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February 27th, 2010, 16:20
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/thumb160x_stadium_events.jpgLast night a hunk of plastic no one ever played set a sale price record for rare video games. In 1987 it retailed for $30. And people complain about $60 price points and used sales today.
The week in Kotaku's original reporting:
Kotaku Talk Radio (http://kotaku.com/5479505/david-jaffe-took-your-calls-needed-15-bleeps)
Top Stories
Collector's Item Obliterates Record for Rare Game Sale (http://kotaku.com/5479360/collectors-item-obliterates-record-for-rare-game-sale)
The Stalling Of An Anti-Bush Video Game (http://kotaku.com/5481110/the-stalling-of-an-anti+bush-video-game)
Nintendo Summit News Round-Up (http://kotaku.com/5479289/nintendo-summit-news-round+up)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Hits North America May 23 (http://kotaku.com/5479257/super-mario-galaxy-2-hits-north-america-may-23)
DSi XL Hits North America Next Month For $190 (http://kotaku.com/5479225/dsi-xl-hits-north-america-next-month-for-190)
F***ing Weird
Killer Whale's Violent Past Includes Deadly Attack on Ultima-Obsessed Drifter (http://kotaku.com/5479632/killer-whales-violent-past-includes-deadly-attack-on-ultima+obsessed-drifter)
News
Tokyo Game Show Dated, Should Be Moved (http://kotaku.com/5480819/tokyo-game-show-dated-should-be-moved)
Itagaki And Tecmo Settle Legal Brouhaha (http://kotaku.com/5480807/itagaki-and-tecmo-settle-legal-brouhaha)
Nintendo Summit News Round-Up (http://kotaku.com/5479289/nintendo-summit-news-round+up)
To-Do In Boston: Kotaku's Very Own PAX East Panel (http://kotaku.com/5480454/to+do-in-boston-kotakus-very-own-pax-east-panel)
Unreal Modders Win Awards, Don't All Clone Gears of War (http://kotaku.com/5479210/unreal-modders-win-awards-dont-all-clone-gears-of-war)
Heavy Rain Explores Player Depression With Freezes And Glitches (http://kotaku.com/5480202/heavy-rain-explores-player-depression-with-freezes-and-glitches)
SNK Announces The King of Fighters XIII (http://kotaku.com/5479843/snk-announces-the-king-of-fighters-xiii)
Plants Vs. Zombies Attack Your Desk, Phone (http://kotaku.com/5479086/plants-vs-zombies-attack-your-desk-phone)
Sega Gives The Wii One Last Shot Of The Old Ultra-Violence (http://kotaku.com/5478990/sega-gives-the-wii-one-last-shot-of-the-old-ultra+violence)
Take Two Interactive Opens Japanese Office (http://kotaku.com/5478960/take-two-interactive-opens-japanese-office)
Sony Computer Entertainment To Become SNEP (Temporarily) (http://kotaku.com/5478924/sony-computer-entertainment-to-become-snep-temporarily)
Sega, You Are Once Again Making A Giant Mistake (http://kotaku.com/5478862/sega-you-are-once-again-making-a-giant-mistake)
Take A Tour Of The New, Improved Steam (http://kotaku.com/5478790/take-a-tour-of-the-new-improved-steam/gallery/)
Mark Beaumont, Capcom COO, Dies Suddenly (http://kotaku.com/5478643/mark-beaumont-capcom-coo-dies-suddenly)
Unreal Engine 4 "Still A Long Ways Off" (http://kotaku.com/5477534/unreal-engine-4-still-a-long-ways-off)
iPhone Chart Toppers: Surprise, Surprise, Guess What's Number 1? (http://kotaku.com/5477216/iphone-chart-toppers-surprise-surprise-guess-whats-number-1)
Inside Grasshopper with Silent Hill and Doshin the Giant Developers (http://kotaku.com/5477078/inside-grasshopper-with-silent-hill-and-doshin-the-giant-developers)
Box Art Has To Cover All The Bases (http://kotaku.com/5476947/box-art-has-to-cover-all-the-bases/gallery/)
How Australia's Proposed Internet Censorship Will (And Won't) Affect Video Games (http://kotaku.com/5477799/how-australias-proposed-internet-censorship-will-and-wont-affect-video-games)
Should Japanese Arcades Worry About 3D Goggle Bacteria? (http://kotaku.com/5477981/should-japanese-arcades-worry-about-3d-goggle-bacteria)
GameStop's Current Trade-In Promotion Is Insane (http://kotaku.com/5478208/gamestops-current-trade+in-promotion-is-insane)
Video Games in Space Nixed Over Fears of Space Station Hacking (http://kotaku.com/5478092/video-games-in-space-nixed-over-fears-of-space-station-hacking)
Features
Where Have All The Zombies Gone? (http://kotaku.com/5481509/where-have-all-the-zombies-gone)
Why We Play Games, And Why We Grumble About Them (http://kotaku.com/5479966/why-we-play-games-and-why-we-grumble-about-them)
Star Trek MMO Log: The Final Frontier (http://kotaku.com/5475467/star-trek-mmo-log-the-final-frontier)
The Search For The Video Game Auteurs (http://kotaku.com/5477174/the-search-for-the-video-game-auteurs)
Are You Playing A Video Game Before You Are Playing It? (http://kotaku.com/5478437/are-you-playing-a-video-game-before-you-are-playing-it)
The Toys That Amazed Me (http://kotaku.com/5478202/the-toys-that-amazed-me)
Columns
Stick Jockey: Imaginary Triumphs: Sports As A Role-Playing Game (http://kotaku.com/5476217/imaginary-triumphs-sports-as-a-role+playing-game)
Something Negative: In Defense of - and a Salute to - The Pro (http://kotaku.com/5479594/in-defense-of---and-a-salute-to—-the-pro)
Speak-Up On Kotaku: Game Mash-Ups, T-Shirts, Singalongs, And Viewtiful Woes (http://kotaku.com/5479355/speak+up-on-kotaku-game-mash+ups-t+shirts-singalongs-and-viewtiful-woes/gallery/)
This Week In Comics (http://kotaku.com/5479508/this-week-in-comics/gallery/)
Reviews, Previews, Hands-on and Impressions
Star Trek Online Review: A Piece Of The Action (http://kotaku.com/5481007/star-trek-online-review-a-piece-of-the-action)
FlingSmash: It's All In the Elbow (http://kotaku.com/5480453/flingsmash-its-all-in-the-elbow)
Disney's Guilty Party: Family-Friendly and Fun...Really. (http://kotaku.com/5480355/disneys-guilty-party--family+friendly-and-funreally)
Transformers: War For Cybertron DS Preview: Grimlock Goes Portable [UPDATE] (http://kotaku.com/5480627/transformers-war-for-cybertron-ds-preview-grimlock-goes-portable-%5Bupdate%5D)
Super Mario Galaxy 2: Yoshi's Back...and He Brought a Drill! (http://kotaku.com/5479419/super-mario-galaxy-2-yoshis-backand-he-brought-a-drill)
Metroid: Other M: A Change of Perspective (http://kotaku.com/5479418/metroid-other-m-a-change-of-perspective)
The Difference Between A Pinata Kill And A Hang Kill (http://kotaku.com/5480361/the-difference-between-a-pinata-kill-and-a-hang-kill)
The Wii's Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Is Not a Ported Prince (http://kotaku.com/5480290/the-wiis-prince-of-persia-the-forgotten-sands-is-not-a-ported-prince)
Kaleidoscope Micro-Review: What a Colorful World (http://kotaku.com/5480521/kaleidoscope-micro+review-what-a-colorful-world)
Call of Duty: World At War: Zombies Verrückt Micro-Review: Solo Fun (http://kotaku.com/5480026/call-of-duty-world-at-war-zombies-verruckt-micro+review-solo-fun)
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom Micro-review: Snack Of The Clones (http://kotaku.com/5478282/the-misadventures-of-pb-winterbottom-micro+review-snack-of-the-clones)
Nintendo DSi XL Review: Super Size Me (http://kotaku.com/5420191/nintendo-dsi-xl-review-super-size-me)
Assassin's Creed II: Bonfire Of The Vanities Micro-Review: Once More, With Fleeing (http://kotaku.com/5477869/assassins-creed-ii-bonfire-of-the-vanities-micro+review-once-more-with-fleeing)
Resident Evil 5: Lost In Nightmares Micro-Review: Less Fighting, More Frightening (http://kotaku.com/5478085/resident-evil-5-lost-in-nightmares-micro+review-less-fighting-more-frightening)
Plants Vs. Zombies iPhone Micro-Review: Touch The Dead (http://kotaku.com/5475784/plants-vs-zombies-iphone-micro+review-touch-the-dead)
Endless Ocean: Blue World Review: The Wii Game You're Wrong About (http://kotaku.com/5477173/endless-ocean-blue-world-review-the-wii-game-youre-wrong-about)
Hands-On, Sword Out With Red Steel 2 (http://kotaku.com/5476604/hands+on-sword-out-with-red-steel-2)
Link 'N Launch Micro-Review: How About 'Pikmin Rockets' Or 'Better Than Bioshock Hacking'? (http://kotaku.com/5476184/link-n-launch-micro+review-how-about-pikmin-rockets-or-better-than-bioshock-hacking)
Across Age Micro-Review: Slam Evil (http://kotaku.com/5478336/across-age-micro+review-slam-evil)
Sports
What's On Deck For MLB 10 The Show (http://kotaku.com/5476713/whats-on-deck-for-mlb-10-the-show)
The Road to the IGF
Mile Marker 13: Miegakure (http://kotaku.com/5481278/mile-marker-13-miegakure)
Mile Marker 14: Shank (http://kotaku.com/5480100/mile-marker-14-shank)
Mile Marker 15: Cogs (http://kotaku.com/5479518/mile-marker-15-cogs)
Mile Marker 16: Vessel (http://kotaku.com/5478116/mile-marker-16-vessel)
Mile Marker 17: AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity (http://kotaku.com/5477176/mile-marker-17-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa--a-reckless-disregard-for-gravity)
DICE 2010
Braced For The Skeptics, Richard Garriott Challenges Gamers And Teases What's Next (http://kotaku.com/5477178/braced-for-the-skeptics-richard-garriott-challenges-gamers-and-teases-whats-next)
How To Do A Red Carpet Right: Add Video Games (http://kotaku.com/5477171/how-to-do-a-red-carpet-right-add-video-games)
Apparel
Kotaku-Tan, The T-Shirt For The Kotaku Fan (http://kotaku.com/5477407/kotaku+tan-the-t+shirt-for-the-kotaku-fan)
Clips
Red Steel 2 Has Live Action, But Not How You'd Think (http://kotaku.com/5477343/red-steel-2-has-live-action-but-not-how-youd-think)
Kotaku 'Shop Contest
Kotaku 'Shop Contest: Worst Sonic & Sega Cameos Edition (http://kotaku.com/5471734/kotaku-shop-contest-worst-sonic--sega-cameos-edition)
Kotaku 'Shop Contest: Conversation Hearts Edition Winners (http://kotaku.com/5476445/kotaku-shop-contest-conversation-hearts-edition-winners/gallery/)
Screengrab
Don't Worry, DSi XL Fits In My Rear Left Pocket (http://kotaku.com/5479506/dont-worry-dsi-xl-fits-in-my-rear-left-pocket)
The Party Is Complete (http://kotaku.com/5477381/the-party-is-complete)
Twitterati
Playboy's Jo Garcia Wasn't Expecting "That" In Heavy Rain (What's "That"?) (http://kotaku.com/5476917/playboys-jo-garcia-wasnt-expecting-that-in-heavy-rain-whats-that)


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