Archive for January 2nd, 2009
Door to Door Salesman Nabs DS [Uk]
A thief pretending to be a door-to-door salesman peddling make-up was able to enter a UK resident’s home and swipe a Nintendo DS reports the Clacton and Frinton Gazette.
The newspaper advises:
Wii Warm Up: Gaming tantrums
Filed under: Video, Wii Warm Up
To what extent do games make you lose your temper? While it may seem silly for an older youth/adult to lose their rag over a game, we recognize that our hobby can still
Wii Warm Up: Gaming tantrums
Filed under: Video, Wii Warm Up
To what extent do games make you lose your temper? While it may seem silly for an older youth/adult to lose their rag over a game, we recognize that our hobby can still
Happy 2009 !!!
Best wishes for a fab 2009 to everyone in the GamePolitics community!
I’m taking Mrs. GP to a movie today (Milk), then dinner with the folks and maybe catch some of the Rose Bowl (rooting for Penn State)
Teen Makes Phony Suicide Threat to Blizzard Rep, Gets Arrested
A 17-year-old Ohio gamer found himself in hot water after he allegedly threatened to commit suicide while talking to a Blizzard rep about an online game (presumably, World of Warcraft).
The Middletown
Gaming’s Most Politically Fascinating People of 2008
It’s Game Over for 2008, a year full of fun, excitement and more than a bit of controversy for the video game community.
A couple of weeks back we looked at the Top 15 Stories of 2008. Today GamePolitics
Red Ring of Zune? 30GB Versions of Microsoft mp3 Player All Fail at Once
It’s not exactly a video game story, but…
Multiple reports are coming in that every 30GB Zune (Microsoft’s mp3 player) failed this morning at 2 a.m.
College OTR has this:
Microsoft is just squeezing
NIMF’s David Walsh Talks Game Addiction, Game Violence with GameCyte
GameCyte has a posted an in-depth interview with Dr. David Walsh of the National Institute on Media and the Family.
On game addiction, Walsh told GameCyte’s Sean Hollister:
[At a recent conference] therapists
Payback: After Giving Golf Course Beating, Filipino Mayor Suffers Virtual Ass-Kicking
The mayor of Masiu City in the Philippines suddenly finds himself targeted by an online game, although apparently not without some justification.
It all began on the day after Christmas. Filipino blogger
Looking Ahead: Xbox 360 in 2009

Happy New Year! I closed off the year with my top 5 Xbox 360 games of 2008, but now it’s time to look ahead. I’ve just finished updating the Xbox 360 Release Calendar and there’s a
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