotaku.com/a-delightful-chat-with-the-most-hated-man-in-video-game-5559201 Photos • Work and Play: A Peek Inside the Lives of Gaming’s Greatest • Video Game’s Biggest Circus, In 10 Photos • The Video Gamer’s Eternal Struggle Summed Up In One Photo • Steve Jobs’ Game Face Is Terrifying http://kotaku.com/343590/work-and-play-a-peek-inside-the-lives-of-gamings-greatest Art • Video Game’s Finest Pay Tribute To Artist Frank Frazetta • The Art of Shadowrun, In Concept and Conception • The Brutal Art of Brutal Legend • The Art of War https://kotaku.com/video-games-finest-pay-tribute-to-artist-frank-frazetta-5539115/ Debunking • There Is No Such Thing As The “Madden pg168 ทางเข้า Curse” • Dissecting Jack’s Lies • Real Photos Of the Tetris Vandalism Building • Why Is CNN Talking About Rapelay? https://kotaku.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-the-madden-curse-347001 Podcasts • An Hour of Sid Meier Brilliance • Bioware’s Greg Zeschuk Has a Massive Effect on Kotaku Talk Radio • Alan Wake Makers Talk Alternate Game Names • One Excellent Hour with Rockstar Games https://kotaku.com/an-hour-of-sid-meier-brilliance-including-his-surprise-5531995 Family • Three Developers Explain LittleBigPlanet Level Design to a 7-Year-Old • A 70-year-old’s Take on GTA IV • How To Protect, Not Isolate, Your Child From Online Gaming • How To Raise A Nerd https://kotaku.com/three-developers-explain-littlebigplanet-level-design-t-5057652 Features • Achievement Chore: She Plays For Gamerscore, Whether It’s Fun Or Not • Minority Report: The Non-White Gamer’s Experience • Gaming Before Chemo, A Child’s Escape • The Real Metal Gear https://kotaku.com/achievement-chore-she-plays-for-gamerscore-whether-it-5422154 Sports • Turning the Beautiful Game Into a Video Game • Once a Labor of Love, Sales of Football Rosters Now Inflame Passions • If It’s In the Name, It’s In the Game • The Art of Calling an Unseen Game https://kotaku.com/turning-the-beautiful-game-into-a-video-game-5413650 Guest Writers • The Goonies’ Chunk Answers Gaming’s Tough Legal Questions • Ron Jeremy: Sex, Not Violence, Is Beautiful and Natural • The Impact of Homophobia in Virtual Communities • Op Ed: SmartBomb Author on Va Tech Shooting https://kotaku.com/the-goonies-chunk-answers-gamings-tough-legal-questions-452581794 How ทางเข้า w88 ใหม่ ล่าสุด Tos • FarmVille How To: The Tips and Tricks of The Farming Masters • Ink Meets Flesh: A Gaming Tattoo Primer • Want To Work In The Japanese Gaming Industry? Here’s How • A Buyer’s Guide To A Console Generation Past https://kotaku.com/farmville-how-to-the-tips-and-tricks-of-the-farming-ma-5497590/ Columns • Japan: It’s Not Funny Anymore • Collateral Damage In The War On Piracy • How Not To Play Games On TV, From Someone Who’s Been There • The Replacements, Still Replaced in Video Games https://kotaku.com/japan-its-not-funny-anymore-5484581 Crime • Accused Game Cheater Gets Knife Through Head and Survives • EA Ships Illegal Weapons To Press, Wants Them Back • Man Spends Six Months Plotting Murder Of Counter-Strike Rival • Own The Xbox 360 That Helped Kick the Mayor of Baltimore Out of Office https://kotaku.com/accused-game-cheater-gets-knife-through-head-and-surviv-5499061 Culture • Police Swarm to Bungie On Weapons Call During Kotaku Visit • Romance With Disabled Girls: How (And Maybe Why) An Unusual Video Game Came To Be • In Moral Debate About Shadow Complex, Both Sides Have Their Say • Racial Term in DS’ Scribblenauts? Unintentional, Developer Explains https://kotaku.com/police-swarm-to-bungie-on-weapons-call-during-kotaku-vi-5351721 Science • Indian Holy Man May Hold Solution To Game-Interrupting Bathroom Breaks • Kotaku Bureau of Weights & Measures Studies Fallout, Physics, Also Beer • Infection Vs. Resurrection: The New Science of the Zombie • Unreal Engine Puts BP Oil Spill Into Perspective https://kotaku.com/indian-holy-man-may-hold-solution-to-game-interrupting-5535347 Videos • Justify Your Game • Autotune the Video Games with Kotaku • A Very Special Kotaku Holiday Podcast • Kotaku Kristmas Kard, ‘Still Not Banned’ https://kotaku.com/autotune-the-video-games-with-kotaku-5438130 Politics • Industry Lobbies Clinton • The Inconvenient Truth Of Buying Video Games? • Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy Nixed on Xbox 360 Live • Shoe Attack On President Already Turned Into A Crappy Flash Game http://kotaku.com/116391/breaking-industry-lobbies-clinton Toys • This Might Be The Best Transformer Ever • Remote Control Mario Kart Has Shells, Bananas • A Black Widow of Your Very Own • Valkyria Chronicles Figure is As Stoic As It Is Desirable https://kotaku.com/this-might-be-the-best-transformer-ever-5578853/ Clothing • Meat Bun Dresses You in Wizards and Warriors • Iron Man Sneakers Will Light up Your Life • How To Make the Perfect Tron or Daft Punk Costume • I Clothe Gamers https://kotaku.com/meat-bun-dresses-you-in-wizards-and-warriors-5577724 Advice • Packing Tips From A Tetris Master • The Traveler’s Guide to E3 • Kotaku’s Buyer’s Guide: An Introduction • How To Lose Yourself in Akihabara https://kotaku.com/packing-tips-from-a-tetris-master-453107494 Theme Weeks • Religion • Robots • Love • A Summer of Gaming Events • E3 • GamesCom • Tokyo Game Show • San Diego Comic Con Movies • Why Is This Johnny Cage So Familiar? 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