While most gamers are all too familiar with the Super Mario Bros., few remember the enigmatic Fantastic Steve Cousins. Accompanied by his cousin, Ralph, Fantastic Steve led players on a magical journey through the Sausage Fiefdom. When the Mario Bros. soared to fame a few years later, Fantastic Steve sued the plumber for stealing his act. Unfortunately, Fantastic Steve was found dead before the trial began, leading to further speculation on Mario’s involvement with La Cosa Nostra.
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Well, shit. We’ve got iPad fever. The thing may be the cure to everything that’s wrong with our lives, but we must remember our conflicted relationship with the iPhone. For one, it didn’t get us laid. Then, we lost our jobs because of DoodleJump. And third… wait, what’s this 40 minute long voicemail I just got from my dad?
The 360’s hard plastic shell, designed to withstand overheating, reportedly made poor bonfire tinder, but the Wheat Ridge AV Club’s persistence (along with 4 gallons of gasoline) helped them coax a steady flame.
“It’s amazing, the effects of playing a simple iPhone game on public transportation,” said psychology PhD student Chester Black. “We expected it to be a deterrent towards women who date men, but it appears that even women playing iPhone games are a form of ‘boner Kryptonite’. It’s just impossible to play these games and be appealing to even the horniest perv on the D train.”
“To unceremoniously dump them is a grievous error on the part of the d’Oraguilles. If I was the Shadow Lord, I would certainly see this as a prime opportunity to conquer the world. I’m not the Shadow Lord, though. I want to make that clear. I am not the Shadow Lord.”
bdnjfbdenk first took action on January 6th, mere moments after the buyout was announced, by posting on UGO’s comment thread, “FUCKKK UGO U FIREDS SHANE! FUCKK THIS SHITE I M NEVER GOING AGAIN U FAGZZ”. It was this first volley that ignited a wave of protests far-reaching in both the private and public sphere.
The winter games drought, which has left 548 people across 47 states game-less, with possibly 7 deaths, hit the small Kansas town Tuesday when a young college student was found dead outside a local Gamestop.
Additionally, Microsoft and third party publishers will be releasing a number of games for Xbox 360 both in retail stores and via Xbox Live Arcade’s download service. While it is too early to announce the specific games titles, Xbox 360 owners should rest assured that all Xbox 360 games will take full advantage of Microsoft’s innovative Xbox 360 controller, which features two analog sticks, a digital pad, four main face buttons, two analog shoulder buttons, two additional shoulder buttons (or “bumpers”), a Start Button, and a Back button. With the Xbox 360 controller providing so many methods of input, game developers can let their imaginations run wild and create unparalleled software for Xbox 360 that cannot be found on other video game consoles.
The leader of the free world was like, “Darren, this country needs you.” And I was like, “Dude, you’re a fucking loon if you thinks I’m gonna move to Maryland.”
In response to growing concerns that Resident Evil 5 will lack an ethnically diverse cast, Capcom have added 5 new playable characters. Say hello to the Cunninghams!
In front of the Apple Store
Everyone you know is trying not to make eye contact with you.
I had never even heard of Rock Band. If you had told me, “Oh, yeah, it’s a videogame where you pretend to play the drums to songs,” I would have laughed at you. But how innocent I was. Turns out that was wrong, though. Rock Band is a videogame where at 2 in the morning, someone decides they want to try to play Metallica just by stomping their foot on the ground of the room right above your bedroom. And failing. Seven or eight times in a row.
1. Professor Layton and the Curious Shire
2. Cooking Mama: Turkish Kebab
3. Guitar Hero: British Empire Tour
4. Call of Duty: Maginal Line
5. Civilization: Apartheid
The 38-year-old Starman appeared Monday in court for a bond hearing. Mr. Starman, who recently hosted the Colorado Independent Video Game Creators Awards, served a six-month sentence in 2003 for owning several multi-bottle rockets without a permit.
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Roggie and Siri Two-Moons sat on top of a hill and watched the clouds for two hours before realizing that they were actually plumes of smoke, and that an Alliance raid had destroyed Orgrimmar.