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Method Man Is Rapping About Sour Patch Kids For A Video Game

9:40AM October 5, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man is genuinely rapping about Sour Patch Kids in this video, “World Gone Sour (The Lost Kids)”. Why would the man who played “Cheese” on The Wire and starred in Soul Plane rhyme about Sour Patch Kids? More »


PC

EVE Online Now Just One Fashionable Degree Of Separation From Lady Gaga

10:00AM September 10, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

What do Lady Gaga and CCP Games, maker of massively multiplayer online role-playing game EVE Online, have in common? They’ve both worked with fashion director Nicola Formichetti and his muse, the model with a full body corpse tattoo, Rick Genest. More »


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When Online Gaming Goes Wrong, You Don’t Need To Get SWAT Involved

11:00AM June 2, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

A disagreement over an Xbox Live Indie game has resulted in what may be the ultimate grief, with one gamer sending a SWAT team to another gamer’s home after phoning in a bogus murder-suicide call to police. More »


News

Well, Look Who’s Making Video Games Now… Mad Catz!

10:30AM June 1, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Mad Catz, perhaps best known now for its fighting game joysticks and flight sim controllers is getting into the game development game, aiming high with the creation of Thunderhawk Studios. The newly formed studio’s first product is… an MMO flight sim. More »


In Real Life

So-so PSP Game Gangs Of London Is Unexpectedly Coming To The Silver Screen

5:00AM May 21, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Remember Gangs of London? You’re forgiven if you don’t, because it’s a 2006 PSP game from Sony’s Team SOHO—The Getaway guys!—that very few people actually liked. But one British filmmaker was a fan and has since optioned rights to make a movie based on the game. More »


Nintendo

ESRB Describes Pro Jumper Chimaki’s Hot Spring Tour Guilty Gear Tangent!?

10:30AM April 5, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

More weirdness is coming to Nintendo’s DSiWare platform from the people who make Guilty Gear and Blazblue games. Following up on cutesy fighting game spin-off BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale comes Pro Jumper Chimaki’s Hot Spring Tour Guilty Gear Tangent!? And just what the hell is that? More »


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In Russia, Raving Rabbids Make Your Salads, Not Mischief

12:00PM March 19, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Who would want to co-opt Ubisoft’s bothersome mascots, the Raving Rabbids? Russian salad maker Belaya Dacha, apparently, who have swiped the leporine mischief makers – or a very, very close approximation – to shill their pre-packaged salad greens. More »


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Did You Know There Was Crazy Duck Racing In Shenmue II?

8:40AM January 15, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Why did Sega’s beloved and ambitious Shenmue series fail to progress beyond its second game? Because Sega never really promoted one of Shenmue II’s most spectacular features: underground duck racing. More »


In Real Life

Pac-Man Finally Getting His Own ‘Reality’ Series

12:00PM January 14, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Because you demanded it, Namco is finally bringing the 1980 arcade sensation Pac-Man to unscripted television. Think Wipeout (the pratfall-soaked game show) or the Amazing Race, not so much Jersey Shore, for Pac-Man’s “reality” TV outing. More »


In Real Life

Arizona Shooter Pegged As ‘Big Video Gamer’ By Classmates

5:00PM January 11, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Here we go. Jared Lee Loughner, the Tucson man accused of attempting to kill Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, has been identified as a “big video gamer” by former classmates. Oh, and he really enjoyed reading Mein Kampf. More »