One Gamer Has More YouTube Subscribers Than Rihanna, Bieber
If anything is going to roll up 2014, the internet and video games together in one single fact, this has got to be it.
Gun Smuggler Uses Xbox 360s To Hide Illegal Weapons
Joseph Bunger, 34, faces up to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to smuggling firearms internationally, with the parts hidden inside Xbox 360 consoles.
Report: Pirate Bay Founder Being Kept In Solitary Confinement
The mother of imprisoned Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm says that since her son was extradited from Sweden to Denmark, he has been placed in solitary confinement as though he were a "dangerous, violent and aggressive criminal".
The World's Biggest LAN Party Is A Sci-Fi Party From The Future
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Dreamhack Winter, an annual LAN party held in Sweden, is easily the biggest of its kind in the world. People come from all over Europe (and sometimes futher afield) to spend a few days hanging out, seeing bands and watching pro gamers. Oh, and lugging their entire PC then setting it up in a cavernous, sweaty hall.
McDonalds Names Burger After...Video Game Team
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So McDonalds in Sweden held a competition earlier in the year. The winner got to name a burger. And now we have a burger named after an eSports team.
Boy's Tombstone Shows Him Playing...Pokémon
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This is, sadly, the tombstone of a five year-old boy, located in a cemetery in Lund, Sweden. A boy who obviously loved his Pokémon so much it's become a big part of his memorial.
Imagine Wind Waker Had Flying, Instead Of Sailing...
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I normally don't like making such crude comparisons between games, but given the character design in Aer - and the fact I only just played Wind Waker again - I can't help it. Don't worry. It's a very, very good thing.
Sailor Moon vs Wonder Woman In A...Dance Battle
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Welcome to the 21st century.
Kids Play Call Of Duty, Get Raided By Police
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Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan (via The Local) is reporting that over the weekend, a group of kids playing Call of Duty got a little more than they bargained for when they got all excited about the game.
The Sights, Lights (and Imagined Smells) of the World's Biggest LAN…
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Over last week and the weekend, over 10,000 PC gamers from Europe and across the world gathered in Sweden for Dreamhack Winter, the world's biggest LAN party.
How The World's Biggest LAN Party Is Built
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Over the rest of this week and the weekend, over 10,000 gamers will be gathering in Jonkoping, Sweden for Dreamhack Winter, the world's largest LAN party.
Student Gets a Football Manager Job Based on Football Manager Prowess
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You Won't Believe How Nice Notch's Office Is
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Well, maybe you will. Mojang, the folks behind Minecraft, is a success story. Great news for them! That not only means Mojang honcho Notch (aka Markus Persson) can afford nicer hats, it also means the studio can afford nicer digs. And boy, look a these digs.
This Game Has a $10,000 Collector's Edition. I Kinda Want it.
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Fatshark's upcoming Krater has one of, if not the most expensive collector's edition I've ever seen. There's only one available. And it costs $10,000.
What Will Video Game Shooters Look Like When We're Old?
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Hopefully they, and we, look something like this.
The Razor-Sharp Art of Johan Wahlbäck
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Swedish artist Johan Wahlbäck works for SouthEnd Interactive, the guys behind last year's delightful ilomilo. But you won't find any art for that cute little game here.
What a Western Final Fantasy Could Have Sounded Like
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One of the most fascinating video game dead ends in recent years has been the fact that, up until a few years ago, a Swedish developer was working on a big-money Final Fantasy game.
Swedish, Sixteen, and Stunning
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Yohio currently plays for a Swedish visual kei band called "Seremedy", and he became interested in Japan after getting into anime as a kid. Some of his heroes are Japanese Visual…
Pirates Unwelcome at Swedish Games Expo
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Sweden's Pirate Party had a booth all paid for at this weekend's Gamex, the nation's largest video games expo, until someone from Gamex came to their senses, phoned the pirates and said GTFO. The real head-scratcher is why, as Piratpartiet says, they were invited in the first place.
Meet the Cover Star of Battlefield 3
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The grim-faced soldier gracing the packshot of Battlefield 3 has a history with the series. He's Dennis Lennartsson, a motion-capture actor selected by DICE to star on the cover of this year's game.