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First-Person Shooter is a fantastic video put together by The Verge, part of this larger report, which looks at the way cameras are being used by police to record when they pursue, and sometimes fire upon, suspects.
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In the afternoon of March 31, a shooting broke out at game center in Osaka. According to Jiji Press (via The Tokyo…
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Microsoft has revealed that a "handful" of accounts held by current and former high-profile Microsoft employees have…
GameStop's former head of PR, guilty of stealing $1.7 million from the company, was sentenced to 51 months in prison.
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When a tragedy or major event occurs, you can bet on a few key things happening. People will grieve. The newsreel…
I don't know how you fit 19 video games in your pants, but at least one guy does. (Allegedly.)
Last Thursday, a notorious Chinese hacker was arrested in Qingdao, Shangdong province. The hacker, a 24-year-old…
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Well, they caught him. Apparently. After turning an anime director's computer into a Trojan Horse for menacing…