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Man Deploys ‘Madden Defense’ to Beat Murder Rap
A man on trial in North Carolina for killing his pregnant fiancée says he could not have been the killer, and is using a screen capture from a game of Madden NFL as his alibi. Michael Mead, accused of killing Lucy Johnson, 31, in 2008, showed a “screenshot from the gaming system to a private…
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Chinese Consoles Invade India
Video games are hot in India right now, but don’t expect to see many of these gamers on Xbox Live or Playstation Network anytime soon. According to The Economic Times, Indian gamers are buying Chinese consoles over their branded counterparts. Honey Singh, owner of an electronic shop in south Delhi’s Nehru Place said “We manage…
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Gamers, Let’s Stop Hating Each Other
The video game world is constantly growing, and so is the video game audience. More and more games are being developed for the casual gaming audience, and while some people think this is a good thing, some people don’t. Commenter GunFlame: used Steal *nothing to Steal* 🙁 is sending out a call for unity, reminding…
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What’s Wrong With Kids These Days?
Back in my day things were different! If I wanted to play a video game I had to use one joystick to move and aim! In the snow! Come to think of it, it wasn’t that bad at all. Acast010 thinks that this generation is a lot worse—not the games though. He says the gamers…
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PS3’s New Flavor is Lighter, Less Power-Thirsty
Andriasang says a new PS3 configuration is coming, but don’t get your hopes too far up. The changes concern its power draw, weight, and the removal of LED lights. The hard drive for the CECH-3000B model still is 320GB, according to a retail source Andriasang quoted. The console cuts power consumption to 200W from 230W…
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Terrifying TriMount Connects All Your Game Console Sensors, Might Just Kill You
For anyone who owns all three of this generation’s gaming consoles, it can be a bitch setting up their respective sensor peripherals. Not anymore, as the dreamGEAR TriMount combines all three. Only it looks like a very angry Wall-E. This behemoth rigs the Xbox 360 Kinect, Playstation Eye, and Wii Sensor Bar together to form…
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One Year Later, Did Sony Keep Their E3 2010 Promises?
E3 is a den of promises. Promises sell products. And according to the cynics of the world, promises are meant to be broken. Yesterday, we took a look at the promises that Microsoft made at last year’s E3. Today, we scrutinize Sony. Did their PS3 and PSP-related promises bear out, or were we left feeling…
By Drew Cohen
