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Maker of Religious Video Games Faces Stock Fraud Charges in U.S.
Remember those Left Behind holy-war video games made for the PC in the middle of the last decade? U.S. regulators just sued the company’s founder, saying that he and a friend artificially inflated the firm’s revenue figures through a stock kickback scheme. The founder says the government is discriminating against him. In a wide-ranging statement…
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Judge Bans Teen From Playing Video Games. Uh, What?
A Judge in Wisconsin banned a 17-year-old from playing video games after he was arrested and charged with assaulting his mother when she unplugged his PlayStation 3. So, this kind of thing doesn’t happen just with Xbox 360 players, just sayin’. The Racine Journal Times, according to WISN-TV in the video below, reported that Jeffrey…
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The Original Game Boy Is Travelers’ Best Friend Once More
There was a time you couldn’t board an airplane without seeing at least a half dozen Game Boys. That time has come again, thanks to Think Geek’s Travel Boy carry-on luggage. Constructed of ABS and possessing a style the gaming community only gets to enjoy in limited edition recolors these days, the Travel Boy is…
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What Happens When You Mix Skylanders And Disney Infinity? Don’t.
Two games dependent on physical toys that interface via magical portals? Of course it’s tempting the drop a Skylander down on the Infinity base to see what happens, but we don’t. Not if we want happiness to survive. Skylanders Meets Disney Infinity [The Warp Zone – YouTube]
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NBA 2K14 Designer ‘Regrets’ Repeated Control Changes
For the third straight year, 2K Sports’ NBA 2K series has remade its control set, which imposes a learning curve on everyone—even the series’ most dedicated players. The game’s lead gameplay designer called the repeated changes “kind of regrettable,” and “something that I’m a little embarrassed of” in a podcast today. “That’s kind of regrettable…
By Owen Good
