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URGENT!
Dear GoA friends, fans, family, community: I didn’t know this guy personally, but I remember way back in the day before Achievement Hunter was a thing, the backlash he would get for posting the achievement guides because the RoosterTeeth community had no idea who he was, or why he got to be on the main page and […]
In: Around the Intertubes, HELP, News, News · Tagged with: David Dreger, help, KnucklesDawson, Missing person, urgent, Vancouver
So, the Tokyo Game Show happened this week…
What I got from this event is that I have more of the same to look forward to. Absolutely nothing stands out to me as interesting or original. Just more of the same…
In: Gaming, News · Tagged with: 2011, Games, Japan, TGS, Tokyo, Tokyo Game Show, Video Games
First Look: Uncharted 3 demo review
Uncharted 3 demo presented at this years Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.
In: Events, Gaming, News · Tagged with: Gamescon demo, Trailer Watch, Uncharted 3, videogame review
Supreme Court FTW
There you have it folks. Video games are protected under the First Amendment the way books, plays, and movies are. Not to read too much into this, but essentially the Supreme Court has said that video games can be art, the same way books, plays, and movies can be. But maybe that is reading too […]
In: Around the Intertubes, Gaming, News · Tagged with: First Amendment, Supreme Court, Win
Take-Two stock rises with release of L.A. Noire
For gamers who also play the stock market, Tuesday was a good day. After all, not only did L.A. Noire hit the market, but stock prices rose for studio Rockstar Games’ parent company Take-Two Interactive. According to Conrad Zimmerman at Destructoid.com, the price of shares rose as high as 10% of their starting value on […]
In: News · Tagged with: L.A. Noire, Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive
Trisha’s Quote of the Day: PlayStation’s latest “game” gets rave reviews
The [Firmware] game features a robust moral choice system, where your actions really do affect the world. Do you accept the User Agreement, or don’t you? This was an agonizing decision, since you never know what could happen later. I remember that unbelievable moment in Firmware 2.0, where I accepted the User Agreement and the […]
In: Around the Intertubes, News · Tagged with: hack attack, PlayStation, quotes, satire
R.I.P: Chris Haney, co-creator of Trivial Pursuit, dies at 59
1, 2, 3, 4… Pink. Q: “Which co-creator of a popular board game, died in 2010?” A: “Canadian Chris Haney, co-creator of Trivial Pursuit” According to the CBC, Haney died on May 31 in Toronto, Ontario after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Hiam, his first wife, Sarah, and by three children […]
In: News · Tagged with: Chris Haney, death, Sad news, Trivial Pursuit