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EA’s Disaster Plans Don’t Include Billion-Dollar Lawsuits or Giant Meteors
A cocktail-napkin calculation about what’s at stake in former NCAA players’ lawsuit against EA Sports arrived at a potential cash-and-prizes value of $1 billion. But as apocalyptic as that total sounds, Electronic Arts doesn’t sound too worried. “We could lose billions more if a giant meteor hits the earth,” spokesman Jeff Brown told CNBC’s Darren…
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Nintendo: It’s For Dresses, Now
Honey, if I bought this for you, would you wear it for me? This Game Boy-themed tube dress costs about as much as the original device did—$70. It’s made by HereandThereVintage and available on etsy. Nintendo Dress [Etsy via LikeCool] You can contact Owen Good, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also…
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DC Universe Online Brings a Multitude of Heroes to the Fortress of Solitude
DC Universe Online‘s latest game update delivers a new group raid in Superman’s hideout, and tunes up the difficulty in the old one at Batman’s crash pad. It’s available now for the game on PS3 and PC. The narrative behind the Fortress of Solitude raid involves heroes and villains forming an uneasy alliance against Brainiac,…
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The 15 Greatest Pros—and the Greatest Pair of Cons—Come to NBA 2K12
Before Air Jordan, Converse was the top brand on the basketball court, singularly identified with Julius Erving since his ABA days. The only way I’d have a bigger shoe-gasm watching this video is if Dr. J set those kicks down on a red-white-and-blue ball, and the camera raised up to reveal a New York Nets…
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Indie Bundle Adds Five More Games if You Donate Five Bucks or More
The Humble Indie Bundle 3 has now added five more games, and still is being offered for the super-low price of “whatever you want to pay.” Provided whatever you want to pay is more than the average donation, which is $4.96 as of now. The Bundle’s masters today decreed that the lineup from Humble Indie…
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Black Ops’ Rezurrection DLC is One Small Step for Zombie-Kind
Nacht der Untoten. Verruckt. Shi No Numa. Der Riese. These names strike terror in the hearts of anyone that dared venture into the undead playgrounds of Call of Duty: World at War. The zombie story started there. It ends on the Moon. Due out on August 23 for the Xbox 360, the Rezurrection donwloadable content…
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The Xbox 360 Has a Hidden Solution to Your Nintendo 3DS Screen Woes
If you own (and use) a Nintendo 3DS, you’ve probably noticed that the system’s top screen can get marked up and scratched rather easily, just by closing and carrying it around for the sake of Street Passing. Nintendo has recommended that 3DS owners place a cloth between the screens to prevent any damage, but some…
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Master Chief takes on Voldemort
Halo‘s Master Chief jumps into the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Spoiler alert! It’s still pretty close to the how the actual movie ends so if you don’t want the movie ruined, don’t watch. Harry Potter vs. Halo [Official Ending] [Youtube]
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Serves Up Multiplayer Marines 1.8 Billion Ways
If the text flashing by in this trailer are to be believed, Relic Entertainment has managed to cram 1.8 billion different ways to customize Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine‘s six multiplayer classes, a number at least 1,000 times larger than the amount of people likely to care. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this…
By Mike Fahey
