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EA Closes Out Double Down Challenge By Raising $US1000

Owen Good 19 May 2010 12:30 PM

Enough. I am officially declaring this Double Down-eating developer competition over. Electronic Arts may not have really set the land-speed record for consuming Kentucky Fried lard, but it did raise $US1000 for – wait for it – cancer research.

7 May 2010

In Real Life

Apparently We’re The Refs Of The Game Testers’ Speed Eating League

Owen Good 7 May 2010 12:30 PM

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This Sunday I facetiously suggested that an Activision game tester had claimed the world record fastest time for eating a horrible meat sandwich called the Double Down. Disney Interactive Studios wants it known they have just obliterated the mark.

3 May 2010

In Real Life

Activision Claims World Record In Double Down Speed-Eating

Owen Good 3 May 2010 9:00 AM

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Two Activision game testers staged a speed-eating competition of the KFC culinary profanity known as the Double Down, with the winner polishing it off in 57.97 seconds. Video inside, plus my review of the “sandwich.”

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