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XCom: The Board Game Needs You, Commander

This digitally enhanced little tabletop devil comes with a free app to REND YOUR SOUL. Hello, Commander. Time is short: the Council needs ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorAugust 6, 2014

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Angry Birds Cat Toy Creator Sues Hartz for Selling Out to Rovio

Image Source: Adams Angry Hummer via Scribd Juli Adams says Hartz had no right to sell the trademark, and is seeking a jury ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorAugust 5, 2014

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Thai Government Bans Tropico 5: ‘Threat to National Security’

Kalypso Media doesn’t intend to contest the ban. Your Magnificence, I bring news from far-off lands! It would appear that certain aspects of ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorAugust 4, 2014

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Greasy Spyware: Researchers Recover Audio from Chip Bag

Image Source: via Wikimedia MIT, Microsoft, and Adobe have been working together to create this little wonder. Researchers from MIT, Microsoft, and Adobe ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorAugust 4, 2014

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Potato Salad Kickstarter Closes With $55,000+

Zack Danger Brown has a lot of cooking to look forward to. Last month intrepid Ohio native Zack Danger Brown captured the attention ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorAugust 2, 2014

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Coming Soon to a Quidditch Pitch Near You: Mudbloods: The Movie

Will UCLA’s team take the Fifth Annual World Cup? Ever since J.K. Rowling first described the game of Quidditch, devoted fans have been ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2014

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Warner Bros Options McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern for Movie Franchise

Image Source: via Amazon The entire Dragonriders series – all 22 volumes – could make it to the big screen. Back in the ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 30, 2014

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Games Workshop Profits Down 24%, CEO Happy

At the heart of this new strategy: job cuts and restructuring. Games Workshop has had a really good year, says acting CEO Tom ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 29, 2014

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SDCC 2014: Kevin Smith’s Tusk Trailer Makes a Man an Animal

All that separates Man from Animals are the stories he tells. So ask the Walrus what he has to say … It started ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 26, 2014

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BioWare Chooses You For New Horror Title: See Nightmare Here

Why hello Nyarlathotep, I didn’t see you there, wibble wibble. As for what it will be when it grows up, your guess is ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 25, 2014

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Chubby Checker Settles Penis Measuring Lawsuit

Hewlett-Packard has agreed not to use the singer’s stage name, related trademarks or likeness on its products. When Chubby Checker noticed that some ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 25, 2014

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UK Politician Calls for Real Life Sentences for Virtual Item Thieves

Mike Weatherley, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hove & Portslade, wants virtual criminals to get the same penalty as real world thieves. ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJuly 24, 2014

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