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Okami Wii cover features IGN watermark

Chris Scott Barr, Apr 21st 2008 Discuss [0]

If you've ever created a unique image that you wanted to be displayed on the internet, I'm sure you know what a watermark is for. While there are plenty of uses for watermarks, one important one is to make sure that no one else tries to take your work and claim it as their own. If they do try to claim ownership of the original artwork, they are made into complete fools by the presence of said watermark. That being said, Capcom has officially made fools out of themselves with the Wii port of Okami. Read The Full Story

Behold! Record Label, the latest game from Harmonix

Chris Scott Barr, Apr 10th 2008 Discuss [1]

As you well know, April Fool's Day falls on the first day of the month. Unfortunately I think Harmonix missed that memo. Perhaps they thought that they might get a few suckers by waiting a few days to pull your prank. It's still pretty funny, even if it is over a week late. I give you Record Label. Read The Full Story

Pirates of Crystal Chronicles are greeted with a very thankful screen

Chris Scott Barr, Mar 12th 2008 Discuss [1]

With the rise of high-speed internet came an increase in pirated goods. Anything from music to movies and video games are tossed up on the internet for all to download only a short time after (or sometimes before) they are released for purchase. After being out for only a very short while, a pirated ROM of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles appeared, and was downloaded by many. What makes this game different is that while the pirates are able to get ahold of it with ease, they are finding it rather difficult to actually keep playing it. Read The Full Story

Lego Halo on the way?

Chris Scott Barr, Mar 3rd 2008 Discuss [2]

The thing about April Fool's that seems to catch a lot of people off-guard is that it starts well before April. Since for some reason magazine subscriptions have to come out a full month in advance (seriously, if your issue hits stands by March 1st, wouldn't it make sense to call it your March issue?) people aren't really prepared to read every word with caution. Which is why many people can be duped into believing that Lego Halo is on its way. Read The Full Story

Fake Samuel L. Jackson accepts dare, Jack Thompson chickens out on debate

Chris Scott Barr, Feb 21st 2008 Discuss [0]

I would love to know exactly what goes on inside the head of Jack Thompson. As you know he already dared Samuel L. Jackson to a debate over a blog post written by the Fake Samuel L. Jackson. After figuring out that the post was a work of satire, he commented, noting that he still stood by his word. Now Fake Samuel L. Jackson isn't one to back down, so he accepted the dare, and agreed to hold a debate with Thompson. What did Thompson do? He chickened out. I can't say that I'm really surprised. Apparently there was a good deal of effort put into arranging this debate. My mastery of the English language couldn't possibly match the eloquence of Fake Samuel L. Jackson, so I'll let him give you the skinny after the jump. Read The Full Story

Sony teases with In-Shirt XMB

Chris Scott Barr, Feb 20th 2008 Discuss [1]

I love companies that drop not-so-subtle hints in a humorous fashion. Sony has dropped a hiliarious hint at GDC this week by making t-shirts that simply say “In-Shirt XMB”. Read The Full Story

Ablecomm Batphone can’t dial out

James Allan Brady, Feb 8th 2008 Discuss [2]

This bright red phone was designed after a similar phone in Batman. It’s the phone that the police commissioner used to phone Batman when there was trouble in Gotham City. Read The Full Story

We Will Never Forget: the Boston Bomb Scare

James Allan Brady, Jan 31st 2008 Discuss [2]

I am sure we all remember the tragic day when the LED effigy of Ignignokt magically didn’t explode, but was still thought to be a bomb. Who would have ever thought that people in the US would be so dumb and ignorant to think that an LED lit up sign is a bomb. But they did, in the end; I believe two men were charged with some dumbass charges because they somehow managed to declare the LED signs “hoax devices”. So, next time you have a company and you hire some people to do some advertising for you, might want to be careful, they might be considered terrorists. Read The Full Story

Turkey leg telephone

James Allan Brady, Jan 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

Does anyone here recognize the name Dick Wolfsie? Yeah, me neither, but I like his sense of humor as apparently he’s the one that requested this phone be made for his Thanksgiving show. Someone literally built a telephone into a turkey leg. You’d think that with today’s technology they could have at least made it wireless, but I guess not. I don’t know what these Telco turkeys are going to do when they switch all the phones over to digital, analog just isn’t going to cut it for much longer. No word on price or availability as it appears it was a one-off custom job. [via gadgettastic]

WoW commercial parody is just disturbing

Abby McVay, Jan 21st 2008 Discuss [1]

I have been enjoying all of the different WoW commercials that have come out lately. I can never decide if I like the Mr. T commercial or Mini Me's version. However, this new parody tops them both, featuring the WoW night elf pimp. Video after the jump. Read The Full Story

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CES 2008: Hand Check!

James Allan Brady, Jan 11th 2008 Discuss [2]

Aww, poor Vincent’s passed out and has no one to come to his defense! We are such terrible people, but this week really was hell so our fun can only logically come at the expense and torture of our fearless leader.

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Xbox 360 gets gutted, returned for full refund

Abby McVay, Nov 26th 2007 Discuss [2]

Alright, so we all know that certain retailers aren't the brightest when it comes to returns, but this has to be an all-time low. This Xbox was returned completely gutted and a bit of light reading (a text book on medical assisting) shoved inside it. Read The Full Story