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Slightly Disturbed Baseball Player To Pimp Video Game On Talk Show
Brian Wilson, the eccentric, bearded reliever of the San Francisco Giants, hits the talk show circuit this evening to pimp MLB 2K11 and unveil a short film he’s written. Queries as to whether “The Machine”/Pat Burrell would also appear were avoided outright. Whatever it is will be on “Lopez Tonight”, midnight EST, 11 p.m. CST.
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Are Games Art? Well, They Now Belong In A Museum …
More than 300 exhibits comprise Computerspielemuseum, The Computer Game Museum, which opened Friday in Berlin. New consoles join old friends like Pong, plus what looks like a 1980s Imagic game manipulated by a giant joystick. More images inside. [images by Getty]
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Tetris Makes World Spending A Little More Understandable
Last night President Obama delivered the State of the Union. Written for posterity, perhaps, it’s still a policy speech, and policy costs. Here’s “Debtris,” reminding everyone that, a bilion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money. Debtris, produced last month by Information is Beautful, arranges spending figures in relative sizes to…
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Watch A Grown-Ass Man Losing His Mind Playing NBA 2K11
Remember our foul-mouthed Street Fighter IV friend? Anything he can do, our NBA 2K11 player can do better. Both spew words of the F- MF- (and N-) variety, but our hoopster does it to DMX. Bitch, eat that. Ho. NSFW. The first 90 seconds are mostly random profanity, insults of Ron Artest’s manhood and LeBron…
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FIFA Commentator’s Sexist Remarks Put EA Sports In A Pinch
Tuesday, Sky Sports sacked football commentator Andy Gray after his sexist disparagement of a female official made it into a pre-game broadcast. Gray still has a job, though: The voice of EA Sports’ FIFA series since 1997. Reached for comment, EA Sports had none on Gray’s remarks specifically, nor whether the scandal would cost Gray…
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D.C. Universe Online MMO Log Part Two: Won’t Let Them Grind Me Down
DC Universe Online is meant to be grind-free; players will advance by completing missions, not menial tasks. So what’s an MMO novice to do when he hits a tough mission, and can’t simply level up to overwhelm it? Kotaku’s MMO reviews are a multi-part process. Rather than deliver day one reviews based on beta gameplay,…
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Autistic Boy Branded A Cheater By Xbox Live [Update]
Julias Jackson is an 11-year-old boy living with autism, whose only real social interaction comes from playing online multiplayer games on Xbox Live, an activity that became more difficult when the Xbox Live team labeled him a cheater. Autism is a neural development disorder that is often associated with a lack of social and communication…
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The Oregon Trail Leads Carmen Sandiego To Facebook
Now everyone on Facebook can experience the joy of hunting criminals and having dysentery, as Blue Fang Games and The Learning Company bring two of the most beloved learning computer games of all time to the social network next month. Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger developed The Oregon Trail in 1971 as a…
By Mike Fahey
