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Sunday Comics: Dead Island Some babies are born head first….others feet first…but only one was born beard first. 68 years ago today in Oklahoma a legend was born. Carlos Ray Norris was once a shy, non-athletic boy, who was often tormented by his classmates for his mixed native-American heritage, but he used his lust for revenge to help him become the most powerful being on the face of the earth. As an Air Policeman (I’d assume sans plane, just flying round and arresting people) in the US Air Force he would earn the nickname Chuck and started studying the martial arts so hard that he had to create his own – Chun Kuk Do – because nothing else was good enough. Actor, arse kicker, inventor of the roundhouse kick, and star of the Atari 2600 game Chuck Norris Superkicks, without Chuck’s influence the video game industry would just be a bunch of cutesy pet sims. Let it ring across Barrens chat on every server – Happy Birthday Chuck Norris! He might be 68-years-old, but he could still kick all of our asses at once without even blinking.
Special thanks to Kevin for reminding us of this special day!
Still kicking arse and taking names. Today marks the North American birthday of the PlayStation 2. Back on October 26, 2000, the PS2 first went on sale and would break the record for the fatest console to hit 100 million units shipped. So far, there have been 120 million PS2s sold worldwide. That’s a lot. In fact, it’s the most as the PS2 is the best-selling game console ever. Says SCEA’s Peter Dille:
Never before has an in-home game system experienced this type of worldwide success on such a long-lasting scale… PlayStation 2 is a perfect example of our ten year product lifecycle promise and is a testament to the design and technology that continues to be at the core of the product. While today’s anniversary celebrates PlayStation 2′s past, we’re very excited for its future.
Throughout the holidays and up to March next year, 160 new games will be released, adding to the PS2′s library of 1,400 titles. Today, might be a good day to dust off your PS2 (forget PS3 BC for once!) and play your favourite PlayStation 2 game. Me, I think I’ll go with some Okami. You? PS2 Birthday [Games Industry] Pic via gamecakes.com
