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My Favorite Thing
To: Luke From: Owen Re: The Antipodes Beckon This weekend, Dad published his annual holiday column, a tradition going back, I don’t know, it’s gotta be more than 15 years. “My favorite things,” is its theme, and his range from guilty pleasures like burnt potato chips or sausage gravy to the simpler ones like sports,…
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Study: Avatars Dressed in Klan Robes Usually Belong to Unpleasant People
A researcher down in Texas has found that, when people are assigned to play characters wearing the brooding black robes of an emo Jedi, or the coneheaded getup of a KKK grand kobold or whatever, they exhibit antisocial behaviors. The study, entitled “The Priming Effects of Avatars in Virtual Settings,” more or less says that…
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Week in Games: Owen Good’s Week in Games: The Post
James Cameron Commands You to Pay Attention to His Name Over the Game Titled Avatar is a five-platform release this week, as movie adaptations commonly are. The film sounds like it’ll be a total joke, too, which also is unsurprising. Let’s not forget Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel, which couldn’t pass “Justify Your…
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Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •15 Super Cool PlayStation 3 Case Mods [GamingBolt] These aren’t necessarily the top 15, but they do form a list, and most of them are…
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Desert Bus Charity Shatters $100K Goal
Desert Bus for Hope, the fund drive dedicated to playing the world’s most boring game, ever, logged more than five days behind the wheel and raised a staggering $132,568.94, more than 88 percent over last year’s total. The marathon, a project of the comedy troupe LoadingReadyRun benefiting the Child’s Play charity, kicked off on Nov.…
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