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TABLE OF CONTENTS
January 2010
FEATURES
How Cover Shaped Gaming's Last Decade (http://kotaku.com/5452654/how-cover-shaped-gamings-last-decade)
by Brian Ashcraft
Are Game Companies Spoiling Their Own Games? (http://kotaku.com/5455863/are-game-companies-spoiling-their-own-games)
by Luke Plunkett
Bayonetta Is Not Too Sexy, But Maybe Too Serious (http://kotaku.com/5457308/bayonetta-is-not-too-sexy-but-maybe-too-serious)
by Lisa Foiles
Why A Man Plays Mario (http://kotaku.com/5458678/why-a-man-plays-mario)
by Stephen Totilo
The 2009 eBay Holiday Video Game Grey Market Report (http://kotaku.com/5437760/the-2009-ebay-holiday-video-game-grey-market-report)
by Mike Fahey
Kotaku's Game of the Year (http://kotaku.com/5455099/kotakus-2009-game-of-the-year)
Uncharted 2 (http://kotaku.com/5446689/2009-game-of-the-year-finalist-debate-uncharted-2) vs. Assassin's Creed II (http://kotaku.com/5449524/2009-game-of-the-year-finalist-debate-assassins-creed-ii) vs. Demon's Souls (http://kotaku.com/5449482/2009-game-of-the-year-finalist-debate-demons-souls) REVIEWS
Assassin's Creed II: The Battle of Forli Micro-Review: An Un-Macchiavelian Plan (http://kotaku.com/5459600/assassins-creed-ii-the-battle-of-forli-micro+review-an-un+macchiavelian-plan)
Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond Micro-Review: A Bloody Fun Hazard-Time (http://kotaku.com/5459136/matt-hazard-blood-bath-and-beyond-micro+review-a-bloody-fun-hazard+time)
Muscle March Micro-Review: Flex Crimes (http://kotaku.com/5457936/muscle-march-micro+review-flex-crimes)
Mass Effect 2 Review: Once More Unto The Breach (http://kotaku.com/5456089/mass-effect-2-review-once-more-unto-the-breach)
Alienware Area-51 m15x Laptop Review: It Ain't Heavy, It's My Laptop (http://kotaku.com/5455100/alienware-area+51-m15x-laptop-review-it-aint-heavy-its-my-laptop)
Serious Sam HD Review: This Time It's Really Serious (http://kotaku.com/5454525/serious-sam-hd-review-this-time-its-really-serious)
Dark Void Zero Micro-Review: Classic, Focused Fun (http://kotaku.com/5453658/dark-void-zero-micro+review-classic-focused-fun)
Dark Void Review: Innovation In A Void (http://kotaku.com/5451488/dark-void-review-innovation-in-a-void)
Pocket God Micro-Review: Heaven or Hell? (http://kotaku.com/5451731/pocket-god-micro+review-heaven-or-hell)
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Micro-Review: Something M2 Whipped Up (http://kotaku.com/5450848/castlevania-the-adventure-rebirth-micro+review-something-m2-whipped-up)
VVVVVV Micro-review: AAAAAAH!!! (http://kotaku.com/5449094/vvvvvv-micro+review-aaaaaah)
Army of Two: The 40th Day Review: Co-Op Shooting At A Crossroads (http://kotaku.com/5446328/army-of-two-the-40th-day-review-co+op-shooting-at-a-crossroads)
Trajectile Micro-Review: Testing Your Talent For Precision Demolition (http://kotaku.com/5443838/trajectile-micro+review-testing-your-talent-for-precision-demolition)
Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot Micro-Review: A Very Long Engagement (http://kotaku.com/5443137/mad-moxxis-underdome-riot-micro+review-a-very-long-engagement)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Review: The Big Book Of FF Activities (http://kotaku.com/5441868/final-fantasy-crystal-chronicles-the-crystal-bearers-review-the-big-book-of-ff-activities)
Bayonetta Review: To Infinite Climax Action And Beyond (http://kotaku.com/5440514/bayonetta-review-to-infinite-climax-action-and-beyond)
Darksiders Review: Harbinger Of The Apocopylypse (http://kotaku.com/5439223/darksiders-review-harbinger-of-the-apocopylypse)
0 Day: Attack on Earth Micro-Review: Where's Will Smith When You Need Him? (http://kotaku.com/5438114/0-day-attack-on-earth-micro+review-wheres-will-smith-when-you-need-him) PREVIEWS & IMPRESSIONS
WarioWare D.I.Y. Has Made Me A User Generated Content Convert (http://kotaku.com/5457497/warioware-diy-has-made-me-a-user-generated-content-convert)
Split Second Preview: Happy With Second Place (http://kotaku.com/5459700/split-second-preview-happy-with-second-place)
Another Impossible Preview (http://kotaku.com/5459699/another-impossible-preview)
MLB 2K10 Preview: Battling Back to Even the Count (http://kotaku.com/5455449/mlb-2k10-preview-battling-back-to-even-the-count)
Assassin's Creed II Discovery iPhone Preview: Sonic-y (http://kotaku.com/5453084/assassins-creed-ii-discovery-iphone-preview-sonic+y)
God of War III's Wildest Moment (So Far) Explained (http://kotaku.com/5451178/god-of-war-iiis-wildest-moment-so-far-explained/gallery/)
BioShock 2 Preview: Something Bad Is About To Happen (http://kotaku.com/5445329/bioshock-2-preview-something-bad-is-about-to-happen)
Hell Hath No Fury Like Video Game's Take on Dante's Inferno (http://kotaku.com/5459616/hell-hath-no-fury-like-video-games-take-on-dantes-inferno)
Hands On With Apple's iPad, Everything But The Games (http://kotaku.com/5458395/hands-on-with-apples-ipad-everything-but-the-games)
Hands On With Apple's iPad, Just The Games (http://kotaku.com/5458393/hands-on-with-apples-ipad-just-the-games)
MAG: First-Day Impressions of a Burgeoning War (http://kotaku.com/5458225/mag-first+day-impressions-of-a-burgeoning-war)
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days: Eyes-On With The Best Worst Camera Ever (http://kotaku.com/5446715/kane--lynch-2-dog-days-eyes+on-with-the-best-worst-camera-ever)
Razer Reinvents, Perfects the Xbox 360 Controller (http://kotaku.com/5446308/razer-reinvents-perfects-the-xbox-360-controller/gallery/)
Hands-On With Street Fighter's Juri Or: How I Stopped Playing Ken and Learned to Love Da Bomb (http://kotaku.com/5444501/hands+on-with-street-fighters-juri-or-how-i-stopped-playing-ken-and-learned-to-love-da-bomb)
Scrap Metal Hands-On: Calling All Twisted Metal Fans (http://kotaku.com/5443768/scrap-metal-hands+on-calling-all-twisted-metal-fans)
Hands-On With Unreal Engine On The iPhone, Nvidia Tegra (http://kotaku.com/5444554/hands+on-with-unreal-engine-on-the-iphone-nvidia-tegra)
Super Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition S Hands-on (http://kotaku.com/5443207/super-street-fighter-iv-fightstick-tournament-edition-s-hands+on)
More Hands-on Details From Xbox 360's Game Room (http://kotaku.com/5443104/more-hands+on-details-from-xbox-360s-game-room) COLUMNS
WELL PLAYED by Brian Crecente
Oh What A Year (http://kotaku.com/5439690/oh-what-a-year)
CES 2010 Aims to Resurrect 3D (http://kotaku.com/5444490/ces-2010-aims-to-resurrect-3d)
Video Games Survive Recession, But At What Cost? (http://kotaku.com/5449233/video-games-survive-recession-but-at-what-cost)
Gaming: The Fifth Network (http://kotaku.com/5454191/gaming-the-fifth-network)
Game Developers See Potential, Not Gold Rush in Apple's iPad (http://kotaku.com/5459202/game-developers-see-potential-not-gold-rush-in-apples-ipad) STICK JOCKEY by Owen Good
The Replacements, Still Replaced in Video Games (http://kotaku.com/5460160/the-replacements-still-replaced-in-video-games)
The Problem(s) with Olympic Video Games (http://kotaku.com/5455379/the-problems-with-olympic-video-games)
If It's In the Name, It's In the Game (http://kotaku.com/5449662/if-its-in-the-name-its-in-the-game)
Can Sports Video Games Win One for the Little Guys? (http://kotaku.com/5444293/can-sports-video-games-win-one-for-the-little-guys)
A Picture Worth More Than Words (http://kotaku.com/5438271/a-picture-worth-more-than-words) TIM ROGERS
The Best Games Of, Sort Of, The Decade (http://kotaku.com/5450551/the-best-games-of-sort-of-the-decade)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
January 2010
FEATURES
How Cover Shaped Gaming's Last Decade (http://kotaku.com/5452654/how-cover-shaped-gamings-last-decade)
by Brian Ashcraft
Are Game Companies Spoiling Their Own Games? (http://kotaku.com/5455863/are-game-companies-spoiling-their-own-games)
by Luke Plunkett
Bayonetta Is Not Too Sexy, But Maybe Too Serious (http://kotaku.com/5457308/bayonetta-is-not-too-sexy-but-maybe-too-serious)
by Lisa Foiles
Why A Man Plays Mario (http://kotaku.com/5458678/why-a-man-plays-mario)
by Stephen Totilo
The 2009 eBay Holiday Video Game Grey Market Report (http://kotaku.com/5437760/the-2009-ebay-holiday-video-game-grey-market-report)
by Mike Fahey
Kotaku's Game of the Year (http://kotaku.com/5455099/kotakus-2009-game-of-the-year)
Uncharted 2 (http://kotaku.com/5446689/2009-game-of-the-year-finalist-debate-uncharted-2) vs. Assassin's Creed II (http://kotaku.com/5449524/2009-game-of-the-year-finalist-debate-assassins-creed-ii) vs. Demon's Souls (http://kotaku.com/5449482/2009-game-of-the-year-finalist-debate-demons-souls) REVIEWS
Assassin's Creed II: The Battle of Forli Micro-Review: An Un-Macchiavelian Plan (http://kotaku.com/5459600/assassins-creed-ii-the-battle-of-forli-micro+review-an-un+macchiavelian-plan)
Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond Micro-Review: A Bloody Fun Hazard-Time (http://kotaku.com/5459136/matt-hazard-blood-bath-and-beyond-micro+review-a-bloody-fun-hazard+time)
Muscle March Micro-Review: Flex Crimes (http://kotaku.com/5457936/muscle-march-micro+review-flex-crimes)
Mass Effect 2 Review: Once More Unto The Breach (http://kotaku.com/5456089/mass-effect-2-review-once-more-unto-the-breach)
Alienware Area-51 m15x Laptop Review: It Ain't Heavy, It's My Laptop (http://kotaku.com/5455100/alienware-area+51-m15x-laptop-review-it-aint-heavy-its-my-laptop)
Serious Sam HD Review: This Time It's Really Serious (http://kotaku.com/5454525/serious-sam-hd-review-this-time-its-really-serious)
Dark Void Zero Micro-Review: Classic, Focused Fun (http://kotaku.com/5453658/dark-void-zero-micro+review-classic-focused-fun)
Dark Void Review: Innovation In A Void (http://kotaku.com/5451488/dark-void-review-innovation-in-a-void)
Pocket God Micro-Review: Heaven or Hell? (http://kotaku.com/5451731/pocket-god-micro+review-heaven-or-hell)
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Micro-Review: Something M2 Whipped Up (http://kotaku.com/5450848/castlevania-the-adventure-rebirth-micro+review-something-m2-whipped-up)
VVVVVV Micro-review: AAAAAAH!!! (http://kotaku.com/5449094/vvvvvv-micro+review-aaaaaah)
Army of Two: The 40th Day Review: Co-Op Shooting At A Crossroads (http://kotaku.com/5446328/army-of-two-the-40th-day-review-co+op-shooting-at-a-crossroads)
Trajectile Micro-Review: Testing Your Talent For Precision Demolition (http://kotaku.com/5443838/trajectile-micro+review-testing-your-talent-for-precision-demolition)
Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot Micro-Review: A Very Long Engagement (http://kotaku.com/5443137/mad-moxxis-underdome-riot-micro+review-a-very-long-engagement)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Review: The Big Book Of FF Activities (http://kotaku.com/5441868/final-fantasy-crystal-chronicles-the-crystal-bearers-review-the-big-book-of-ff-activities)
Bayonetta Review: To Infinite Climax Action And Beyond (http://kotaku.com/5440514/bayonetta-review-to-infinite-climax-action-and-beyond)
Darksiders Review: Harbinger Of The Apocopylypse (http://kotaku.com/5439223/darksiders-review-harbinger-of-the-apocopylypse)
0 Day: Attack on Earth Micro-Review: Where's Will Smith When You Need Him? (http://kotaku.com/5438114/0-day-attack-on-earth-micro+review-wheres-will-smith-when-you-need-him) PREVIEWS & IMPRESSIONS
WarioWare D.I.Y. Has Made Me A User Generated Content Convert (http://kotaku.com/5457497/warioware-diy-has-made-me-a-user-generated-content-convert)
Split Second Preview: Happy With Second Place (http://kotaku.com/5459700/split-second-preview-happy-with-second-place)
Another Impossible Preview (http://kotaku.com/5459699/another-impossible-preview)
MLB 2K10 Preview: Battling Back to Even the Count (http://kotaku.com/5455449/mlb-2k10-preview-battling-back-to-even-the-count)
Assassin's Creed II Discovery iPhone Preview: Sonic-y (http://kotaku.com/5453084/assassins-creed-ii-discovery-iphone-preview-sonic+y)
God of War III's Wildest Moment (So Far) Explained (http://kotaku.com/5451178/god-of-war-iiis-wildest-moment-so-far-explained/gallery/)
BioShock 2 Preview: Something Bad Is About To Happen (http://kotaku.com/5445329/bioshock-2-preview-something-bad-is-about-to-happen)
Hell Hath No Fury Like Video Game's Take on Dante's Inferno (http://kotaku.com/5459616/hell-hath-no-fury-like-video-games-take-on-dantes-inferno)
Hands On With Apple's iPad, Everything But The Games (http://kotaku.com/5458395/hands-on-with-apples-ipad-everything-but-the-games)
Hands On With Apple's iPad, Just The Games (http://kotaku.com/5458393/hands-on-with-apples-ipad-just-the-games)
MAG: First-Day Impressions of a Burgeoning War (http://kotaku.com/5458225/mag-first+day-impressions-of-a-burgeoning-war)
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days: Eyes-On With The Best Worst Camera Ever (http://kotaku.com/5446715/kane--lynch-2-dog-days-eyes+on-with-the-best-worst-camera-ever)
Razer Reinvents, Perfects the Xbox 360 Controller (http://kotaku.com/5446308/razer-reinvents-perfects-the-xbox-360-controller/gallery/)
Hands-On With Street Fighter's Juri Or: How I Stopped Playing Ken and Learned to Love Da Bomb (http://kotaku.com/5444501/hands+on-with-street-fighters-juri-or-how-i-stopped-playing-ken-and-learned-to-love-da-bomb)
Scrap Metal Hands-On: Calling All Twisted Metal Fans (http://kotaku.com/5443768/scrap-metal-hands+on-calling-all-twisted-metal-fans)
Hands-On With Unreal Engine On The iPhone, Nvidia Tegra (http://kotaku.com/5444554/hands+on-with-unreal-engine-on-the-iphone-nvidia-tegra)
Super Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition S Hands-on (http://kotaku.com/5443207/super-street-fighter-iv-fightstick-tournament-edition-s-hands+on)
More Hands-on Details From Xbox 360's Game Room (http://kotaku.com/5443104/more-hands+on-details-from-xbox-360s-game-room) COLUMNS
WELL PLAYED by Brian Crecente
Oh What A Year (http://kotaku.com/5439690/oh-what-a-year)
CES 2010 Aims to Resurrect 3D (http://kotaku.com/5444490/ces-2010-aims-to-resurrect-3d)
Video Games Survive Recession, But At What Cost? (http://kotaku.com/5449233/video-games-survive-recession-but-at-what-cost)
Gaming: The Fifth Network (http://kotaku.com/5454191/gaming-the-fifth-network)
Game Developers See Potential, Not Gold Rush in Apple's iPad (http://kotaku.com/5459202/game-developers-see-potential-not-gold-rush-in-apples-ipad) STICK JOCKEY by Owen Good
The Replacements, Still Replaced in Video Games (http://kotaku.com/5460160/the-replacements-still-replaced-in-video-games)
The Problem(s) with Olympic Video Games (http://kotaku.com/5455379/the-problems-with-olympic-video-games)
If It's In the Name, It's In the Game (http://kotaku.com/5449662/if-its-in-the-name-its-in-the-game)
Can Sports Video Games Win One for the Little Guys? (http://kotaku.com/5444293/can-sports-video-games-win-one-for-the-little-guys)
A Picture Worth More Than Words (http://kotaku.com/5438271/a-picture-worth-more-than-words) TIM ROGERS
The Best Games Of, Sort Of, The Decade (http://kotaku.com/5450551/the-best-games-of-sort-of-the-decade)
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