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On the lighter side…
Posted on January 19, 2010 | No CommentsHere’s a little something to brighten your hearts as well as your day. There has been a lot of sad news coming out of tech lately with people dying or being killed in all kinds of inconvenient manners. An 11-year old boy that goes by the name Cameron has had an... -
Playstations are poisonous, the West is all about lung cancer.
Posted on January 18, 2010 | No CommentsI’ll make this short, since it’s not really all that detailed anyway. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated on his radio show that the Playstation console is poison and that “some games teach you to kill.” He also said that games featuring bombs and cities were... -
Sucky news: Romanian Teen kills mom over Internet bill
Posted on January 18, 2010 | No CommentsRomania (or somewhere around there): Romanian Teen, Ionut Savin, killed his adoptive mother because she refused to pay the Internet bill. She felt that he was addicted and did not want to feed it any longer. She hadn’t lived with the family for the last... -
Can I have some DVR sprinkles on my PS3?
Posted on January 18, 2010 | No CommentsComing to Japan is a device that would allow PS3′s to schedule and record digital tv like any other dvr on the market. Users would be able to schedule recordings while playing games, watching other media, and even standby mode. Recorded content could then be kept on... -
A legend of Voice Dies at 57
Posted on January 18, 2010 | No CommentsVeteran voice actor Daisuke Gouri died (he was) 57 not long after he was found bleeding and wandering through the streets of Nakano, Tokyo. Gauri’s reoccurring roles included Heihachi Mishima of Tekken fame and Bass Armstrong of Dead or Alive, however, he is perhaps best... -
Man in China temporarily blind due to video games
Posted on January 11, 2010 | No CommentsA Chinese business man (Xu!) argued with his wife. To blow off some steam Xu went to a local cyber cafe and decided to play some online games. He went four days without sleep, and was staring at screens for over 90% of the time. -
Alienware M11X – Walk softly, but carry a BFG 9000
Posted on January 7, 2010 | No CommentsWhat if your netbook could play Call of Duty at 30fps at a 720p HD resolution and looked like a galaxy tripping craft from beyond the milky way? If that were the case then you wouldn’t have a netbook at all would you? While not a... -
Random video game news
Posted on January 6, 2010 | No CommentsA google news search for “video game” yielded some results. No deaths, fortunately, but a little bit of crazy and and some pleasant news for gamers. -
The Nexus One Nitty Gritty
Posted on January 5, 2010 | 1 CommentHello boys and girls. I just got done reviewing some of the news to come out of the Google Android Announcement today and so here I am to sum it up for you. You know, so you don’t have to do all that tedious mucking... -
Do not plunder France’s Internet booty
Posted on January 4, 2010 | No CommentsGamePolitics.com is reporting a delay in the Hadopi Law that would punish French Internet pirates. Oh, and in case you didn’t know, there’s a law the French senate has voted through and is trying to put in effect that would punish internet piracy, much akin to... -
Boy murdered while playing video game
Posted on January 3, 2010 | 2 CommentsIt’s a sad day whenever someone dies, and perhaps even sadder when it’s a child who was murdered. Nine-year-old Anthony Maldonado was stabbed and slashed at several times by 25-year-old Alejandro Morales, apparently over a squabble while they were playing Tony Hawk: Ride, late on... -
Romance in The Horde
Posted on January 2, 2010 | No CommentsA 16-year-old Canadian boy and a 42-year-old Texan woman are in love, and they met on World of Warcraft. She flew from Texas and then rented a car to travel to Barrie, Ontario to meet him (in person) so they could… do whatever they wanted... -
Xbox Live “romance” results in prison
Posted on December 21, 2009 | 1 CommentA 27-year-old Richmond Heights man met a 15-year-old girl over XBox Live and drove a little over 30 hours to Sanger, Calif. to have sex with the girl. Edward Stout is now facing up to 10 years in prison and will be registered as a... -
A Verry Muppet Christmas
Posted on December 15, 2009 | No CommentsI love the Muppets, my favorite is Kermit cause he’s the straight man to Gonzo and Fozzie, but I’d say Honeydew and Beaker are close to the top for my faves. Regardless, a friend of mine named Jason Hughes (he writes for AOL) and I... -
An outlet for every gadget
Posted on December 5, 2009 | 2 CommentsHave you ever wanted to plug your USB gadget into the wall for charging without the use of some goofy looking adapter? Then today is your day. The geniuses at Truepower will be delivering unto us geeks (it releases early next year) a home power outlet that,... -
2 discs for Mass Effect 2
Posted on December 4, 2009 | 1 CommentBioWare community coordinator Chris Priestley has confirmed that Mass Effect 2 will require two game discs to store the entire game. Both the pc and 360 versions will ship with two discs (the collectors edition contains 3 but the third is simply a dvd of... -
The Warriors Three
Posted on November 17, 2009 | 1 CommentThe Warriors Three for the upcoming Thor film have been cast. Please lament/rejoice below. None of the rumors were true about who was going to be who. Robert De Niro’s name was floating around, and that might have been… eh, I don’t know, to be... -
Blackberry Bold 9700 available now
Posted on November 16, 2009 | No CommentsThe Blackberry Bold 9700 became available for T-Mobile customers today and will available to AT&T customers on the 22nd. T-Mobiles deal is $199 with a 2 year blood oath and AT&T’s will basically be the same but with a little bit of mail-in rebate voodoo.... -
Furries and the BBC News
Posted on November 14, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe Internet is not The Internet without the furry fandom. It’s not a fandom I’m a part of, or that I’m remotely a fan of, but I know enough about it to competently mock the idiots that cross my IRC path. From time to time... -
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Posted on November 10, 2009 | 1 CommentWe’ve been waiting for a long time and the day has finally arrived. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is on store shelves. I picked up a copy of MW2 and played the crap out of it so now I guess the right and just...