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Florida Man Accused Of Using Xbox 360 To Solicit Child Porn
A 22-year-old Florida man faces 16 counts of possession of child pornography, after allegedly soliciting a 10-year-old boy for pictures via Xbox Live. Police say Polk City resident Timothy Hammerstone confessed to receiving naked pictures of a 10-year-old boy from California after asking him to join his online gaming group on the Xbox 360. According…
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TGIF
Don’t give me that look. You know you watched Family Matters – more than once – on the wasted Friday nights of your youth. Not a lot to say tonight. I’ve spent most of today inside chained to this monitor preparing for the weekend so – sorry! No witty anecdotes about real life because I…
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First Videos Showcase Gameplay Of “The Jordan Challenge”
GameSpot today posted the first two videos featuring gameplay from NBA 2K11’s upcoming "Jordan Challenge," featuring Michael Jordan versus the Portland Trail Blazers in the first game of the 1992 NBA Finals. What’s intriguing to me – beyond Horace Grant’s and Buck Williams’ rec specs – is the commentary. Kevin Harlan, Clark Kellogg and Doris…
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Hump A Robot In New Vegas
Ho’in ain’t new to Fallout: New Vegas. Hell, boffing Nova in Moriarity’s upstairs was one of the first things I did in Fallout 3. The ESRB certificate for the sequel shows Bethesda’s upping the ante with hot-n-heavy man-on-machine action. There is also an extended sequence suggesting (no depiction) sexual activity with a robot (e.g., “Fisto…
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Laurence Maroney Needs To Learn How To Edit Madden Rosters
Patriots running back Laurence Maroney is this year’s designated complainer over his Madden NFL rating, taking issue with a speed rating drop that he thinks is tied to a two-year-old shoulder injury. “They got me terrible on Madden, man. I wanna tell Madden that too,” Maroney told The Boston Globe on Tuesday. “You know what’s…
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UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed Brotherhood Single-Player In Action
You read about the demonstration of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood’s single player I saw at Gamescom, now see the demonstration for yourself. Ubisoft could have saved me a great deal of writing by simply sending this video out last week, but I enjoy the writing, so I don’t mind having written out a long explanation of…
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Wii Balance Board Powers Baby-Moving Robot
Children and adults with movement impairing handicaps have access to many devices to help them get around, but what about disabled infants? Researchers have come up with a baby-moving robot that uses a Wii Balance Board as its guide. A team of researchers from Ithaca College in New York have developed a rather clever way…
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UncategorizedKirk Gibson’s Home Run, Recreated In R.B.I. Baseball
Sports gamers remember the epic R.B.I. Baseball re-creation of the sixth game of the 1986 World Series. Someone’s gotten around to re-enacting an even greater World Series moment from that decade: Kirk Gibson’s home run to beat Oakland in 1988. This is one of a few moments I saw live and can recite from memory,…
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Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms Opens For Business
Ubisoft proudly launches its first massively multiplayer online game today, as the free-to-play Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms goes live in your web browser or on your iPad. Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms is an excellent way to wait out next year’s release of Might & Magic Heroes IV. This first installment of the franchise’s…
By Mike Fahey
