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Monday, November 23, 2009
Culture

Rebuffed PSN Plaintiff Lashes Out At Xbox Live, Nintendo

1:00PM Owen Good | Seems like gaming’s found its Jonathan Lee Riches – the inmate who sues anyone and anything, largely for comedic effect. In this case, Erik Estavillo, who already had a suit against Sony tossed, has taken aim at Microsoft and Nintendo. More »
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Culture

ECA Form Letter Asks Obama To Stop Picking On Games

12:00PM Owen Good | If President Obama’s rhetorical flogging of video games has you in high dudgeon, the ECA’s built a form letter enabing you to point out to the White House how “video games can empower and educate.” More »
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Monday, July 27, 2009
News

About This Nascent Modern Warfare 2 “Boycott”

9:30AM Owen Good | Someone ran a poll and, guess what, two out of three people hate paying higher prices. This is called a potential boycott of Modern Warfare 2, unless Activision lowers the $US60 price for PC versions. More »
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Booth Babe Hauls Off On Dante’s Fiasco

9:00AM Owen Good | “The brass BALLS on EA to put a bounty on OTHER booth girls,” writes one woman, a costumed rep fed up with the predictable reactions to EA’s “Sin to Win” promo at San Diego Comic-Con. More »
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
News

EA’s Fake Protest Riles Some Religious

4:30AM Owen Good | We didn’t report on Electronic Arts’ staged protest of Dante’s Inferno at E3 because it was an obviously fake marketing stunt (Although I was fooled). But people’s reactions, different story. More »
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