CrunchGear Live Podcast, 1:00 Eastern

June 20th, 2008

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Sweater Friends Episode 7: Travel-related illness

June 20th, 2008

Ich bin ein Schildkrote! Remember to tune in at 1pm Eastern to talk to the CG team live.

CrunchGear Live Podcast, 1:00 Eastern

June 13th, 2008

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GTA IV sales didn’t cause increase in console sales, NPD numbers show

June 13th, 2008

Despite breaking sales records left and right, GTA IV didn’t cause any measurable uptick in console sales. That probably hurts Sony more than Microsoft, seeing as though the GTA series has, since GTA III, been seen as a PlayStation franchise; Sony was expecting PS3-holdouts to see the game and buy a system. Didn’t happen.
In fact, [...]

CrunchGear live podcast

June 6th, 2008

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Jack Thompson could be disbarred because of courtoom hissy fit

June 4th, 2008

Penny-Arcade
Everyone’s favorite real life Lionel Hutz could find himself disbarred in the near future. Jack Thompson walked out of a Florida court room today, claiming that it was a sham hearing and that the presiding judge was “incompetent” and “arrogant.” (Sounds like him, too.) Since he walked out in a huff, the Florida bar asked [...]

EA complies with FTC on Take-Two acquisition

June 4th, 2008

Looks like EA’s takeover of Take-Two is on ice for the time being while the FTC does a little digging around after an information request was given to EA. But if it takes longer than 45 days for the FTC to conclude their probing then EA can go ahead with their attempted acquisition of the [...]

GTA4 stunt compilation: Do not attempt

June 4th, 2008

Don’t watch this if you don’t particularly care about GTA4 but its fun to watch the different ways you can risk life and limb and survive in the game. That the game’s physics allows for this sort of mayhem is a testament to math teachers everywhere.

Metal Gear Solid 4 gets rare perfect score from Famitsu magazine

June 4th, 2008

See? Four 10s
Metal Gear Solid 4 has received a perfect score from lauded Japanese gaming mag Famitsu. Yes, the game with the horribly long cutscenes got a 40/40, joining the ranks of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Vagrant Story. (Now there’s a great game, Vagrant Story. It was like literature.) But do [...]

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May 30th, 2008

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