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Monday August 27, 2007
Free Gaming Music. For You! by JP at 03:41 PM
I guess today is the day of free music. First up, the Cult Of Rapture website has released 12 MP3s that comprise the musical score for Bioshock, all 25MB of it. If you aren't playing Bioshock (looks at Tim), you're...
Friday April 20, 2007
Violent Videogames, Psychology, and Responsiblity by Tim at 10:22 AM
Given the events of this last week and again the media and government have turned their attention to video games as the cause of the tragedy, and most gamer will agree that this is ridiculous. To help our argument,...
Tuesday November 07, 2006
Child's Play by Tim at 09:24 AM
I have made donations to this charity for the last couple years since I think they do some fine work.  It is an opportunity for gamers to step up and demonstrate that we are not all crazed killing machines...
Sunday November 05, 2006
1UP and Journalistic Integrity? by Tim at 12:24 PM
Yes, I do find those two things to be an oxymoron, but it is something that comes from 1UP's decision to pull a somewhat controversial review of Neverwinter Nights 2.  The "review" is found in the link from Joystiq,...
Friday October 06, 2006
Another Reason To Dis-Like Kotaku by JP at 04:23 PM
Kotaku doesn't allow open comments, they don't even have moderated comments. No, they only allow you to comment on their posts if you meet with their approval. Check it: You appear to be a new user. We only allow in...
Friday June 16, 2006
MAD Magazine and Gaming by Tim at 10:19 AM
The folks over at Destructoid have taken it upon themselves to scan and post MAD Magazine's latest article titled 50 worst things about video games. I have been looking through it and I will say they have really nailed a...
Monday May 01, 2006
Gaming Tidbits - 05/01/06 by JP at 03:31 PM
Lets jump right in: Valve is now selling headcrab hats. Now you too can look like the zombie hordes Gordon Freeman decimates in HL/2. As a bonus, this is the only HP approved hat for cube wear. Eric Heimburg, senior...
Tuesday April 11, 2006
News Tidbits for April 11, 2006 by Tim at 11:11 PM
We begin today's festivities with an interview with the Bioware courtesy the folks over at the Firing Squad. The Escapist has an article up about the power of Walmart and the gaming industry. The Escapist is probably one of...
Monday April 10, 2006
Gaming News Tidbits for April 10, 2006 by Tim at 02:49 PM
Goodness, its been ten days since our last little news tidbits post and I am sure glad I am taking the time today to give you all a few things to mentally gnaw on today. So without further ado... The...
Friday March 31, 2006
Three Degrees of Separation: Me and Minions of Mirth by Tim at 11:49 PM
This evening after posting the previous two entries, I find myself reading through RSS feeds while my paladin kills Diemetradon_255 in Un’goro Crater in World of Warcraft. And it happens, I find a link that takes me to something else...
News Tidbits for March 31, 2006 by Tim at 10:22 PM
Well its been a couple days since I last posted some tidbits, but the news has not been stagnant. I also thought that I should probably post a bit about how these particular topics make the list. I am pretty...
Wednesday March 29, 2006
News Tidbits for March 29, 2006 by Tim at 11:34 AM
See this would be great if we could have that sound effect from the older news shows, and then we would be in the big time. Or not - anyways here are a few news tidbits from around the...
Tuesday March 28, 2006
The Gamer's Quarter by scottsh at 03:04 PM
I recently found a pretty interesting online gaming magazine called The Gamer's Quarter. It is written by video game fans and covers the entire industry - from Nintendo DS to XBOX360 to PC. There are only 5 issues but each...
Monday March 27, 2006
Gaming News Tidbits for March 27, 2006 by Tim at 07:20 PM
Greetings to our readers and welcome back to your daily dose of weblinks and creative commentary. I could just babble on and on about nothing in general (which some would say is quite normal), but I will forgo that and...
Friday March 24, 2006
Gaming News Tidbits for March 24, 2006 by Tim at 01:52 PM
Its time for another set of gaming news tidbits, and I know we should try to do this more regularly - but the goal here is to bring some of the better bits of news to our readers. See its...
Monday March 20, 2006
Gaming News Tidbits for March 20, 2006 by Tim at 04:24 PM
For our loyal readers, I bring you another bunch of little chunky gaming nuggets. Enjoy and would you like bar-b-que sauce with that??? PlayNC and those wacky guys with Guild Wars have a new preview event coming up on March...
Friday March 17, 2006
Gaming Tidbits 3/17/2006 by Tim at 02:18 PM
Yes, I know I am a slacker, but here are some tidbits from around the world of gaming for today...    Wizards of the Coast are preparing yet another collectable miniature game based in the Star Wars Universe. This one is...
Thursday March 02, 2006
Thats right its a horror movie that involves a video game by Tim at 04:31 PM
Stay Alive is a movie about a video game where if you die in the game - you die for real. Overall it falls under that umbrella of horror films that them younger kids go in for, but its a...
Tuesday February 07, 2006
Gaming News Tidbits 02-07-2006 by Tim at 10:20 AM
Terra Nova (a fine site that discusses all sorts of elements of MMOs) has a piece that discusses some data that was collected over 8 months of observing players in World of Warcraft. The results are extremely interesting in...
Monday February 06, 2006
Gaming News Tidbits 2-06-2006 by Tim at 09:48 AM
Here are a selection of new stories that I have found over the last couple days.... THQ announced thier earnings for this last quarter, and the exceeded expectations. This is all very good news, but the bad news is that...
Thursday February 02, 2006
Gaming Tidbits for 2/2/06 by John at 01:04 PM
Bad Video game covers. (Popup killer recommended!) [via Digg] Sci-Fi Brain offers the Top 10 SciFi Videogame Game Characters, Parts 1 and 2. SF Revolution reviews Carcassonne: The Princess and the Dragon. New Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess footage Final...
Wednesday January 25, 2006
Bang!!! XBox360 Ad... by Tim at 03:05 PM
Here is a link to a "banned XBOX360" ad. Now there are some dubious questions about where this ad came from, but its still a fun watch. It is work safe which I should have stated before I posted the...
Wednesday January 18, 2006
MMORPG Game of the Year Awards by Tim at 02:14 PM
I knew I said I would append the previous game of the year thread, but since MMORPGs really feel different I felt I would do an independent post for this news. MMORPG.COM has posted two seperate news articles about games...
Saturday December 10, 2005
Free Online Games by John at 02:46 AM
A compendium of free online games. [via Boing Boing]...