In Real Life

Police Affirms Mum’s Right To Confiscate PS3 Until Piano Practice Is Finished

The police in Lake Oswego, Oregon, a Portland suburb, pride themselves on the motto “no call is too small”. And they took one, yesterday, that comes straight from the Sheriff Andy Taylor manual of community policing.


July 15, 2011
In Real Life

Miyamoto’s, Where You Know Everybody’s Name

For its cover of this week’s edition (on newsstands today), the Portland Mercury commissioned this painting, an homage to Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks with Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto and three characters he introduced to America 30 years ago this week.


June 30, 2011
News

GameFly Opens Seattle Distribution Centre, Alaska Rejoices

The Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Wild. Majestic. Coffee-soaked. For too long these dark and mysterious areas of the United States have been bereft of a local GameFly distribution centre, forced to suffer longer-than-normal shipping times for their game rentals. Today GameFly says no more.


May 20, 2011
News

Oregon Trail Copyright Owners Sue Frontierville Maker

The May 30 launch of an “Oregon Trail” expansion pack in the popular Facebook game Frontierville has caught notice of the company holding the copyright to the edutainment classic, and it has sued to put a stop to the plans of Frontierville maker Zynga.


January 15, 2011
In Real Life

Lovers’ Quarrel Ends With A Face Full Of Wii

An Oregon couple discovered an unexpected benefit of being a Wii gamer earlier this week: When your drunken girlfriend hurls the console in your face, it does less damage than an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.


August 22, 2010
In Real Life

Portland Bicyclists Get A Boost From Mario Kart

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Portland is a serious bicycling community. But not so serious that it can’t have some fun with its bike lanes. Some wag painted a whole bunch of Mario Kart items along a stretch of North Williams Avenue in the city.