Kotaku: britney spears

Runescape More Popular Than Jessica Alba

Mike Fahey — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:40:00 MST

Yahoo! has published their list of the most searched terms of 2008, and popular free MMO Runescape has actually made the cut, coming in at number 5, beating out Naruto, Jessica Alba, and Lindsay Lohan.

So how does Runescape snag top honors? One need only look at the remainder of the list to understand that a special cross-section of the populace is using Yahoo! to search the web. Half of the list reads like the front of a supermarket tabloid, with Angelina Jolie, Lohan, Alba, Miley Cyrus, and this year's number 1 search - Britney Spears. Number 2 on the list is the WWE. Of the whole list, the only two that really make sense are Barack Obama and Naruto, two characters I never thought I'd have to mention in the same sentence.

What does this say about Runescape players? I'm not going to speculate, as there are a lot more of them than there are of me.

Top 10 Searches for 2008 [Yahoo! - Thanks Alan]

Predict Spears' Death, Win a PS3

Brian Crecente — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:00:54 MST

Today's media scum don't write for newspapers, or magazines, or tabloids, they don't even write for blogs or websites, no they just create one-off, single page tablogs that feature a prominent Digg button and morbidly titillating content.

Take for instance this site: When Is Britney going to Die? Sure, they don't know how to use capitalization in a headline, and their design is essentially a picture, a graph and a form, but hey, they're giving away a Playstation 3 if you can predict the exact time of Britney Spears' death, down to the minute. Classy.

eBay Buyers: Wii > Britney's Hair

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:40:08 MST

In news that certainly won't help Ms. Spears' custody battle for her offspring, it appears that Nintendo's Wii is heartily trouncing Britney's hair—in terms of eBay consumer interest that is. While the rest of the list looks about accurate for off-eBay console buzz, to see Britney's hair performing so well against big names like Sony and Microsoft, it really makes you root for the underdog. Oh yes, this is news. Michael McWhertor

Britney Shaves: Gamers React

Brian Crecente — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:08:04 MST

The only thing sadder than Britney Spears shaving her head in some misguided attempt at regaining, I don't know, something, are the hundreds of Sims created to gimmick the new, balder Britney.

Searching the Sims 2 returns more than 200 Sims created to look like Ms. Baldy, including this one. So, very, sad. And don't get me started on the Anna Nicole Sims.Brian Crecente