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Furious Over Microtransactions, EVE Online Community Explodes With Rioting
I don’t pretend to understand the culture of EVE Online, but when a fiasco gets a Downfall-meme video, that’s a kind of visual Esperanto for “this shit is officially f–ked”.
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Madden Gets In Trouble For Outing A Team’s New Uniform
EA Sports recently uploaded – then quickly yanked – a YouTube video teasing Madden NFL 12 Madden junkies love to pick these things apart for clues about this year’s new features. In so doing, they also found the Buffalo Bills’ new uniforms – a design not yet announced.
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Promoter Sues Microsoft Over Kinect Launch Event
Remember the Times Square launch event for Kinect last fall? It took some begging, pleading, and cold hard cash just to happen, when the cops made the last-minute discovery a full blown concert didn’t have the requisite permits. The promoter who made all the bad stuff go away says Microsoft owes him $US63,000 for it.
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British Teacher Finks On 600 Kids Over Late-Night Gaming
In what sounds like the opening to a Dr Seuss book, parents of all 600 children in Mr Gribble’s school got a fearful note saying their kids report to class sleepy and distracted, because they’re up as late as 4am playing video games.