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Wii Internet Is Free In Australia, Too

1:00PM David Wildgoose | As we reported late last night, the Wii Internet Channel is now free to download. Nintendo Australia has just confirmed it’s free here, too. But there’s a couple of things different. More »
Culture

Religious Video Games Get Church-Centric Website From Left Behind

2:00AM Brian Crecente | Church-goers will soon have their very own “inspirational” gaming portal thanks to the backing of Left Behind Games. More »
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The Pirate Bay Purchased

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The Pirate Bay has been purchased and is perhaps looking to go legit. Software company Global Gaming Factory X AB has shelled out approximately US$7.8 million for the site. More »
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Aust Govt Adds Video Games To Proposed Web Filter

4:00PM David Wildgoose | The Australian Federal Government has revealed plans to extend its internet filter plan to include computer and video games. More »
Culture

Ero Game Website Blocks Non-Japan Viewers To “Defend Culture”

2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Minori, developer of adult PC titles like Bittersweet Fools and Angel Type, is digging in to protect itself from an onslaught of viewers outside Japan. More »
Culture

These Konami Code Enabled Web Sites Are Bill And Lance Approved

5:40AM Michael McWhertor | The Konami Code—up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start—does wonderful things to games like Gradius and Contra. But it also does unexpected things on the internet, as ESPN.com recently proved. More »
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Time Warner Bandwidth Caps, Gaming And You

8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Broadband internet provider Time Warner Cable is making good on its plans to charge its subscribers for the amount of bandwidth they consume, a decision that could have a serious impact on your cable bill. More »

Is This A Stand-up Fight Or A Bug Hunt? Norton AntiVirus For Gaming

7:20AM Stuart Houghton | PC gamers don’t have it easy. Alongside the constant hardware arms race and GPU penis-envy, you have the problem that your platform of choice might not just be used for gaming. Even in a locked room with no interwebs a Windows PC is like a magnet for malware and viruses. What’s worse, the remedy for such net.bastards – anti virus software – can slow your PC down and hog precious memory. More »