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  What’s A Radio?

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Earlier tonight. Mini-Bash: “Did you have a television as a kid?” Me: “Yes.” Mini-Bash: “Did granddad have a television as a kid?” Me: “No, they didn’t have televisions then. He had a radio, though. He listened to that.” Mini-Bash: “What’s a radio?” What you missed last night Man Dies While Playing…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 30, 2009
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  Wii MotionPlus Forcibly Detained In Rubber Prison?

  According to IGN, there were whispers on the floor of the Game Developers Conference last week. Whispers about the Wii’s upcoming MotionPlus accessory, and how it would ship in a rubber jacket. “So?” So, unlike the rubber jacket that’s currently available for the main Wii Remote, this one “might ship infused inside of a jacket…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2009
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  Game Developers Conference: It’s On (And Over)

  The 2009 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco is done and dusted, and churned out the stories. This is the place to check back for all of our coverage of the news, games and people of the show. We’ll make sure to update this post throughout the week with everything GDC. News Warhawk in Space…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 30, 2009
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  PS2 To Go $99

  A friendly tipster has passed on this shot of Kmart’s retail database. To translate, it shows the PlayStation 2, and it shows that next week the console will be reduced to $99. The move will also, apparently, be first advertised by Kmart in a catalogue due to be circulated on April 5. Something we heard…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2009
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  A Handful Of Alan Wake Details

  Here we are, years on from the first unveiling of Alan Wake, and what do we know? Almost nothing! So while these new details are hardly major, their rarity makes them satisfying nonetheless. An interview with Remedy Entertainment’s Oskari Hakkinen reveals that the game will, like Max payne before it, introduce a key gameplay innovation/gimmick.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2009
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  Jimmy Fallon Interviews Tommy Vercetti

  Jimmy Fallon promised more game-related stuff on the Late Night show, and in this interview with Hollywood legend Ray Liotta, Jimmy Fallon delivers. Given the chance to ask the man about his enormous body of work in the movie business, Fallon instead goes all gushy and bugs Liotta about his voice work as Tommy Vercetti…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2009
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  Man Dies While Playing Wii Fit

  Tim Eves, 25, died on March 4 in front of his girlfriend while playing Wii Fit reports UK newspaper Telegraph. He collapsed to the floor while jogging in place while doing Wii Fit. His girlfriend called an ambulance and tried to revive Eves (pictured), a scout leader and a rock band drummer. He was pronounced…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 30, 2009
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  Dead Rising 2 Has Multiplayer, Hundreds Of Different Zombies

  More details have surfaced with regards to that “6000 zombies” claim that came out of a Dead Rising 2 talk at the Game Developers Conference last week. Firstly, that 6000 figure has a caveat. It’s how many will be rendered in multiplayer. The multiplayer that has yet to be officially announced by Capcom, and which…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2009
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  Xbox 360 Brings Japanese Lingerie Lady Back To Life

  This Xbox 360 ad for Hong Kong has a Japanese lady in lingerie talking about what sounds like almost dying. Seeing as how the console has always had a tough time in Japan, if there’s anyone who would know about the Xbox 360’s near-life-death experience, it’s a Japanese person — but not necessarily just a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 30, 2009
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  Mega Man Sneakers Are Mega Blue

  More. Video game. Sneakers. Little different this time around, though, because they’re not Nikes. Not covered in any obvious logos or colour schemes, either. Then again, they don’t need to be. You can tell long before you read Puma’s desperate product description that these are Mega Man sneakers. That kind of electric blue isn’t going…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2009
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  The Top Spelunker Player In Japan Is A Pin-Up Model

  …though, calling idol Haruna Anno simply a “pin-up model” isn’t entirely accurate. She’s a gaming idol and not by accident. Last month, Haruna posted her Street Fighter IV online stats. She had fought in 214 fights, won 178 of them and lost 36. Her winning percentage was an impressive 83.13 percent. Haruna is hardly a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 30, 2009
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  Operation Flashpoint 2 Gameplay Footage

  Previous press for Operation Flashpoint 2 has been a little unrealistic. Lots of suspect-looking screenshots. But there’s no fibbing in this video, showing naught but the real thing. Operation Flashpoint 2 [Gamestar, via VG247]

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2009
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  Former Troubled Tecmo Exec Can Find Work (Can You?)

  Last summer, we broke that former Tecmo president Yoshimi Yasuda was at the center of not one Tecmo employee brouhaha, but two. The president eventually resigned, but he’s found another job. Good for him. Yasuda was the center of the Itagaki vs. Tecmo legal suit. Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki sued for unpaid DoA…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 30, 2009
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  Dante’s Inferno Getting Animated Movie

  Like Dead Space before it, EA are serious enough about this “new intellectual property” thing with Dante’s Inferno to go making cartoons. So they’ve enlisted the assistance of Film Roman (the same team behind Dead Space’s Downfall) to oversee a Dante’s Inferno animated feature. All that’s known at this stage is that the film will…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2009
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  Man Breaks Woman’s Jaw Over Cell Phone Game

  A 21-year-old computer programmer punched a 50-year-old women in the face several times after she told him to stop playing a cell phone game. He’s been arrested for assault. The woman’s jaw was broken. The women asked him to stop playing games with the reason being that Saikyo Line train was overcrowded. However, the man,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 30, 2009
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  Meet (Then Pity) The Cast & Crew Of The King Of Fighters Movie

  The King of Fighters movie sounds silly. Want to see how silly? Let’s meet the cast and crew behind the project to find out! Click to view

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2009
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  Let’s Look At Final Fantasy XIII Battle Screens

  While we’ve seen plenty of cutscenes, Square Enix has released a new batch of screens from upcoming role-playing-game Final Fantasy XIII. There’s in-game battle screens to boot! The game’s battle system allows players to control one character at a time and lets players release combos by stacking up three commands. The commands include standard RPG…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 30, 2009
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  Pick The Best Board Game Trash Talk

  Okay, it took eons but we went through all your trash talk and pick our ten favorites. Now it’s your turn to pick the best trash talk quip. Here are the ten best trash talkers’ trash talk that incorporated classic board games (Battleship, Yahtzee, Scrabble, etc.). The grand prize winner will get a sofa (yes,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 30, 2009
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  Hey, What’s That on Owen’s Grandpa’s Bookshelf …

  To: Luke From: Owen Re: Same Desk, Different Apartment Funny, you know, I’ve got that same thing in six parts on Betamax. Well, it was released under a different title. Some highlights from this weekend: GDC Design Challenge: A Game About Gettin’ Lucky Study Says Playing Shooters Improves Vision Leaked Footage Gives a Shaky Look…

  By Owen Good Published March 29, 2009
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  Week in Games: Is This April Fool’s?

  Guitar Hero: Metallica is this week’s big drop, coming out today. Anyone else find it funny Duke Nukem Trilogy is out on April Fool’s? Especially when you consider its E3 trailer. After Lars and Duke, I’m thinking Gardening Mama. Not sure what the hell “Burger Island” is. Maybe if they made “Bacon Island” I’d buy…

  By Owen Good Published March 29, 2009