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Wii Shows Up At Oscars, Goes Berserk, Devours Audience, Etc

Anyone who watched the Oscars last night caught what may have been the most non sequitur moment in both movie and gaming history—after coming back from a commercial break, we were greeted with an intense match of Wii Tennis. Upon finishing, Stewart asked, "Am I supposed to be winded?" Everyone laughed.

And then they shifted nervously in their seats, frightened by the autonomous entertainment device in the foreground. If you missed the Oscars last night, here's the video:

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And The Bronze Mario Award Goes To...

There is a ton of cool stuff over at the Video Game Memorabilia Museum, including this Oscar-esque bronze Mario statue. Normally adorning a marble base, this statue is, according to its owner, normally only given out in rare circumstances. These include "Nintendo Long Service Staff" awards, for those in the employ of the company for more than twenty years, and worldwide competition winners. Obviously, the latter is the easier of the two. More »

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Lawyers Attack Game Site For Academy Awards Comparison (It Didn't Make)

The Academy Awards. Hollywood's opportunity to bask in itself and spend loads of money on limos, parties and wooing Academy members to vote for "important" motion pictures. Last week, Gamasutra ran an article, which compared a planned Japanese game award show to the Oscars. The Academy's sue-happy lawyers jumped down Gamasutra's throat: More »

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Sims Red Carpet

reese.bmpPassionate Sims fans took to the net Sunday night, creating digi knock-offs of some of the hot fashions from the Academy Awards Red Carpet. By Monday morning some of the Red Carpet clothes were the top downloads on the Sims 2 community site. More »