The US CPSC is Suing Buckyballs

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission is an agency of the government formed in 1972 to protect against unreasonable risks of injuries associated with consumer products. You know like, defective baby strollers and other dangerous things. Well now they are going after Maxfield & Oberton, the makers of Buckyballs, citing if children swallow them they could connect together and pinch intestines and other nerves. Yikes, that’s not good. Read the rest of this article…

DidYouKnowGaming: For When You Need More Gaming Trivia!

Did you know that the Capcom logo uses the same typeface as Jeopardy! answers? What about the fact that pirated PC copies of Alan Wake display the titular haunted novelist with an eyepatch? I did not. As a fan of this kind of trivial information, hearing about DidYouKnowGaming was a pleasant surprise!

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Planetside 2 Beta To Start Next Week?

Planetside 2, the new MMOFPS from Sony Online Entertainment, is about to enter beta. Like imminently.

If I’m honest (and I always am), I can’t remember a beta that more people have been more excited for. I know I’m chomping at the bit to get in there and shoot some dirty TR scumbags in the face!

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Joel McHale And Ryan Seacrest Bring You The 2013 Ford Fusion… Documentary!

The 2013 Ford Fusion is one sexy car and I’m not saying that because I’m being paid to (we definitely are), but the Fusion is a genuine looker. Borrowing a lot from the old Aston Martin bloodline they used to own, it looks vicious and now comes in hybrid (like its sister, the Focus) and plug-in hybrid models. To promote it, Ford has brought together Joel McHale, Ryan Seacrest, an absolutely adorable assistant, and a hundred cars Ford Fusions. Read the rest of this article…

YouTube Wants To Show Your Real Name

It’s a ballsy move for YouTube to make, have everyone show their real name in comments instead of being anonymous. Anonymity has caused YouTube comments to just be a cesspool of the worst hate filled, racist and terrible use of the English (I’m sure other languages also) language you can ever imagine. Don’t even get me started on top comments. Read the rest of this article…

Bullet Run Maps Explored – Oil Rig

Sony Online Entertainment is preparing to release a new free to play, multiplayer, first person shooter called Bullet Run, which I wrote my impressions on a few weeks ago. The game is still in beta but it’s going to hit the streets soon and Sony Online Entertainment have set up some nice fly-by videos of a couple of their multiplayer maps, for players to have a look over.

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iPhone 5: Are You Ready To Toss Out Your Old Accessories?

iPhone rumors abound, with mounting evidence that the newest record-breaking Apple device comes equipped with a new dock connector. At the same time, Apple is said to be bundling the headphone jack along the bottom of the phone as well. Adapters or not, one has to wonder: are you willing to throw out all of those old accessories?

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The Girl From The Naked Eye Review

Jake (Jason Yee) is debt $100k to a mob boss so he gets a job as an escort bodyguard where he falls in love with Sandy (Samantha Streets), a pretty and young prostitute. After finding her murdered Jake sets out to find out who killed her by betraying his boss and tracking down “Johns” and questioning/torturing them. Read the rest of this article…

I Don’t Understand WWE. Why Do People Watch It?

I know my parents love me because I didn’t grow up watching WWE (or WWF, as it was called back then). Oh, don’t get me wrong, I watched a lot of terrible kids’ programming as a young’in, but I knew, deep down, I was still better off because I wasn’t watching “wrestling”. When I was challenged to my first fight in the fifth grade (no, it wasn’t really a fight, it was more like a ‘push the other kid out of an arbitrary space’ kinda thing), my opponent’s hype man handed me a piece of notebook paper with BRET THE HITMAN HART scrawled across it with a bulls eye, as if some kind of earth-shattering threat. (Later, he quietly wandered back to my desk and asked for it back so he could erase the vile design and use it for the afternoon’s math test.) He had, in effect, mortally wounded me, like a splinter to the mind, but only ironically: I still have no idea what the hell any of it means.

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Dyad Review – Don’t Swallow Your Tongue

If other games are about the destination, Dyad lives fully for the journey. You’re a particle in the Large Hadron Collider (y’know, the Higgs Boson guys?) and you need to accelerate. Difficulty is graded by power and as you start ramping up, the line between game and full-on interactive visualizer vaporizes. Those familiar with Mizuguchi’s REZ and Child of Eden will know instantly where this game lies. For others, it’s simply a trip you’ll have to take.

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