In Real Life

A Pokémon Team Was Kicked Out Of A Hotel For Throwing Crap

Yup.


November 27, 2011
News

Magneto’s Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Suit Is Again A Royal Pain For Spain

About six years ago, Marvel needed to give Magneto a uniform befitting a head of state for his appearance in The Pulse: House of M Special. It was, as that image above suggests, a straight copy of the duds King Juan Carlos wears as World’s Most Interesting Man Captain General of the Armies. The royal house protested to Marvel, there was an apology and a resolution, and that was allegedly that.


June 15, 2011
News

Guy Goes From Gran Turismo To Le Mans

In 2009, we told you about Spaniard Lucas Ordoñez, who won a Gran Turismo competition that gave him a shot at racing a real car. Fast forward to 2011 and the guy just made the podium at Le Mans, one of the world’s most gruelling and prestigious car races.


June 13, 2011
News

After PSN Hack Arrest, Spanish Police’s Website Knocked Offline

On Friday, Spanish police arrested three in the PSN hacks. On Sunday, the website for Spain’s national police was knocked offline by a denial of service attack. [BBC]


May 16, 2011
News

Huge Angry Birds Game Created In Spain

To promote Angry Birds, Deutsche Telekom and game developer Rovio joined forces for a video in the Spanish city of Terrassa, reports Spanish site Hasta los Juegos.


February 15, 2011
News

Nintendo Blackmail Attempt Ends In Handcuffs

Data on thousands of gamers swiped. Nintendo threatened with blackmail. Rest easy, because the man accused of these crimes has been nabbed in southern Spain.


November 30, 2010
In Real Life

Mario Kart Goes 3D (But Not The Way You Think)

Takara Tomy’s remote-controlled Mario Kart toys may have looked great, but they shipped without a decent track. These Spanish guys certainly took care of that, building a custom course for the toys that would do a video game proud.


November 9, 2010
In Real Life

Mario Gets Serious Street Cred In Spain

Proud Italian plumber/princess saviour Mario gets super excited at the christening of Avenida de Super Mario Bros, the first street to officially bear his name. The Spanish suburb of Zaragoza also has plans for streets named after Space Invaders, Sonic and Zelda. [CNN]


October 6, 2010
In Real Life

The Greatest Video Game History Book Of Them All

Reader HitBit sends us this shot of an amazing book from Spain, circa 1988, called “A Brief History Of Video Games”. We don’t want to see what’s inside, because it can’t compare to this cover.


September 1, 2010
News

Report: Kinect Doesn’t Speak Spanish (It Speaks Mexican)

According to the Spanish press, Microsoft’s motion-sensing camera Kinect will not speak Spanish. It will only speak “Mexican”.