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Toughest Opponent in New Diablo 3 is the Login Screen
May 15th
I was having a fitful night of sleep so I got up and checked Twitter. Like you wouldn’t. Forget warm milk, I’d rather stare at an iPhone screen. Anyways, I saw that the hashtag #error37 was trending on Twitter.
Turns out that Blizzard’s Battlenet servers melted down on launch night of Diablo 3, a sequel 12 years in the making. And as usual, unhappy customers are using Twitter as the unofficial complaint department.
Best. Prank. Ever. 12 years in the making! #error37 #diablo3
— Tyler Curtis (@TyLiner) May 15, 2012
I can’t wait to wake up tomorrow and see that #error37 is a new meme. Going to be so surprising and funny! LOL!
— Cameron Argon (@bigchocolate) May 15, 2012
Man, Diablo III is super hard.I’ve been playing for 30 minutes and haven’t even defeated the login screen. #error37
— Lisa Brewster (@Adora) May 15, 2012
What if Diablo 3 is actually some weird psychological experiment to see how long we’ll continually enter our login info? #error37
— Michael T Sweeney (@mtsw) May 15, 2012
“We spent 12 years working on the game and forgot to implement a queuing system?!” – Diablo III Project Lead, Blizzard #error37
— Arlo Midgett (@rlomidgett) May 15, 2012
If I wanted busy servers I’d go to PF Chang’s #diablo3 #error37
— Keith J Carberry (@somethingdumb) May 15, 2012
It’s all a strategy so nobody ever forgets their battlenet password ever again. #error37
— Andrea Ristori (@andrearistori) May 14, 2012
#Error37 FUUUU
— Clément Soriano (@Imrage) May 14, 2012
#error37 is actually a corporate prank on basement dwelling #OWS ers.
— Dr. Jones (@BelchSpeak) May 15, 2012
And even if you somehow manage to defeat #error37 there are new perils:
i get past #error37 only to be beaten down by #error3006
— Elias Rostad (@JazzNeurotic) May 15, 2012
I still plan on getting Diablo 3. I hope they get their server problems sorted out. I’m actually replaying Diablo 2 now just for old times’ sake. When I mentioned this to my pal Jeff, he replied, “Oh, so how does Y2k feel nowadays?”
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Occupy Wall Street Now a Video Game
Mar 10th
Lame-0-rang. A bunch of dope-smoking hippies came up with a poorly coded video game based on Occupy Wall Street. How hard would it be to win a game where the players smash a few windows, refuse to bathe and sit in tents? The gameplay is actually even worse than that.
From RT here by way of Twitchy:
Programmers in Oakland, California have unveiled a video games inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The gameplay appears quite simple, but without two players cooperating together, a goal is impossible to accomplish. Maneuvering two sets of controls, gamers move characters through a series of switches one at a time to ascend a tower all the way to the top. When the clock ticks down, players then have to parachute down and, as Wired explains, “occupies” a switch and, thus, saves their score.
“Someone who’s maybe not super good at video games might only get to an early switch, but they’ll still stay behind and hold that switch and help all future players to still be contributing something that’s significant.”
So are they selling the game or giving it away for free? The jobless Occupiers, who are mostly vacationing back in their parents’ basements, might have to ask Mom and Dad for the iTunes cash to download it onto their iPads.
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Dec 2nd
Its-a-Me!! Mario!
Its-a-Me!! Mario!
Thanks to GeeksAreSexy
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Nov 28th
Yet another reason I don’t get into online gaming. I might, however if you could really send assassins to someone’s house.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Finally, a Video Game for the Rest of Us
Sep 3rd
I have a hard time believing this is going to be a real video game.
General online consensus is that this is a trolling PR stunt of some kind. But I can reveal, as a trusted insider, some of the surprise features of this “game.”
- You have to spend cash to keep the ships clean or else typhoid breaks out and kills the cargo and most of the crew. Although it is fun to feed the sharks that pursue your slave ship.
- As more and more of the slave markets close due to anti-slavery movements, you have to bribe politicians and fight other slave traders for turf.
- You eventually form the Democrat party in the only remaining territory that allows slavery- the US South
- After slavery is abolished in the US, gameplay does not stop. Instead you continue to terrorize africans using the Klan and Jim Crow laws.
- You finally consolidate power and secure the African vote with a system of free handouts, affirmative action and aggressive jailtime for the males.
But even if this does turn out to be a real game- Rockstar games made Grand Theft Auto where you bitchslap prostitutes- would this really be any more exploitative than that?
And with so many other empire-building strategy games where growth, success and ultimately, victory, relies upon resources and commerce- usually gold, lumber, oil, land, etc… Why not include the realistic ultimate commercial good? Human trafficking?
And just so we don’t forget who started slavery and perpetuated it for a thousand years, and in some cases, are still practicing it today- Click here.
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Feb 18th
These guys did a great job with the camera angles and visual effects.
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Cool Asteroids Wall
Jan 5th
I don’t think I’d go with yellow because it causes your rods and cones to just start seeing red all the time, but I love the idea.
From This Isn’t Happiness here. Asteroids is still one of the most difficult video games to play ever made, at least for me. And who can forget the tension that builds up with that game music that gets faster as the asteroids close in?
Well why not play?
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Jan 4th
Saw this over at CollegeHumor. Its funny and historical. Enjoy.
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Looking for a Muslim Booty Call?
Oct 11th
There is an Islamic Dating Site that caters to men who want women dressed like ninjas. Sure it makes shopping for a good looking woman difficult when they keep them whores covered up like that, and those veils hide lots of defective things like missing teeth, bruises, missing ears and double chins. But choose your mate wisely. You don’t want to end up in Mortal Kombat.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...The Epic Mickey Wii Game Looks Awesome
Sep 6th
I may just have to break down and get a video gaming console. This looks really interesting.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...The Invention of the Rocket Jump Was Not Without Sacrifice
Sep 3rd
One of the coolest gamer-related videos i’ve seen in a long time.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Billy Mitchell Donkey Kong Champ
Aug 8th
This guys looks like an ’80′s refugee and he plays Donkey Kong like its no one’s business.
From Kotaku here:
Billy Mitchell was once again certified as the world record holder in Donkey Kong – and also Donkey Kong Jr.
The certifications, timed to coincide with the IVGHOF’s “Big Bang” celebration this weekend in Ottumwa, Iowa, returns Mitchell to the top spot in Donkey Kong with 1,062,800, and gives him the Donkey Kong Jr. crown with 1,270,900. Twin Galaxies, the global sanctioning authority for video game high scores, certified Mitchell achieved the marks at Boomers-Grand Prix Arcade in Dania, Fla.
In a statement released by Twin Galaxies, Mitchell said that he originally intended to beat the Donkey Kong score, then decided to go after the Donkey Kong Jr. mark on the spur of the moment. “I remember a lot of celebration; hugs, kisses and a lot of hooting and hollering,” Mitchell said. “Once that died down, stood there looking at Donkey Kong Jr. and thought ‘there’s one more thing I have to take care of’.”
His time on Donkey Kong was two hours, 42 minutes; on Donkey Kong, Jr. it was three hours, 58 minutes.
Mitchell evidently quit his Donkey Kong game immediately after beating Chien’s mark. Asked why, Mitchell said: “Some say I’m being cocky. Some say I’m being lazy. I say, I’m being Billy Mitchell.”
My wife once thought that in Donkey Kong, you controlled the monkey.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Road Rage, then Air Rage. Ready for Wii Rage?
May 9th
Some kid flipped his lid and rampaged through his trailer park neighborhood and had to be tasered by cops because he simply sucks at Mario Kart.
From the DenverChannel here:
Colorado Springs police officers are investigating a bizarre crime spree that started after a man reportedly got mad over a Wii game.
James Williams went after several people in the Meadows Mobile Home Park with a bat, bit his mother on the ankle, intentionally rammed several cars, and hit a pedestrian and a tree.
When the victims followed the driver, after a short distance he stopped, got out of his car and used a BB gun to break out the rear window of a vehicle.
Police arrived Thursday at 5 p.m. and Williams, ran at a police cruiser and jumped on the hood. When Williams jumped off the cruiser, Officer Erwin Paladino used his Taser on Williams, then arrested him.
The police report didn’t go into detail about what happened during the Wii game or what game he was playing.
I think any video game that enrages trailer park people would be an important news nugget to share. I got this story from FARK which included this hilarious pie chart that pretty much sums up my experience playing on N64.
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Mar 7th
Bad breeding is not limited to the US. A Korean couple were arrested for letting their 3 month old baby die at home alone while they played marathon overnight online games at a cyber cafe. The object of this online game called Prius? To raise a child. What is Korean for “dumbass?”
From Yahoo here:
All-night gaming binges are harmless in moderation, but this week one married Korean couple discovered the awful consequences of letting virtual life overtake real responsibilities.
The pair — who were hooked on an online game called “Prius,” where they were raising a virtual daughter — were arrested by Korean police this week and charged with failing to care for their three-month-old baby daughter, who died of malnutrition last September.
They admitted to feeding their child rotten powdered milk, frequently spanking her, and leaving her at home during marathon sessions at the “PC bang” gaming clubs that are a staple of Korean gamer culture.
“They called in last September to report that they found their daughter dead after coming back home in the morning,” a Seoul police detective told ABC. “They had spent 12 hours, all night, at a PC bang.“
So instead of being an expensive and annoying hybrid car driven by smug Democrats, it is also a game that encourages bad parenting?
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...You Are Not the Monkey
Dec 1st
Out at the pub the other night with friends, we overheard a couple of waitresses talking about the new video game cabinet that was installed recently. It has about 40 old classic games loaded on it, including PacMan, 1941, Jungle King, Frogger, Defender and the original Donkey Kong.
One young waitress said to the other, “Those old games are hard to understand! I was playing Donkey Kong for about ten minutes before I figured out that I wasn’t the one throwing the barrels!”
The other waitress responded, “Really? You mean its called Donkey Kong and you don’t get to be the monkey?”
I did a face palm and muttered to myself “yeah, and get off my lawn!”
Then my beautiful wife asked me, “You don’t play the monkey? Then who are you in the game?” A quick history lesson on Mario the plumber ensued.
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(1 votes, average: 6.00 out of 6) Loading ...When Nerds Fall in Love
Nov 25th
NERDS!
Thanks to Mary for this link.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...1 PM Music: The Beatles Rock Band Game – Birthday
Aug 6th
This song video was leaked to gamers who signed up for the prerelease of the Beatles’ Rock Band game. You have to click the image to watch.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...The Beatles Rockband Game Trailer
Jun 3rd
My wife is having the vapors over the release of The Beatles Rockband video game. It’s due out on 9/9/9, which is a play on Revolution 9 from the White Album. The game accompanies the remastered release of all of the Beatles’ albums, which Paul McCartney is hoping will allow him to recoup his lost fortune that he had to pay to a one-legged whore.
Here is the newly released trailer here-
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Gamers Can Spoil Their Inner Social Retard
May 13th
This is just what every World of Warcraft gamer needs: A self-contained Orc hut that contains a fast computer with high-end graphics card, toilet, surround sound, hot-plate and several water-skins. The pod was created by people with phobias to sunlight at MIT. You can enter the WoW hut and not have to come out for days if necessary.
From SMH.Com.Au here:
It’s every game addict’s dream and mum and dad’s worst nightmare – a self-contained World of Warcraft pod that includes a computer, toilet and kitchen for the 24/7 gamer.
Created by boffins at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the contraption is described as “an immersive architectural solution for the advanced WoW (World of Warcraft) player that provides and anticipates all life needs”.
The role playing game’s long quests encourage players to slog it out for hours at a time, and when playing in groups, one player leaving for a toilet break can throw off the rhythm for everyone.
Enter the WoW pod, which is entirely self-contained and is designed to resemble a hut featured in the game. Inside, the throne doubles as a toilet, while next to the computer sits a cooking pot and automated stove top. Within reach is water and pre-packaged food with names such as “Crunchy Spider Surprise” and “Beer Basted Ribs”. All the player has to do is select a food item and a seasoning pack. The pod, which has a wooden frame and skin and fur inside, is so well integrated with the game that when the player resumes playing after eating, their character is affected by the food.
In 2005, a South Korean man died after playing Starcraft, similar to WoW, for 50 hours straight at an internet cafe with no sleep and few breaks.
Dont’ think of it as locking out the real world. Think of it as bottling up concentrated geeky sadness.
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(No Ratings Yet. Rate It!) Loading ...Grand Theft Auto IV- The Naked Gun Mashup
Nov 22nd
The Naked Gun’s opening credits are some of the funniest in motion picture history. Click below to enjoy.
Now someone at GamesRadar has taken clips from Grand theft Auto IV and matched it up to the music from The Naked Gun and the results are hilarious and whacky. Enjoy.
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