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14 Dec 2004
An anesthesiologist has discovered that allowing children to play Game Boy for a few minutes can be used as a replacement for pre-anesthesia tranquilizers. Imagine playing wireless multiplayer DS with your brother in the waiting room. That would be the best surgery ever.
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13 Dec 2004
Shopping for video games in Osaka, or, why I'm trying to convince M to get a residency in Japan.
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29 Nov 2004
Someone has been considerate enough to put a flash-powered working World of Warcraft demo online. Realistic!
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4 Nov 2004
Gamestop has stopped taking pre-orders for the Nintendo DS because they won't have enough units at launch. EBGames is warning that they will likely have to do the same thing. A launch of 300,000 units doesn't seem like a lot, but 4 million in four months will roughly match the GBA and GBA SP sales.
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2 Nov 2004
Another thing that might be happening on November 16: Ken Jennings' Jeopardy loss. The rumor is that he lost on day 75, and unless they show another week of special episodes or something, that'll be when it's aired. I'll have to tear myself away from Half-Life 2 for a half an hour, I guess.
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29 Oct 2004
Grand Theftendo, a Nintendo Entertainment System fan port of Grant Theft Auto. It'll be available for free download when it's done!
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27 Oct 2004
With a 225 million dollar haul, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has reportedly broken the opening weekend for sales of any entertainment anything. Ever. Spider-man 2 only made $192M. With GTA:SA, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, the Nintendo DS, and the Sony PSP, this is shaping up to be a huge season for video games, perhaps even bigger than the fall of 2001 (when PS2, X-Box, and Gamecube were all released).
Also: Read Wil Wheaton's story on how he ended up doing a bit voice-acting part in San Andreas.
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22 Oct 2004
SPOnG.com has a long story up about their recent hands-on demo of GTA: San Andreas. This game sounds totally fucking gonzo. You need to eat? You need to exercise? (Oh, the irony of gamers working out at a gym in-game). Swimming! Cars that disappear when you walk off for too long can be retrieved (read: re-stolen) from the SAPD impound lot. And there are far more interesting features hinted at and detailed.
I'm definitely looking forward to this game, although I'll have to wait a while, since I'm not really willing to buy a PS2 for it.
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20 Oct 2004
A zero-score Boggle board is possible. A chance to run to the bathroom for those who are addicted.
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16 Oct 2004
As if you doubted its promptness, GTA San Andreas has gone gold. In other, less inevitable news, Gamespot is claiming that Half-Life 2 has gone gold. True? Not? I'm preloading part 6 right now, and I'm hoping part 7 will be the last.