Great Court Cases in Video Game History
Thursday, 04/29/10

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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8 Ways In Which Dynasty Warriors Completely Disregards Sun Tzu’s ‘The Art of War’
Sunday, 12/28/08 – 12:27 am
8 Ways In Which Dynasty Warriors Completely Disregards Sun Tzu’s ‘The Art of War’

Dynasty Warriors says: fighting with a small army under your command is no different from fighting with a large one: it is merely a question of whether or not you have another fifteen minutes to blow before dinner.

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“This Christmas, Like Every Christmas, Our Family Will Be LARPing” by Emily Schuff
Thursday, 12/25/08 – 11:32 am
“This Christmas, Like Every Christmas, Our Family Will Be LARPing” by Emily Schuff

This Christmas, the Schuffs will be sitting around the tree, exchanging gifts in our Full Metal Alchemist attire like we always do. It’s funny how comforting old traditions are, especially around the holidays. We will not be caroling this year, sadly, as David Jr. will still be recovering from the knock on the head he took a few months ago while play-fighting with his nun chucks at the Turkeyday LARP.

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Plumber’s Twitter Used as Evidence in Murder of Lizard King
Monday, 12/22/08 – 12:00 am
Plumber’s Twitter Used as Evidence in Murder of Lizard King

GhostOfTomToad @itsame what a night! I feel like this – http://tinyurl.com/84amg4
about 5 hours ago from web in reply to itsame

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Starman Arrested for Domestic Abuse
Saturday, 12/20/08 – 5:17 am
Starman Arrested for Domestic Abuse

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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Michael Phelps: The Game
Friday, 12/19/08 – 12:26 pm
Michael Phelps: The Game

OLYMPIC VILLAGE CREEPIN’: In this stealth action segment, you flashback to Michael Phelps’ nights in the Olympic Village. While draconian Olympic rules keep outsiders from visiting the Village, Michael Phelps has never met a rule he couldn’t break – especially not for a gaggle of barely-legal Chinese fangirls.

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David Schwimmer Announces to World of Warcraft Guild That He is David Schwimmer
Wednesday, 12/17/08 – 11:01 pm
David Schwimmer Announces to World of Warcraft Guild That He is David Schwimmer

These screencaps posted from our reporter on the World of Warcraft beat reveal a lonely David Schwimmer begging his guildmates over guildchat to let him call them.

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Hardcasual’s Correspondence with Santa Claus
Tuesday, 12/16/08 – 10:51 pm
Hardcasual’s Correspondence with Santa Claus

Dear Chris,

Please answer my calls. Jail isn’t a safe place for a pleasantly plump and blush cheeked old man.

Please don’t tell Mrs. Claus, but when I tried to break into Sam’s I couldn’t fit through the door. I decided to grease myself with the baby oil, but that only got me stuck in the doorframe. Now the other prisoners, they can smell it. They can smell the baby oil. They treat me like a greased man toy. They call me Pickled Porky Pig.

Please help me.

Your friend,
Santa

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6 Ways Harmonix Can Make Rock Band More Like Being in an Actual Rock Band
Saturday, 12/13/08 – 2:46 am
6 Ways Harmonix Can Make Rock Band More Like Being in an Actual Rock Band

No other instrument leads to as much self-destruction as the drum kit. Rock Band 3 ought to put a timer in the corner that slowly ticks towards zero, making it abundantly clear that from the moment the drummer sits down, it’s only a matter of time before Death comes to claim him.

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