Someone's Going to Dig Up Atari's Infamous New Mexico Landfill
Alamogordo's city council has granted an excavation permit for the infamous landfill said to hold thousands of copies of E.T.
Capcom Cancels Blood-and-Guts Stunt After Grisly London Murder
Filling a swimming pool with fake blood and body parts to promote a video game never seemed to me like a particularly tasteful idea in the first place. It's even less so after a grisly machete killing, described as an act of terrorism, roiled anger throughout London this week.
Diablo Widows Get Dildos in French Sex Shop Stunt
Ladies, have you gone lonely as your lovers have spent hours trying to penetrate the secrets of Diablo III (or, more probably, penetrate the game's login screen). Well then, the French sex shop Absoloo wishes to soothe your frustrations—with a free vibrator.
Machine-Gun This Truck from the Comfort of Your Computer Desk on…
Out in the middle of the desert, a remote-controlled M249 Squad Automatic Weapon will unload its magazine into Sweet Tooth's iconic ice cream truck from Twisted Metal, releasing on Tuesday for the PlayStation 3. The trigger will be thousands of spacebars from across the Internet, and the finger on one of them can be …
Legendary Battlefield 3 Stunt Re-Created On Film
Check out this awesome video of a Battlefield 3 tour de force made (to seem) real. Battlefield 3 fans may remember the original in-game stunt, in which a fighter pilot leaps from his cockpit and then shoots down an enemy jet with a rocket launcher before landing safely back in his jet.
A Bus Does Impossible Things In Grand Theft Auto
Add barrel-rolling buses to the long list of Grand Theft Auto activities you should not try — not even think about in real life. This amazing stunt footage, captured from GTA IV, is so impressive that it would make a certain barrel-roll-loving gaming fighter pilot proud.
See Dozens Of Guitar Hero Controllers Die In A Volcano
The makers of Power Gig: Rise of the SixString
APB's Human Avatar, The Final Stage
Realtime Worlds' endeavor to create a human avatar
How Much Would You Pay to Work in Video Games?
For a New York graphic artist, it's $1,000 - just $998.95 more than the price of freedom. He's offered $1,000 for information that leads to getting hired to a video games gig, but there are conditions.
Splinter Cell Stunt Almost Gets Someone Shot
Note to flacks: Cops aren't considering concepts like viral marketing or cosplay when an actor staggers into a pub district to point a plastic gun at the patrons. Promoters of Splinter Cell Conviction just learned this in New Zealand.
Jury Awards $16 Million in Fatal Win-a-Wii Stunt
A jury awarded $16 million to the family of a Sacramento-area woman who died in a 2007 radio stunt in which participants chugged water and held their bladders in order to win a Wii.