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That is SO aggro EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Video game thief gets caught, threatens clerk with AIDS 26 The WTF rooted in this sad little tale has nothing to do with video games themselves, but that's ok -- the passing association with them is reason enough to tell the story. After all, the interne... Penny Arcade promotes their game with flamebait from their biggest critic 84 Denis Duckfat hates Penny Arcade ... and they're loving it. The ads (see gallery below) are the direct opposite of what you'd expect -- instead of using positive review quotes from gaming publica... Pathetic punk prevented from pilfering PlayStations by prior pugilist 40 If you’re a criminal, what’s the first rule of any job? Do your homework, right? Well, 16-year-old Iowan Jake Merfeld definitely knew that, but it seems that he didn’t follow th... Contest reminder: Win an Xbox 360 and Frontlines: Fuel of War next week! 24 Before you get Ready To Friday don't forget that next Monday is the last day to register to win a free Xbox 360 and Frontlines: Fuel of War, courtesy of THQ. Detailed info on the game, movies, sc... PSP Hack: Control a hobby helicopter with your fat PSP 17 Have a few spare bucks to spend on your PSP and can't find anything at the game shop (again)?  If you enjoy hacks, model helicopters, and want to show something extremely gratuitous off to y... Fake game Friday: Frank Herbert's Dune Golf 8 Let's be honest: who hasn't looked at the vast dunes of Arrakis and thought to themselves, "That's one sand trap I would never get out of"? Most people, probably. But not forumite BetaM... Captain Obvious: Sony profits fall 28 In the most obvious story since the invention of the word obvious, Sony announced today that their operating profits have fell a shareholder-jumping 68% for the financial year. But, we all knew t... Jack Thompson sues Florida Bar and Supreme Court, faces 91 day disbarment 26 Everyone's favorite video game lawyer is apparently being considered for a temporary disbarment by the Florida Bar Association. As you've heard he's been on a bit of a legal warpath ... High school student, hammer arrested for creating in-game map of his school 41 According to FortBendNow, via Slashdot, a high school student at Clements High School in Fort Bend, Texas was arrested (and expelled) for creating a Counterstrike map that replicated the grounds ... Attention Mexican gaming community: Don't be a griefer or you get broken 66 The Mexican gaming community ain't one to be f**ked with. This latest tale is a prime example of just that. Question for you World of Warcraft players: Have you ever wanted to beat the livi... Ninja Gaiden Sigma demo up on Japanese PSN, hits U.S. later today 11 The demo for the highly anticipated remake, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, has hit the Japanese PlayStation Network store. As we speak, the demo is slowly making its way to my hard drive and then for the re... Rosenblum pleads not guilty, to be put under house arrest 42 To update the alleged happenings of one very allegedly stupid person, GameLife's Andrew Rosenblum has pleaded not guilty to three counts of threatening to commit a crime and has had his bail ... Jack Thompson's evil FOX appearance 124 Remember how I told you Jack "video games are zee devil" Thompson was on FOX News yesterday taking advantage of the Virginia Tech tragedy to push his own agenda? Well, thankfully one... Sony UK to cut up to 160 jobs 15 An anonymous employee of Sony UK sent us an e-mail that states that up to 160 jobs are planned to be cut from SCE UK, SCEE Central, SCE Cambridge, and SCE London. The move is being made to stream... Side by side comparison of F.E.A.R. on the PS3 and 360 49 Comparison screenshots are one thing, but when you do a well-done comparison video, trying to discern the difference between a PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 cross-platform game suddenly takes on a... Can't find a Wii? Get used to it 47 According to our favorite PR person, Perrin Kaplan, Nintendo's Wii shortage will last a tad longer than what we've been told and promised by other Ninty execs in the past. From Kaplan vi... Serkis goes insane for Heavenly Sword 13   Pro tip: Don't mess with Andy Serkis. He's plotting to rid the kingdom of the weak, old, sick, perverts, fanatics, self-professing messiahs, spineless freaks, terrorists, dege... Burnout 5: Not the same sh*t again 17 Burnout Revenge is a tough act to follow, especially after the follow-ups to games like Gran Turismo and Ridge Racer have been shiny ponies, but less than innovative and new feeling. Short of PGR... Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword gameplay or Who moved the dragon-ninja cheese? 15 Will Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword be the most awkward franchise sequel ever or will I have to eat my words with poison darts and Cocoa Puffs? I doubt it -- this new video suggests that the gamepla... Sony kinda sorta, not really denies 80GB PS3 is coming 16 Because of an FCC filing that was recently leaked out that pointed to Sony's own "elite" PlayStation 3, the company has already come out and denied that such an action means a new ... GameStop says Nintendo held back Wiis, will have good supply in April 23 Take this for what you will, but according to GameStop COO Dan DeMatteo, Nintendo intentionally held back on their Wii distribution because apparently the company already made the bank they want... Ad: The PS3 is for movies, also games 37 Fanboys can have a field day with this one: Digger Key10000 snapped a pic of a controversially worded retail ad in the UK that positions the PS3 as a Blu-ray player that "also plays great g... Gallery: gaming industry goes gangsta' 27 This unsettling photoshop contest gallery is a result of what happed when we tasked hardcore gamers to turn gaming industry executives and franchise characters into hardcore rappers. The result? ... Pirates of the Carribean 3: tentacle fun 9 That's all. One lousy screenshoot of a giant sea-world tentacle forcefully entering the anus of a very uncomfortable looking digitized Johnny Depp. The game will also feature gameplay with th... Unintentionally sexual moments in Wii 7 It probably will never get any better than Ring King, but a handful of new screenshots on Famitsu involving sex kittens and muscular green afro'd men (with fantastic breasts) were just too i... Miyamoto disses PlayStation Home, breaks into Captain Obvious mode 25 I like to think of Shigeru Miyamoto as one of the kindest men on this planet. In fact, I honestly don't think the dude has a mean bone in his tiny little body. So, when I see the Nintendo m... Miyamoto wants to know: What does Nintendo mean to you? 13 It seems like Nintendo is upping the market research ante by sending designer extraodinaire Shigeru Miyamoto to Yahoo! Answers to ask, "How old were you when you first heard the term 'N... The top 10 beat-em-ups of all time 93 The ever-prolific video-makin' ScrewAttackers have compiled another fun top 10 list of the best beat-em-ups of our time. The criteria: the game must have arcade style fighting, summon blinki... Olivia Munn pauses games, talks oral sex 60 You may know Olivia Munn as the hostess of G4's Attack of the Show, or she might look familiar from Playboy magazine if your issues aren't all male-glued together. In this rare clip we ... GDC 2007: Yes, the Wii is a piece of sh*t ... I didn't say it 143 Well well, looks like I'm not the only one a little disappointed with the Wii's capabilities. Take a look at this gem unearthed by IGN today at GDC. Combined with what Sony did today and... Sony comes clean on executive bumblings 23 Two humbling stories highlighting top executives at Sony surfaced today where top executives openly admit some failings and problems within the organization that have directly attributed to the c... Sony still thinks the PS3s are selling out. Are they right? 85 I'm not one to spend my free time visiting stores to check and see if PlayStation 3s are in stock, but if various first-hand reports on the Internet are to be believed (which they probably sh... Captain Obvious: Online players like to say 'gay' a lot 48 In another example of shocking news related to studies, a recent gaming survey on the homophobia that permeates the video game landscape says that a majority of online players use the words "... Guitar Hero 2 ... the hidden track 11 There is a video I want to show you, but it is a little shy.  Click below:The vaudevillians at CollegeHumor have posted a tribute to the world's greatest guitar game, created by the guys... Teletubbies hate the Wii 23 The toy company Tomy -- known for the Teletubbies and Thomas the Tank Engine play things -- has come out and blamed Nintendo's Wii for a loss in profits. See, even these adorable creatures ha... Crackdown: Preparing for the real seller 21 It seems someone at a retail outlet snapped a picture of what will be the real seller of Crackdown: the Halo 3 beta. Good to know they got their priorities straight on this one. Makes you wonder... Tokyo kid murders family for mad tokens 7 Our strange Asian counterpart spotted a story of a hardcore gamer gone wrong ... and dumb. Apparently a university student was having trouble with his arcade habit RL-fragged both a man and his ... Star Wars: Force Unleashed concept art 10  Update: So um, there's these new concept art from Star Wars: Force Unleashed, um ... yeah. I'm 0-2 on old news today, folks. Anybody seen E.T. lately? Resident Evil 4 could have been scarier 42 HardestBoss spotted a video of an early Japanese E3 build version of Resident Evil 4. These concepts were dropped from the final game because it was "too paranormal" to mesh with the ga... Strategically placed G-nades rape Zelda 22 Some things should be sacred to gamers, like Nintendo's roast beef. Luckily, three guys out of Jacksonville refuse to conform and have released a NSFW rendition of Zelda: The Adventure of Lin... Forget next-gen: God of War 2 site is up 17 Sony has silently launched the God of War II Web site, jammed packed with screenshots you've been drooling over since this whole next-gen thing started. To be perfectly honest, there aren'... Two of the hardest bosses in gaming history 49 Even if you disagreed with my earlier ramblings that shmup players experience a different sort of zen in their trials and tribulations than most of us do, you have to admit that the above video ... Podtoid 17: The sausage fest 51 Since our normal chick count is down by one (Colette is off doing girl things), tonight's recording of Podtoid 17 will be an all-out sausage fest. It's raining men y'all! That's r... New Infernal screenshots show blatant disregard for public property 11 Pyromaniacs, rejoice! While Infernal may not be as polished as other PC shooters we've previewed here in recent weeks, it does have three very good things going for it: (1) the main characte... Hey Konami! Why isn't my earth shaking? 55 Far be it for me to criticize someone for not coming through on a promise of "earth-shaking news," but Konami, what gives? Yesterday I brought you news of Konami's claim that we... Insert racist joke about Mexicans here 48 Eidos Interactive has just released an enchilada of new screenshots for the best Mexican theme-based video game title ever concieved: Chili Con Carnage for (unfortunately to most) the PSP. The i... Attention EB Games: We don't want your Whopper rape 31 In a true sign of absolute absurdity, take a look at what one EB Games browser found as he hopped into his local store. Yeah, that's $7.99 for a Burger King game that now costs $.99. Way to ... Major Konami news coming Monday: Ready, set, speculate! 40 According to a brief news posting over at Konami's Web site, some "earth-shaking news" will be coming our way on Monday? Care to take a guess on what it might be? Maybe Metal Gear S... Aqua Teen tangent: Show and story so awesome, it just had to be told 53 You'll notice we haven't said much about this whole Aqua Teen Hunger Force terrorist threat that Boston overreacted to -- probably because it had zero to do with gaming even though the... Publisher takes microtransaction rape to the next level 36 If you thought Electronic Arts was bad when it came to Xbox 360 microtransactions, take a look at this horror story. From GameLife via NeoGAF:In aquarium simulator Aquazone, there are only 480 a... Sony: Wii an 'impulse buy' 104 Sometimes Sony is wrong and on very rare occasions, Sony is right. This is one of those rare occasions. SCEA spokesman David Karraker revealed in an interview with the New York Times that the &... Huge explosions: just another reason to buy Crackdown 28 From my general experience with Crackdown, I can honestly say that the game will be worth buying even after the Halo 3 beta incentive is long gone. If by chance you don't feel the same way, p... Warcraft junkie fools Tyra Banks, wife, and sea of women in a TV intervention 94 Bored of analog life, a passive wife, and uninterested in their premarital newb  baby, Shawn has taken up a 40-hour World of Warcraft habit instead of embracing the harder and less entertain... Usagi Dorkjimbo executes his PSP 11 For reasons unexplained, a young guy an a girl off camera subject a PSP to hackeysack, kicking, giggling, and gouging it like a cheese appetizer with what appears to be a cheap katana. Join them ... Ignorant mom tries to find a Mario game for Xbox 360 38 Retail-Sucks has a hilarious story about a woman trying to find a certain Nintendo game for Xbox 360. This mom must have a lot of faith in her kids, because she gave one EB Games employee hell j... Sexy Beach 3: Men are simple edition 51 Oh, you crazy Japanese developers.  Here's a clip sure to piss off half of the internet and make the other half run for lotion and a tissue. The object of Sexy Beach 3 is apparently to inter... Another UFC game? Oh hell yes! 24 For those of us who follow Mixed Martial Arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, we've been begging for a good video game of our favorite sport for a few years now and thankfully THQ is ... New Halo 3 gadget -- a puddle-jumper! 33 Today, Bungie unveiled their newest, albeit uninspired, vehicle -- the Mongoose! It's official name is the M274 ULATV, but that doesn't sound nearly as cool as "Mongoose" -- w... Baghdad is San Andreas 35 In the face of rising console and game prices, monthly MMO fees, and microtransactions, gamers, including myself, have taken to complaining. It's what we do best. But what if your montly gami... A plea to end the war. No, not that one. 47 Fanboys: they walk amongst us. They're in our schools. At the workplace. Even at your neighborhood grocery. 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