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Actor Glenn Shadix Dead At 58, We Blame The MTV Video Games
Glenn Shadix might be more famous for his role as Otho in Beetlejuice, but we’ll always remember him as Father Ripper from Heathers, who blamed a teen’s death on “the MTV video games.” More specifically, he blames the death of one of the 1989 dark comedy teens on “a society that tells its youth that…
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Can You Handle Watching Street Fighter High School: The Musical?
From the creators of the original Street Fighter High fan film comes the daring sequel, Street Fighter High School: The Musical. We dare you to watch both parts without feeling at least a little bit embarrassed for everyone involved. Jennifer Zhang and crew return to the hallowed halls of Street Fighter High for a musical…
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Tour The Idyllic Islands Of Wakfu
New screens and a new trailer have popped up for Islands of Wakfu, Ankama Play’s first console title for Xbox Live Arcade that ties directly into its massively multiplayer titles Wakfu and Dofus. Islands of Wakfu, first revealed back in 2008, is the console tie-in to Ankama’s MMO titles for the PC, which themselves are…
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Xbox Live Gamer Suspended For Living In Fort Gay
When banned 26-year-old Xbox Live gamer called Xbox support to explain that his town of Fort Gay, West Virginia, was a real place and not a homosexual reference, he was threatened with account cancellation. An unemployed factory worker who enjoys first-person shooters, Josh Moore found himself temporarily suspended from Xbox Live last week due to…
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Make Your Own Papercraft Borderlands Psycho Bandit Mask
Just in time for Halloween, Gearbox Software’s Jeffrey “botman” Broome created this rather attractive papercraft Borderlands Psycho Bandit mask, and he’s sharing the plans with everyone willing to take a moderate hit to their printer’s ink cartridges. It might not look all that scary on Jeffrey’s head, but once you shave your head and wrap…
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Pirates, Ninjas, And Homicidal Teddy Bears
Pirates lay siege to the Island of Perfection in the upcoming Chapter 9 downloadable content for 505 Games’ killer plushie simulator Naughty Bear. And so the circle is complete. Naughty Bear’s gameplay structure rubbed a few folks the wrong way, myself included. Killing and smashing your way through level after level wasn’t as entertaining as…
By Mike Fahey
