Kotaku Originals_ The $43,100 Question

Last 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 https://kotaku.com/david-jaffe-took-your-calls-needed-15-bleeps-5479505 Top Stories Collector’s Item Obliterates Record for Rare Game Sale The Stalling Of An Anti-Bush Video Game Nintendo Summit News Round-Up Super Mario Galaxy 2 Hits North America May 23 DSi XL Hits North America Next Month For $190 https://kotaku.com/collectors-item-obliterates-record-for-rare-game-sale-5479360(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); 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 Itagaki And Tecmo Settle Legal Brouhaha Nintendo Summit News Round-Up To-Do In Boston: Kotaku’s Very Own PAX East Panel Unreal Modders Win Awards, Don’t All Clone Gears of War Heavy Rain Explores Player Depression With Freezes And Glitches SNK Announces The King of Fighters XIII Plants Vs. Zombies Attack Your Desk, Phone Sega Gives The Wii One Last Shot Of The Old Ultra-Violence Take Two Interactive Opens Japanese Office Sony Computer Entertainment To Become SNEP (Temporarily) Sega, You Are Once Again Making A Giant Mistake Take A Tour Of The New, Improved Steam Mark Beaumont, Capcom COO, Dies Suddenly Unreal Engine 4 “Still A Long Ways Off” iPhone Chart Toppers: Surprise, Surprise, Guess What’s Number 1? Inside Grasshopper with Silent Hill and Doshin the Giant Developers Box Art Has To Cover All The Bases How Australia’s Proposed Internet Censorship Will (And Won’t) Affect Video Games Should Japanese Arcades Worry About 3D Goggle Bacteria? GameStop’s Current Trade-In Promotion Is Insane Video Games in Space Nixed Over Fears of Space Station Hacking https://kotaku.com/tokyo-game-show-dated-should-be-moved-5480819 Features Where Have All The Zombies Gone? Why We Play Games, And Why We Grumble About Them Star Trek MMO Log: The Final Frontier The Search For The Video Game Auteurs Are You Playing A Video Game Before You Are Playing It? The Toys That Amazed Me https://kotaku.com/where-have-all-the-zombies-gone-5481509 Columns Stick Jockey: Imaginary Triumphs: Sports As A Role-Playing Game ทางเข้า winner55 ผ่านโทรศัพท์ มือ ถือ Something Negative: In Defense of – and a Salute to – The Pro Speak-Up On Kotaku: Game Mash-Ups, T-Shirts, Singalongs, And Viewtiful Woes This Week In Comics https://kotaku.com/imaginary-triumphs-sports-as-a-role-playing-game-5476217 Reviews, Previews, Hands-on and Impressions Star Trek Online Review: A Piece Of The Action FlingSmash: It’s All In the Elbow Disney’s Guilty Party: Family-Friendly and Fun…Really. Transformers: War For Cybertron DS Preview: Grimlock Goes Portable [UPDATE] Super Mario Galaxy 2: Yoshi’s Back…and He Brought a Drill! 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Across Age Micro-Review: Slam Evil https://kotaku.com/star-trek-online-review-a-piece-of-the-action-5481007 Sports What’s On Deck For MLB 10 The Show https://kotaku.com/whats-on-deck-for-mlb-10-the-show-5476713 The Road to the IGF Mile Marker 13: Miegakure Mile Marker 14: Shank Mile Marker 15: Cogs Mile Marker 16: Vessel Mile Marker 17: pg123 AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity https://kotaku.com/mile-marker-13-miegakure-5481278 DICE 2010 Braced For The Skeptics, Richard Garriott Challenges Gamers And Teases What’s Next How To Do A Red Carpet Right: Add Video Games https://kotaku.com/braced-for-the-skeptics-richard-garriott-challenges-ga-5477178 Apparel Kotaku-Tan, The T-Shirt For The Kotaku Fan https://kotaku.com/kotaku-tan-the-t-shirt-for-the-kotaku-fan-5477407 Clips Red Steel 2 Has Live Action, But Not How You’d Think https://kotaku.com/red-steel-2-has-live-action-but-not-how-youd-think-5477343 Kotaku ‘Shop Contest Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Worst Sonic & Sega Cameos Edition Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Conversation Hearts Edition Winners https://kotaku.com/kotaku-shop-contest-worst-sonic-sega-cameos-edition-5471734 Screengrab Don’t Worry, DSi XL Fits In My Rear Left Pocket The Party Is Complete https://kotaku.com/dont-worry-dsi-xl-fits-in-my-rear-left-pocket-5479506 Twitterati Playboy’s Jo Garcia Wasn’t Expecting “That” In Heavy Rain (What’s “That”?) https://kotaku.com/playboys-jo-garcia-wasnt-expecting-that-in-heavy-rain-5476917