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You Don’t Know Jack!
by Erin at the play girlz gaming blog: because guys aren't the only players
Finally! You Don’t Know Jack (YDKJ) fans rejoice. Jellyvision, the developers of the edgy trivia game, have launched youdontknowjack.com, where everyday folks like you and me can test our mental might. Join sarcastic host “Cookie” and think outside the box through a series of trivia questions not meant to challenge your...
Racing Games Linked to Aggressive Driving
by Erin at the play girlz gaming blog: because guys aren't the only players
Racing games like Gran Turismo, Grand Theft Auto, Need for Speed and other staples in the car junkies hall of fame might actually contribute to real world recklessness on the roads. German researchers have published the results of a study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied which suggests that playing...
Next-Gen Gaming…Ouuuuch!
by Patrick at Ironic Gamer
The Nintendo Wii-mote is dangerous but anyway, everyone is swinging, throwing, dangling it like nobody’s business. My advice: Wear a helmet when wiimoting. A $17.95 T-shirt from SplitReason....
GameTap releases Myst Online Uru Live for Mac
by Amber at The Adventuress
According to Adventure Gamers, GameTap has released a Mac version of Myst Online Uru Live. According to GameTap’s site, the reason for this awesomeness is a celebration of sorts. The celebration of Myst Online being… well… online for a month now. Now, if you’re not a new...
The Death Of Game Park, A Gaming Handheld Company Downfall
by Patrick at Ironic Gamer
Game Park was a Korea handheld gaming company that launched the GP32 handheld in 2001. The very limited choice of games had caused GP32 to become “powerless” against Nintendo GBA at that time. The only benefit of getting a GP32 was its support of Smart Media card, a plus for...
Austin, Texas: Where Hilarity Insues
by Amber at The Adventuress
Oh, I love those people from Texas. They are funny and filled with not much common sense. Now, I’m not bashing on Texans in the least. Both my brothers were born in Texas and I live there for 9 years, which is a goodly portion of my life....
March Issue of Game Developer - Featuring Sam and Max
by Amber at The Adventuress
According to Gamasutra, the March issue of the very popular game development magazine, Game Developer has been issued and on the very front cover is a lovely little image done by a Mr. Steve Purcell of our lovable dog and rabbity thing: Sam and Max. This issue talks in...
Microsoft Live Service Coming to PC
by Ingrid at the play girlz gaming blog: because guys aren't the only players
The Microsoft Corporation announced that a PC version of the popular Xbox Live will be available to Windows Vista users. The PC version of Live will debut on May 8th with a Windows Vista version of Halo 2. To make it all the more interesting, June will see the release of...
PS3 Price Cut On the Way
by Ingrid at the play girlz gaming blog: because guys aren't the only players
Analyst Yuji Fujimori stated at CNN Money that a possible price cut for the PlayStation 3 might be possible due to cost-reduction measures being taken in the production process. Sony saving money means that a $100 price cut to the PS3 might happen as early as October. Fujimori’s note outlined how...
PlayStation 3 European Backward Compatability List
by Ingrid at the play girlz gaming blog: because guys aren't the only players
Sony has revealed the titles of the 2,451 PS and PS2 games that will be playable on the nerfed version of the European PlayStation 3. A comprehensive list of titles has been placed their official FAQ page, and gives you one to three bar status on the games’ playability. One bar -...
God of War Rumors
by Kris at Games Industry Wire
With God of War yet to make the jump to PS3 some news is coming out on what the future holds for the popular series. Here’s a condensed version of what Joystiq had to say: Much of the rumors surrounded the series upcoming PSP title. The game will not be a...
Yo ho ho ho, a pirates life for me
by Amber at The Adventuress
As many of you know, I am a fan of pirates. I mean, just look at my logo. There is a pirate hat on it. You can’t get much better than a pirate hat on a logo. To me, that is… perfection. A pirated hat logo. Yes. Personally,...
Geeksugar Interviews Play-Girlz’s Ingrid Diaz
by Erin at the play girlz gaming blog: because guys aren't the only players
So your co-editor emails you and tells you that her internet is broken. Do you: a) bawl hysterically at the humanity of it all, b) cackle maniacally at the opportunity, at long last, to carry out your diabolical plan, or c) post links to interviews with the co-editor in...
Zelda Goes Online…Soon
by Kris at Games Industry Wire
Zelda, one of the largest video game franchises stemming back to the original NES, will make its online debut later this year. Phantom Hourglass, the direct sequel to Gamecube title Wind Waker, will be released later this year onto the Nintendo DS. TGDaily.com has the scoop: “In...
Scratches becomes more terrifying
by Amber at The Adventuress
If the original Scratches wasn’t enough to get your blood pumping and your bowels moving, then you’ll be happy to know that Scratches publisher, Got Game Entertainment has decided to release a director’s cut of the game in April. According to Got Game’s website, the director’s cut version of...
Nintendo, GameSpy Team Up for Wii Online
by Kris at Games Industry Wire
Nintendo has announced that they will continue their relationship with IGN company GameSpy to take the Wii online. Nintendo currently uses the service for the popular Nintendo DS handheld. GameSpy’s technology will enable such features as ranking, friends, and matchmaking in finding opponents or teamates. Here’s the complete press release...
I Don’t Believe This Cellphone Is From Samsung
by Patrick at Ironic Gamer
This Samsung SGH-P300 should be a blessing to students who are not allowed to bring handphones to school. To add, I doubt any lady will carry this around. OMG! My eyes, my eyes…Awooooo via Cellphone9...
Rumour: External Hard Drive For Nintendo Wii
by Patrick at Play Gadgets
The Nintendo Wii may get an external hard drive and this is as you know, a rumour. Oh well, if the hard drive is as cute as the Wii, I’ll buy it. Wii Drive via QJ.net...
Possible Wii Changes and Upgrades
by Kris at Games Industry Wire
Joystiq recently reported news from Nintendo’s Takeshi Shimada about the Wii and possible upcoming changes, additions, and upgrades. Here’s what we found out: Nintendo is considering adding a text-to-speech tool to the console that will allow the Wii to read text aloud. This would be most useful for news as well...
“Nintendo Dominates February”
by Kris at Games Industry Wire
GameDailyBiz has the numbers from February and they are inpressive. Here’s a piece from the article: “On the hardware front the DS sold more than any other platform with 485K units, followed by the Wii with 335K units. The PS2 once again outsold the Xbox 360, 295K vs. 228K. Meanwhile, the...
PSP Redesign Coming
by Kris at Games Industry Wire
After rumoms about the PSP went from redesign, to no redesign, to redesign again we held off reporting the news until we knew what what was happening. Kotaku is now reporting that a PSP2 will be coming. E3 is being guessed as the location for the announcement of the redesigned...
Sam and Max Will Release to the World
by Amber at The Adventuress
According to The International House of Mojo, a retail release of Sam and Max will be hitting stores sometime in August. The good ol’ folks over at The Adventure Company are going to be the one to produce that humorous series of games that we have all come to...
Funcom: Out with the pirates… in with the new
by Amber at The Adventuress
Well, it looks like Funcom has had a slight change in plans recently and has decided to stop producing single player standalone games to pursue the greatness of which is online games. If you fail to recall, Funcom is the company who brought us two awesome adventure games: The...
13 Most Beautiful Avatars in Second Life
by Erin at the play girlz gaming blog: because guys aren't the only players
Italian mischief-makers Eva and Franco Mattes are at it again. The two self-described ‘con-artists’, who seek to “use non conventional communication tactics to obtain the largest visibility with the minimal effort”, have thus far perpetuated an artistic hoax, released a computer virus as a work of art, and have...
Resistance: Fall of Man Set For Updates
by Erin at the play girlz gaming blog: because guys aren't the only players
FPS junkies have something to look forward to on the PS3. Insomniac Games and Sony have announced that there will be two updates to Resistance: Fall of Man. The popular shooter, which sees US and British forces team up against a viral horde of nasty hybrids in an...
New Video Game Releases: Week of March 12th
by Kris at Games Industry Wire
Here is a complete list of all video games set to be released this week from GamerDeals: Xbox 360 Call of Duty 3 Gold Edition PlayStation 3 College Hoops 2K7 Nintendo Wii Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 PlayStation 2 God of War 2 PSP Call of Duty 3: Roads to Victory DS Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach Herbie Resuce Rally DS Spectrobes ds, ps2,...
MegaMan Wall, Awesome!
by Patrick at Ironic Gamer
Just Appreciate. Should be able to zzz in this kind of video-gaming-art-room via GayGamer.net...
Wanna Play Windows Live Games? Buy Vista First
by Patrick at Ironic Gamer
Games for Windows Live will be launching in May but you need to have Windows Vista running in your notebook or PC first before you can play anything on Windows Live. Beisdes online PC gaming for Vista owners, the next best thing is that you can kick Xbox Live players’...
Anhk: Coming to a DS near you
by Amber at The Adventuress
Good news is coming out of Germany, as German publisher, BHV, has decided to port the Egyptian comedy classic by Deck 13, Ankh, to the Nintendo DS. According to Adventure Gamers, the new port to the Nintendo DS is scheduled to be released in Europe sometime in August....
Pink PS2 Headed Down Under
by Erin at the play girlz gaming blog: because guys aren't the only players
Oh barf. I didn’t even know this was available at all, nevermind the fact that it seems to be spreading its nefarious presence around the globe… Terrorism? Drug cartels? No…the pink PS2. Apparently this abomination is already available in the Europe, and will be joining the ranks...

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You Don’t Know Jack!

Racing Games Linked to Aggressive Driving

Next-Gen Gaming…Ouuuuch!

GameTap releases Myst Online Uru Live for Mac

The Death Of Game Park, A Gaming Handheld Company Downfall

Austin, Texas: Where Hilarity Insues

March Issue of Game Developer - Featuring Sam and Max

Microsoft Live Service Coming to PC

PS3 Price Cut On the Way

PlayStation 3 European Backward Compatability List

God of War Rumors

Yo ho ho ho, a pirates life for me

Geeksugar Interviews Play-Girlz’s Ingrid Diaz

Zelda Goes Online…Soon

Scratches becomes more terrifying

Nintendo, GameSpy Team Up for Wii Online

I Don’t Believe This Cellphone Is From Samsung

Rumour: External Hard Drive For Nintendo Wii

Possible Wii Changes and Upgrades

“Nintendo Dominates February”

PSP Redesign Coming

Sam and Max Will Release to the World

Funcom: Out with the pirates… in with the new

13 Most Beautiful Avatars in Second Life

Resistance: Fall of Man Set For Updates

New Video Game Releases: Week of March 12th

MegaMan Wall, Awesome!

Wanna Play Windows Live Games? Buy Vista First

Anhk: Coming to a DS near you

Pink PS2 Headed Down Under

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