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Autographed Copy of ICO Raises Red Cross Funds
Someone is selling a Japanese version of the PS2 sleeper-hit ICO, signed by creator Fumito Ueda, on eBay. If you haven t heard of it, ICO is considered by many to be one of the first, best attempts at making a game an emotional experience. All of the profits for this auction will go to the Red Cross to help with Tsunami relief in South Asia. This is a great find for all of you game fans out there. More » -
Flackery
Feel the Merchandising
How many times do I need to ask for a Feel the Magic goldfish shirt before someone breaks down and tells me how to get one? The latest insult to my pathetic need for this bit of merchandising is Sega s other Feel the Magic crap that they are now selling to promote the bizarre Nintendo DS game. You can pick up a mug that changes pictures with heat, a beach towel, a watch and even a DS case, but still no goldfish shirt. What the hell! More » -
Oddities
Former Nintedo CEO: Suck My...
I just finished reading through the best story Wired didn t write over at Spanish game site, Gamerah. The scanned article is proported to be a copy of a soon to be published interview with Hiroshi Yamauchi, the former CEO of Nintendo, by a Wired writer named Jack Gleason. Some of the give-aways that this excellent interview isn t real is the bizarre typewriter-like font used, and the fact that article features this enormous pull-out quote of Yamauchi dressing down Microsoft s Steve Ballmer in a board meeting: More » -
Editorials
Worst Game Moments of 2004
Instead of boring you with my personal list of the best games of 2004 I ve decided to bore you with a list of my worst gaming moments of 2004. More » -
Gossip
Apex Cans Their Drop-and-Play PC Console
The much anticipated ApeXtreme, a cool little DVD-like device designed to let you drop-and-play computer games on your TV, has drifted into vaporware. More » -
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Retro Gaming
Video of Record Galaxian Run
Watch the videos of Gary Whelan, the man who wasted two hours a day for a quarter of a century playing Galaxian, beating the world record in the game. You can also watch him avoid an in-game near death and hear him sigh in relief as the game wraps up. No videos yet of him hanging himself after realizing he s wasted his entire life, but you can kind of see that twinkle of realization in his eyes in this photo. More » -
Oddities
New Croft Book Studies Phenom
A new book that examines Lara Croft as an icon of both female strength and male objectification has been translated from its original German, and will be published in the U.S. next year. More » -
Business
France to Back Ubisoft
France is in an uproar over Electronic Arts hostile purchase of 20 percent of French game publisher Ubisoft. The government may attempt to protect the company from any possible hostile takeover attempts by EA. Meanwhile an angry Ubisoft CEO plans to bring together their largest shareholders to convince them to not support EA in any evil schemes. Ubisoft is one of the only independent game publishers left in competition with mega-publisher EA and them being bought out can t help but homogenize an already pretty bland industry. In recent years, Ubi has been smacking dazzling franchises out of the ballpark with hits like Prince of Persia, Far Cry and anything with Tom Clancy s name attached to it. I mean, who else is going to publish a game based on managing a presidential campaign? More » -
Business
Lousiana Tries to Draw Game Industry
Louisiana is trying to lure the video game industry to their state with tax breaks. The state hopes to integrate video gaming into the state s already flourishing entertainment industry. Maybe they should look at changing their labor laws to do away with overtime? That could attract some pretty heavy hitters, especially the ones with double vowel acronyms. More » -
Oddities
Earn Your Gamer Stripes
Looking for a way to end the year with a gaming bang? Try earning your Gaming Stripes by completing the excellent list put together by Way of the Rodent. It includes things like getting the diamond in arcade classic Mr. Do!, earning a bonus for using The Force in the trench on the arcade version of Star Wars and freezing the screen on Defender. You beat Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? Bah! I got 99 percent in Qix! More »
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