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Culture

Leave Guantanamo Cleared Of Wrongdoing, Learn The Wii

9:00AM Stephen Totilo | The Wii shows up in all sorts of places, like in a story today about Mohammed Jawad, a young man who spent six years in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba before an American court ordered his release. More »
Culture

Lost’s Semi-Lost Galaga Connection

3:40AM Stephen Totilo | Proving that you can never know everything about Lost, some of us may have just learned that Galaga is/was/could-be part of ABC’s convoluted hit. More »
News

The (Movie) Future Of Gaming Is Murderous And Natal-y

7:00AM Stephen Totilo | The future of gaming, as envisioned by the September movie “The Gamer” does not involve the happy playing of the Wii. Think more of The Running Man via Project Natal developed by a really rich guy. More »
Culture

Best Loosely Video-Game-Related Quote Of The Day

8:40AM Stephen Totilo | “It’s not about killing… It’s about eating. We’re respecting the natural balance of nature. We don’t give boys PlayStations here; we give them guns.” More »
Culture

Yankees Pitcher Goes For Old-School Video Game Baseball

7:00AM Stephen Totilo | With a seven-year, $US161 million contact, New York Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia could afford to play any expensive modern game during a rain delay yesterday. But he didn’t. More »
Culture

Did A Video Game Guy Tick Off World’s 2nd Most Famous Athlete?

8:00AM Stephen Totilo | I don’t know David Martinous. And I’m not sure what a “video game technician is.” But the New York Times says that man with that job was challenged to a fight by one of the planet’s top sportsmen. More »
Culture

Video Games Used As Shorthand In New Movie Trailers

8:00AM Stephen Totilo | Making a trailer for a major motion picture and needing to show that John Cusack’s fictional son is a bit detached? Need to show that Vince Vaughn is partying hard? Show video games. More »