While news of attorney Jack Thompson's disbarment today by the Supreme Court of Florida might have been unhappy news to some...one..., it certainly seems to have become a reason to celebrate for others.

For instance one game developer took it upon themselves to throw a little party to celebrate the day's news complete with cake, cookies and drinks. Yes cake. Right here on Kotaku. Surprised?

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The weekend is finally here! After a long week of helping fill in for the mysteriously absent McWhertor and Crecente, it's time to kick back and have some fun, and I'm bringing Iron Man with me, because that guy knows how to party. Shoot at him and he only dances harder! Hell yeah!

Last night saw the launch party of my beloved BioShock. As I was in NYC for the week, I took the opportunity to jet up to Boston in the Dusenberg to attend the exclusive launch party and even managed to get myself looking decent enough to be seen in public by strangers.

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Mary Jane's Stranglehold experience left us with two burning questions. One, what's Stranglehold's multiplayer actually like? And second, where the hell were the tequila shots? The first, we got nothing. The second, we've got a lead. Seems GamesRadar's interns were let out of their cages for the night and proceeded to drink a little too much, proving firstly that interns need to be supervised at ALL TIMES, and secondly that poor writing doesn't necessarily triumph over poor grammar.
Lack of Multiplayer Causes Drunken Rampage [GamesRadar Forums]

Having trouble playing against the computer in using the Wii or DS versions of Big Brain Academy? Here's an idea for you straight from one of those self-proclaimed smart-people. Gather together five of your stupidest friends, get them all liquered up and break out a copy of Big Brain Academy the board game.

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