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Gay
REBUTTAL: King of Cosmos, Others, "Not Gay"
In following with the kerfuffle following GayGamer's posting of the Top Twenty Gayest Game Characters, I bring you the rebuttal from a blogger that has a problem "with people unnecessarily labeling fictious characters as gay". More »
stubbs
Extra-Squishy Dead Rising Trailer
This vid comes from Aeropause. I'm leaving on a road trip on the 5th, but will be bringing a 360 with me so that on the 8th, somewhere in eastern Montana in some god-forsaken Walmart host body of a town, I can plug that sucker into a hotel TV and rock out, zombie-style. More »
Military
Games Used to Treat PTSD
Gamasutra reports that Full Spectrum Warrior is being used to treat PTSD in war veterans. More »
Graphs
Horde/Alliance Ratios Stable Over Time
Weary Kotaku Scout, rest your pink-and-chartreuse-seared eyes by laying them on this tasteful graph. There, there. More »
Guitar Hero II
Three New Guitar Hero II Songs Announced
RedOctane threw a little party in Australia today to show off a new build of Guitar Hero II. Among the biggest news was that the demo showed off three new songs, bringing the total known track count to 11. More »
Pregnant
Teens Knocked Up, Usual Suspects Implicated : TV, Movies, Games
This opinion piece on CantonRep.com addresses the high pregnancy rate of students at Timken High School, and places blame squarely on everything except lack of access to birth control and decent sex education. These two things are not mentioned once in the entire article. More »
vma
MTV (Sorta) Honors Game Music
MTV is sorta honoring video games music during their annual video music awards show. For the first time, the network will be awards for Best Video Game Soundtrack and Best Video Game Score. Unfortunately, it looks like these two particular awards will be presented on MTV's Overdrive service, not the actually televised program. That's sort of a mixed message. More »
e307
E3 Moving to July?
Industry sources tell me that along with a much-needed downsizing, the new, intimate E3 will be pushed back to a three days in July. More »
soft serve
Rockstar Art Showing Coming
Rockstar's helping to put on a cross-country art show featuring a taste of all sides of the art world, live music and a Table Tennis tournament. More »
Reservoir Dogs
Brit Cops Bitch about Reservoir Dogs Game
Game studio Eidos's adaptation of Quentin Tarantino's heist flick Reservoir Dogs has come under attack in the UK for being violent. The game has been given an 18 rating, and the British Board of Film Classification stated the game contained "nothing that is particulary stronger than things found in most 18-rated games." Tom McGhie, chairman of the West Yorkshire Police Federation, retorted: More »
Gametap
GameTap Hooks Up with Konami
GameTap, Turner's still iffy pay-and-play broadband gaming service, just inked a deal with Konami allowing them to give gamers a slew of new retro title to play. More »
Weird
Weirdest PSP/DS Mods
TechEBlog considers it's history of listing improbable technology accessories with their list of the Top 5 Strangest PSP/DS Mods. Unfortunately, they're not really all that strange. More »
Birthday Bash
A Missed Birthday Opportunity with Sony Cat Cake
Late last week, old man Crecente had his birthday (he turned 58). If he had given me, Mike, Eliza or Florian a heads up, we could've pooled our moolah together and bought him something. Instead, we just made fun of him. Mercilessly. More »
Xbox 360
Divorcee Gets Free Xbox 360
In the latest episode of Hook Me Up (Don't worry, I've never heard of it either), a divorcee writes in to say that her husband took the big screen and Xbox 360 when he left. She needs to get all gadgeted and gamed up so her kids will still spend time with her. More »
Top
ESA: E3 Changing, No Large Show Floor
The Entertainment Software Association confirmed the weekend's speculation today, E3 is a changing. More »
Microsoft
Microsoft Promises Indistinct Pricing Surprises Lie In Wait for PS3
According to Richard Teversham, a marketing manager for Xbox Europe, Microsoft's going to fight back against the PS3 launch with some surprises of their own. More »
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