Jun 12 2019
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Here’s something silly. The people promoting the Crash Bandicoot racing remake, Crash Team Racing, were walking…
Nov 21 2013
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Nintendo once delivered me a Wii in the trunk of a police car. Today, Microsoft is delivering some of Manhattan's…
Oct 9 2013
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Today in Dumb Yet Hilarious Publicity Stunts, here's online gaming store Good Old Games honoring the U.S. government…
Dec 20 2012
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Christmas Joust is still my favorite 2012 video game-related holiday card, but I'm giving this XCOM: Enemy Unknown…
Oct 10 2012
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You'd think that with all of the not-so-subtle hints Ubisoft PR dropped, that I would've figured out that there…
Aug 29 2012
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The other day, an EA spokesperson invited me to go to Germany to go to some Porsche driving school in order to, in…
Aug 1 2012
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Tina isn't doing the off-topic thread tonight, but that doesn't mean we can't have cats! In fact, let's just combine…
Jul 4 2012
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Here, for some reason known only to Nintendo and some publicists, is a QR code that will generate the official Mii…
Jun 6 2012
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I got an e-mail over the weekend from Microsoft public relations: "I have some sweet rides available to take you to…
Nov 4 2011
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Earlier this week, Nintendo FedExed me a copy of their next Zelda game. FedEx wasn't good enough for their next Mar…
Sep 13 2011
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We got a visit from the Kirby ice cream truck today, part of Nintendo's promotional push for September 19's Kirby…
Aug 28 2011
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This XCOM display, which features no real human beings, is a head-turner here at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle.
May 26 2011
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This doll head arrived in the mail today. Sender's name on the box that contained it is Rebecca Jorden.
Apr 19 2011
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When I think of the Kardashian sisters, I don't think of things that make sense. I think of a world of people who…
Oct 28 2010
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L.A. Laker Kobe Bryant shows up to a game Tuesday in the Call of Duty: Black Ops Jeep. L.A. Galaxy star (not for…
Sep 10 2010
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We got Halo Reach in a silver briefcase today. I took it to the roof for an unbriefcasing video, guest-starring the…
Aug 20 2010
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Snoop, part-time rapper and full-time celebrity pitch-man who seems to say no to nothing, agreed to blow up a van in…
Aug 16 2010
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Apple has taken shots at the DS and PSP. The iPhone has more games, they say. Sony fires back with this ad,…
Aug 10 2010
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There was a parade for a video game in New Orleans yesterday. For Madden NFL 11. That makes it a parade that's also…
Jun 8 2010
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The last time the powerful people at Electronic Arts sent our boss Brian Crecente something ridiculous in the mail,…