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Energy Drink Review: Power Up! and Resident Evil T-Virus Antidote

Monday, February 11th, 2008

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If there are two worlds that have been set on a collision course, it is certainly the worlds of highly caffeinated energy drinks and videogaming. Remember those youthful nights spent trying to fight both Bowser and one’s own eyelids […]

105 years ago today: Edison westinghoused an elephant.

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Quickly, do you know who created the phonograph? The carbon filament found in incandescent light bulbs? The stock-ticker? How about movie production as we currently know it? Now, do you know who electrocuted an elephant as a marketing gimmick to slander the name of alternating current?
The answer to those question is one name: Thomas Edison. […]

Impossible Tetri

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Cross-post warning: This story also appears on our Gamefilter website.
Alexey Pajitnov must sleep terribly at night. While his products are much loved by their users, ultimately, he has ruined countless lives. In this regard, yes, Alexey Pajitnov is no better than a drug dealer. Pajitnov cooked up, like so much crystal methamphetamine, the much […]