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Culture
Willie Nelson “Addicted” To A Video Game
9:00AM Stephen Totilo | The world is running out of celebrities who haven’t admitted that they have been hooked on playing the Wii — or had their harmonica player admit it for them. More »
Features
Virtual Golfer Looks Back On—And Ahead To—His Tournament Career
3:00AM Owen Good | You could say Steven Sobe knows when to go out on top. When you’ve made your living playing video games on a tournament circuit, it’s certainly a sense that will serve you well. More »
Rumours
9:00AM Owen Good | Four user videos up on Gametrailers show what looks like an avatar-based golf game for the Xbox 360. More »
Footage Leaked Of XBL Avatar Golf Game?
9:00AM Owen Good | Four user videos up on Gametrailers show what looks like an avatar-based golf game for the Xbox 360. More »
Culture
Virtual Golf Hookers
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency have targeted “screen golf” rooms that mix driving range golf with a virtual video-game-type screens. Some of these South Korean golf rooms sell alcohol and employ women entertainers in mini-skirts. More »
News
Why Golf Is In Wii Sports Resort
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Originally, Wii Sports Resort did not include a golf game. But it ended up in Wii Sports Resort only after Miyamoto mistakenly said it would be in the game. More »
Media
Dressing Up In Pangya PSP
7:20AM Mike Fahey | Tomy takes us through some of the multifarious ways you can dress up your adorable anime golfers in the upcoming Pangya: Fantasy Golf for the PlayStation portable. More »
News
North American Pangya Back In Business
12:40AM Mike Fahey | The North American version of Ntreev’s popular online fantasy golf game Pangya is officially back in business as of today. More »
Culture
Electronic Arts Adds Microtransaction to Real Golf
6:00AM Brian Crecente | Last week’s DICE summit kicked off with a game of golf in the Nevada desert. To keep things interesting, and raise a bit of cash for charity, Electronic Arts added microtransactions to the game. More »
Pay $US 5, Get One Tiger Woods Course
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Microtransaction pricing optimists, you may want to avert your eyes: the first DLC for the latest Tiger Woods on the 360 has just been announced. On offer is Doral’s Blue Monster course. Which for the non-golfers among you is a single golf course. Asking price? 400 Microsoft points, or in people money, $US 5. Thanks, but no. New course for Tiger 360 [Eurogamer] More »
