Google pulls creepiest April Fool’s prank yet

Google has been known to post an April Fool’s easter egg, in the guise of some awesome new feature, every year as a long standing tradition. Some of the previous year’s joke services have included: free, ad-supported paper versions of your entire Gmail inbox, the ability to “pre-date” emails, and a job listing for an [...]

Hey, I actually know that chick…

So I was watching Attack of the Show this week, and during their fan favorite “Women of the Web” countdown I couldn’t help but notice number 8, a ginger haired geek girl with the web handle Zendulo.
Probably cause I totally went college with her.

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TellTale’s WiiWare Series Revealed to be Strong Bad!

Telltale Games, the folks behind the hit episodic series Sam and Max sent out a press release this morning revealing that their top secret WiiWare project is gonna star none other than Homestarrunner.com fan favorite, Strong Bad! The miniature misanthropic macho man in the luchador mask is getting his own “3D point-and-click-em-up adventure” on WiiWare [...]

GFW Magazine Ends Run, Editoral Staff Stays at 1up.

Sad news today in the world of PC gaming. One of the more prolific PC gaming enthusiast publications announced that it is shutting down publication for “business reasons”. I’m afraid it’s true, the magazine once known as Computer Gaming World (and more recently as Games For Windows: The Offical Magazine) has gone the [...]

Custom Time for Gmail, APRIL FOOL’S!

So I was looking over my emails and I noticed in the upper right hand corner that Gmail had a new feature: the ability to sent emails to the past!
While perusing the info page I soon realized that it was obviously too ridiculous to be true, and remembered that the Goog has pulled this kind [...]

Homebrew Tron Light Cycle Sequence

via The Underwire – Wired.com

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Drunken Gaming FTW!

1up.com community manager Jenn Frank has written a rather entertaining feature just in time for St. Patties Day on the top five games where ones skill rises with their blood alcohol level. Check it out!
Top 5 Games You’re Better At Drunk

Pontiac does Spy Hunter

via Game|Life
Who ever came up with this ad campaign is a freakin’ genius.
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Gerstmann’s New Gig: Giant Bomb!

via Game|Life

Ladies and Gentleman, Jeff Gerstmann is BACK! This time it’s his own gig. Mr. Gerstman, who’s firing from GameSpot late last year created a scandal that streaked across the internet like wildfire, has teamed up with “a crack team of dudes”, including fellow former GameSpot’er Ryan Davis.
There’s not much on there right [...]

Ziff Davis Media Files for Bankruptcy

via Game|Life
In a move that was to apparently aid in the “restructuring of the company and reduce its debt”, the parent company of the 1up Network and it’s printed publications, Electronic Gaming Monthly and Games For Windows Magazine, Ziff Davis Media Inc. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York this last Wednesday. This [...]