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Archive for January 2006

January 24th, 2006

E3 Establishes Fine: No Boobs for You!

Well, damnit. I had my outfit for E3 all picked out. It was a simple, three piece suit consisting of three Nintendo stickers carefully placed to cover all the girly bits. Alas, I don’t have the $5,000 they might end up fining me for wearing such a sophisticated garment.
Bastards.
Don’t they understand fashion??
I [...]

By Ingrid -- 4 comments

January 23rd, 2006

Re: Retro Interviews James Kochalka

If you’ve never heard of James Kochalka, then, you’re hearing of him now (as you can probably tell, I’ve spent many years trying to perfect the art of Stating the Obvious). James Kochalka is the man behind American Elf , the sketchbook diaries of his life. He’s also a musician, and his [...]

By Ingrid -- 0 comments

January 23rd, 2006

Chinese Parents Sue Blizzard and World of Warcraft

Chinese parents are blaming Blizzard for making World of Warcraft ‘too addictive’ and leading to their son’s suicide a year ago. They are convinced that it was WoW and their child’s addiction to the game that led him to take his own life.
What do they plan to do about it?
Sue Blizzard Entertainment and [...]

By Ingrid -- 4 comments

January 20th, 2006

Weird Japanese Music Video: Night on Fire

And what does this have to do with video games you might ask? Well, it’s Japanese …. and the Japanese make video games. So there you go.
Okay.
It has NOTHING to do with video games. This post should not be here. Alert the game-blogging authorities.
In the meantime, here it is anyway, because it’s funny. [...]

By Ingrid -- 7 comments

January 19th, 2006

The Video Games Channel According to Online Translation

So I was thinking of listing some posts from around the channel so you could all be up-to date on the goings-on around the place, but I thought, “How BORING of me.” So then I thought, “Why don’t I write the post in Spanish and translate it to English using an online translator?” [...]

By Ingrid -- 12 comments

January 19th, 2006

News Alert: Games Might Save Your Life!

Holy crap darn! Finally, something positive about video games in the news. I can’t believe it. Am I dreaming? Have I died from excessive video gaming and gone to video gaming heaven?
No?
I’m still here?
Then it must be true!
VIDEO GAMES CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE!
Video games are being trained in CPR … er, something about [...]

By Ingrid -- 1 comment

January 19th, 2006

Re: Presenting Re: Retro

I’m a little late introducing this blog, since Erin kind of already mentioned it yesterday, but, I really wanted to blog about it for a second, cause I’m really excited.

Re: Retro is the latest addition to the Video Games Channel, and is written by new b5media member Jonic Linely. It is all about the [...]

By Ingrid -- 2 comments

January 18th, 2006

Re:Retro Brings You Back to The Nintendo Glory Days

Nintendo: Now You’re Playing With Power!!
Fellow b5 video games channel blog Re:Retro has found a great little article at Progressive Boink that will make you feel like you’re once again in 1990. It’s based around a Nintendo catalogue from that darling year and it will have you in stitches just looking at the cover [...]

By Erin -- 2 comments

January 18th, 2006

Making Gaming Even Less Like Exercise

Ever have one of those days where you’re just too lazy to hold your own chin up?? Yeah, me neither. But just in case staring at the television and supporting your head with your own neck muscles sounds too much like exercise to you, there’s a product out of Japan that you need [...]

By Erin -- 5 comments

January 18th, 2006

Gaming Action … in the Bathtub

If you happen to have a measly £1499.99 lying around, and haven’t bathed in a while because you’re incapable of unplugging yourself from your SNES long enough to cleanse and exfoliate, good news! Now you can game away while soaking with Mr. Bubbles.
Joystiq is reporting a new waterproof, anti-mist, anti-bad-odor, anti-savings account LCD screen [...]

By Ingrid -- 5 comments