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The 10 Most Bogus Entries In The Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition

6:00AM January 11, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I remember being awed at when the TV specials based on the Guinness Book of World Records would show up on network TV. I’d see really big things! Really small things! Weird life forms out of 1950s monster comics! A guy who’d never cut his fingernails, like, ever! More »


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Needless To Say, This Bulletstorm Video Is NSFW

10:00AM February 26, 2011 | Owen Good

While no character in Bulletstorm has the name, the game’s script does seem overly concerned with the activities of someone named “Dick”. Here’s a compilation – by no means exhaustive – of two-dozen references to aforesaid Mr. Richard, within the span of a minute. More »


News

LittleBigPlanet Has Just Set Five World Records

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10:45AM January 20, 2011 | Mark Serrels

LittleBigPlanet goes on sale in Australia today, but to celebrate the worldwide release of the game a group of participants have just helped the game break a total of five world records! More »


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LittleBigPlanet 2 Gunning For World Records No Other Game Could Win

3:20AM January 14, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Guinness is handing out the video game world records left and right, and now it’s Sony’s turn. They’ve assembled a crack team of LittleBigPlanet 2 players to take down fabricated records next week, and you can watch. More »


In Real Life

This Video Game World Record Will Blow You Away

7:20AM January 13, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Yesterday Guinness awarded Jesse Moerkerk of Dutch gaming magazine N-Gamer a world record certificate for playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 for 18.52 minutes. Oh, and he did it while freefalling. More »


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Guinness Gives Mafia II The F-Bomb Record

9:20AM September 17, 2010 | Owen Good

Yesterday, Rooster Teeth’s Achievement Hunters compiled 200 instances of Mafia II using a four-letter word that rhymes with “John Kruk”. Today, Guinness World Records says it has provisionally certified the game as the all-time F-bomb champion among video games. More »


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Guinness Records Longest Tekken 6 Winning Streak

3:00AM October 29, 2009 | Mike Fahey

A new game releases and the Guinness Book of World Records is there, awarding the world record for longest winning streak on Tekken 6 to Mr. Eliot Smith-Walters, aka Shadow Force. More »


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Pokemon Anime Makes It Into Guinness Record Book

5:00PM July 21, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Even before the latest Pocket Monsters movie opened in Japan, it was already a hit — so much so that the anime has earned a place in the Guinness Book. More »


In Real Life

Brutal Legend Fans Set Air Guitar World Record

3:00AM June 16, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Fans of Brutal Legend gathered in England over the weekend to rock out with EA, shattering the world record for the most people simultaneously performing air guitar. Such is the power of the gamer. More »


Fuel Is The Biggest Console Game Ever

4:00AM May 23, 2009 | Mike Fahey

With 5, 560 square miles of accessible in-game terrain, Codemasters’ Fuel is the biggest console game of all time, and they’ve got the Guinness World Records certificate to prove it. More »