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The Moneysaver: Good Luck. We’re All Counting On You
Hollywood lost one of its most quotable comedic actors this week when Leslie Nielsen, 84, passed away at a Fort Lauderdale hospital. It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important right now. Hardware • New Xbox 360 4GB bundle with Modern Warfare 2, Mass Effect 2 games + LIVE 3 month & 1600…
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The Week In Review: Know When To Fold ‘Em
Electronic Arts’ CEO described a nail-biting 150-hour finish for NBA Elite 11, and the choice he made to cancel the game outright. “There aren’t many decisions that are essentially squarely on my desk,” John Riccitiello told Kotaku. “This was one.” Riccitiello, in an extensive interview with Stephen Totilo this week, candidly assessed the lay of…
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Civilization IV’s Opening Theme A Finalist For Grammy
The opening theme for Civilization IV is the first original composition associated with a video game to be a finalist nominee for a Grammy. The track, “Baba Yetu,” is in the “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists” category. “Baba Yetu” represents one of two Grammy nominations for composer Christopher Tin. He originally created the track for…
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Doot-De-Doo
You know what you call the tube in the middle of the toilet paper roll? The doot-de-doo. Because, when you’re on the john and run out, you trumpet “doot-de-doo!” with it for someone to bring a fresh roll. I taught this to my friends’ two daughters a couple weeks ago: one is seven, the other…
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Guess Which Team’s Most Played Online In Madden. Guess.
Hint: They’re 3-8, have no hope of making the playoffs and fired their coach. But Tony Romo doesn’t have a busted collarbone in cyberspace either, and the Dallas Cowboys are still the preferred side for thousands. The Miami Heat are No. 1 in NBA 2K11, according to a nifty chart compiled by writer Patrick Hruby…
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GT5’s Top End Steering Wheel Will Set You Back $500
Pictures have circulated of the new Thrustmaster T500RS, a high-end racing wheel for for Gran Turismo 5, but nothing’s official yet and no one was clear on what it cost, until GT’s creator piped up over Twitter. Five hundred bucks, said Kazunori Yamauchi to GTPlanet. It’ll feature three pedals, a high power motor, backlash-free belt…
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Poster-Size Meat Boy Guide Fit For Any Bedroom Wall
Super Meat Boy is a savagely difficult platformer, and those old-school bonafides gave artist TheInfamousTheft the inspiration for this rad Nintendo Power-style beat guide to The Guy’s three levels, which unlock The Kid. Spoilers? Maybe. Big size on the jump. Super Meat Boy: The Guy Guide [TheInfamousTheft on DeviantArt, thanks Bryce F.]
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Video Surfaces Of Rumored PlayStation Phone [Update]
Video of what looks like a PlayStation Phone prototype hit YouTube earlier today. Physically it looks very much like the rumored device. A main menu and screens showing device information and firmware are seen, but no gaming features are depicted. The device, the Sony Ericsson “Zeus” appears to use the telecommunications carrier MTEL CG, which…
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The First 22 Drivers Of NASCAR 2011 The Game
NASCAR The Game 2011 dropped another 22 names of drivers (and their crew chiefs) who’ve licensed the use of their images in the game. There’s a lady driver on this list, but it’s not Danica Patrick. It’s Jennifer Jo Cobb, who competes on the Camping World trucks series. Patrick hasn’t yet raced on the Sprint…
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The Die-Cast Underbelly Of Gran Turismo 5
The underside of a Gran Turismo 5 racer reveals this curiosity: the logo for die-cast collectible maker AutoArt (lower side, center). AutoArt’s made Gran Turismo models before (that actually is the Nismo Skyline GTR, the same car depicted in the screenshot), and GT5 studio Polyphony Digital has plenty of the collectibles on hand No one’s…
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A Patch 1.5 Years In The Making
Enthusiasm for Ghostbusters plateaued soon after its 2009 release, but the game’s solid multiplayer variety made it a cult hit for many. That’s why, 18 months later, the developer’s finally patched a bug that kept players from collecting four achievements. The studio, Terminal Reality, told fans today that the patch for the Xbox 360 is…
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2K’s Big Boss Badmouths Baseball Again
The chairman of Take-Two Interactive – the parent company of 2K Sports – called his company’s exclusive pact with Major League Baseball a “losing proposition” and suggested they would walk away when the deal expires in 2012. Strauss Zelnick told Reuters that annualizing a video game risks producing one of lower quality and burning out…
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Virtual Pitchers And Catchers Report March 8
Earlier today 2K Sports, on its Facebook page, confirmed March 8 as the release date for MLB 2K11. While we’re pinging Sony to verify MLB 11 The Show comes out the same day, traditionally multiple league-licensed products all come out on the same day. An exception would be NHL 2K11, which was a Wii-only release.…
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Fading Wii Speak Faces Phase Out
Wii Speak’s retail availability is being curtailed and, if demand for it doesn’t improve – which doesn’t appear at all likely – Nintendo will phase out the microphone peripheral completely. In a statement, Nintendo has confirmed Wii Speak’s limited retail availability as part of a phasing out of it altogether. However, the company that it’ll…
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Fight Night’s Card Carries Real Champions, Too
Though the star of its cover, and of the darker, rawer story told through its singleplayer mode, is fictitious boxer Andre Bishop, Fight Night Champion will still deliver real-life boxing legends in their prime, as fans expect of the series. Four new screens went out today over the game’s Facebook page. All of these boxers…
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Super Meat Boy’s Last Laugh On PETA Is PC-Playable Tofu Boy
Gloating that he goaded People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals into making a flash-game free advertisement for indie hit Super Meat Boy, the game’s co-creator followed up with an unlockable Super Tofu Boy character for the game’s PC version. The game hit Steam just yesterday, so, that’s fast turnaround by Team Meat. A tweet…
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Chastened Prosecutors Dismiss Xbox 360 Modding Case
A day after a judge chewed them out in open court, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles dropped their case against a man accused of running a modding business that allowed Xbox 360s to run pirated or unauthorized games. Wired reports that Matthew Crippen, 28, is a free man, after prosecutor Allen Chiu told Judge Philip…
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Here’s A Look at Iran’s First Big Time Video Game
Though the country earlier this year published a sci-fi MMO, Garshasp – a monster hunter of folklore – is billed is Iran’s first AAA-quality video game. It’s being made for the PC because trade sanctions prohibit selling dev kits there. Thus, Garshasp has been in development since 2006, and its makers are waiting on a…
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