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Square Enix CEO’s 360 Just Shot Itself in the Foot
Remember 2008? Good Lord, was it nearly three years ago, at E3, that Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIII would have an Xbox 360 release, utterly horrifying fanboys of game, publisher and PS3 alike? Well, if one reading of the karmic law is “we all got it coming, kid,” then Yoichi Wada, the CEO of…
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Tetris Tampons
Feminine hygiene display in an Italian drugstore. The box reads: “It takes more to say than to do,” which idiomatically means, “It’s more trouble to do it than to talk about it.” Maybe the L-piece is pitching condoms and the squiggle’s flacking laxatives. Tampax Houdt Gamesters Droog
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iTunes Flash Game Ripoffs Get More Brazen with Canabalt Clone
Last week, the outright theft of a Flash game, republished for sale on the iTunes App Store with Apple’s approval, jarred the Flash development community. Though the app later was removed, anecdotal reports of similar ripoffs came trickling back. It was easy to sympathize with both the developers and with Apple. For developers, months of…
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L.A. Noire Teams up with the L.A. Times
As L.A. Noire‘s release draws near, Rockstar has teamed with the Los Angeles Times for an informative little promotion that highlights the real-world inspirations of the cases the game will throw at you come May 17. L.A. Noire’s case file is based on actual crimes reported in the L.A. area in 1947, ranging from a…
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Madden‘s Voice Out of His Real-Life Job at CBS
Gus Johnson, who debuted as the play-by-play announcer on the Madden NFL series last year, is out as an NFL commentator at CBS, meaning the enthusiastic boothman will be working NFL games only virtually in the upcoming season. Asked about Johnson’s future with the Madden NFL series, an EA Sports spokesman said, “Gus Johnson is…
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UncategorizedRussian Witcher 2 Calendar Bares All in the Name of Marketing
Poland celebrated the upcoming release of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with a virtual Triss Merigold Playboy shoot. The Russian publisher of the game takes the promotion a step further with a real-life naked Witcher 2 calendar. Be warned: The accompanying video contains naked lady parts. Ukrainian model known Klodi Monsoon lends her talents…
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The Smithsonian Has Picked the Games of Its Art of Video Games Exhibit
The Smithsonian American Art Museum revealed the winners of its public vote to decide what games will be featured in their exhibit, The Art of Video Games, today. The exhibit creates a visual history of the evolution of gaming from its humble beginnings through the present. The vote, which took place between February and April,…
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