There is something uniquely satisfying in watching a magazine like Vanity Fair, one with so much money and history behind it, absolutely shoot themselves in the foot with the wrong group of people. It is satisfying, but entirely infuriating, to watch so-called “traditional” media botch coverage of things like internet culture, video games, or really [...]

Who’s your baby daddy? Xbox 360!! If you participated in the Xbox 360 Twitter based Final Fantasy XIII “White Promo” that Microsoft kicked off back in November, you’re going to want to check your email inbox today, as it should contain a special code that unlocks a baby Chocobo avatar pet. Simply enter the code [...]

It saddens me to update the hopeful twitter tease posted by Square Enix Senior PR Manager Sonia Im late last night. The post, which really seemed to point to the possible release of a demo sometime in the next few days, has been “clarified” by Sonia in her latest tweet. “Think it’s best if I [...]

Microsoft promised to unlock a special promotion as a reward for your Twitter prowess, and today, with a tweet progress bar that reached its goal — they delivered the goods. From blue bird to yellow bird, your Xbox 360 avatar will be able to call a Chocobo his (or her) bitch … come this December. [...]

Southern California resident, Geoff Keighley, who also happens to be the host for Spike TV’s Video Game Awards, unleashed another trailer teasing tweet last night. “First thing tomorrow we’ll hit you with another VGA world premiere – another unannounced game” There’s some confusion regarding the “tomorrow” part, as a few sites are reporting that the [...]

The news we reported earlier last night is now live according to a recent tweet made by Major Nelson exactly 14 minutes ago. Go check if you like. Per our previous post, there’s no update required.  The Major’s tweet along with details from his supporting post are below.

Major Nelson tweet reporting for duty, sir. Latest tweet intelligence reveals that the Xbox 360 addition of Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm (due to be available tomorrow) will not require an update. The new features will instead be magically inserted into your console via tiny underpaid mice while you sleep. The Major’s exact words below. “When [...]

Okay, so maybe he didn’t mention the porn streaming part, but in a recent Tweet, Xbox LIVE’s Major Nelson announced the following: “We just hit a new #XboxLIVE record: Over TWO MILLION people connected to the service at once.” I think all two million of us should sign off and sign back on at the [...]

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 [...]

If you are anything like me and my girlfriend, you have likely seen the Snuggie commercial on TV half a million times (not to be confused with the WTF Blanket). Well, Epic Games rep Dana Crowley recently told Kotaku on her Twitter feed that the Gears of War themed Snuggie featured above “really does exist…” Unfortunately, Dana  goes on [...]

It has transpired that Uncharted 2 will include support for Twitter updates. Players can input their account details and have the game automatically update their feed when the player connects to multiplayer, completes a chapter, earns a Trophy, or reaches a level milestone. Of course, this will be a complete annoyance for everyone involved, except [...]

In an age where social networking and word economy reign supreme, it’s hard to find a rumor that didn’t originate or spread through Twitter. Geoff Keighley, host of Spike’s GameTrailers TV, knows this, and recently took to his Twitter to stir the rumor mill regarding a brand new LucasArts IP to be announced on GTTV [...]

So for the past week & a half, we’ve been holding a contest over on Twitter to give away an Xbox 360 andBut  a copy of Sacred 2. Plenty of you entered, but to my dismay, only one of you guys can win. I wish I could give everyone that entered an Xbox 360, but [...]

Usually, a story about Twitter would have no place on Ripten, but this time, it’s totally related. Ashton Kutcher’s Twitter just surpassed 900,000 followers, and coincidentally, so did CNN’s. In the spirit of competition, Kutcher issued a challenge to CNN, to see who would become the first Twitterer (Tweeter? Twitt?) to reach one million followers. [...]

Ooooooh!!!! Not just cool — very cool! Yeah, the fellas over at Official Xbox Magazine are tweeting away making me wish my console wasn’t out of commission (I’m too lazy to ship it back to MS for red ring repair) because there is apparently some pretty darn cool stuff in store for us all tomorrow. [...]