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Fat cat in Texas now slims down, adopted by vet
The Dallas Morning News
DALLAS -- An obese stray cat found wandering six months ago near Dallas has slimmed down to 34 pounds and been adopted by the veterinarian overseeing his care. Dr. Brittney Barton said Friday that the orange tabby dubbed Skinny is doing well on a special diet to help lose weight and increase his metabolism. Barton says she became attached to the onetime 41-pound cat she was treating at an animal orphanage and last month he became part of her...
A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda getting an EX version for X.B.L.A.
Joystiq
The manic side-scrolling shooter A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda, originally developed for Windows by a Thai developer...
Star Trek Into Darkness Gets a Third Trailer
IGN Insider
Check out...
Mega Man 3 coming to 3DS Virtual Console next week
Joystiq
Mega Man 3 will launch on the 3DS Virtual Console next week, March 14...
Xbox 720: Nine Titles To Expect At Launch
The Inquisitr
Posted: March 9, 2013 At launch, the Xbox 720 should be getting at least nine titles. While we know the PlayStation 4 is coming in 2013, we still don’t know when the Xbox 720 will be released. However, we can attempt to predict nine titles we...
New levels and power-ups for the original Angry Birds
The Examiner
Tweet 0 Email Report Photo 1 of 6 Angry BirdsAngry BirdsAngry BirdsAngry BirdsAngry BirdsAngry BirdsMore >You might also like Female kicker set to try out at NFL scouting combine - Laura Silberman 2 Photos ‘Dragon Age 3’ lead writer upset with...
SXSW: Analyst Says PS4 and Next Xbox Games Will Cost $70
IGN Insider
PS4 and next Xbox games will retail at $70, ten dollars more than current gen games, said Wedbush Securities Research...
Here We Go: Valve-Backed PC Hardware Will Be Shown Off This Week [Update: it's Code-Named Piston]
Kotaku
Let the Steam Box speculation begin....
The Coolest Thing About This Valve-Backed Gaming PC Is That You Can Probably Drive A Truck Over It
Kotaku
The Wii U can't survive a microwave. The...
Valve Says 'Piston' Is Just One Of Multiple Steam Hardware Prototypes
Kotaku
Project Piston isn't the only one: Valve is...
The First 'Steam Box' Will Launch This Holiday Season Starting At $1,000
Kotaku
Xi3's Piston—the first unofficial Steam Box...
Mass Effect series for PC on sale via Origin through March 12
Joystiq
The last iteration of the Mass Effect series went on sale one year ago this week, and to celebrate, EA is...
Wil Wheaton to Star In There Came An Echo Strategy Game
IGN Insider
Popular fan culture personality Wil Wheaton will lend his...
5 Games You Should Play This Weekend
Mashable
5 Games to Play This Weekend (3/9/13) 1. Tomb Raider This week's new release of Tomb Raider is a reboot of the classic action-adventure franchise. We're treated to Lara Croft's origin story, and how she became the heroic adventurer we know from...
SimCity Boss on Game's Failure: 'This is on Maxis. We Own It.'
Kotaku
After fielding some 1900 questions in a...
Chris Botti takes fans on an amusing trip through jazz, pop and beyond at the Meyerson Symphony Center
The Dallas Morning News
Chris Botti’s jazz trumpet chops aren’t the only reason he can fill big halls like the Meyerson Symphony Center, where he began a three-day stand on Friday night. For starters, he’s got sex appeal and pop instincts. To put on the crass hat for a...
Studio Pixel's 'Gero Blaster' rescues cats this spring
Joystiq
Yesterday's BitSummit indie developer event in Kyoto proved its importance when Cave Story...
Here be trolls: Hunting down internet haters
Stuff
"It's just exposing the nasty. It's not bullying you; it's exposing you for what you are." So said Charlotte Dawson to her Twitter trolls when confronting them on Australian television. The New Zealand-born television personality, who was driven to a...
When 'The Good Wife' went bad: TV's top character flaws
Star Tribune
In Hollywood, lying is a finely tuned art form. If you haven’t told at least five whoppers before noon, you’re in danger of losing your lunch table at the Ivy. So give Robert and Michelle King, creators of the Emmy-honored CBS drama “The Good Wife,”...
TV picks for March 10: "Dallas,” Dolly Parton special, "Big Bang Theory” event
Star Tribune
Sunday In the premiere episode of “Song by Song: Dolly Parton” (7 p.m. Sunday, Ovation), Parton explains how “I Will Always Love You”and “9 to 5” made her more money than you could fit into the best little whorehouse in Texas. Future installments...
Plague Inc. developer agrees to speak with Centers for Disease Control
Joystiq
James Vaughan, the creator of the iOS disease-spreading hit Plague Inc., has agreed to speak to the actual Centers...
Outpouring of sympathy follows death of Sportsman Channel host shot in NW Montana
Star Tribune
WHITEFISH, Mont. - The Sportsman Channel says it's deeply saddened by the death of one of its TV hosts who traveled the world...
YoDa defeats First to become first Heart of the Swarm tournament winner (Photos)
The Examiner
March 9 - YoDa may have joined the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship as a replacement for GSL player Symbol, but today, he beat First convincingly to become the first-ever player to win a Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm tournament. Two...
Someone, Quick, Send UN Election Monitors to Observe the NCAA Football Cover Voting
Kotaku
I've already had my say on the...
The Walking Dead: Exclusive Rick Grimes and Daryl Dixon Images from the Next Episode, "Arrow ...
IGN Insider
With just four more episodes left in The Walking Dead: Season 3, IGN has some exclusive photos for you...
This Week in the Business: 'We Don't Think There Are Enough Games for Mature Players'
Kotaku
What's happened in the business of video games...
Garry's Mod made $22 million, Facepunch working on new PC game
Joystiq
The Garry's Mod PC utility has earned creator Garry Newman $22 million in seven years, as...
SXSW in five morsels: My top shows to catch in Austin
The Dallas Morning News
The South by Southwest Music Festival is upon us. My schedule is all set with a dozen do-or-die concerts and a couple of superstar speakers: keynote man Dave Grohl and SXSW interview Stevie Nicks. Downtown Austin will be a mob scene, as it always is...
Major League Baseball 2K1213: The Kotaku Review
Kotaku
Major League Baseball 2K13 is an offensively...
Sony's Stringer to retire in June
Joystiq
Sir Howard Stringer announced that he will retire from his position as...
Architecture: Mark Lamster named as critic for ‘The Dallas Morning News’
The Dallas Morning News
Mark Lamster, an editor at Architectural Review, a contributing editor for Design Observer and a frequent contributor to national magazines and newspapers, is the new architecture critic at The Dallas Morning News. His is a joint appointment with the...
Maker of shaky film says sorry
NZ Herald
The creator of a bad-taste Harlem Shake video has apologised for using haunting images of the Christchurch earthquake. More than 80,000 people have viewed the video on YouTube, including...
'Chunky woman' tweet earns apology
NZ Herald
The TV current affairs show that encourages viewers to engage on social media has found the sting in Twitter's tail. Seven Sharp host Greg Boyed has had to apologise for tweeting on Thursday: "2 the chunky woman who just...
Online stirrer up on assault charge
NZ Herald
Australian TV reporter cops it as interview takes turn for the worse Internet troll Tristan Barker will face a Rotorua court tomorrow, accused of bashing an Australian TV reporter who flew to interview him. Today Tonight's Dave Eccelston travelled to...
The Moneysaver: Call of Duty on the Cheap
Kotaku
Kotaku's twice weekly roundup of the best...
It Would Take 'Significant Engineering' to Make SimCity an Offline Game
Kotaku
Later this afternoon, Lucy Bradshaw,...
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons shows how to push your sibling's buttons
Joystiq
Sure, it's nice and all to see brothers work...
It Would Take 'Significant Engineering' to Make SimCity a Singleplayer Game
Kotaku
Later this afternoon, Lucy Bradshaw,...
EA: SimCity server capacity increased by 120%, company to offer free PC game for troubles
Joystiq
SimCity developer Maxis' senior vice president and general manager Lucy Bradshaw gave a brief update last night of unstable game's condition, noting the company is "committed to fixing" the...
'SimCity' marketing campaign placed on hold
Digital Spy
SimCity's online marketing campaign has been suspended by EA while the server issues that have plagued the game's launch are being resolved. The publisher sent out an email to its affiliate partners asking them to...
'Battlefield 4' rumoured for unveiling at this month's GDC
Digital Spy
Battlefield 4 has been rumoured for unveiling at the Game Developer's Conference this month. IGN claims to have received an invite to the event bearing a similar colour scheme to Battlefield 3's box artwork, sparking rumours that...
The Best Of Kotaku, This Week
Kotaku
Welcome to the Best of...
'SimCity' players to receive compensation for server issues
Digital Spy
SimCity players are to receive a free game as compensation for the server issues that have plagued the title's launch in the US and Europe. Developer Maxis has informed players that they will be able to download a digital title from EA's...
IGN UK Podcast #176 with Jonathan Ross
IGN Insider
Jonathan Ross joins us for the usual melange of games,...
'Half-Life' retrospective: The game that changed shooters forever
Digital Spy
First Released: 1998 (PC) Now Available On: PC It's not every day that a video game comes along and single-handedly changes the face of the industry, but on November 19, 1998, that's exactly what happened. That game was Half-Life, a staggeringly...
Screenwriter John Logan Gives a Bond 24 Update
IGN Insider
Expect James Bond 24 to adhere to the sort of...
Journey, Far Cry 3 teams on winning at BAFTA Games Awards 2013 - video
Digital Spy
Winners at this year's BAFTA Games Awards 2013...
Upcoming Diablo 3 patch increases Legendary item drop rarity
Joystiq
Blizzard is hard at work on the next patch for Diablo 3, version 1.0.8, but designer Travis Day and others at Blizzard thankfully took some time to detail a few of the changes coming. For one, Legendary item drops will be have increased rarity, as...
'Castlevania: Mirror Of Fate' review (3DS): Disappointing for some
Digital Spy
Release Date: March 5 (North America), March 8 (Europe) Platforms available on: Nintendo 3DS Developer: MercurySteam Publisher: Konami Genre: Platform Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow - Mirror Of Fate is the second game in the rebooted Lords of Shadow...
Suicide bomb hits as US defense chief visits
The Leaf Chronicle
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Afghan officials say there was an explosion outside the Afghan defense ministry causing...
Butch Jones to implement 'controlled chaos' for UT
The Leaf Chronicle
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Tennessee coach Butch Jones believes his method of “controlled chaos” can help the Volunteers start wreaking havoc in the Southeastern Conference again. “The way we practice, I call it controlled chaos because a football game...
Maxis Apologizes, Offers SimCity Players Free EA Game
IGN Insider
Releasing SimCity has been a bit of a fiasco for developer Maxis and publisher EA. The game simply isn’t working for a lot of gamers, which at first caused EA...
Rock Band Weekly: Oingo Boingo, Toto
Joystiq
Although we all know Danny Elfman now as a prolific movie soundtrack composer – and...
EA Will Give A Free PC Game To Anyone Who Bought SimCity
Kotaku
Anyone who bought SimCity will get a free...
Target's 'Tarcade' Evokes Nostalgia With Pac-Man, Donkey Kong
Mashable
AUSTIN — Geeks at SXSWi are having a blast at the "Tarcade" in Target's 8-Bit Bar. The activation hosts a handful of old-school arcade games, like Joust,...
Project Awakened seeks fan input about continued crowdfunding
Joystiq
Kickstarter may not have worked out for Project Awakened, but Phosphor Games Studio hasn't given up on its crowdfunding efforts,...
BlackBerry Z10 Could Hit AT&T U.S. Stores March 22nd
IGN Insider
After debuting in 21 countries already by the end of this week, sources for AT&T tell Bloomberg that RIM's big gamble in the smartphone industry, the BlackBerry Z10, will finally hit American shores on March...
Hope Nobody Ever Tries To Wake You Up Like This
Kotaku
Sure, pranks are things jerks often...
New Borderlands 2 DLC Includes New Vault Hunter
IGN Insider
During a panel at SXSW today, Gearbox revealed that a new Vault Hunter is coming to...
Tech Fetish Podcast: Smartwatches vs. Google Glass
IGN Insider
On this week's Tech Fetish podcast, hosts Scott Lowe, Mark Ryan Sallee, and Justin...
True Blood Showrunner Mark Hudis Has Been Replaced
IGN Insider
The upcoming sixth season of True Blood has not yet wrapped production and showrunner Mark Hudis has...
Warners Donates Batman, Catwoman Costumes to Smithsonian
IGN Insider
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History announced on their Facebook page that Warner Bros. has...
Gearbox reveals next Borderlands 2 DLC includes a new vault hunter
Joystiq
During a panel at SXSW, Borderlands 2 developer Gearbox has revealed a new vault hunter is coming to its RPG-fueled first-person...
Hero Worship: The Future of the Hulk
IGN Insider
Rumblings of a new solo Hulk project have been pretty consistent since...
Gearbox Teases Burly New Borderlands 2 Playable Character
Kotaku
At South By Southwest in Austin,...
WRUP: 'Unable to connect to the SimCity servers'
Joystiq
Sigh. ... so, what else is everyone playing while the rest of us wait? Alexander Sliwinski (@Sliwinski): I'm obligated to keep checking the SimCity servers until they work. After that, I'm supposed to write a review. I should really pick up Tomb...
IGN Digigods Podcast Episode 280
IGN Insider
From their secluded home-theater compound, film critics Wade Major and Mark Keizer mix insightful commentary with irreverent banter, covering the latest DVD and Blu-ray news and new releases of the week, including studio, independent, television and...
At long last, Fire Emblem and Etrian Odyssey can be recommended to the mainstream
Joystiq
This is a column by Kat Bailey dedicated to the analysis of the once beloved Japanese RPG sub-genre. Tune in every Wednesday for thoughts on white-haired villains, giant robots, Infinity+1 swords, and everything else the wonderful world of JRPGs has...
PC Commentaries of the Week
IGN Insider
Every week the Editors of IGN do a number of commentaries with one another and developers. It's a...
Wow, Someone Basically Invented Mass Effect's Medi-Gel
Kotaku
Without medi-gels—the...
Keepin' It Reel, Episode 200
IGN Insider
Welcome back to Keepin' It...
Not One Server Problem or Disconnect in This Week in Gaming Apps
Kotaku
Want to know what it's like to be unfamous...
Portabliss: Kersploosh! (3DS eShop)
Joystiq
This is Portabliss, a column about downloadable games that can be played on the go. The nice thing about really cheap games is that I can recommend them based on just one neat thing. If a game costs under $5, I can be really tolerant of annoying...
Tomb Raider's PC Version Is Good, Despite A Few Stray Hairs
Kotaku
After about seven hours with Tomb...
Nicolas Cage on Returning for Ghost Rider 3
IGN Insider
Oscar winner Nicolas Cage was recently asked about the possibility of...
Dragon's Maze: The role of Ravnica's Merfolk
The Examiner
The main focus of Gatecrash is, of course, the five guilds that re-debuted in the set. However, one minor aspect of the set that was touted quite a bit had more to do with worldbuilding and flavor than mechanics: The emergence of Merfolk on Ravnica....
Bruce Willis-Inspired Call of Duty Kills
IGN Insider
Every week we at IGN pump out new Call of Duty: Black Ops II content...
Samsung Galaxy S IV Rumor Roundup
IGN Insider
With the Samsung Unpacked event ready to (hopefully) blow our minds next week, the buzz...
Joss Whedon: S.H.I.E.L.D. is All About the "Little Guy"
IGN Insider
One of the most highly anticipated TV projects in the works right now has to be Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot, featuring Clark Gregg reprising his role as Agent Phil Coulson. With the production...
Pat Pilcher: SIM City debacle grows
NZ Herald
It's likely to go down in the annals of gaming history as one of the biggest blunders by a gaming company ever. Amidst a none-too insignificant amount of hype and growing gamer expectations, EA launched the latest version of its Sim City genre. Since...
Defence Force highlights social network dangers
NZ Herald
The Defence Force has issued a handbook to personnel with guidelines on how to use social networking sites. It warns that even "the most trivial" information can be dangerous for friends and loved ones if posted online, due to technological...
'New Star Soccer' getting new content after BAFTA win
Digital Spy
New Star Soccer will receive an update to celebrate its win at the BAFTA Video Game Awards 2013. Most notably, the update will add headers to the football simulation game, along with new NRG...
New DayZ Devblog: Rocket Explores With Users
IGN Insider
Like the unstoppable onslaught of an undead force, details keep...
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment downloadable on Vita and PSP March 12
Joystiq
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment will be downloadable from the PlayStation Store on...
Atari's Founder Goes Digging in the Desert, but not for E.T.
Kotaku
Everyone's familiar with the great video game...
"Brutal...Brilliant"... and Coming Out Who-Knows-When
Kotaku
The moody, gritty PC/PS3/Xbox...
Ultima Creator Richard Garriott Revolutionized Video Game RPGs. Now He Wants To Do It Again.
Kotaku
The man known as Lord British has been...
This Was In Lord British's Backpack
Kotaku
Richard Garriott, aka Lord...
Joe Quesada Joins the Age of Ultron
IGN Insider
Back before his tenure as Editor-in-Chief of Marvel and his current position as the publisher's Chief Creative Officer, Joe Quesada made a name for himself drawing books like Daredevil and...
Best-Selling Comics of February 2013
IGN Insider
Another month down, another month of comic book sales stats to wade through! February saw about a 17% decline in graphic novel sales compared to January, but single issue comics were up ever so slightly. However, the sales of comics...
God of War: Ascension enables The Last of Us demo May 31
Joystiq
Synergy! The demo for Naughty Dog's upcoming fungi-fueled survival game, The...
Brian Blessed voices 'War of the Roses' in new DLC - video
Digital Spy
War of the Roses received new DLC today featuring famed actor Brian Blessed. Paradox Interactive released a new trailer showing Blessed really getting into his role for the 'Brian Blessed Voiceover' pack. The 'Brian Blessed Voiceover' pack replaces...
Funcom's Three MMO Worlds Are In His Hands. What Will He Do?
Kotaku
Just a few short years ago,...
EA Admits Games Can Do Better For The LGBT Community
Kotaku
Yesterday in New York City, Electronic...
Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead Opening Credits Reimagined, 1995 Style
IGN Insider
Ah, the internet, always giving us stuff! And stuff reimagined as other stuff! Case in...
Rumor: EA Maxis takes 'full responsibility' for SimCity issues via internal memo
Joystiq
An internal memo from Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw details the state of the developer, who is hard at work trying to get SimCity fully operational in North America. "SimCity...
'Shroud of the Avatar' announced by 'Ultima' creator Richard Garriott
Digital Spy
Ultima creator Richard 'Lord British' Garriott has announced his next role-playing game, Shroud of the Avatar. The game is said to return the focus of the role-playing game genre to role-playing rather than on level grinding for experience points....
When It Comes to Diablo III, Error 3003 Is The New Error 37
Kotaku
Aren't you cute, over...
Well, I'd Say This Stupid Error Message About Sums It Up, Diablo III-Wise
Kotaku
Hey, I know that server errors...
The Many Ways We Didn't Get To Play SimCity This Week
Kotaku
Looking back on this...
IGN Assemble! #74 - Everything is Different Now
IGN Insider
"Nothing will ever be the same!" It's a phrase that's tossed around a lot in comics, but we promise you that it's absolutely true of this episode. While we talk about the big news -- the fate of Damian...
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