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Multiple Japanese Twitter users have posted pictures of what appears to be a fire in a Konami office. More »
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As seen on the door of a Philly fire station. [Thanks RPerdue] More »
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To go along with last week's release of Mortal Kombat, Prima Games released a lovely hardbound collector's edition strategy guide to teach new players with an extra $35 how to play the game in style. Why is this man so angry about it? More »
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No. No it cannot. More »
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Which video game console had the most resilient cartridges, the Super Nintendo or the Sega Genesis? Blistered Thumbs' Rinry lets her sadistic side shine as she boils, burns, freezes, and drops a pair of games to determine the toughest. More »
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Reader Eric tells us his home caught on fire and, in it, his PlayStation 3. Happily, Eric fared well enough that he was able to snap photos of his post-inferno PlayStation and send them our way. More »
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Lawsuits must hit Nintendo with all the regularity, and fanfare, of the morning newspaper arriving on the lawn. Now the insurance-mans is suing them, saying a DS power supply burnted a Kentucky residence. More »
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Michigan firefighters are blaming an overheating Xbox and spiral notebook for a house fire in Clio last month. More »
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Just to show I don't have knee-jerk Microsoft hate every time an Xbox crashes, here is an utterly retarded story that involves a bricked 360, fire, and Arkansas. Dangerous combination, in all. More »
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At the Warner Middle School in Farmington Hills Michigan this morning a fire broke out in a young boy's pants. According to police, the PSP in the student's pocket overheated and exploded, burning a hole in his pocket and causing minor burns on his legs. A teacher at the school managed to separate the boy from his gaming system, after which a lockdown was instituted at the school to facilitate emergency personnel reaching the injured young man, whose burns were treated on school grounds before being transported to a local hospital. Police are currently investigating the cause of the PSP's malfunction. In the meantime, you might want to consider moving that puppy from your pocket to a backpack - preferably lined with asbestos, which is easily found at many schools across the country. I've had video games get my pants hot before, but somehow this just seems a whole lot less pleasant. More »
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The fire that ravaged the Human Head Studios' office resulted in no injuries and won't, it appears, delay the production of their current title. More »
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The building that houses game developer Human Head Studios, the creators of Prey, was the victim of a huge fire yesterday morning in it's hometown of Madison, Wisconsin. While there are no reported injuries, the report from Channel3000.com reports that the building, which houses several other businesses in addition to Human Head, suffered major damage. The majority of the fire seemed to be mostly contained in the back half of the building but it is unknown whether Human Head itself was affected. Hopefully they managed to escape unscathed, but the damage sounds pretty extensive. Until more is known, all we can do is cross our fingers and hope for the best. Good luck, Human Head, our thoughts are with you. Flynn De Marco More »
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When you can't blame video games for violence, blame them for other things. Things like, I dunno, burning down houses. Because that's SCARY. And when you can't find a recent example of this, search around for old ones. Things that happened three years ago? No problem! As long as it happened sometime before Reagan left office, it's a-okay. More »
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Our capitalistic little brother site The Consumerist kicked us out of bed, sending word of a panel at the upcoming Austin Games Conference with Michael Dell. The young CEO's company has been feeling the heat of late as Dell laptops continue to explode and burst into flames. Regardless, Mike will be in Austin, bravely facing the masses. And what's his talk called? Yep, "Fireside Chat." Brian Ashcraft More »
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An arson last week was sparked (get it, get it?) by a fight over an Xbox, according to Seattle police. More »
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Take 2's office on Broadway was hit by a five alarm fire last night. The publisher's office was apparently hit very badly, though both Rockstar and the corporate offices were unaffected because they aren't in the building. More »
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