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Nintendo Hands Out Zelda Feather Touch Pen (Again)

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Back when Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass in 2007, it sent My Nintendo members a feather stylus. Bet you can’t guess what Nintendo is giving away for the upcoming Zelda game, Spirit Tracks? More »
Culture

Watch Me Dissect Swag While Being Repeatedly Rick-Rolled

7:00AM Brian Crecente | The folks at Electronic Arts are putting a lot of time into developing fun, sin-themed marketing for their upcoming release of Dante’s Inferno. More »
Regulars

AU Diary: I Get Sent The Weirdest Stuff

5:00PM David Wildgoose | Most days I get a few packages in the mail containing various preview and review builds of upcoming games. Today was a little different. More »
Culture

DJ Hero Launch Party Turntable Swag

5:00AM Brian Crecente | It sounds like the folks who made it out to yesterday’s DJ Hero launch party had a blast. More »
Culture

Can You Top This Dragon Ball Halloween Costume?

5:00AM Stephen Totilo | This is a video game costume I won’t wear for Halloween. Because I can’t do the hairstyle, of course. More »
Culture

What’s Inside The Blood And Hair Pasted Box?

8:40AM Brian Crecente | As we wade hip-deep into the morass of video game releases that still flood this season, marketing companies are upping their game to try and get a little attention. More »
Culture

Brutal Legends’ Riggs Up Close And In Ceramic

3:00AM Brian Crecente | This statue appeared on my doorstep late Friday. I’m told only 1000 of these Brutal Legend statues have been made. More »
Culture

Some People Were Given Uncharted 2

11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Last night, Sony held Uncharted 2: Among Thieves events at movie theatres in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. Those that went got to play the game on the big screen, meet the devs and got something else entirely. More »
News

FTC Ruling Might Affect Video Game Reviews

1:40PM Owen Good | A unanimous ruling by the Federal Trade Commission today would update truth-in-advertising language to require the disclosure of “material connections”—hint, hint “cash or an in-kind payment to review a product”—by the recipient of such considerations. More »
News

Guild Wars 2 Art Book Now On Sale

1:40AM Mike Fahey | You know that splendid and poignant Guild Wars 2 art book NCsoft was handing out at PAX? Now it can be yours for a price! It’s just like getting it for free, only with money! More »