Last night was the premiere of the 2007 Video Game Awards on Spike TV, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson at the Mandalay Bay Events Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. If you were lucky you would have received a nice eye-full of practically naked women, they award “cards” were naked models with body paint, not sure how they got away with that on television. If you didn’t get to see the entire show the follow is a list of winners.
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December 10, 2007 at 11:19 am | Misc | No Comments
This guy spent several weeks looking for Guitar Hero III: Lengend of Rock for his 15 year-old kid, only to find him smoking pot in his backyard.
Excerpt from auction:
“So I spent who knows how many hours of my life trying to get “Guitar Hero 3” for the Nintendo Wii for my 15 year old son who has been begging for it since he was born (well not really but he’s wanted it for awhile). So after waiting in lines and going into every game store in the city over the last 2 weeks (practically being laughed at when I asked for guitar hero 3) I finally got lucky and got one at EB Games (they just got a shipment of them 25 minutes before I walked in!).”
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December 7, 2007 at 11:38 pm | Misc | 1 Comment
Kane & Lynch has been getting a lot of press attention lately, but not for the good reasons. Former Gamespot editor, Jeff Gertsmann, was rumored to be fired due to his negative review of Kane & Lynch, which was not in Gamespot’s best interest due to massive ads for the game appearing on the site.
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December 4, 2007 at 5:36 pm | Misc, Shooters | No Comments
So you think you got some style, eh? Well if you don’t have a pair of these PlayStation controller cufflinks you’re wasting your time. These cool looking cufflinks will cost you $150 a pair.
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November 25, 2007 at 11:24 pm | Misc, Playstation | 2 Comments
2K Sports has announced the Holiday Edition of the Third Annual Bounce Tour starring Peanut Butter Wolf, Madlib, Karriem Riggins, Guilty Simpson, J Rocc and Percee P. The month-long 14-date tour - presented by Stones Throw Records and VTech Phones - began on November 8th in Los Angeles, CA and is rocking venues across the nation with a signature blend of live music and sports gaming action.
Gamer attendees can visit the 2K Sports lounges on the tour sites to play games, and receive free demo disks of popular sports games.
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November 12, 2007 at 11:05 am | Misc, Sports | No Comments
You know it’s time to step away from your Xbox 360 when you end up going to juvenile detention after your Mom tells you to stop playing. That is exactly what happened to a kid in Indian River County in Florida. After the juvenile’s Mom told him to stop playing Halo 3 he went on a rampage.
The Mom took away the Wi-Fi adapter and hid it away from the kid, prompting the kid to search frantically through the house and ultimately punching his mom in the face.
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November 2, 2007 at 11:47 pm | Misc | No Comments
Electronic Arts has announced two new celebrity cast members for the Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath expansion pack. The new expansion will feature Natasha Henstridge (Species trilogy) and Carl Lumbly (‘Alias’) in its all-new, high-definition, live action video sequences. Henstridge and Lumbly will be joined by veteran Command & Conquer™ actor Joe Kucan, who originated the role of Kane, the megalomaniacal leader of the Brotherhood of Nod.
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October 30, 2007 at 8:32 pm | Misc, Strategy | No Comments
In partnership with Ubisoft, the rock band Korn will be releasing a single titled “Haze” for the Haze video game. The song will be launched to radio and video in November 2007, to coincide with the launch of the Haze video game. “Haze” will be available for purchase via online music download sites.
“Gaming for me is a religion and Haze is the shit!” said Jonathan Davis. “I had to come up with a track that can hit up that kind of rush I get from the game and I think we really rocked it!!”
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October 22, 2007 at 8:38 pm | Misc | No Comments
A 30 year-old Asian male died Saturday afternoon in the city of Guangzhou, China after a 3 day gaming binge in a cyber cafe.
The Beijing newspaper that reported the story Monday says paramedics tried to revive the man, but were unsuccessful and pronounced the man dead at the cafe. The Asian man apparently died from exhaustion after his continuous gameplay. The Beijing source has not confirmed what game the man was playing. The Beijing report also stated that 100 witnesses left the internet cafe after witnessing the man’s death.
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September 17, 2007 at 1:54 pm | Misc | No Comments
A new survey by PopCap.com suggests employees may not be as productive as the boss thinks. The Seattle based game provider surveyed 2,842 office workers, revealing one in four casual video gamers spending their working hours playing games. These figures not only include employees, but office executives as well.
One third of executives taking part in the survey admitted to playing video games during office hours, making up eight percent of the total surveyed workers. The majority of those surveyed show gaming activities take place during lunch breaks or other breaks, but fourteen percent admitted to playing games during office meetings and conference calls.
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September 5, 2007 at 2:34 pm | Misc | No Comments
