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Iain Hanson, a 19-year-old from Scotland, broke his neck in a bouncy castle amusement four years ago, losing all function in his fingers. Still he plays Modern Warfare2 on the PS3 – better than I can, for sure. More »
The Sunday Times reports of a plan by the Scottish prison system to raise “literacy” and “numeracy” skills among its prison population by giving the inmates access to Nintendo DS systems. More »
The Scottish Sun – “Scottish Newspaper of the Year” mind you – reports that a woman gave her 42-year-old husband an ultimatum: Ditch that six-foot-tall World of Warcraft orc statue, or I move to Canada. Who did he choose? More »
Whoa, whoa, whoa, lady. When I said, “try safe, effective, fast-acting kick his arse“, for video game–playing kids who won’t listen, I did not mean “ventilate his abdomen with a kitchen knife”. More »
Forget your PSP and DS at home! The oldest family-run hotel in Scotland, the Crieff Hydro, is asking guests not to bring video game hardware this holiday season in order to “restore traditional family values”. More »
Scotland’s Proper Games took home honours at BAFTA Scotland, claiming the first award in the board’s games category for Flock!, the downloadable title published by Capcom this spring. More »
The original Crackdown was developed by Realtime Worlds. At the moment, they’re busy with APB, so another developer, Ruffian, will be working on the sequel. Does that surprise you? It surprises Realtime. More »
Moazzam Begg, a British citizen, was arrested in January of 2002 as an alleged terrorist. He was held for three years in Guantanamo Bay, before being released in 2005. Now he’s helping make a game. More »