Diablo III has Been Confirmed!


…Yesterday! That is. Rumors and pleas for a third installment in the Diablo series have been in circulation for years now, and Blizzard looks not to let their fans down, by finally developing Diablo III!
I’m sure that I don’t speak for myself when I say that I’m extremely happy and excited, being Diablo is the [...]

Happy Sonic SIXTY-FOURRRR!!!

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For those of you living with your heads attached to your bodies and not your computer screens (hopefully all of you) today is the Seventeenth Anniversary of Sonic The Hedgehog! But not just that, today we also celebrate the twelfth anniversary of the Nintendo 64, or should I say, NINTENDOOO SIXXTTYYYY FOURRRRRRRRRR!!!!
Yep, you predicted this [...]

An onion a week

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This week’s edition of The Onion has quite a few gems in it:
Liberty City Police Face Allegations Of Incompetence, Brutality
Since the surge in crime, which began on April 28 at midnight, more than 830,000 civilians have been murdered—nearly one-tenth of Liberty City’s total population. In addition, 35,000 vehicles have been reported stolen, many of which [...]

Update on Linden Dollars

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[I'm a] PC Site has been following the currency system of Second Life, Linden Dollars, for some time now. The virtual currency is used to buy and sell real estate and accessories in the game, and is exchanged for roughly 250 per USD$1. Tyler Cowen, economics professor at George Mason University, has a post on [...]

“Rock Band” Slams the UK Gamer’s Wallet

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Via Games Asylum
Rock Band is a rather awesome game where you mimic being in an actual band by “playing” various “instruments” (because everyone knows strings are just a myth, it’s all wires and buttons, baby) It’s quite the uber hit in the US and has sold over one and a half million units. (Now if [...]

The Colbert bump is proven!

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James Fowler, of the University of California San Diego, has written a paper demonstrating that Democratic candidates who appear on the Colbert Report’s “Better Know a District” receive a statistically significant increase in donations over the next 30 days.
Abstract:
Stephen Colbert, the host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, claims that politicians who appear on his [...]

Xbox 360 Sales Boost over 40%

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Following Microsoft’s master plan to cut prices on their Xbox 360 video gaming console across Europe, sales of the system have jumped by forty-percent.

Stephen Colbert - Water = Life


Another gem from The Colbert Report, this one from last night where Stephen dedicates his whole show to water and how precious it is not.

“I assume this is some kind of fog of drug smoke to make me care about water?”

The troops are making it look too Fun


From The Colbert Report - Wednesday, 19th of March 2008″Soldiers, shame on you for arousing our president’s envy! …While you’re running around romantically dodging roadside bombs and rounding up potential terrorists, the president’s stuck back at the White House pushing glazed salmon around and pretending to pay attention while Condie’s playing the piano.”

D-Pad Gives Brawl a 9.0

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Our friends over at D-Pad News (yes, we are still networked them) have written up a review on the new Super Smash Bros game. Go check it out.

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