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Nintendo

Nintendo Files Trademarks For "Wii U" But Doesn’t Own Wiiu.com

4:00AM August 15, 2011 | Owen Good

Our good friends at Fusible note, somewhat wryly, that while Nintendo’s gotten around to filing patent applications on the Wii U it’s lacking ownership of the wiiu.com domain. The console by that name is due for sale sometime in 2012. More »


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Molyneux Disowns Fable E3 Demonstration As A "Horrendous Mistake"

4:00AM June 13, 2011 | Owen Good

The E3 news conference demonstration Fable: The Journey, the Kinect-enabled next entry in the role-playing franchise, was objectively speaking a flop. The series’ creator himself says so, because the Journey left the impression this was a rail-shooter spinoff, and now everyone’s in damage control. More »


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This Is A Shitty Way To Teach A Child New Words

5:00AM February 11, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The Nintendo Wii continues to prove itself quite capable when it comes to teaching children new things. In fact, it taught three-year-old Oliver Smith a brand new word! Can you say shitheads? More »


In Real Life

Woe Betide He Whose Gamertag Appears In A Black Ops Trailer

12:30PM January 29, 2011 | Owen Good

An ordinary gamer is cleaning his Xbox Live inbox of dozens of friend requests each day, most of them containing a mercy plea from some Call of Duty cheater. What happened? His gamertag was shown in a Black Ops trailer. More »


In Real Life

Kinect Boxing Match Ends In Tactical Knock-Out

5:00AM January 17, 2011 | Owen Good

In Sweden, a team of cops stormed a couple’s home after a neighbour reported that five people were beating the crap out of a woman. Turns out they were all playing boxing on Kinect Sports. More »


News

Media Molecule Sends Out LittleBigPlanet2 Code — But Just One

10:00AM December 12, 2010 | Owen Good

A new batch of beta trial invitations for LittleBigPlanet 2 were supposed to go out this month, and they did, but apparently they all contained the same key. More »


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Nintendo Asks Players Stuck In Metroid: Other M To Mail Save Files

4:00AM September 28, 2010 | Brian Crecente

Nintendo is warning players away from Metroid: Other M’s potentially game-breaking locked door bug in Sector 3, but if it’s too late for you and your save file, you’re going to have to mail away for a fix. More »


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People Complaining About Blizzard’s "Real ID" Have Their Email Addresses Exposed

2:00PM July 13, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Sometimes irony can be delicious. In this case, it’s a little bit tragic, with the ESRB publicly releasing the email addresses of people who had written to the board to protest… the revelation of private information. More »


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96-Hour Marathon Allegedly Blinds Chinese Gamer

10:20AM January 12, 2010 | Owen Good

In the name of science – or because his domestic situation was driving him nuts – a Chinese man played games at a cyber cafe for four straight days. The good news? That will only temporarily blind you. More »


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Stolen Video Games Help Catch A Predator

10:20AM January 9, 2010 | Owen Good

A Delaware man is looking at some time in the slammer for failing to register himself as a sex offender, and he would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling video games. More »