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EA, Dawg Apparently Settling $25,000 Madden Lawsuit
By the end of this month, Cleveland supafan John “Big Dawg” Thompson should resolve his civil suit against Electronic Arts, alleging the unauthorized use of his likeness in the publisher’s Madden NFL series. Two weeks ago The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reported that Thompson’s lawyers had canceled a procedural conference because the case is in…
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Week in Games: Run for the Border
FIFA 10 arrives in North America, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars comes to both PSP and iPhone, and WWE Smackdown vs. Raw does a six platform full ginsberg. Borderlands, however, is the hot-name AAA console drop for Oct. 20. Astro-Boy: The Video Game is another six-way release, as most movie tie-ins are wont to do.…
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Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The Top 10 Cosplay Look Alikes [PerezStart] This is the one-year anniversary of the infamous Top 50 Cosplay Cleavage meltdown when I posted bewbs and…
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Modern Warfare 2 Server Petition … Sigh … at 21,000 Sigs and Counting
Online petitions ain’t worth much to me – just once, I’d like to see someone with a clipboard outside a GameStop doing this in person. But on some topics they’re meaningful, like the Infinity Ward/dedicated server fiasco that broke yesterday. Especially when the petition registers 20,000 in just a little more than a day since…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Farmers Aren’t the Only Ones in Overalls at the State Fair
Ordinarily I’d give this the “About to Get a Letter” treatment, but you know, maybe this thing is licensed. And good luck getting a letter to a carny, anyway. Reader GHETTO CHiLD spotted “Mario Land” at the N.C. State Fair (largest midway of any state fair in the U.S., you can look that up.) It’s…
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Guitar Hero’s ‘Couples’ Cameo Profitable for Activision, Film
Ever met a Guitar Hero salesman? Me either. Vince Vaughn’s character in “Couples Retreat” was made one, however, because he and co-screenwriter John Favreau adore the series. And, how about that, it crowbared a few buxx out of Activision marketing. Activision joined an all-star list of brands such as Bud Light, Captain Morgan’s and Crunch…
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DICE Makes Hay With Dedicated Server Controversy
Earlier this morning, the executive producer for the Battlefield franchise tweaked Call of Duty over Infinity Ward ending dedicated server support, “confirming” that, yes, dedicated server support is “a given” in Battlefield titles on the PC. “Dedicated servers FTW. What ever secures a better online experience is a given for us,” Tweeted DICE’s K.M. Troedsson.…
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Miyamoto, Asked Why Peach Isn’t Playable, Looks to Skirt Issue
Oh, the eminent Nintendo designer still answered the question directly. He just said that Peach’s flowing gown would have required different programming to incorporate her as a playable character in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. See? Get it? “Skirt issue?” Destructoid says Wired’s Tracey John brought up the question (at the same roundtable at which…
By Owen Good - Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Oct.16 PvPonline published Oct. 16 ActionTrip published Oct. 12 Digital Unrest published Oct. 12 EXTRALIFE published Oct. 12 GU Comics published Oct. 16 Dotgif published Oct. 12 Ctrl-Alt-Delete published Oct. 16 Dueling Analogs published Oct. 15 Nerf NOW published Oct. 16 Rooster Teeth published Oct. 13 Monday Night Crew published Oct. 14…
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No Mercy in Left 4 Dead Hospital “Reviews”
Mercy. The hospital in Left 4 Dead’s “No Mercy” campaign, and the name of a real one in Pittsburgh. And Louis, Zoey, Francis and Bill are sowing panic about its conditions, the access to medication, and patients you’ll find there. Some eye-opening (and – for the irony-deficient – pranked) reviews for Pittsburgh’s real Mercy Hospital…
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Namco Bandai “Thinking About” Vesperia 2
Namco Bandai hosted a developer discussion in Shinjuku to celebrate the theatrical release of Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike, and Namco’s general manager intimated that “there’s a desire” to make a sequel, according to Famitsu. Taking pre-screened questions, Makoto Yoshizumi, the Namco Bandai general manager, said staff would pester him during meetings “Will you…
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“Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!” Needs 1,000 Preorders to Get UMD Release
Cult hit or just plain weird, the PSP title Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman, What Did I Do to Deserve This? did not get a full retail release, going instead to PlayStation Network exclusive earlier this year. But publisher NIS America is promising a UMD version of the game – meaning it would be playable…
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Star Trek Online Video: “Klingons Being Klingons …”
This video discusses the backstory leading into Star Trek Online. In a nutshell, Romulans, Remans, Klingons and the Gorn are all assholes, and their inability to resolve their differences creates fertile opportunity for combat. That’s where you come in. Star Trek Online Video Talks About the Timeline, Shows Space Battles
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Xbox Live Update Isn’t Limited to Just Twitter
The next Xbox Live update will deliver Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm, but, Ron Popeil style, wait, there’s more! According to an email from Microsoft, anyway. Get ready for news headlines and dedicated music stores in the Xbox Live dashboard. Since Microsoft expressly said we’re not forbidden from discussing this, why not? U.S. Xbox Live users…
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PC Saw is Digital Download Only [Corrected]
Konami’s PC port of Saw, which went out earlier this month for Xbox 360 and PS3, will hit Steam later this month. It will also be available on IGN Direct2Drive. Big Download originally reported that it would be a Steam download exclusive, noting that Konami did something similar last year when it put out Silent…
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New Modern Warfare Matchmaking Service Will “Definitely” Reshape PC Community
In a webcast this morning, Robert Bowling revealed the existence of IWNet, a matchmaking service Infinity Ward will operate beginning with Modern Warfare 2. But it ends dedicated servers, and fundamentally changes the culture of the game’s PC community. Bowling, the Infinity Ward community manager, said IWNet makes multiplayer more accessible to the PC community…
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Mass Effect 2 is NOT Coming to the PS3
The BioWare community manager whose comments in Poland (pictured) led some to believe Mass Effect 2 would be coming to the PS3 has corrected his statements. Mass Effect 2 is still a PC and Xbox 360 release only. Jay Watamaniuk, the community manager involved, posted the following yesterday afternoon in the BioWare forums: There is…
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A First Look at the Gameplay in NCAA Basketball 10
Just in time for Midnight Madness – when NCAA men’s basketball teams can begin practice – comes the first gameplay video featuring the two announcing teams in this year’s NCAA Basketball 10. Unfortunately, CBS’s Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery are a bit thin and generic in their commentary – but in their first year, it’s…
By Owen Good