Thursday, April 16, 2009

In Real Life

Wrestling Video Game Blamed For Child’s Parachuting Death

11:40PM April 16, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Friends of 9-year-old Damori Miles of Brooklyn, New York, claim the boy was imitating moves from WWE SmackDown vs Raw when he jumped off of his apartment rooftop to his death wearing a makeshift parachute.

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News

Target Pays You To Reserve Games

11:20PM April 16, 2009 | Mike Fahey

In the US, Target wants you to pre-order popular video games from their stores so badly, they’re willing to pay you $5.

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BlizzardVision Rakes in the Dough

11:00PM April 16, 2009 | Brian Crecente

Back in February Activision Blizzard said it expected to rake in US$860M in net revenues for the March quarter, now the company says they underestimated how well they would do in the quarter.

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In Real Life

Watch A DSi Tear Itself Apart

10:00PM April 16, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Courtesy of the wonders of stop-motion, watch in awe as this DSi – fed up with your taunts over its “fat” screens and lack of GBA slot – proceeds to tear itself to pieces.

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In Real Life

What Possible Harm Could One Insane, Mutant Pair Of Sneakers Do?

9:30PM April 16, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

If there’s one thing guaranteed to please our ageing eyes more than a pair of Monkey Island-themed Chuck Taylors, it’s a pair of Day of the Tentacle-themed Chuck Taylors.

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In Real Life

The Pokemon X-Ray Machine

9:00PM April 16, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

And not just a Pokémon x-ray machine, but a mobile Pokémon x-ray machine.

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Guitar Hero: Megadeth

8:30PM April 16, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

This is not real. Well, not real in the sense that you can buy it. But it is real in the sense some people built it, off the back of GH: Aerosmith.

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In Real Life

What Did Richard Garriott Do In Space?

8:00PM April 16, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Well, he didn’t go there to hang out, eat freeze dried ice cream and float his rat tail. Garriott, son of astronaut Owen Garriott and designer of the Ultima franchise, went to space to work.

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News

Trade In Your Old Consoles At… Radio Shack

7:30PM April 16, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

As the US economy tightens, and business gets tougher, more and more companies are turning to second-hand goods sales to help pad their bottom lines. Which is why Radio Shack will now accept console trade-ins.

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Duke Nukem Designer Twitters Something (Blah, Blah)

7:00PM April 16, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

George Broussard, co-founder of Duke Nukem Forever 3D Realms, emerges to twitter something about hitting a milestone:

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