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Swamp Ass, the Silent Tragedy that Strikes Each Summer
July is now upon us, and even for those who use the month to explore the great indoors, that means humid conditions that trap heat and condensation. Nathan Fillion is here to urge gamers to know the risks, protect themselves, and do their part to eradicate the antisocial disease known as Swamp Ass. [h/t The…
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Xbox Live Indie Devs Plot Another ‘Uprising’
On the heels of the “Indie Games Uprising” of the winter, Xbox Live’s indie development community is planning a 10-game indie blitz from Aug. 21 to Sept. 2. The organizers just put out that trailer and come Aug. 1, will begin taking a vote on candidates for inclusion through their Facebook page Meantime, the snippets…
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EA Blames Post-Release Policies for Crysis 2‘s Disappearance from Steam
Electronic Arts has followed its claim that Steam “expelled” the EA-published Crysis 2 with an explanation that some EA games will not be available over Steam, the leading PC download service, because of a dispute over how they are patched and updated. This comes, of course, a month after EA opened Origin, its own digital…
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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…
By Owen Good -
Confederate Army Uniforms Pulled from Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace
Microsoft removed a Confederate soldier’s uniform and cap from an Xbox Live avatar items collection, following complaints from users about what the symbols represent. The gray uniform and cap, recognizably symbols of the American Confederacy, went on sale in an “American History” collection that featured Revolutionary War-era garb, fireworks, and an Abe Lincoln stovepipe hat…
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Game Store Owner Sentenced To 290 Years in Prison for Making Child Porn
Leland Beasley, the 43-year-old owner of the Gamestation Sector 19 video game stores in St. Louis County, Missouri, has been sentenced to 290 years in prison for the possession and production of child pornography, videos he recording during all-night gaming sessions at his place of business. In the harshest federal sentence for child porn ever…
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Take Pity on a Newbie Today
Last night on the way back to my apartment in New York’s Lower East Side, I saw a crowd of men standing around two motorcycles. I’m a fledgling rider myself, as well as newly returned to the city. I’d spoken to these guys a few times before and did what I typically do when I…
By Joel Johnson