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MSNBC Wants More Sex (and Wangs) In Games

From Hot Coffee to Mass Effect, the mainstream media has a tendency to demonize sex in games – But amidst the hubbub over ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 27, 2009

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Microsoft Apologizes to Gay Gamers, Considers Solutions

In the wake of the controversy surrounding a self-identified lesbian being suspended from Xbox Live, Microsoft has admitted that its policies – aimed ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 27, 2009

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SOE Raises $20k For Child’s Play

It isn’t just the people who play MMOs who know that small contributions add up: As part of their Child’s Play 2009 Winter ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 27, 2009

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360 Outsells PS3 & Wii in Japan

The Xbox 360 was the top-selling console in Japan last week, beating out the PS3 and Wii by a healthy margin. In other ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 26, 2009

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Man Holds Woman Hostage With Light Gun

A man in Brazil successfully held a 60-year-old woman hostage for ten hours, threatening her with a deadly Sega Light Phaser. Looking to ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 26, 2009

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Squeenix Sues Replica Sword Makers for $600k

If you’ve ever secretly wanted a replica of Cloud Strife’s Buster Sword or Squall Leonhart’s Gunblade, you might be out of luck – ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 25, 2009

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Parody Gamestop Training Video Pokes Fun

A fan-created parody video telling “Gamestop employees” how to treat female customers is so awkward and hilarious that it almost seems like the ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 25, 2009

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WoW Guild Leader Won 2008 Oscar Too

Yesterday, we learned that the man who took home the Visual Effects Oscar at the 2009 Academy Awards was a hardcore WoW guild ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 25, 2009

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Squeenix Goes Steam-Powered

JRPG giant Square-Enix is the latest developer to sign onto Valve’s Steam digital distribution service, starting with The Last Remnant in early April. ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 24, 2009

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Gamers Suffer From ‘PlayStation Palmar Hidradenitis’

The British Journal of Dermatology has described a new skin condition caused by excessive gaming that it has named “PlayStation palmar hidradenitis.” No, ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 24, 2009

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Four Million Gamers Play RE5 Demo

Shipping two million copies of Street Fighter IV? Pfft, that’s small time for Capcom – more than four million people have played the ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 24, 2009

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WoW Guild Leader Snags Epic Oscar

There were quite a few golden statuettes handed out at Sunday night’s Academy Awards, and at least one of them went to a ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorFebruary 24, 2009

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