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US chewing-gum firm Stride Gum is offering a completely free packet of chewing gum to everyone and anyone who signs a petition to stop Uwe Boll directing movies, provided the 1 million mark is reached by May 23.



A little late with this one, maybe, but this is so priceless that it just has to be preserved for prosperities' sake. In a new low for even Jack Thompson, the wannabe-saint has decided to send a letter not to Take Two Interactive, but to the mother of Take Two's chairman, Strauss Zelnick instead!



This is the sort of thing you just don't see every day. As an Irishman myself, I'm devastated to not have had the chance to see this, but the launch of Mario Kart Wii over here was met with one of the most pathos-heavy games-related images ever; the rather stra...



The guys over at Unreal Playstation have posted some character models for UT III. The interesting part comes in when you hear who they are.



MMOG has released their 2008 chart, and without a surprise WoW is still on top. The surprise comes after WoW; Runescape has taken 2nd place away from Lineage.



You may have heard about a group of guys over at Cameronbanga.com who tried to beat Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Windwaker, and Twilight Princess in fourty-eight hours. During that event they were taking donations which all went to Child's Play. If you didn't hear, they failed to complete all of the games due to technical and water temple issues. All was not lost as they raised $1,200 for Child's Play.



If you are from Japan this is a no-brainer. Nintendo ... right? Well that depends on who you ask. If you ask pretty much anyone on the planet, you can expect to hear that Nintendo DID in fact create the motion sensing technology for the Wii. However if you ask Patrick Gos...



On New Year's day, supporters of Presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul who are also World of Warcraft players plan to hold a march through the WoW virtual world.



Lionhead Studios, developers of the upcoming Fable 2 on the Xbox 360, will holding a live auction event and will donate some rather unique items for the sake of the charity, which include the chance for bidders to see their name appear in the game itself!



A few days ago, during a 1UP podcast with EGM executive editor Shane Bettenhausen, he teased that he knew of "a big Microsoft first-party title that's been in the works for a very long time that people are very excited for sounds like it's being cancelled." And thus, the hype was generated, and the search began.



Many British politicians believe that the growing number of virtual worlds from online toy sites to MMORPG's aimed at young people will undermine the basic human values many parents wish to install in their children. It is believed that many children/teenagers will l...



October will be long remembered in the movie industry as the worst month for North American movie ticket sales in over eight years... and Hollywood is pointing its wrinkly old finger straight at Master Chief as the cause of it all.



Proving that there really are some people left in the entertainment business that know what's going on in the minds of the modern geek, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences have seen fit to do justice to us all and put the Best. South Park Episode. Ever. up for an emmy nomination.



The Independent Film Council (IFC) has recently announced a contest. They say the contest has been inspired by Assassin’s Creed [Xbox 360]. All entrants must base their short film around any of the following themes –



Since our last story, The American Psychiatric Association has revealed that, after careful examination of the subject and it's validity, addictive gaming is not going to be officially classified as a addictive disorder, declining to endorse the move at it's latest meeting.



There are those in the mental health profession seeking to add video gaming addiction to the official list of psychological / addictive disorders. When I first heard of this, my first reaction was to shrug it off as yet another in a long line of anti-gaming smear campaigns. As I thought it over, though, I found myself agreeing with them.



Do not come between a kid and his console. This lesson was learned by two would-be robbers who broke into the home of the Fernandez family intent on making off with the PS3. Their plans were thwarted by the son, Damian, who ushered his sister Deanne into a closet and then drew out his katana blade.



The tyranny of two-dimensional computer and TV displays could soon be over. A team of MIT researchers has proposed a way to make a holographic video system that works with computer hardware for consumers, such as PCs with graphics cards and gaming consoles.



Guinness World Records have announced plans to release a new edition on their world famous series of record books, will we focus specifically on the video game scene, industry and culture, focusing on gaming related achievements and industry records.



Celebrities are well known for doing their bit for charity, but now the gaming industry is giving it a go too. Together they have created 30 custom Guitar Hero controllers to help the charity MusiCares by auctioning them off on eBay.



It's not uncommon for a gamer to look at certain genres and fail to tell two games apart from screenshots alone, especially when it comes to something as generically unvaried as racing games. When a developer has trouble telling their own game apart from the competition's though, you've got problems...



It's a dilemma faced by the gaming nation... the fear and worry brought upon us all by the curse that is... the weak straps on the Wii-Mote. Nintendo finally decides to own up.



Several Wii and Linux enthusiasts have gone through the trouble of developing support for the Wii controller on the PC. Though the Wii controller support can be described as flawed at best as it stands today from what we can see in the videos below, it can still be said it's an interesting turn in home brew PC-console development.



As some of you know, ever since the Xbox 360 was but a blue print on Microsoft's office tables, Microsoft have always said they will not support Mouse and Keyboard for the console in any way shape or form. This is to prevent unfair advantages for players who decide to purchase the extra accessories.



As far as game launch stunts go... this was one of the more interesting one. With the birth of Guitar Hero II, came the death of the Air Guitar. Harmonix held a funeral, to mourn the tragic loss.



This movie showcases home brewed Fedora Linux installed and in full use on a PS3, from boot to reboot. As some of you might know; parts of the PS2 and PS3 are based on Linux so it not only seems natural that Linux on a PS3 this early.



Capcom once held the torch aloft as the master of the zombie-fest game, but some point along the way, they drowned in their own t-virus induced vomit. The company has resurrected that torch recently though, and aims to celebrate in a rather curious manner.



Uwe Boll is tired of having critics making fun of his "very special" movies. So now he has decided to challenge a number of critics/director in a boxing match.