Category: "Misc"

Several GameStops Selling Modern Warfare 2 Early, Activision Does Not Approve

It has leaked on the web that several GameStop locations in the North East (Brooklyn NY, Philadelphia PA, Bowling Green Ohio) have been selling Modern Warfare 2 before its November 10th release date — as in today.

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Cartman Rock Band Poker Face Remix

You may remember the South Park clip we posted a few days ago featuring Cartman and the boys performing Lady GaGa’s “Poker Face” with the Rock Band game. Well, thanks to the hard work of die hard South Park fan and YouTube user phr00ta, we can now enjoy a hilarious five minute remix of the [...]

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Weekend Agenda: What Will You Be Playing?

I’m about to head out the door to grab some dinner and maybe catch a movie, but before I go, I’d like to know what you all plan on playing this weekend? I’ll be digging into Uncharted 2 and finally cracking open Batman: Arkham Asylum. You can find me on PSN and XBL under the [...]

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Cliff Bleszinski Calls Borderlands New Diablo

In a recent Twitter status update, Gears of War mastermind, Cliff Bleszinski, expressed his admiration for the new first person shooter based RPG “Borderlands”. “Borderlands, I adore you. You’re Diablo for a generation raised on first person shooters. I want a Claptrap statue.” Interesting analogy. I guess that means Twitter is the same as human [...]

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Nintendo Game Boy Inducted into Toy Hall of Fame

The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York inducted the Nintendo Game Boy, created by the late Gunpei Yokoi, into the ranks of play time immortal. The “Toy Hall of Fame” is a distinguished and elite honor which includes other childhood favorites such as The Ball and Big Wheel (both inducted this year) [...]

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Fan of Dedicated Servers Sends DICE 60 Bucks

You might recall that many PC fans of Call of Duty (specifically Modern Warfare) got very upset when Infinity Ward announced that they were not going to support dedicated servers for Modern Warfare 2. As something that is a core part of the PC gaming experience, a petition was signed by many people requesting that [...]

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Penny Arcade Awards $10K Video Game Design College Scholarship

Aspiring video game designer, Kyla Gorman, was recently awarded $10,000 in scholarship money via the 2009 Penny Arcade Scholarship, and she plans to put it to good use as she pursues a degree in video game design at the University of Southern California (where Troy Polamalu played ball – go Steelers!). “I’ll be forever thankful [...]

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The Sims Horror Movie, It Won’t Let You Pee!

What if an ordinary night with friends turned into a Sims micro managed hell? This is the premise for one of the funniest College Humor skits I have seen in a long time. Check it out.

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DirecTV Parody Ads Feature Heath Ledger, JFK, and Jesus Christ

It seems that the Chris Farley DirecTV advertisement did more that just piss a bunch of people off – it also inspired the team at LandlineTV to drive the point home with a set of parody advertisements of their own. Why stop at Chris Farley when you can utilize the power of even more dead [...]

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The Prince of Persia Sands of Time Movie Trailer Leaked Online (Update: IGN High-Res)

If you can’t wait to see some video of Jake Gyllenhall with his chest and arms exposed in the movie adaptation of Prince of Persia, you can thank the wonderful world of YouTube for the blurry trailer leak below of IGN big money exclusives for the first “officially sanctioned” look.

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Risky Business Set Dismantled in New Taylor Swift Band Hero Commercial

Fans of the underwear sliding Risky Business inspired Guitar Hero set may be shocked to hear that after countless Activision milking, the developer is finally transitioning (litterally) into a larger arena. I say literally, because the set that we’ve all become so re-familiar with will be pulled apart before our eyes in the debut commercial [...]

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“Wee for Wii” Radio Contest Ends in Contestant Death: Family Awarded $16 Million

KDND-FM, a Sacramento based radio station, held a contest in 2007 that asked willing contestants to drink large amounts of water all while trying to hold back their urge to urinate. Sounds like a blast! What’s the reward for this bladder based torture you ask? A fucking Nintendo Wii! Jennifer Strange, a mother of three, [...]

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Best Buy Gamer Deal: Buy 2 Games Get 3rd Free (Ends Saturday)

I just got back from my local Best Buy and found out that the store is having a video game deal that can save all of us some cash. If you buy any two Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or Nintendo Wii games (at full price) you get the third game absolutely free (Dane Cook disciples [...]

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South Park Rock Band Cameo: Cartman Sings Lady Gaga’s Poker Face

Last night’s Southpark episode featured Cartman as Rock Band lead singer proving that, like the baby in the E-Trade commercial, he too has been blessed with the gift of golden pipes. His stunning rendition of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” is backed up by Kenny and Kyle on Rock Band guitar and drums. I must warn [...]

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Sega’s Bayonetta Make-A-Witch Foundation Wants to Make You Over This Halloween

Tired of the same old “bad cop”, “naughty school girl”, and “sexy french maid” Halloween outfits? Me too! Okay… not really, but either way, Sega has got the perfect pick-me-up guide for your last minute Halloween costume conundrum … Bayonetta! That’s right ladies (and men if this is your sort of thing), firmly pack your [...]

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