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In Real Life

Babies Are Already Angry, Might As Well Put Birds On Them

As we approach the point of total global Angry Birds saturation, one important demographic has been left out of the fowl-flinging sensation: Babies. Rovio’s new partnership with baby product company SwaddleDesigns might stop infants from crying over lack of spilled pork.

July 19, 2011
In Real Life

Bury Me Deep Beneath These Cut The Rope Plushies

Coming in September to toy and specialty shops around the country, these plush representations of Cut the Rope‘s hungry little mascot Om Nom are so ridiculously adorable I would gladly suffocate beneath a mountain-sized pile.

June 17, 2011
News

Make Portal 2 Music

If you listened closely, you may already know that Brooklyn band The National recorded a song “Exile Vilify” for Portal 2. And now Valve is holding a music video contest for it. Win and get swag from Valve and the band [http://www.ThinkWithPortals.com]

June 14, 2011
In Real Life

These Postcards Are Lousy With Midichlorians

I found these eight postcards at Lucas Arts’s E3 backstage meeting room, a place that was also home to a tiny museum and playable copy of Kinect Star Wars.

June 2, 2011
Nintendo

What Has Two Thumbs And An Ocarina? This Guy

The plastic ocarina that Nintendo’s sending around with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is quite the coveted piece of swag. Until we got ours, only French journalists and Australian customers were on the chosen list of recipients. Does the thing actually work? Joel Johnson put it to the test.

May 30, 2011
Xbox

Practice Your Marksmanship With This Gears Of War 3 Target Poster

Microsoft sent out a big thank-you email to every participant in the monthlong Gears of War 3 beta, noting the outrageous stats it compiled and directing everyone to a set of desktop wallpapers and a printable target-practice poster. That might come in handy, as it took 25 rounds per kill, on average.

May 29, 2011
In Real Life

Poland Gives President Obama The Witcher 2′s Collector’s Edition

President Obama, on a tour of Europe this week, stopped in Poland today to meet with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. As is customary, Tusk presented Obama with several gifts to commemorate his visit. One of those was the collector’s edition of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.

March 30, 2011
Xbox

It’s Xbox Live Arcade Plushie Season

Not one but two plushies based on upcoming Xbox Live Arcade titles have shown up on my doorstep today. Which is more huggable? March 30′s Islands of Wakfu platypus, or the incredibly violent Dishwasher from April 6′s Vampire Smile?

PlayStation

Delicious Reminder That Free Realms Comes To PS3 Today

Sony Online Entertainment’s family-friendly, free-to-play MMO Free Realms hits the PlayStation Network today, a fact they celebrated with a dozen family-friendly, free-to-eat cupcakes.

March 29, 2011
In Real Life

Only Magicka Could Support Official Bathrobes

When you’re done bathing in the blood of your enemies in Arrowhead Game Studios’ PC RPG Magicka, towel off and slip on one of these lovely official bathrobes, now available for preorder at $US85 a pop, as seen on GameGavel.

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