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Archive for December 17th, 2008

PlayStation 3 Now A "Movie Downloading Machine" [Marketing]

Sony’s moving on from marketing just its PlayStation 3 games library, kicking off a campaign to promote the console’s movie download service. That’s right, the PS3 is “not just

Iraqi Shoe Toss Inspires Multiple Game-themed Parodies

boingboing reports that the Net is rapidly spawning animated GIF parodies of the now-infamous Presidential shoe tossing incident.

Among those posted at the site are several with game themes, including

Student Uses Wireless Controller to Track Down Stolen Xbox 360

We love it when the good guys win.

A clever student at Missouri State University used the Xbox 360 controller’s wireless capabilities to track down his stolen console, reports school newspaper the Standard

Man Pleads Guilty in So-Called Mortal Kombat Killing

A man whom prosecutors allege killed his girlfriend’s stepsister in a re-enactment of the Mortal Kombat video game series pleaded guilty in a Colorado courtroom yesterday.

The Associated Press reports

Hasbro D-R-O-P-S Facebook Scrabulous Lawsuit

In July, toymaker Hasbro, which owns the rights to the venerable board game Scrabble, filed suit against the publishers of Scrabulous, a Scrabble knockoff accessible via Facebook.

Scrabulous disappeared

Film Project Captures Faces of Kids as they Play Violent Games

Asylum reports on The Immersion Project, a short film by British fillmaker Robbie Cooper which captures the faces of 9-16 year-olds as they play violent video games.

UK newspaper the Telegraph offers

Game Over for President Bush: The T-Shirt

At this point, almost everyone in America wishes that the last eight years didn’t turn out that way.

MetaShirt now offers a way to make the point sartorially, and with a video game theme to boot.

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Trial of Teen Who Shot Parents Thrusts Halo 3 into Media Spotlight

The sorry tale of a 16-year-old who shot his parents and then tried to frame his dad for the crime is currently playing out in an Ohio court room.

Rather undeservedly, Halo 3 seems to be playing a central

Detroit Prosecutor Updates Her Games-to-Avoid List, Finally

At least Kym Worthy has updated her list.

We last peeped the Wayne County Prosecutor during the 2007 holiday shopping season. At the time she was blaming games for the crime problem in Detroit and pushing

Bush Shoe-Throwing Incident: It’s a Game

That didn’t take long…

Yesterday, an angry Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush.

Today there is a game parodying the incident.

As reported by UK newspaper the Telegraph

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