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Never Gonna Give You Up

They call it "WoW" for a reason... because that is MY reaction to this.

(From Joi on Twitter)

WoW+the power of Rock

I would SO play the bard class! OMG.

Um.

How to Pick Up Girls on Xbox Live

Haha! This is awesome. Snippets:

Are you playing on your brother's/boyfriend's account?
Well clearly it's not my own. Everybody knows girls don't play video games and thus don't have their own accounts. I don't even think Microsoft lets females purchase their own accounts actually. I think I read that in the fine print somewhere.

Shouldn't you be playing Barbie Horse Adventures?
I've already beaten it over 10 times. I rock at that game! Just every once in a while I need a break from it.

How old are you? Where do you live? Do you have a MySpace page?
I will share all of that information with you as long as you promise to stalk me. Frequently.

Hardly Chivalrous

Brandon pointed out the humor in this article title: GCDC Panel Tackles Women In Games.

Ouch!

The Internets Actually Broke Today

Except, it was real, and it was caused by power fluctuations in San Francisco. The power in my office went out six or seven times. Fun! Gaming sites and high tech sites went down, too.

I should have worked from home today....

Two More at Take-Two Fess Up

Take-Two's naughtiness apparently extends beyond their games...
Fudging financial spreadsheets? Check!
Lying to regulators? Check!
Stock options backdating, check and mate!

Steve Jobs, are you paying attention? There but for the grace of...

Peter Moore Admits: He Is the Prince of Darkness

Go Brandon! In a really solid interview with Peter Moore, late of Microsoft, our intrepid reporter asks him the critical question we've all been dying to know:

[A]re you in fact the Prince of Darkness?

PM: Damn, my cover's blown! Let me just tuck the tail in back there!

I knew it!

The rest of the interview is JUST as thought-provoking. :)

Plus, it's kind of nice to hear Peter say that he never gave up on the Dreamcast. The love was real, people!

Fantasty (and otherwise) Football

EA's Madden series is one of the highest-selling franchises in the market - and although a lot of gamery-gamers don't pay much attention to sports games, on the whole, one shouldn't ignore the huge cultural impact that sports games have had, and continue to have.

Witness this insipidly written but still rather interesting article in the Washington Post about gamer kids who know more about football than coaches (supposedly) because of the hours spent playing Madden. If indeed the game knowledge translates so well to real football, then EA has done a fantastic job of modeling the sport.

The other side can be ugly (and hilarious): the lowest-ranked player in the game fires off an angry letter to John Madden in complaint.

Hi, John, my name is Ethan Albright. I play line for the Washington Redskins. You probably already knew that, so I'll continue. I am writing in regards to the overall player rating of 53 that I have received in Madden NFL Football 2007. I feel that this is fucking bullshit and you should kiss my mother-fucking ass. Ahmed Carroll was rated a 78 and the Packers just cut his ass on a Tuesday morning after his performance in a Monday night game. That is pretty terrible. The worst part is that his overall rating was sniffing 80.

Yes, it's a joke, but it plays off something real - how *do* players feel watching their own stats go up and down with each iteration of the franchise? How would it feel to be a character that hundreds of thousands of people around the world play?

I suppose people who are that famous become somehow inured to it. But it must still feel odd, sometimes, all the same.

Do Not Arm Your Wii

The Wii in Japan comes with a charmingly illustrated safety manual. Now, Icon Factory reveals the missing pages!

[via GayGamer.]