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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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PS3 Lawsuits Upgraded To Version 3.01

3:40PM Luke Plunkett | Two men, from Texas and Iowa, are launching a class-action lawsuit against Sony after their PS3 consoles were bricked during a recent firmware update. More »
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Gundam Creator: “Video Games Are Evil”

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | But giant mechanised machines are your friend! Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino gave a speech at the CEDEC game conference hoping to, as game site Gamasutra says, “provoke game developers.” More »
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AU Diary: Being The Kotaku Rookie

5:00PM Tracey Lien | So now is probably a good time for me to introduce myself. My name is Tracey and I’m the Kotaku intern. More »
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EA Threatened Over Godfather Machine Guns

11:00PM Luke Plunkett | EA’s Godfather series features two weapons bearing the name “Dillinger”. They are, of course, a tip of the hat to bank robber John Dillinger. But the supposed Dillinger estate are having none of it. More »
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Wi-Fi Company Sues Nintendo, Sony

3:30PM Luke Plunkett | Bandspeed, a company specialising in wi-fi networks, has filed a patent infringement suit against Nintendo, Sony and Apple, claiming devices from all three companies cut a little too close to two patents they hold. More »
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Yelling Gamer Vs. Cops And SWAT Team

9:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Screams coming from inside a New Jersey house prompted a woman talking a stroll to call the cops. Police arrived on the scene and knocked on the door. That’s when things got bizarre. More »
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Nutso WoW Player Threatens To Hijack Plane

11:00AM Luke Plunkett | Warning! May contain traces of nuts! An 18 year-old kid from Greenwood, Indiana is under investigation by the FBI after issuing a number of “very serious” threats via World of Warcraft. More »

Read Jack Thompson’s Storming Out Of Court Transcript

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Earlier this month, we reported that Jack Thompson walked out of his disciplinary hearing after saying the judge did not have the authority to hear his case. The Florida Bar is recommending that Thompson be disbarred for a minimum of ten years for professional misconduct. So! For those who was a blow-by-blow retelling of the fireworks, game site GamePolitics has the full court transcript. There’s this nuttiness: More »