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Second Life Flying Wang Attack Goes IRL

Remember when Room 101 griefers issued a flying penis attack on Second Life "real estate" "mogul" "Anshe Chung" during a virtual interview? How could you not? It's just about the only interesting thing to ever happen in Second Life. Now, it has happened in the real world, only on a much smaller, much briefer scale.

Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov was recently subjected to a NSFW attack from a much more realistic looking, but still fake, airborne phallus. This one was given the smackdown by a Russian karate chop after mere seconds, unlike the 15 minute long penis storm previously reported. Coincidence? We think not! But we've already stopped thinking.

Flying Penis [Sharenator via n0wak]

6:30 PM on Mon May 19 2008
By Michael McWhertor
10,121 views, 44 comments

reminder

It's Chessmaster Live Hip Hop Weekend!

Don't forget folks, this weekend is the Chessmaster Live Hip Hop Weekend on Xbox Live, where you could win fabulous prizes just for playing a Chessmaster Live match online! Sponsored by the Hip Hop Chess Federation and Xbox.com, players who register either online or by downloading the Chessmaster LIVE Registration Gamer Picture Pack and then play an online match are automatically entered to win an hourly drawing for a 12-month Xbox Live Gold subscription and 1500 Microsoft points. All hourly winners are then entered to win the grand prize - a custom chess board signed by Grandmasters, and a copy of the PC version of Chessmaster: The Art of Learning. Woot! The chess action will be slow and furious this weekend! See you there!

Chessmaster LIVE Hip Hop Weekend Play & Win Sweepstakes [Xbox.com]

7:00 PM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Mike Fahey
6,508 views, 68 comments

Latest by n/a: Ubisoft's Chessmaster Live, which could have been one of the most feature rich XBox Live games ever, has been plagued with major software flaws. These issues have allowed players to exploit a software defect to win online chess matches. This more »

law

Digital Kriegspiel Creator Under Fire From Dead Marxist

Alex Galloway has put together a lovely digital adaptation of a chess-like game created by French Marxist Guy Debord dubbed Kriegspiel; now the estate of Debord is sending cease and desist letters to Galloway, claiming the digital version is infringing on the intellectual property rights of Debord. Reminiscent of the problem faced by the Scrabulous creators, Galloway is insisting that the idea of a game and rules are not subject to copyright. Ian Bogost weighs in:

Galloway has been served a cease and desist by the attorney representing Guy Debord's widow. It's too early to tell what will happen next ... Galloway's situation bears some similarity to that of popular Facebook app Scrabulous. The irony, of course, is the estate of a dead Marxist pursuing litigation over the exchange value of the name and image of its intellectual property.

Raising ire from Mattel I can see, but raising ire from the estate of a Marxist thinker over his little-known game from the '70s? Hm. We'll see what happens in this case — is it curtains for digital Kriegspiel?

The Revolution will be Litigated [Water Cooler Games]

2:30 PM on Sun Apr 6 2008
By Maggie Greene
2,124 views, 38 comments

Latest by n/a: @zoesch: So he was a bad Marxist and his widow's a worse one. I vaguely remember the game... my older brother had it. Plain ol' chess was more favored, though. more »

fandom

Quests Chess Tells Kasparov To Try Another Piece

Quests Chess is the product of an extremely talented point-n-click adventure game fanboy without many new adventure games to play. Apparently (and sadly) turning to chess to fill this void in his/her heart, "BioJ" crafted this chess set from Fimo clay. With star appearances from Monkey Island, Simon the Sorcerer, Roger Wilco and Day of the Tentacle (plus who are we missing here?), we only wish that we had the correct items in our pocket to click upon the board in proper celebration. Alas, we have but a crank, some fishing wire and a hamster with hypothermia. More pics after the jump. More »

12:40 PM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Mark Wilson
3,544 views, 33 comments

Latest by n/a: No no no dudes! The aqua-guy is actually Klaus Kerner, the villian from Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis! WIth the red dude, of course, being the evil wizard Sordid ( I Think.) Even though Simon isn't a lucas more »

slashdot

Kasparov Arrested

True, chess champion Garry Kasparov's ties to video games are tangential at best. (Though I loved his PC chess games.) But I have a soft spot for him and when I read on Slashdot that he had been arrested for leading a march through Moscow in opposition to Russian President Vladamir Putin, I knew I had to post it. More »

12:00 PM on Mon Apr 16 2007
By Brian Crecente
1,777 views, 42 comments

archon

Archon Returns!

Probably one of the most quietly influential computer games of all time is on the rise once again, as Myriad Interactive announces an agreement with Free Fall Games which awards them rights to the Archon license. Archon is a game that plays like chess, only the pieces do actual battle when they meet, with power boosted for the side whose color matches the battlefield. Countless games owe much to Archon, including the Battle Chess series, The Unholy Way for the PS1, Wraith Unleashed for the Xbox and PS2, and even Mortal Kombat: Deception's Chess Kombat side game. More »

10:20 AM on Fri Feb 9 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,972 views, 28 comments

Latest by n/a: It looks like this has been canned, due to "internal issues" at Mercury Games :( Thankfully, this great Windows remake has resurfaced: [archon.curvenet.co.uk] more »

funny

Worth's Never Made Games

Nothing helps me wind down at the end of a long work day quite like flipping through Worth1000's Photoshop contests. As a graphics designer on the side, I can truly appreciate how much better most of these bastards are than I am, while still catching the occasional really bad one that boosts my self esteem. More »

3:40 PM on Tue Jan 16 2007
By Mike Fahey
180 views, 4 comments

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Windows Vista's Free Games

Well, Windows Vista and DX10 are supposed to be the next big thing for PC gaming. Halo 2, after all, will be the first game that requires Vista and DX10... and, I mean, you just know Vista's gonna rock for games if it's the only OS that can render a two year old game running on a 700mhz processor in full glory! More »

8:40 AM on Tue Jul 25 2006
By brownlee
39,039 views, 23 comments

xblocks

Another Run-Around-In-Circles, Concuss-Yourself Game: xBlocks

Via our own wonderful Cockney lass, Alice... More »

boxing

Play Lennox Lewis in Chess, Win $1000

In a match of pugilism, Lennox Lewis would punch you so hard your whole family would die. A talent for 8x8 strategy games and the ability to rattle off a Kasparov defense that applies to any chess permutation isn't going to stop you from being vaporized when he starts smashing those big, meaty guns into your torso. More »

7:40 AM on Wed May 17 2006
By brownlee
521 views, 2 comments

sex

Chess and Sex Together at Last

There are some entries that you just can't put a picture with because it's simply NSFW, the sex chess from Pink4Boys is one such entry. The game is called Lovechess: Age of Egypt, and I guess it's like battle chess, if battle chess was choosing doggy or missionary. More »

6:40 AM on Tue Feb 7 2006
By lsmith
2,775 views, 1 comment

chess

3D "Star Trek" Chess

OK, this is ancient, but worth a post nonetheless as it's just resurfaced. We're sure there are still willions of you who are secret (or not-so-secret) Trekkies, and who might fancy a post-holidays craft project: build your own 3D Star Trek Chess Set! More »

3:00 PM on Tue Jan 10 2006
By ataylor
748 views, Comment

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What Chess Can Teach About Counter Strike

Game Set Watch points to an excellent story over on GotFrag that compares the strategies used in chess and Counter-Strike. It really isn't that far a stretch, strategy is strategy; the hard part is mastering the ability to use it to cross forms. Just look at all those crappy business books that use the Art of War or Ghengis Khan to teach success in business. More »

9:00 AM on Mon Dec 5 2005
By Brian Crecente
179 views, Comment