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Police Blotter: His Face Fought the Law and the Law Won

Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them sometimes comically stupid, but potentially tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves.

Horrid Friday the 13th NES Game Gets This Special Edition Figurine

Friday the 13th, the 1989 game, is widely considered to be one of the worst video games of all time, certainly one of the worst ever made for the NES. So of course it rates a special edition figurine Jason Vorhees in the strange purple getup he wore for the final, deeply unsatisfying boss battle.

Kotaku 'Shop Contest: Roboshop

Next week we should have plenty of absurd things and derpfaces coming out of the Next Xbox reveal, so it's premature to parody that right now. We need a more timeless exploitable, something like oh, yeah, this bigass statue of Robocop. Here we go.

Sunday Comics: The Eyes Have It

Welcome to Kotaku's Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics, chosen by our readership. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon in the lower right corner.

Gamification in the Classroom: The Journey Continues

If you went up to the average student and asked them if they wished school was more like a video game you would almost certainly get a passionate "YES!" I'm sure if you asked most adults they'd also put their vote in favor of making their tedious work day more fun and exciting.

Kotaku 'Shop Contest: Ridiculous Rift: The Winners

Oculus Rift isn't even in production and the VR device already has been put to that most basic of human needs lt;a href="http://kotaku.com/imagine-getting-your-head-chopped-off-with-the-oculus-r-493107887">vigilante executions.

In case you were wondering, that incredibly rare instruction manual from the Nintendo 64 video game

In case you were wondering, that incredibly rare instruction manual from the Nintendo 64 video game ClayFighter: Sculptor's Cut ended up selling for $1,377.

Ouya Will Be at E3 ... in the Parking Lot

Ouya, the crowdfunded Android gaming console, will be in Los Angeles during E3, but it won't technically be *at* E3. That's because its booth will be in "a parking lot directly across from the Convention Center's South Hall.

Valve was at work on a set of augmented reality glasses when several employees were let go back in t

Valve was at work on a set of augmented reality glasses when several employees were let go back in the winter. Two of them are continuing to work on the project, with the company's blessings. The Verge has video of it in action.

New Jersey's state senate voted unanimously for a program that will print up a bunch of pamphlets ab

New Jersey's state senate voted unanimously for a program that will print up a bunch of pamphlets about the dangers of scary, scary video games and send them home with schoolchildren. The bill, sponsored by Democrats, now moves to the state Assembly.