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Seen @ NYC: Women bar fight over Wii

Sunday, June 15th, 2008 by admin

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This may appear fancy a raunchy story — the sort of catfight tale ending in on broken nails and torn clothing. We got type of anticipating this scuffles to take place as seven beautiful ladies tussled such beyond Thursday night in at a Manhattan bar & restaurant referred to as Sutton Place. Alas, we did not get to see anything and everything underlyingly lewd, but there got definitely a sufficient amount of sweaty bods to force the male crowd to a frenzy.

Taking portion in a Nintendo publicity stunt referred to as “Wii Box in the City,” such women tested out this gaming intelligence and battling skills in a Wii Sports boxing tourney to win a Wii system. The night was demented all night as crowds of supporters cheered and jeered. It came downward to Mari (in blue) and Regina (in yellow) for the championship. We caught up investing in Mari before the big fight; she informed us nearly her Wii experience: “I’ve played Wii before. It’s want a workout.” Regina on the a greater number of hand had never played the Wii before, additonally both ladies never had any gaming undergo past that.

Soon, it was opportunity for the ultimate fight. The two fought bravely, but in the end Regina won surrounded by a knock out. “Oh my god, you won!” exclaimed May, Regina’s smartest friend, whose excitement was fancy such a of a kid on Christmas morning. Regina gave her lucrative prize during to May who carried on to laud her bestest friend: “She in fact killed it! She’s the bestest friend ever!” Who appreciate so gaming and bar fights might bid friends closer together?

Hail to the Chimp delayed to June 24 [update]

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 by admin

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Wideload’s Hail to the Chimp party game has been pushed back from a scheduled May 27 release date into “mid-June,” a Gamecock representative told us this morning. [Update: Gamecock has clarified that the new release date has been set for June 24.] The publisher attributed the short delay to a need for “polish” (working with animals can get dirty, after all), though we wonder if the extra weeks aren’t equally necessary to generate some excitement for a campaign, which to date, has received little coverage. Ape or not, a politician’s success relies on the strength of a savvy marketing team.

For further analysis of the issues at hand, check out our Hail to the Chimp impressions from GDC and EIEIO.

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Aussie military using games to attract recruits

Sunday, May 4th, 2008 by admin

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Taking a cue from America’s army and, er, America’s Army, the Australian military is also using online games to pump up flagging recruitment numbers. As the New Zealand Herald reports, Australia’s Defence Jobs web site allows visitors to control crude, Flash versions of ARV Tiger Attack Helicopters, F/A-18 Hornets and more.

The games aren’t exactly new (JayIsGames discussed one of them back in 2004) but they’re getting increased attention now as a way for military recruitment to compete with a fierce job market. “It is critical to the future of the ADF that Generation Y and beyond can access and interact with recruiting information via the technology they are comfortable with,” said Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon, who sounds extremely old.

Two of the Air Force games have recorded over 300,000 plays, according to the Herald report, which might not seem like much compare to America’s Army’s 8+ million users. Remember, though, that America’s defense budget exceeds Australia’s (and indeed, the rest of the world’s) by leaps and bounds. Whoo! We’re No. 1! Don’t mess with the U.S.! These colors don’t run! And so on …

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