Category Archives: realm of the weird

Fox News unfactually accuses games of rape training

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

That’s not really a surprise given Fox’s record with gamers in terms of misleading their audience with self-styled media pundits and so-called experts who obliquely ignore the ratings on the actual product or who have never played the game in … Continue reading →

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Space raiders destroy real money in EVE

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

EVE, if you haven’t heard of it, is a space-based MMO run almost exclusively by the players. The economy, wars, and conflicts within the game are mostly against corporate empires run by and filled with real people piloting and building … Continue reading →

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Super Bowl XLIV in Tecmo 8-bit

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

Do you remember Tecmo Bowl on the NES? Do you also remember the impossible that would regularly play out during the game against the AI such as eighty yard returns on a single play on every other play? That’s like … Continue reading →

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Wait, really? Cracking eggs is now too hard?

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Redmond Carolipio

It always amazes me that the same human race that’s produced wondrous things like the Internet, DVR and the iPhone is still capable of also making things that let us know some people really need help. I speak, of course, … Continue reading →

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Just leave the keys with the parking deck

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Reggie Carolipio

As part of Ford’s promotion for the 2010 Mustang, World Drifting champion, Vaughn Gittin, Jr., takes it to Japan to embrace the roots of his sport. He also takes the time to park his ride, Japanese style, as shown in … Continue reading →

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Ha! And you thought I had no repair skillz.

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Reggie Carolipio

At Tech Out, gadgets and goodies are often part of what we like to write about. But what happens when the need to build something new and unexpected takes hold? What happens when someone has to MacGyver a solution to … Continue reading →

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Blog: The President of the United States is a nerd

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Andrew Edwards

Snark blog Gawker reveals that President Barack Obama is a nerd.

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Fighting Games, PC Style

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Reggie Carolipio

When someone is looking for a good reason to keep playing on the PC, you might want to point them to M.U.G.E.N.. It’s a free, 2D fighting engine that allows modders to create, you guessed it, 2D fighting games like … Continue reading →

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And now for something completely different…

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Reggie Carolipio

Ever wonder what the Brotherhood of Steel in Fallout 3 do on their days off? Now you know. And, by the way…Tunnel Snakes rule.

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Wal-Mart wants your used games, too

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Reggie Carolipio

From the site, Neocrisis, comes an article whose author writes about their experience with what appears to be Wal-Mart’s newest test market venture for used games: a vending machine that buys them off of you for in-store credit. So if … Continue reading →

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