News

96-Hour Marathon Allegedly Blinds Chinese Gamer

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.


January 9, 2010
News

Stolen Video Games Help Catch A Predator

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.


January 6, 2010
News

Aion Players Hit Jackpot After Maintenance Goof

Maintenance on an Aion server yesterday caused a glitch that delivered more than 34 trillion Kinah – that’s Aion cash – to “a small number of players.” NCsoft was forced to do a server data rollback to correct the mistake.


January 2, 2010
News

Sony Puts In-Theatres Movie On PlayStation Store

Earlier this week, Sony accidentally offered Armored – a movie that’s still playing in theatres – for download on the PlayStation Store. What’s more, they offered it for free. Whoops.


December 30, 2009
In Real Life

Gee… Thanks, Grandma…?

Remember kids, some products exist purely to victimise the clueless. Like this four DVD set with a familiar name. Although, to be fair, it is playable on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Seen via Ripten.


December 25, 2009
In Real Life

Stolen 360 Helps Cops Bag Prolific Bronx Burglar

Jeremiah Gilliam’s streak of 200-plus larcenies and burglaries came to an end when the criminal mastermind plugged in a jacked Xbox Live, leading the cops directly to his door.


June 11, 2009
News

Xbox Japan “Accidentally” Uploaded Final Fantasy XIII Page

In the West, Final Fantasy XIII is a multi-platform titles, announced for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. In Japan, it is not. Something that makes this Xbox Japan website image perplexing.


December 29, 2008
Uncategorized

Halo Wars Features Royal Dancing, Party Games

Halo Wars is an easy sell. It’s Halo, it’s real-time strategy, it’s on the Xbox 360. Don’t tell Amazon that, though. They’ve got their own idea of what the game’s like.