Sunday, June 7, 2009
Culture
‘Nine Games That Went Too Far’ Doesn’t Go Very Far Itself
9:00AM Owen Good | Surprise, surprise. Of nine “games that went too far” named on a network news website, which is the only one gamers have actually, you know, played? Hint: It rhymes with “Schmand Schmeft Schmauto IV.” More »
Competitions
8:00AM David Wildgoose | Today is your final chance to enter our Red Faction: Guerrilla giveaway. More »
WIN! Red Faction: Guerrilla Hammer, Screen And Swag
8:00AM David Wildgoose | Today is your final chance to enter our Red Faction: Guerrilla giveaway. More »
News
NFL Retirees, Union Finally Settle Madden Licensing Lawsuit
8:00AM Owen Good | Saying it wanted to patch things up with its increasingly embittered and estranged retirees, the NFL Players’ Association dropped its appeal of a multimillion-dollar judgment related to former players’ uncompensated appearance in EA’s Madden series. More »
News
Scribble Off The Keyboard Cat
7:00AM Owen Good | This can-you-stump Scribblenauts game is getting even more absurd. Einstein? Got him. The Kraken? Of course. We were even told they put Crecente in but cut him at the last minute. Still, Keyboard Cat remains. More »
News
German Pols Push To Ban Development Of Violent Games
6:00AM Owen Good | Germany’s latest demagogue tantrum against “killerspiele” – violent video games – could be shrugged off as hot air, except for the fact it would ban even their development. So Germany-based Crytek would have to move. More »
Culture
Hacked Ms. Pac-Man ROM Wins Hand In Marriage
5:00AM Owen Good | There seems to be no end to the ways gamers propose to their brides. A North Carolina man successfully popped the Q with using a hacked Ms. Pac-Man ROM and a modded cocktail table cabinet. More »
Culture
Billy Mitchell Denies And Denounces Taunting Tweets
4:00AM Owen Good | Some unsportsmanlike tweets attributed to Billy Mitchell are 100 percent fake, says the Donkey Kong world record holder. More »
Media
Tetris, 25 Years Later
3:30AM Brian Crecente | Today marks the 25th Anniversary of Tetris, the classic puzzle game made by Alexey Pajitnov in Russia. More »
News
L4D Sequel Met With Much More Than Indifference
3:00AM Owen Good | Whatever your view is of these kinds of gestures – internet boycotts, petitions and such – Left 4 Dead might be the first critically acclaimed franchise whose announcement of a sequel was answered by nearly 10,000 fans pledging not to buy it. More »
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