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the myth of outdoors
Bass Pro Shops Wants Your Video Games
Finally a way to get rid of all these damned Burger King Xbox 360 games I have laying around! The folks at Bass Pro Shops want your video games, and the trade-in value could be better than GameStop, depending on what you use it for. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by RamV10: @Malevolentburrito: an Enfield maybe? On another note, I need a canoe and a shotgun (likely not to be used in conjunction...unless... more » | Other threads
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clips
Ed Boon On MK Vs. DC Making Sense
By Mike FaheyComment by freespeech: they do this kind of storyline in comics all the time so it really isn't that ridiculous, storywise, but honestly... more » | Other threads
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clips
Hot Chicks In Stupid Game-Related Clips
By Mike FaheyComment by pedantic_dandy: @Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: Ironic detachment gets old fast. Unless you have access to vast hordes of marijuana. more » | Other threads
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crime
CNET and GameFaqs Respond to Church Arson
GameFaqs and parent company CNET have responded to yesterday's story about the teen who burned down a church. After the incident, the teen went to the GameFaqs forums and bragged about his crime, leading to his eventual arrest. In a statement to TV news station WGEM, CNET and GameFaqs said: More » -
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"Do Gamers Read?"
Once again, further proof that mainstream press shouldn't let just anyone cover games! National Public Radio's Chana Joffe-Walt has an interview with Halo: Contact Harvest author Joseph Staten. The book was a New York Times best seller, but Joffe-Walt couldn't care less. Not only is she ignorant about gaming, she's brings her own ill-informed prejudices to the the interview. There are exchanges like this: More »
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Comment by Reyes937: Of course I read i wouldn't be a gamer otherwisebecause you need to read sometimes in games just in case... more » | Other threads
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just add water
Boy Fries Himself with Hot Hot Xbox 360
Dumb, dumb, dumb. Apparently, a 14 year-old North Carolina boy was almost killed trying to keep his Xbox 360 from overheating. According to local news, the boy's mother found her son unconscious after he attempted to submerge the console in a pan of water. "When I left to go next door he was playing a game but when I got back he was laying on his back on the floor and unconscious," she said. The console, wrapped in plastic and tape, was still plugged in. The kid has read online that he could keep his 360 from over heating by cooling its power supply. By the time the ambulance showed up, the boy had regained consciousness. Thankfully, when the ambulance arrived, the boy had regained his senses. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and suffered small burns on his hand and foot. Kids remember: No matter what the internet says, electricity and water are NOT friends. They're not even on speaking terms. More »
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Comment by KM91: I wonder who wrote that online... Remember kids, if you find something on the internet, use your common sense. more » | Other threads
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nintendo
Morons Weigh In On Why Wii Activity Is Bad For You
Normally, the mainstream media can't say enough nice things about the Wii. From giving old folks one more reason to crawl out of bed for the 30,000th time to fostering family gameplay to getting portly youth off their cellulite ridden asses, the media is all about Nintendo's Blue Ocean strategy. More »
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Comment by jackssam000: This is a bunch of bullshit if you do anything active for to long you're gona be sore and that... more » | Other threads
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politics
Homeland Security Bemoans "PlayStation Generation"
Always popular fodder for society's ills, games are once again the scape goat. This time it's Jay Cohen (above), who heads up science and tech research at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Cohen's department has an US $850 million research budget, but he's worried about finding research talent in the future. Why? The "PlayStation Generation," he says, avoids math and science because they are too difficult. It's so bad that Cohen describes this dilemma as "a crisis in the country." I, on the other hand, would describe government officials who made blanket statements about things they don't know about nor truly understand to be the real "crisis in the country." That's just me, though. More »
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Comment by Jesse in Japan: Maybe if they put some of that money into the Department of Education, and then hired some competent people to... more » | Other threads
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crime
Killing Homeless Is Like A "Violent Video Game"
CNN has a sad piece up on a teen attacks against the homeless. Nathan Moore and his friends Luis Oyola and Andrew Ihrcke savagely beat 49 year-old homeless man Rex Baum. They threw rocks and a barbecue grill at Baum and punched and kicked him. They then hit the man with a baseball bat and a pipe before smearing feces on Baum's face and cutting him to "see if he was alive." The teens then went to McDonald's and bragged about this murder before police picked them up. Quoting CNN: More »
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Comment by ARVash: This is one of the few cases where I actually believe the person is demon possessed.. more » | Other threads
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By Mike FaheyComment by oregonjade: And don't forget... most of the child molesters children are exposed to are family and friends. more » | Other threads
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Comment by wendyagog: ok, so i,am a bad mother, (robin) whom is part of this programme, is addicted to games, is because i... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by El Diablo De Verde: House of Leaves is pretentious, ridiculous horseshit masquerading as literature. No wonder Florian loves it. more » | Other threads
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korea
"Nintendo" of Korea: Run By Thugs
Nintendo hasn't just dropped the ball in Korea. They've dropped it, stomped on it and then kicked it across the hall. Previously, we've covered how the game/console maker has left its goods in the hands of book publisher Daiwon, who have done a rotten job of handling Nintendo products. The demand is there, but the products and service are not. More »
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Comment by Doopliss: That seems... Odd... I'm not sure I know what to think. Seems a bit hard to believe... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by Secret Agent Man: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.... Seriously? HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA... that was the most ridiculous thing i've ever seen in my life... it's like "how can i make this... more » | Other threads
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ipod
WoW = Terrorism
This should techinically be titled "shitting iPods = terrorism" but this is, after all, a gaming blog. More »
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By egaugerComment by Korgmeister: I like your idea, Eliza. More guns on planes are the best defence against terrorists. more » | Other threads
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By egaugerComment by Johnny Sailor: Everyone is blaming the wife, and that's... frightening. Yeah, the comic isn't going to win any prizes, but she obviously... more » | Other threads
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By egaugerComment by DarkTetsuya: Well, they *do* mention lazy parents, so the article isn't *completely* rubbish... more » | Other threads
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oddities
Test Time for Japanese Developers?
While Western developers worry about burnout, Japanese ones dread the possibility of forced exams. Japan loves tests, passing out certificates to those that pass and stamping a big "L" on those that fail. There are examinations for just about everything in Japan. Want to enter pre-school? Take a test. How about a job? Test. Want a license? More on that shortly. More »
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Comment by tyjinks: I've come late to the party, but I'll go ahead and say that despite the difficult test, it doesn't improve... more » | Other threads
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crime
The Verdict? Solitaire is Fun!
A Federal judge was caught sneaking a few rounds of computer solitaire during the trial of John "Junior" Gotti. Radio host Curtis Silwa blew the whistle after he noticed Judge Shira Scheindlin getting her game on during the trial. Silwa was on the witness stand, testifying against Gotti who plotted to kill the radio host in 1992. More » -
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Kapson, Kapcon, Kapcom, Capcom, Whatever
It has come to light that a former employee of Osaka-based game maker Capcom is guilty of attempting to defraud his company. Last year, the unscrupulous employee tried to buy multiple highway passes worth US $145,000 with the intention of reselling them. Using an ATM, he transfered part of the money, but accidently mixed up the katakana characters for "n" and "so" and typed the name of his company as "Capcoso." ("Capcom" is written in "Kapukon" in Japanese.) This aroused suspicion as nobody was quite sure what "Capcoso" was, connected the dots and showed Capcom that some dope wasn't only trying to pull a fast one, but also had the reading ability of a first grader. The knucklehead was fired last Spring and arrested. Sentencing should include hard time as well as a Japanese language brush-up. More »
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Comment by scazza: Is this related to the whole Capcom tax evasion thing that I heard about recently? (at least I think... more » | Other threads
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stefan eriksson
Dumb Gizmondo Exec Loses Another Exotic Car
Stefan Eriksson, former Gizmondo honcho and idiot supreme, just forked over another car. On February 21, he totaled his priceless Ferrari Enzo in a most bizarre traffic accident filled with unanswered questions, Homeland Security officers and a German fella named Dietrich. This past Sunday, Eriksson lost his $400,000+ Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. And a 13-year-old car nut happened upon the scene, catching the entire thing on tape. More »
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Comment by Jay: Maybe if you ask really nicely, Gawker Media will just let you start the blog you clearly want to be... more » | Other threads
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stupid
Iron And The Maiden Announced
Ha ha! Plucking his title like a tick from the retarded skull of the smelliest metal head doofus who ever lived, ex-Naughty-Dog Jason Rubin has announced on his — ha ha ha! — MySpace page that his next game will be called Iron and the Maiden. More »
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