How I discovered an Easter Egg in Donkey Kong 26 years later
donhodges.com — In 1983, the arcade smash hit Donkey Kong was ported to the Atari 400/800 home computer systems by Landon Dyer. Mr. Dyer, in between pulling his hair out while working on this game, included what is known as an "Easter Egg" in the game's code. 26 years later, I am pleased to announce that I have discovered the way to trigger this Easter egg. More…
Twitter + World Of Warcraft=Tweetcraft
techcrunch.com — For all of you World of Warcraft fans out there, there’s a new Twitter client that is worth checking out. TweetCraft is an in-game Twitter client for WoW that lets you send and receive Tweets within a game. If you are busy in the middle of a WoW match, you can put Tweets in a queue to send when it’s more convenient. More…
Battlefield Heroes review: The Great (Cartoon) War
kotaku.com — The premise is simple: take Battlefield, then make it absolutely free to play, by stripping some elements out and reserving them for paying customers, while supporting the whole thing via front-end advertising. Such a move is like walking a knife's edge. More…
Last.fm on XBL: free to gold subscribers, 3 hours per month
joystiq.com — Silver users will be able access what we're considering a trial period of three hours a month, which comes with video advertising. Gold users will have unlimited ad-supported access, so they can use it 24 hours a day. There will also be a premium offering on a subscription basis from Last.fm, that will be commercial free. More…
Blizzard Responds to No LAN Support for Starcraft II Release
starcraft-fans.com — Starcraft 2 will have no LAN support and gamers are pissed. Why would Blizzard do this considering that people are still playing the original in a multi-player LAN setting over a decade after its release in 1998? More…
EA Sports Sued By Two Ex-College QBs over NCAA Football
sportingnews.com — On the heels of a lawsuit by Ex-Nebraska QB Sam Keller in May, former Rutgers QB Ryan Hart and ex-Cal QB Troy Taylor have filed a lawsuit "alleging Electronic Arts used his likeness in its NCAA Football video game without [their] permission." More…
China Bans WoW Gold Farming & All Virtual Currencies
gossipgamers.com — The Chinese government stepped up and decided to ban all World of Warcraft gold farming and all other MMORPGs that has a currency exchange. Even the developers themselves are not permitted to exchange ingame assets for real goods and services. More…
Halo Reach May Be Natal-Enabled
1up.com — It appears that Microsoft is launching their new motion sensing peripheral Project Natal next year. To give the new peripheral a boost, it only makes sense to have it work with the Xbox 360's biggest franchise -- Halo. And that's what Bungie is aiming for with Halo: Reach. More…