The Onion

In Real Life

Area Man Selects Skyrim As The Onion’s Game Of The Year

1:00PM December 29, 2011 | Kirk Hamilton

The people who brought you such fantastic headlines as “Burrito Eaten As If Someone In The Room Wasn’t Crying” and “Brief Reprieve From Mariah Carey’s Christmas Song Comes To Resounding End” have selected their Game of The Year, and it’s not ironic at all: Bethesda’s Skyrim has edged out the competition to take top honours. More »


Nintendo

The Onion Connects Excessive Madden Play With Brain Damage

5:00AM April 5, 2011 | StephenTotilo

“Examining MRIs and PET scans of Madden football veterans, scientists discovered severely damaged neural pathways in parts of the brain associated with motivation and attention, malformations that might explain the common inability among players to perform such basic tasks as maintaining hygiene and preparing meals for themselves.” More »


In Real Life

The Onion Exposes ‘Shaken Manchild Syndrome’

1:00PM March 24, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Are video game-playing, comic book-reading manchildren the victims of an unexposed crime? The Onion News Network’s Fact Zone takes a look at the epidemic of basement dwelling twentysomethings who are the subjects of violence from frustrated parents. More »


News

iTunes Store Rejects The Onion’s Face-Shooting Joke App

9:00AM September 19, 2010 | Owen Good

Remember “Close Range”? The Onion’s violent video game satire got a web-based Flash game after its hilarious introduction in April, and soon the satirical publication began work on an iPhone app. Until Apple killed the fun, of course. More »


In Real Life

A Weekend Getaway For A Man And His Xbox

6:20AM March 27, 2010 | Brian Crecente

We’ve all thought about it, setting aside an entire weekend to recharge the recently rocky relationship with have with our console of choice… right? Or is that just me and this guy? More »


In Real Life

Well, He Does Look Like He Could Work There

10:30AM January 24, 2010 | Owen Good

Once again, The Onion cuts to the chase: Lane Kiffin, the new football coach at Southern California is rumoured* to have been wooed away from the job by the chance of a lifetime: Working at a GameStop. More »


In Real Life

The Onion Reveals Modern Warfare 3

2:20AM November 11, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Modern Warfare 2 is nice and all, but The Onion has the scoop on Modern Warfare 3 — the most realistic military experience ever created. More »


In Real Life

Cyberball 2073 Season In Doubt, Says Robot Player’s Union

9:20AM October 9, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Bad news for robot football fans, as The Onion is reporting that the 2073 season of Cyberball may be in danger of not happening at all, according to the ICBL Robot Players Union. [The Onion]


In Real Life

The Onion Announces “Smaller Breast” Rendering Tech

10:20AM May 1, 2009 | Kotaku US Edition

In the Onion version of the universe, the Consumer Electronics Show is happening right now. The show’s most important development? The announcement of new technology that can “render average-sized breasts on female video game characters.” More »


In Real Life

Shooting People In The Face FPS

4:00PM April 7, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

The Onion, your news source, has a brand new clip up for the most inventive first-person-shooter we’ve ever seen. Ever. Called Close Range, the game has players shoot people in the face.

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