Tag: videogame
ITV use game footage instead of real IRA clip in Gaddafi documentary mix-up
An ITV documentary called "Exposure: Gaddafi and the IRA" aired this week showing how the Libyan dictator helped fund and supply IRA terrorist attacks. In the show, ITV included a clip of a 1988 Provisional IRA attack on a…
Ghostbusters crossing streams on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC for Sanctum of Slime
Pull on your Proton Packs and grab yourself a twinkie, the Ghostbusters are rolling back onto the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC platforms next year in a brand new title, Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime. Due out in Spring 2011, this…
Transformers MMORPG on its way, no US or European release planned
NetDragon, the team behind Dungeon Keeper Online, have revealed that they have acquired the license to make a brand new MMORPG based on the classic Transformers franchise. Other than the fact that it's been officially sanctioned by Hasbro, the company…
Paddy Power begin taking bets on Street Fighter bouts
To mark Friday's launch of Super Street Fighter IV for the PS3 and Xbox 360, Paddy Power are letting gamblers take a flutter on a Capcom-held event to determine the UK's best Street Fighter player. Ryan Hart and Femi Adeboye…
8-bit FM – chiptune and video game music, 24/7
Do you like old-skool videogame music and chiptune acts like Pixelh8, Neotericz and Receptors? Then you’ll be pleased as punch about the launch of 8-bit FM, an internet radio station dedicated to the bleepy sounds of days gone by.
Although they’re currently working out some bugs, the plan is for the station to be live 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year. There’s a web-based flash player, and you can also listen in Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, Winamp, and iTunes. There’s even a live request system if there’s a particular choon you wanna hear.
8-bit FM (via Technabob)
8-bit ties, bringing a new meaning to the term "professional gamer"
We’re lucky here at Shiny Media, we get to wear whatever we damn well please to work. Of course, the team from Brandish sit next to us, so we’re almost certainly getting judged, but it sure beats wearing a suit to work.
If you’re unfortunate enough to have to, though, then although you’ll have to shelve your Pac-Man and Left 4 Dead t-shirts, you can replace them with these gaming ties. Featuring Tetris, Pong, Space Invaders and Asteroids, they’re unashamedly 8-bit. They’re available on Amazon USA and cost $25 a pop.
Tetris, Space Invaders, Asteroids and Pong (via Technabob)
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