http://truemors.nowpublic.com Tell the world Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:27:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Christmas arrived early this year for Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy with Viacom playing Old St. Nick and giving the Guitar Hero and Rock Band creators $150 million bonuses. Rigopulos and Egozy sold their company to the media conglomerate for an estimated $175 million in 2006 and inked an earnout ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33910 Evan Rachel Wood can hopefully put away the dark lipstick and perpetual pout now that she has reportedly dumped live-in boyfriend and creepy washed-up rocker Marilyn Manson. The 21-year-old actress started hooking up with nearly 40-year-old attention whore while his marriage to burlesque star Dita Von Teese began faltering in ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=33755 A Thai distributor is jerking "Grand Theft Auto" off shelves after an avid 18-year-old player confessed to robbing and murdering a cab driver trying to reenact parts of the game. The perp was caught with the injured driver in the backseat when he tried to steer the cab backwards on ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=31619 Who better to tap for cutting edge gaming ideas than gamers themselves, is Microsoft Corp's new philosophy for the Xbox 360. Taking a page from the book of Facebook and YouTube, Microsoft will take audience participation one step farther by offering 70% of live service and advertising revenue profits with ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=31326 Wipe away that gamer stereotype of the teenage boy in a dark room late at night, and make room for the new (or old) generation of gamers. According to a study by the Entertainment Software Association, almost a quarter of the playing public is from the pre-Pac Man generation (over ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=30855 Slim is in and Nintendo may hop on that bandwagon with the rumored introduction of a slimmed down Nintendo DS that will sell for under $100. The skinnier DS will reportedly feature a built-in accelerometer, but users will have to do without a GBA slot. http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=30745 With only three days left until this year's E3 Media and Business Summit, the gaming world has oozed over with rumors about what gaming fans can expect at the conference. European mag NGamer has fueled buzz that both Animal Crossing Wii and Punch-Out!! Wii, a game allegedly used in conjunction ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=30656 Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, has made a $5m down payment to book one of the two available seats on Space Adventures' 2011 flight. Sergey Brin says he is a big believer in space exploration and he is looking forward to the possibility of going into space. Richard Garriot, ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=29916 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. released Grand Theft Auto IV on April 29th, and since then, I have logged numerous hours on the game. The gameplay is much smoother, missions are more tedious, and the overall experience is FANTASTIC! Apparently I am not the only one who feels this way because ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=28798 San Francisco's Mission Bay Community Church is taking the Buddy Christ concept to a whole new level with their introduction of a Mii Jesus to encourage Easter Sunday mass attendance. Many Nintendo Wii followers have heralded the church's radical "My own personal Jesus" campaign (or Miisus) as ground breaking in ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=27164 Gary Gygax, co-creator of the hugely popular Dungeons and Dragons, died today at the age of 69. D&D has attracted an estimated 20 million people worldwide since its inception in 1974, with over $1 billion spent on game equipment and books. Expect many memorial gaming nights to follow. http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=26417 Introduced in the arcades in 1987, Street Fighter and its subsequent sequels were hugely popular in the gaming world. Actors Kristin Kreuk, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein and Rick Yune have inserted their quarters for the big screen version of the arcade game. The advancement of technology promises to catapult ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=25762 If you have an interest in playing poker online or if you are interested in preserving American freedom, check out an interesting article about the top Presidential candidates and their views on the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act. Which candidate has a royal flush and who's just BSing with a ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=23626 Bookmark this: WorldGolfTour.com. It's an online massively multi-player golf game. Think 40 and 50 somethings meet World of Warcraft. Read about how it will singlehandedly bring about the next recession here. http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=23554 Richard Knerr, the co-founder of Wham-O Inc., which unleashed the Hula Hoop on the world half-a-century ago along with another enduring leisure icon, the Frisbee, has died at the age of 82. (Photo Credit: Jeff Edney/ iStockphoto) http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=23430 San Mateo police raided a home poker game (confiscating the $1,300 pot), interrogated the 20 players, and arrested the organizer and one other player last Saturday. Police first said the raid was made because the game was "luring" individuals into the game using a website. They later changed their tune ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=23396 Hasbro who are the makers of Scrabble, are putting pressure on Facebook to shut down the popular Scrabulous application. Scrabulous is a web-based version of the board game which was started by two Indian brothers. The game became popular after it was made available on Facebook, where now more than ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=23300 Following up on the Xbox free-video-game truemor, Cem Aykan monitors the daily health of Xbox Live. This is how it looked yesterday. Blue is good. Red is bad. http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=22743 As many gamers have realized, Xbox live has been experiencing difficulties this holiday season. Many players find their games to be lagging, or not finding matches in the matchmaking mode. The head of Xbox live has promised Xbox 360 owners a free video game to make up for the annoyances... ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=22333 British researchers have found that a group of 13 to 15 year old boys and girls burned up about 60 calories an hour more playing the active sorts of games offered by the Nintendo Wii system, games that mimic movements used, for instance, to bowl, or play tennis, or to ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=21668 Texas is set to become the first state to introduce a $50 scratcher lottery ticket. State Senator Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso likens scratchers to crack cocaine. It actually looks like a more expensive habit. A medium sized rock will only set you back $10 to $20 depending on your ... http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=21638 Webkinz , the most popular online site for children has apparently begun allowing advertising on their site. This doesn't sit right with one blogger who is directing other complainers to a site dedicated to complaining. Oh by the way, the advertisements were of the new "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movie. http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=21077 Toyota has teamed with Professor Ryuta Kawashima, developer of Nintendo's "Brain Age" games, to design a vehicle that will help seniors drive safely. Kawashima believes, "...future cars will be able to monitor brain and emotional activity to back up elderly drivers." I think this should be for all drivers. http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=21063 The hard-to-find Nintendo Wii sells for less than Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3, but retailers are bundling the console with games, increasing the price. Nintendo America says, "Knock it off!" Well, they didn't say that exactly, here's what they said: "...we are not big fans of that." http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=20991 Canadians can't get the Rock Band Special Edition for XBOX 360 and PS3 until the 27th according to an Electronic Arts representative. This sucks, eh? http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=20861