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Wii-Bowling Drug Cops Get Off Lite
2:40PM Owen Good | A-member them law enforcement perfesshunals in Florida who killed time on a raid by bowling up big scores on a drug kingpin’s Wii? Well, 11 of them got sanctioned for their conduct, but not too hard, now. More »
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Vid Yanked Off Infinity Ward Channel — On Modder’s Takedown Notice
1:00PM Owen Good | The displeasure directed by some in the Modern Warfare 2 PC community toward Infinity Ward isn’t limited to petitions. This weekend, YouTube removed a video Infinity posted to its channel after a modder filed a DMCA takedown notice. More »
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“Margaritaville” Trademarked For Video Game Use
2:00PM Owen Good | Another cull of patent and trademark filings turns up this gem: Jimmy Buffet’s “Margaritaville,” the soundtrack for public drunkenness and amphitheater-humping for more than two decades, has been trademarked for use in a video game. More »
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But Was This Cat Game Event Really A Disaster?
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Some games are big sellers. Some games do okay. Some do horrible. And then, there’s cat game Sukeban Shacho Rena Wii More »
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Xbox Live Ops Manager Ain’t Going For This Facebook/Games Thing
2:40PM Owen Good | In the latest thrilling episode of Major Nelson’s podcast, the gang raps about the DSi XL and its virtues and drawbacks, and regular guest “e” (Eric Neustadter, the Xbox Live operations manager) says this whole gaming/Facebook synergy? Not diggin’ it. More »
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Xbox Live Smashes Mass Banhammer On Pirates
4:30PM Owen Good | “A small percentage” of Xbox Live users with modded consoles that allowed pirated games to play woke up to find an early treat in their Halloween bag: a banhammer. More »
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Dedicated Servers Not Likely For Aliens Vs. Predator, Either
8:00PM Owen Good | Modern Warfare 2, of course, done stepped in it with the dedicated-server thing. CVG talked with a producer and got less-than-assuring answers that Alien vs. Predator PC will support dedicated boxes, too. More »
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OK, This Wiimote Mishap? We’re Calling Not Fake.
10:30AM Owen Good | That infamous “Mama!!!” video where the Wiimote destroys the flat-screen has been endlessly debated: staged or real? In this, it’s safe to assume the Home Shopping Network did not intend to smash its own TV showing off Wii Tennis. More »
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Kurt Cobain Parody Vid Taken Down On Activision’s Request
1:40PM Owen Good | Remember the video of Kurt Cobain singing Bon Jovi’s hits, and shrieking “yeah, boyeee!” in “Bring the Noize?” The compilation that hung the game with its own rope for its treatment of Cobain is gone from YouTube, on Activision’s demand. More »
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