video games

Thursday, September 3, 2009
Music

Hey Look, It’s Video Of Kurt Cobain. In Hell.

7:25AM John Cook | Courtney Love and Dave Grohl love money more than their dead husband and bandmate, so they let Activision include him as a video-game character in Guitar Hero where people can make him sing Bon Jovi songs. Here’s a fan’s tribute. More »
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Flotsam & Jetsam

Grand Theft Auto’s $20 Million Screw Up

4:24AM Ryan Tate | Remember the hidden sex scene in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? It was a terrible, amoral departure from the game’s official content of endless murder rampages. And it’s going to cost publisher Take-Two Interactive an astonishing $US20 million. More »
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
People

Kurt Cobain Brought Back To Life As Playable Video Game Character

1:30AM Foster Kamer | Well, if Gus Van Sant’s rockstar suicide porn Last Days wasn’t vicarious enough for you, you can now play as a Kurt Cobain-like character in Guitar Hero 4, replete with the infamous Daniel Johnston shirt. Via Fimoculous, game trailer below. More »
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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Rails Against Demonic, Liberal Devil-Tool Known As ‘Wii Fit’

5:01AM Kyle Buchanan | Think the newly embiggened Jessica Simpson has it rough? That’s nothing compared to the poor fat children victimised by the Nintendo cruelty machine Elisabeth Hasselbeck. More »
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

In Young Hollywood, You’re Only As Big As Your Xbox Live Gamerscore

8:20AM Defamer Hollywood | The LAT ran a feature today on the newest male-bonding craze to consume Hollywood power players — and no, it doesn’t involve cocaine, Red Bull, or bottle service at Opera. Instead, it’s an activity dubbed “Nerd Poker,” and it offers almost 100 of Hollywood’s behind-the-scenes talents a weekly chance to socialize while playing video games on Xbox Live. Though many use it as a fun way to score meetings and network, it can also allow its members the sort of cathartic outlet they’d typically be arrested for: More »
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