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EVE Online Boss Grovels for Forgiveness After a Summer of Fiascoes
Wracked by boneheaded decisions involving game expansions and the sale of virtual goods, EVE Online‘s community has been in an uproar for several months. The outrage was so loud that the game’s publisher has now prostrated himself in begging forgiveness, with a 1,500-word self-flagellating unconditional apology. “The estrangement from CCP that many of you have…
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‘Object Rape’ by Wii Remote Sends Utah Man to Jail
A Utah man is in jail after he raped a 12-year-old boy with a Wii remote, according to authorities in in a Salt Lake City suburb. Police say the 26-year-old assailant was angered that the boy and his friends had been teasing him. Nicholas Parry is in the Salt Lake County jail facing charges of…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Should You Buy NBA 2K12? Yes.
NBA 2K12 is out there ready to be purchased, or rented, and played. But should you invest the time and money? Here’s Kotaku‘s Gut Check: Stephen Totilo: Yes, though I gotta say I haven’t played the game. I played last year’s NBA 2K11 and, not even caring about sports games, was blown away. So if…
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A Sports Video Game Outsold Gears of War 3‘s Launch
EA Sports’ hot streak at retail continues to ride strong; FIFA 12 sold 3.2 million copies in its first week, the label reports, citing internal analysis. That means FIFA 12‘s launch was bigger than Gears of War 3‘s That’s a global figure buttressed by interest in the world’s most popular sport; it’s also a multiplatform…
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Steve Jobs’ Voicemail
During the iPhone 4 leak, I somehow, through no real grift of my own, found myself in possession of Steve Job’s phone number. It went directly to his desk phone. My first thought was, “Steve Jobs has a desk phone?” It seemed like the kind of phone number you hang on to, so I wrote…
By Joel Johnson - Uncategorized
From a Bit Player to a Mobile Force, Apple’s Gaming Legacy Under Steve Jobs
Popularly regarded as a distant runner-up to the Windows PC, Apple nonetheless played key and even dominant roles in shaping the history of video games over the past 35 years, emerging from an utterly marginalized brand in home computer gaming to a force almost unilaterally shaping the course of mobile gaming today. The company’s founder,…
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Tiger Woods 13 Sounds Like It’s Adding Celebrities to the Roster
As it stages two fan-voted playoffs to choose the next cover in the series, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 has also revealed that the game’s stable of 22 golf professionals will be joined by what sound like celebrity golfers. Craig Evans, EA Sports‘ marketing director for the Tiger Woods series, told Kotaku today that the…
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