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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... -
Has The New Avatar Trailer Changed Your Mind?
Posted on October 29, 2009 | 5 CommentsI was excited when I heard the stirrings of a new Sci-Fi epic named Avatar. When I heard how James Cameron put more money into this movie than my whole city has into its roads I thought it must be amazing, but after watching the... -
L4D2 pre-order demos release today
Posted on October 27, 2009 | No CommentsLeft 4 Dead 2 pre-order demos are out for those of you who pre-ordered the full game from Steam or participating retailers. If you got your game from Gamestop, like I did, then you’ll have to go to the store and pickup your download code.... -
Adios, GeoCities.
Posted on October 26, 2009 | 2 CommentsXKCD is paying tribute to one of the most used site-building tools that us Internet Dwellers either used or visited, or both, over the last 10 plus years. Yahoo, instead of leaving it up for historical references, is shutting down GeoCities for good. Yahoo closed... -
Australia, no Left 4 Dead 2 for you.
Posted on October 23, 2009 | 1 CommentThat’s misleading. There will be no unedited Left 4 Dead 2 for you, Australia. Valve is planning to release a heavily edited version of the game to counter the RC rating (Refused Classification) that the Australian Government’s Classification Board unanimously passed, and they refuse to... -
Microsoft to add more great games to the On Demand lineup.
Posted on October 9, 2009 | No Comments. This October is the time to get your hands on some of the 360′s older titles at better prices with a lot less of that whole “get your shoes on – get in your car – drive to the game store - wait in... -
DLC for L4D
Posted on September 25, 2009 | No CommentsYeah I know that the title of this post has about two too many achronyms but hey, what are you going to do? As the headline says Left 4 Dead will be getting some much needed DLC on September 29th. The new campain will apply... -
PS3 owners to get some wasteland love.
Posted on September 17, 2009 | No CommentsFinally the PS3 version of Fallout 3 is set to recieve the Broken Steel downloadable content. This dlc will be available to download for PS3 owners September 25th. The rest of the dlc packs will release around the first week of October. Bethesda has also... -
Black Dynamite
Posted on September 11, 2009 | No CommentsWhy is there no hype for Black Dynamite? -
Apple Rock and Roll Event
Posted on September 9, 2009 | 1 CommentOur Apple Rock and Roll Event Coverage Click the read more link to see a summary of what went on at the Apple Rock and Roll Event. -
GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony DLC
Posted on September 2, 2009 | No CommentsGTA 4: The Ballad of Gay Tony will be available to download on October 29th. Viewing the video for the release you can plainly see that this DLC brings in another new character and tells the story of the nightclub owner Gay Tony. Also, much... -
“Singularity” Delayed till next year
Posted on August 22, 2009 | No CommentsActivision has delayed Singulartiy until the first quarter of 2010 to avoid being in direct competition with Modern Warfare 2… Good idea guys. -
2K Games announces delays for Bioshock 2 and others
Posted on August 22, 2009 | No Comments2K games has announced that it will be delaying the release of Bioshock 2 and bringing in some help for art and design (Making it 4 studios working on this one title). Also to be delayed are Max Payne 3, Mafia II, and Red Dead...